curriculum vitae
Last updated: 2018-01-01
Currently available for employment.
Education
| 2010 – 2012 | Masters of Science – Plants and Environment |
| University of Strasbourg, France | |
| → Including one week botany and ecology training course in the French Alps, Col du Lautaret, France | |
| 2010 – 2011 | University Diploma – Environmental Risks and Management |
| University of Strasbourg, France | |
| 2005 – 2008 | Bachelor of Science – Cell Biology and Physiology |
| Louis Pasteur University1, Strasbourg, France | |
| → Including one year Erasmus at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain | |
| 2005 | “Selectividad” (PAEU) – Spanish University access diploma |
| UNED, Paris, France | |
| 2002 – 2005 | Baccalauréat scientifique majoring in Life Sciences, Spanish international option (OIB) |
| Lycée International des Pontonniers, Strasbourg, France |
Professional experience
| 2012 – current | Research Officer |
| Plant Nutrition and Ecophysiology group, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences | |
| The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | |
| → Diverse research projects with a focus in sustainable agricultural systems: | |
| - campus-wide GHG emissions accounting (waste management, agricultural activities) | |
| - nitrogen management modelling in cotton farms | |
| - nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane varieties | |
| - use of alternative organic fertilisers, including distillery waste | |
| - Life Cycle Assessment of sugarcane agriculture from cradle to gate | |
| - next-generation fertilisers for a sustainable tropical agriculture | |
| - chronosequence study in Great Sandy National Park | |
| - Triodia sp. study in North-West Queensland | |
| → Skills learned: | |
| - reviewing of software-based nitrogen management tool | |
| - laboratory, glasshouse and field work | |
| - scientific publication and report writing | |
| - statistical analysis and interpretation of data | |
| - OH&S training, maintainer of chemical database | |
| - troubleshooting of workstations and research instruments | |
| - webmaster of research group website | |
| - voluntary “Green Office Program” representative to promote sustainability in the workplace | |
| 2014 – 2016 | Volunteer herbarium maintainer |
| Brisbane Botanic Gardens – Mount Coot-tha, Brisbane, Australia | |
| → Identification and preparation of plant specimens; maintainment of database | |
| Nov. 2008 | Australian Wildlife Conservancy volunteer |
| Piccaninny Plains, Cape York Peninsula, Australia | |
| → Extensive flora and fauna survey, active searches, trapping and identification |
Publications
- Richard Brackin, Torgny Näsholm, Nicole Robinson, Stéphane Guillou, Kerry Vinall, Prakash Lakshmanan, Susanne Schmidt & Erich Inselsbacher. 2015. ‘Nitrogen Fluxes at the Root-Soil Interface Show a Mismatch of Nitrogen Fertilizer Supply and Sugarcane Root Uptake Capacity’. Scientific Reports 5 (October): 15727. doi:10.1038/srep15727.
Computer science
- Office
- Extensive knowledge of office suites LibreOffice and Microsoft Office
- Packages
- Extensive knowledge of Linux environments and GNU packages
- Sound knowledge of Git revision system2
- Sound knowledge of GIS, using QGIS
- Sound knowledge of Wordpress, Drupal and Jekyll publishing software
- Languages
- Sound knowledge of R
- Basic knowledge in C, Bash, Python, HTML and CSS
Other skills, interests and hobbies
- Trained Software Carpentry3 instructor since 2017
- Committee member of Brisbane’s 4EB FM’s French-language group, broadcaster and panel operator; main broadcaster and panel operator of music show studio d’essai on Global Digital radio.
- Treasurer and founding member of French non-profit organisation Concrete, promoting contemporary music
- Volunteer at Muticultural Development Association
- Open knowledge and Free Software advocate (FSF member; contributor on several collaborative projects, including Wikipedia4, OpenStreetMap5 and Musicbrainz6)
- Cycling, rock-climbing, performance arts
- Music: guitar, percussion and electronic music
- Botany and gardening, cinema, literature, cooking, travel, bushwalks
- Drivers license obtained in 2006
Languages
- English
- fluency (9 years of study, residence in Australia)
- French
- mother tongue
- Spanish
- second language, fluency (5 years of study in International secondary education, residence in Spain)
- German
- intermediate level, spoken and written