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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) runs a program to promote sustainability in the fishing industry. The MSC Chain of Custody assessment is implemented from the boat landing the fish ashore to the wholesale dealer or retailer. My role as MSC Chain of Custody auditor, is to confirm the compliance of the MSC standard throughout the whole supply chain to grant the MSC Certification on sustainable practices.

Assistant Tour Manager onboard cruise ships -"Costa Cruises", "Norwegian Cruise Lines", and "Silversea Cruises"-, having traveled around the world for 6 years. In this position, I managed ashore tours, being the liaison between ground operators and tour leaders and having to solve unexpected situations on the spot. Once settled in southern Spain, I continued as a Sales and Marketing Manager for the ports of Malaga and Ceuta. Real Estate Sales Manager in Marbella, Spain, selling and providing investment, mortgage, and financial advice on properties.

Documented shipments to ensure that they were in compliance with customs rules and regulations. Counseled clients on tariffs, insurance, and quotas and categorized shipments according to a tariff coding system.

Based on satellite photos and geographical coordinates of crop areas in the Canary Islands, I conducted fieldwork identifying the phenological stages of bananas, tomatoes, potatoes, vines and pineapple in selected areas. The phenological state of the crop is closely related to the sensitivity of the crop to pests and diseases, helping to determine the most appropriate treatment times to control the damage of numerous pathogens. This study was carried out in the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

Provided facilities and customer service support, ensuring a proactive approach to a programme of maintenance with a wide range of stakeholders at the University. Intervened with an interdisciplinary team working in aquaponic projects in the campus.

Worked as production operative in a Sushi manufacturing factory to learn management and social aspects of the food industry in the UK, observing quality control techniques and factory organization, prior to enroll in a Master course in "Environment and Resource Management" at the University of Essex.

Worked as a Quality Control Inspector, to do the quality assurance of frozen squid exported from Argentina to the U.S.A, using physical and chemical techniques.

Paid positions where I worked assisting professors and mentoring students with their experiments and problem-solving in Biochemistry and Ecology .

English and Biology teacher. Taught English to high school students aged 13 to 17 years old at "Stucom Centre d' Estudis" and taught Biology to college students for an Environmental course at "Novaula".

I specialized in Marine Biofouling, having compared early stages of biofouling layers (preparing the ground for Balanidae and tubular polychaetes) in both Mar del Plata’s harbor and a Power plant using marine water as a coolant. Samples were taken in the thermoelectric plant "9 de Julio", reproducing the interior conditions of the turbines heat exchanger pipes. The results were used to improve the Bio-fouling removal techniques in various sites of the Thermal Power Plant. This research was carried out at the National Institute of Research and Development (INIDEP) in Mar del Plata during 2 ½ years and it served as a dissertation to obtain my degree.

Researched the environmental impact on two major Southeast Asian rivers, "Ciliwung" and "Klang" through statistical analysis of collected datasets. This research was part of the “FRESHWATER WATCH program” at the "Earthwatch Institute" which was dedicated to checking the health state of main rivers around the world. Using datasets provided by citizen scientists, univariate and multivariate tests, correlations and reduction techniques were used to find stressors affecting the assigned rivers' water quality. This work was used for my MSc’s dissertation at the University of Essex.

As a Lab Assistant at the National University of Mar del Plata, I was responsible for mentoring and helping students with their biological sciences practical classes and experiments assisting them with empirical questions that students had to answer. This was a paid job. Activities and Societies: Lab Assistant "Biological chemistry I"​ at the National University of Mar del Plata, 1984 Lab Assistant "General Ecology" at the National University of Mar del Plata, 1985

At the Earthwatch Institute, I work for the "Freshwater Watch program"​. This is an international research project that aims to analyze the water quality of 25 major rivers in the world in order to learn and safeguard the quality and supply of freshwater in the future. I analyze data using univariate and multivariate methods to find indicators of water quality stress in two rivers of Southeast Asia, the "Ciliwung"​ and the "Klang". Activities and Societies: Internship at the "Earthwatch Institute"​ (Oxford, United Kingdom) since April 2015. Freshwater Watch Program. http://eu.earthwatch.org/scientific-research/special-initiatives/freshwater-watch-and-the-hsbc-water-programme