Water Resources Environmental Scientist Go Back Name: Julie Matlaga Contact Information E-mail: julemat8@yahoo.com Target Work Locations: #1 - San Diego, CA #2 - Anaheim, CA Willing to Relocate? Yes Date Available: 02/01/2005 Resume: JULIE ANN MATLAGA Phone: 760.231.1100 email: j.matlaga@cox.net OBJECTIVE To obtain a position in the environmental field. EDUCATION M.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, 2004 B.S., Environmental Sciences (minors: Biology, Chemistry, & Mathematics), Wesley College, 2000 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - 40hr certification, May 2000 Geochemistry short course, Baltimore USGS office, May 2001 S-Plus training class, Baltimore USGS office, February 2001 Data Toolbox Class, Baltimore USGS office, June 2002 Presentation at Arizona Water Quality Center, National Science Foundation Meeting, May 2004 SOFTWARE Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Excel, Power Point), Corel WordPerfect, S-Plus, LIMS EXPERIENCE ABCOW Services, Inc.: City of Oceanside, August 2004-present Laboratory Technician: Perform physical and chemical tests on potable and wastewater including: Total Solids, Total Suspended Solids, Volatile Solids, Volatile Suspended Solids, CBOD, BOD, pH, alkalinity, ammonia concentration and Total Dissolved Solids. Perform quality control tests to assure accuracy of analysis, create and maintain logs for daily use, generate and send reports as needed. The University of Arizona, July 2002-June 2004 Graduate Research Assistant: Responsible for running experiments for current research on ammonia emissions from land-applied biosolids. Also responsible for analyzing and writing up data and also reporting updates to advisors. U.S. Geological Survey, July 2002-June 2004 Student Hydrologist Trainee: Work on Lower Colorado River Well Inventory project. Responsible for entering new sites into groundwater database, coding new site schedules for new wells inventoried, maintaining photo database. Environmental Careers Organization (ECO): U.S. Geological Survey, August 2000-June 2002 Hydrologic Technician: Collect samples for ground and surface water using NAWQA (National Water Quality Assessment) protocols along Delmarva Peninsula. Sampling includes: pesticides, pesticide metabolites, major ions, trace elements, DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon), and nutrients. Responsible for equipment setup, obtaining latitude/longitude coordinates for the site using GPS, surveying land-use for the site, collecting, processing, and packing-up samples, and equipment breakdown. Have also helped in lab in Reston USGS office centrifuging and filtering samples for analysis. Created and maintained spreadsheets for data and other information on multiple projects. Review data that comes back from the lab. AWARDS AND HONORS William F. Milbury Award for Outstanding Environmental Service, 1999 & 2000 The National Dean’s List, 2000 Leadership Award for Environmental Science, 1999 & 2000 Wesley College Dean’s List, 1998-2000 VOLUNTEER Research Assistant for Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1997 The Whetstone, Wesley College Newspaper, Entertainment Editor, 1998-1999 Team Cannon, Environmental Service Organization, President 1998-2000 Student Government Association at Wesley College, Congress Member, 1999-2000 Wesley College Annual Blood Drive, Co-Chair, 2000