Nadia Zavala
Vancouver,BC
Summary
Geologist who possesses strong troubleshooting capabilities and customer-oriented attitude. Experienced in providing support with mineralogical analysis and environmental testing. Adept at different areas of geology within those: geothecnical lab testing, GIS mapping and interpretation, hydrogeological models and environmental geosciences.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Officer
National Research Council of Canada
05.2022 - Current
- Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) identification on waste mine piles.
- Developing new techniques to identify carbonates and sulfides mineral using analytical instruments achieving 90% of recognition of a determine sample.
- Run equipment like Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Raman Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffractometer and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.
- Conducting test of water samples from leached columns.
- Coordinate mineralogical identification and interpretation
Geological Engineer - Intern
Coordinación Zonal, Minería, Litoral
03.2019 - 04.2019
- Developed familiarity with tools and best practices in developing community engagement procedures.
- Built research documents and project templates in collaboration with supervisors, brainstorming research structures and approaches.
- Documented and structure over 500 mines concessions in order to be classified correctly.
- Observed general clerical support duties such as handling forms, preparing report material and interpretation of information coming in about mines.
Topography and Geotechnical Assistant - Intern
Provincial government of Guayas
03.2018 - 04.2018
- Handled and assisted in the topography being done for preliminary studies for construction of roads.
- Operate electronic theodolite and total station.
- Reviewed geological report to determine defective/missing information for geothecnical team. physicians' orders to determine medical imaging needs and operated radiologic equipment to capture, develop, and produce diagnostic images.
- Applied field observation to be able to prepared the equipments.
Remote Sensing Analyst - Intern
Geographic Militar Institute
10.2017 - 11.2017
- Developed processes to automatized a collection of satellite images from different sources.
- Worked with Geographic Information System from open and paid source to developed maps and geographic information.
- Identified prone zones to floods and geologic hazard in Ecuador mountain zones.
- Analyzed and process obtained data to write reports.
Education
Master of Geological Engineering - Geology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC05.2023
Bachelor of Engineering - Geological Engineering
Universidad De Guayaquil
Ecuador10.2020
Skills
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
- Software: Microsoft Suite, GIS (ArcGIS), Surfer
- Languages: English (Fluent), Spanish (Native)
- Prevention of occupational hazards in Companies-CapaCEC
- Manage of topography and GPS equipments-American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Scanning Electron Microscope
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
- Metal Sulfide Minerals
- Hydrogeological Models
Timeline
Technical Officer
National Research Council of Canada
05.2022 - Current
Geological Engineer - Intern
Coordinación Zonal, Minería, Litoral
03.2019 - 04.2019
Topography and Geotechnical Assistant - Intern
Provincial government of Guayas
03.2018 - 04.2018
Remote Sensing Analyst - Intern
Geographic Militar Institute
10.2017 - 11.2017
Master of Geological Engineering - Geology
University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Engineering - Geological Engineering
Universidad De Guayaquil
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