
Gioconda Lopez, PhD.
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About me
Botanist, Project Manager, STEAM Education
Education

Universidad de Chile
2002 - 2006Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Science Environmental Science, major in Biology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2011 - 2019PhD Botany/Plant Biology 3.57Activities and Societies: Phycological Society of America, Chilean Society of Socioecology and Ethnoecology, SOSOET Ethnobotany of Seaweeds

Universidad de Chile
2002 - 2008Professional degree Environmental Biologist
Universidad de Chile
2008 - 2011Master’s Degree Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Master in Biological Sciences
Experience

University of Chile, . Project CONICYT-PBCT ACT 34/2006
Dec 2006 - Dec 2009Research Assistant
CEA · Centro de Ecologia Aplicada
Jul 2007 - Dec 2007Professional Training
Elementary School Manuel Segovia Montenegro
Mar 2008 - Jul 2008Environmental Educator
High School Complejo Educacional Manuel Plaza Reyes
Mar 2008 - Jul 2008Teacher of Environmental Science
Universidad de Chile, Project Explora :The Importance of Pollination for the Conservation of Plants
Mar 2010 - Dec 2010Scientific Assistant/ Lecturer
Department of Libraries, Archives and Museums, DIBAM, Project Dibamovil
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010Environmental EducatorLecturer Workshop for school students in 15 towns of the IV Region, Chile

Universidad de Chile
Dec 2010 - Mar 2011Research AssistantUniversity of Chile, Terrestrial Ecology Laboratory, Ecological Science, Department

INGENDESA
Dec 2010 - Jan 2011Environmental Consultant/ BotanyBaseline Study of Flora and Vegetation for the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Project "High Voltage Power Line San Fabián-Ancoa, Transnet"

Cedrem consultores limitada
Jan 2011 - Jul 2011Environmental Consultant/ BotanistBaseline Study of Flora and Vegetation for the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Project "High Voltage Power System Aysen"

Cienciambiental Consultores
Mar 2011 - Mar 2011Environmental Consultant/ BotanistBaseline Study of Flora and Vegetation for the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Residential -Project "Hacienda San Isidro "

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Aug 2015 - Dec 2015Graduate Teaching AssistantTeaching Assistant for BOT 105: Etnnobotany

Cedrem consultores limitada
Mar 2016 - Jun 2016Environmental Consultant/ Botanist
Copiapoa Ingeniería & Asesorías Ambientales Ltda.
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016Environmental consultant/ Botanist
Sociedad Electricas De Medellin SA
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016Manager for Rescue of Endangered Cactaceous and Succulent Plants
BIMA, Bosques, Ingeniería Y Medio Ambiente
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016Environmental Consultant/ BotanistBibliographic Revision of Lichens and Fungi of the Atacama Region

Geobiota Consultores
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016Environmental Consultant/ Botanist
Foco Ambiental Consultores
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017Environmental Consultant/ Botanist
Sociedad Electricas de Medellin SA
May 2017 - Aug 2017Environmental Consultant/ Environmental Reports
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Museum of Entomology
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018Database Assistant
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jan 2018 - May 2018Graduate Teaching AssistantTeaching Assistant for BIOL101L: Biology andSociety

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Aug 2018 - May 2019Teaching Assistant for BOT 480: Algal Diversity and Evolution Teaching Assistant for BIOL171L: Introduction to Biology I Lab
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Jan 2019 - May 2019Graduate Teaching Assistant
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

Pop up labs for STEAM
Jan 2020 - Oct 2022STEM Educator
HiEmployment Staffing Services
Sept 2021 - Feb 2023Substitute Teacher
Oahu RC&D
Oct 2022 - May 2024Program Manager for project Pop Up Labs for STEAM
Aecos Inc
Feb 2023 - nowBotanist
Licenses & Certifications

Diving First Aid for Professional Divers, DAN Certification, Diving Safety Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa

PADI Open Water Diver Certification, Oahu Divers, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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PATCH Understanding the Impact of Unstable Housing: ELH (1.5 hours)(631)
CypherWorxApr 2022 - View certificate

560 PATCH- Effective Stress Management (011)
CypherWorxApr 2022 - View certificate

556- PATCH Talking with Children (236)
CypherWorxMar 2022 - View certificate

PATCH Hawaii Infant/Toddler: Respectfully Yours
CypherWorxMar 2022 - View certificate

PATCH Hawaii Infant/Toddler: Special Needs
CypherWorxJul 2021 - View certificate

PATCH Hawaii Infant/Toddler: Flexible, Fearful and Feisty
CypherWorxJul 2021 - View certificate

PATCH Hawaii Infant/Toddler: Flexible, Fearful and Feisty
CypherWorxJul 2021 - View certificate

PATCH Hawaii: Safe Sleep in Child Care
CypherWorxJun 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Gioconda Lopez, PhD.Hoshaw Award Phycological Society of America, Fl, USA Jul 2019
- Awarded to Gioconda Lopez, PhD.Beatrice Krauss Fellowship Fund in Botany Department of Botany, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, HI, USA May 2015
- Awarded to Gioconda Lopez, PhD.Becas Chile, Fellowship to pursue a PhD degree in a foreign country National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, CONICYT, Chile Sep 2011
- Awarded to Gioconda Lopez, PhD.Scholarship to pursue a Master degree Project CONICYT-PBCT ACT 34/2006 “Structure of Mutualistic Networks in Fragmented Forests”, sponsored by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, CONICYT, Chile Dec 2007
Languages
- spSpanish
- enEnglish
- geGerman
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