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ARIEL COOLMAN

Summary

Dedicated to executing protocols to meet study objectives and requirements. Motivated and hardworking student with excellent study skills and strong academic record. Applies education and personal talents to learn new subjects in detail and take on demanding assignments. Collaborates well on group projects and prepares diligently for presentations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Research Assistant

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute | Trinidad and Tobago
01.2017 - Current
  • Assist with concept note development and resource mobilitsation
  • Synthesizes data and prepares findings for publications (posters, brochures, presentations, etc.) and managerial reporting (annual reports)
  • Develop and maintain spreadsheets, questionnaires and research tools
  • Recording data precisely and manage source documentation
  • Monitor experiments and maintain detailed records of experiments and outcomes
  • Assists in planning workshops/seminars
  • Reviews information sources and publications
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis on the collected data
  • Current Project: FAO Resilient School Feeding Programme to install three (3) hydrponic systems at each school
  • Liaises with staff at each of seven (7) schools
  • Coordinates and implements the installation of hydroponic systems
  • Prepares budgets and coordinates procurement of supplies
  • Assist in the planning of training sessions
  • Develops and reviews manuals produced under this project

Education

Bachelor of Science - Environmental and Natural Resource Mangaement

University of the West Indies
Trinidad and Tobago
09.2009 - 07.2012

Master of Science - Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

University of the West Indies
Trinidad and Tobago
09.2012 - 07.2015

Doctor of Philosophy - Crop Science

University of the West Indies
Trinidad and Tobago
09.2023 -

Skills

  • Quantitative methodologies
  • Qualitative research
  • Proofreading and editing
  • Discussion facilitation
  • Literature analysis
  • Programme development and management
  • Time Management
  • Public Presentations
  • Conducting Surverys
  • Analyzing and Synthesizing Data
  • Field Research

Conferences and Symposiums

  

• Presented at The Department of Life Sciences Fifth Annual Research Symposium (2015), on ‘Harnessing Cocoa Diversity: Investigating the genotypic variation in resilience to heat and water stress' Coolman A, Farrell AD, and Umaharhan P

• Co-authored presentation at the International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre Symposium (2015), on ‘Climate Change Adaption to drought and heat in cocoa' Farrell AD, Coolman A and Umaharhan P

• Presented at Plant Science Central Symposium on ‘Characterization of sweetpotato varieties in the context of food and nutrition security' Coolman A, Roskruge N, Horne D and Lister C

Timeline

Doctor of Philosophy - Crop Science

University of the West Indies
09.2023 -

Research Assistant

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute | Trinidad and Tobago
01.2017 - Current

Master of Science - Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

University of the West Indies
09.2012 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Science - Environmental and Natural Resource Mangaement

University of the West Indies
09.2009 - 07.2012

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