Resume
Rocio R. Duchesne Onoro
Ph.D. Candidate, Earth and Environmental Studies Dept.
Advisor: Dr. Mark Chopping
Montclair State University, Montclair NJ 07043
Email: duchesneonr1@gmail.com Telephone: (973) 655 - 3456
Skills
Education
B.S. Biology, Universidad del Atlantico, Colombia 2005
M.S. Statistics, Montclair State University, NJ 2009
Ph.D. Environmental Management, Montclair State University, NJ 2014 (expected)
ERDAS Imagine
Arc GIS
JMP
UNIX
Microsoft Office
Appointments
01/13 - Present Teaching Assistant
Dept. Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ.
01/10 – 12/12 Research Assistant
Dept. Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ.
09/08 – 05/09 Lab Assistant
OIT, Montclair State University
11/04 – 10/05 Research Assistant
Dept. Biology, Universidad del Atlántico
01/03 – 02/04 Biologist Assistant
Fundación Zoológico de Barranquilla, Internship
2010 - present
Publications
Duchesne R., Chopping M., Tape K. (2012). A reference database for validation of MISR-based Arctic shrub
canopy structure. MISR Data Users’ Symposium, Pasadena, CA, December 10-11, 2012 (Poster).
Duchesne R., Chopping M., Tape K. (2011). Towards mapping shrubs in Arctic tundra with MISR. MISR Data
Users’ Symposium, Pasadena, CA, December 13-14, 2011 (Poster).
Onoro Rocio R.D., "Should Sustainability in Energy Resources be based on Conservation?" Taking Sides:
Clashing Views on Sustainability, edited by Robert W. Taylor (McGraw-Hill, 2011).
Chopping M., Duchesne R., Wang Z., Schaaf C., and Tape K.(2011) Shrub abundance in Alaskan Arctic
tundra from MODIS reflectance anisotropy. NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science
Workshop, Alexandria, VA, October 3 – 7 (Poster)
Duchesne R., Chopping M., and Tape K. (2010). Reflectance anisotropy of Arctic tundra backgrounds from
field radiometry. 2010 MISR Data Users’ Symposium, Pasadena, CA, December 9-10, 2010 (Poster).
Duchesne R., Paredes J., and Wu M. (2010). A comparative study on land use changes in Los Angeles, CA,
USA and Beirut, Lebanon during the period of 1988 to 2007. 95th Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, August 1-6, 2010 (Poster).
Chopping M., Tape K., Shimada S., Duchesne R., Wang Z., Schaaf C. (2010). Estimating shrub cover in Arctic
tundra from structural metrics and effects on albedo. NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team
Meeting, La Jolla, CA, March 15-17, 2010 (Poster).
2010 - present
Synergistic Activities
07/11 PI, GSA Graduate Research Grant Award: Directional Spectral Reflectance Estimation and Phenology over Arctic Tundra Vegetation using Multiangular Radiometry, $2,975 (current)
07/11-08/11 Dalton Highway Expedition. Three weeks road trip to access remote area in Alaska Northern Slope. Sampled structural and radiometric characteristics of 10 shrub patches. Supported by GSA Graduate Research Grant and NASA Grant.
03/11 Training. BRDF and Canopy Reflectance Model, Theory and Practice. NASA/Boston University Workshop, Boston, MA, March 24-27, 2011
07/10-08/10 Chandler/Coldville River Expedition. Three weeks boat trip to access remote area in Alaska Northern Slope and be able to sample structural and radiometric characteristics of 14 shrub patches. Supported by NASA Grant: Mapping Changes in Shrub Abundance and Biomass in Arctic Tundra using NASA Earth Observing System Data: A Structural Approach, PI Dr. Mark Chopping.
01/04 – 12/05 Informative Talks. As an extension of my undergraduate research I gave a series of talks to different sectors of the community (schools, industry, residential, hospitals) about the risks of rodents’ infestation and its effects on public health. Sponsored by the Public Health Department of Barranquilla, Colombia.
Collaborators
Dr. Mark Chopping, Montclair State University, Montclair NJ, Thesis advisor
Luz M. Moreno, Universidad del Atlantico, Colombia, Undergraduate monograph advisor