Education and training
- Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA, 2017-current.
- PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 2017.
- MSc Water Resources Technology and Management (with Distinction), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 2009.
- BSc Civil Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2006.
- Fellowship: Advancing Careers in Academics with Diversity Education and Mentorship in Engineering (ACADEME), sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), University of Houston, 2018.
- William Wilson Scott Award (£1000), School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, 2013.
- GU68 Award (£547.20), GU68 Engineers Trust, Scottish Charity Nº SC 035296, 2013.
- James Watt scholarship, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 2012-2016.
- Scottish Water studentship, Scottish Water, UK, 2012-2016.
- FICU research grant (RD$312,534.86=US$8,211.64), Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2011-2012.
- Studentship for industrial project (MSc dissertation), Severn Trent Water, UK, 2009.
- Chevening Scholarship, Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom, 2008-2009.
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
- Association for Women in Science - UM chapter (AWIS)
- Reviewer for the following journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Science & Technology, Frontiers in Microbiology, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes.
- Mentoring circle leader 2017-2018 (Association for Women in Science - UM chapter) - I organized the bi-monthly meetings and lead the discussion of a mentoring circle.
- Social media guru - managed the social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) for the American Waterworks Association (AWWA) during the International Symposia on Potable Reuse and Biological Treatment, Jan 22-25, 2018.
- Engineer, Project Appraisal Division, National Institute for Water Resources (INDRHI, acronym in Spanish), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2010-2012.
- Teaching fellow, Hydrology and Basic Physics (undergraduate teaching and pedagogic research activities), Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2010-2012.
- Researcher, FICU grant, Universidad Iberoamericana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. Project: “Estimation of environmental flows in the Yuna river basin, Dominican Republic”, 2011-2012.
- Project engineer, JoshM. Consulting, S.A., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2007-2008.
- Engineering assistant, DELFA, S.A., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2006-2007.