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PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Address
Mobile cell phone
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SUASTES RIVAS, JESSICA KARINA

59, San Juan de Aragn 1a. secc., 07969, Mxico, D.F.
+5215545049348
jeskaksr@hotmail.com
Mexican

WORK EXPERIENCE
Dates (from to)
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities

January, 2014- August, 2014

National Water Commission in Mexico and General Secretariat of Research and Technology
(National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico)
Public
COORDINATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Responsible of the project: Analysis of the wastewater treatment plants q= 100 liters per
second, located in different states in Mexico.
Monitoring and evaluating water treatment equipment, to keep the plants running.
Capturing information to do final reports.

Dates (from to)

Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities

July, 2011- December, 2012

National Plan of Social Service-IPN
Public
COORDINATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Responsible for the implementation of projects.
Helping raise the socio economic status of the communities supporting the development of
urban programs.
Develop links between the public and social sectors supporting development programs state
and municipal.

Dates (from to)

Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities

January-July, 2011
Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology (Interdisciplinary Professional Unit of Biotechnology)
Public
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Development of the project: process of sulfate reduction.
Attention to customers

Dates (from to)

Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities

June-December, 2009
Ministry of environment and natural resources (SEMARNAT)
Government
DATA ANALYSIS
Filling annual operating certificates of mining industry

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates (from to)
Name and type of organization
providing education and training
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered

2011-2013
National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico (IPN), The Interdisciplinary Professional Unit of
Biotechnology (UPIBI)
MASTER DEGREE IN BIOPROCESS SCIENCE
Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Bioengineering

Dates (from to)

Name and type of organization
providing education and training
Title of qualification awarded

August, 2011-December,2012
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

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RESEARCH TEMPORARY

 Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered

Mechanical Engineering

Dates (from to)

Name and type of organization
providing education and training
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/occupational
skills covered

2006-2010
National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico (IPN), The Interdisciplinary Professional Unit of
Biotechnology (UPIBI)
Environmental Engineer
Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Bioengineering

PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE

Spanish

OTHER

English

LANGUAGES

Reading skills
Advanced
CERTIFICATE OF ENGLISH
Writing skills
Advanced
By Embassy CES Melbourne, Australia
Verbal skills
Advanced
Listening skills
Advanced
European level (*)
Level B2 (*)Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

COURSES
2008

2008
2008
2009
2011
2011

2013

SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

Remediation of soils and acuifers

Sampling and analysis of contaminated soils, ecological risk and the application of different
techniques
Certificate
ISO 14001:200
Certificate Registration Number: IPN54309120 8654
Certificate
Develop Design Criteria for Diagrams: Piping and Instrumentation
Develop activities and instrumentation engineering documents (Instrument Specifications,
Control Valve Specifications, Data Sheets, Plan Review)
Certificate
Fifth international seminar of experts on the treatment of industrial efluents and residues
Certificate
Autodesk Autocad (2010)
Certificate
Solar Thermal Energy
1. Solar Geometry
2. Solar collectors plate appareance
3. Economic performance
Certificate
Course-workshop: Principles and applications of microalgal biotechnology
1. Fundamentals of Phycology
2. Isolation and manipulation of microalgae strains
3. Growth rates in autotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions
4. Advances in production of biofuels
5. Microalgal cultivation systems
6. Monitoring and analysis of microalgal cultures
7. Harvest operations and post-harvest
Sociability, Good Communication Skills, Team spirit, Adaptability
Team organization for projects , Ability to interact with different individuals and different areas.

AND COMPETENCES

TECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
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Operating System: Microsoft Windows

Office: Word, Excel, Power Point
Programms: Autocad, Mathematica, Mathcad, Matlab, Design Expert

With computers, specific kinds of

equipment, machinery, etc.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

References
1.Richard Manasseh BE PhD GradDipMgt FIEAust
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering
Associate Professor, Fluid Dynamics
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology
Swinburne University of Technology (CRICOS Provider 00111D)
PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122
Melbourne, Australia
tel: +61-3-9214-8929 (UTC+10)
email: rmanasseh@swin.edu.au.
2.
Dr. Juan Aranda Barradas. Director of graduate studies in National Polytechnic Institute in
Mexico. Tel.: +5215557296000 ext. 46026

ANNEXES
List of Publications and Scientific Conferences (National and International)

2011

Guerrero-Barajas, C., Suastes-Rivas, J.K, & Rosas-Rocha, L. E. Microbial Sulfate Reduction

Combined with Reductive Dechlorination of Toxic Pollutants in Hydrothermal Vents
Sediments. Nova Science Publishers.

2012

Fermentable sugars accumulated as osmolytes by Chlorella sp., raw material for

biofuels presented at the 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology and 1st
International Conference on Coastal Biotechnology.

2012

Correlation between total and neutral lipids in microalgae to screen strains for biodiesel
production presented at the 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology and 1st
International Conference on Coastal Biotechnology.

2013

Design and stabilization of microalgae cultivation in a covered raceway presented at

Third Latin American Congress of Latin American Society of Environmental Biotechnology and
Algal.

2014

Design and stabilization of microalgae cultivation in a covered raceway presented at

Second International Conference On The Network Environment of National Polytechnic Institute
in Mexico

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