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Current position

and address

                      Graduate Student 
                      Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences                          (906) 487-2826
                      Michigan Technological University                                                      larodrig@mtu.edu
                      Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295                                                        soufriere@hotmail.com

Education

                      1997: BS, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus     
                                        Field: Geology                    Magna Cum Laude
                      2001: MS, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus     
                                        Field: Geology 
                      Ph.D., Michigan Technological University
                                        Field: Geology                    Expected Graduation Date: 05/2005

Research Experience

August 2001-Present                              Department. of Geology
                    Michigan Technological University
                              Research Assistant
                              - Monitoring of volcanic gas emissions.

                    August 1997-June 2001                          NASA - TCESS
                                                                                    Department of Geology
                    University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM)

                              Research Assistant

                              - Crustal Deformation in the Lesser Antilles Island Arc

                    August-December 2000                          Department of Geology
                                                                                    University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM)

                              Teaching Assistant

          - GEOL3047 - Introductory Geology Laboratory

                                September 5-September 20, 1999
May 30-June 15, 1998
June 10-July 2, 1997                              University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
                    Visiting Scientist - Montserrat Volcano Observatory
- Reoccupation of Global Positioning System (GPS) sites (UPRM network)

August 1996-May 1997                          NSF - CREST
January 1996-June 1996                          NASA - University Research Center Program
October 1994-December 1995                NSF - MRCE program
                      Department of Geology - UPRM
                    Research Assistant
                    - Application of digital topography and elevation models to volcanic problems in    the Lesser Antilles:
                    Montserrat, St. Lucia, Saba, and St. Eustatius.

          May 25-June 4, 1994                              NSF - MRCE and
                      Geophysics in Earth Sciences Division
- GPS monitoring at Isabela, Puerto Rico, during the Caribbean-North America Plate Boundary Experiment (CANAPE), to determine relative plate motions.

Field Experience
                   
                    Fieldwork in Lascar and Villarrica volcanoes

                    October-December 2002, Chile
                    With funding from MTU and the GAANN Fellowship (Department of Education), I  started my fieldwork on             
                    Lascar and Villarrica volcanoes.  Sulfur dioxide gas emissions were measured on both volcanoes, using the Differ
                    ential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) system.  Particle flux and size on the volcanic plume were mea
                    sured using a Miccrotops II sun photometer.  Atmospheric conditions were measured using a hand-held weather
                    station.  At Villarrica Volcano, work also included the preparation of stations for the seismic network, and the
                    monitoring of thermal anomalies using an infrared radiometer with our colleagues from the University of Hawaii.

                   
Volcanology Field Course in the Central Andes

                      November 2002, Argentina
                      With funding from the GAANN Fellowship, I participated on a field course in the Central Andes with students
                      from countries like Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and Cuba.  We observed
                      and studied the deposits formed by various volcanic processes, including caldera formation, phreatomagmatic
                      eruptions, hydrovolcanic events, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, mineralization in subvolcanic areas, and others.