**CURRICULUM VITAE (Abstract)**

**I. GENERAL INFORMATION:**

**Full name: Nelson de la Concepción Melo González**

**Home address: 341 NW 109 Ave. \# 6, Miami, Florida, 33172. USA.**

**Home Telephone:** 305 222 8299

**Mobil Telephone:** 305 331 2309

**E-mail:** <nmelo_99@yahoo.com>, <nmelo@rsmas.miami.edu>,
<nelson.melo@noaa.gov>.

**II. ACADEMIC DEGREES:**

**1. Degree:**

"Bachelor of Physics" Grade point average: 4.8 / 5 (Excellent).

Specialization: a) Nuclear Physics. b) Electronic and Solid State
Physics.

Obtained at the Physics Faculty, University of Havana, Cuba. (1972 -
1978).

**2. Master degree:**

"Master of Physical Sciences", Thesis Title: "Mossbauer Effect in Cuban
Magnetites" (1978).

Obtained at the Physics Faculty, University of Havana, Cuba.

**3. Ph D. degree:**

In preparation.

Thesis Title: "Characterization of oceanographic parameters and
phenomena around the island of Cuba from thermal and color space images
of the sea." University of South Florida (USF), USA.

**4. Post-graduated studies:**

"***General Oceanography***."

Post graduate university courses in general oceanography (16 months)
received in Cuba, Russia and Bulgaria (Hydrography Cuban Institute,
Cuba; Institute of Oceanography (Shirchov) Moscow; Russia. Institute of
Oceanography, Sofia, Bulgaria).

"***Marine Remote Sensing***"

Post graduate courses in Marine Remote Sensing (18 months) received in
Russia, Germany, Venezuela, Chile and USA (Institute of Oceanography
(Shirchov) Moscow, Russia; Institute for Cosmic Research, Berlin,
Germany; Institute of Oceanography, Rootstock, Germany; Universidad
Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela; University of Chile, Inter-American
Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), Santiago, Chile; University
of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Fl, USA.)

"***Science and computer instrumentation***".

Post graduate courses in science and computer instrumentation (22 month)
received in Cuba, Russia, Germany, and USA (Mathematics Faculty, Havana
University, Cuba, Institute of Oceanography (Shirchov) Moscow, Russia;
Institute for Cosmic Research, Berlin, Germany; University of South
Florida, St. Petersburg, Fl., USA.)

**5. Scientific category:**

Research Investigator. (2^nd^ highest level in Cuba)

Granted by the Central Commission of Scientific Categories, Academy of
Sciences of Cuba.

Date obtained: August 3, 1992.

**III. WORK EXPERIENCE:**

1.  **Science Research:** Oceanography and Marine Remote Sensing (remote
    sensors and aero-space digital images processing, applied to the
    marine research).

> **Institution:** Instituto de Oceanología (IDO), Instituto
> Hidrografico (ICH), Instituto de Geodesia y Cartografia (ICGC),
> Agencia de Medio Ambiente. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio
> Ambiente (CITMA). Cuba. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
> Science (RSMAS) Miami, USA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
> Administration (NOAA), Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
> Laboratory (AOML) 2001-2006.
>
> **Responsibilities:** Director of the Division of Research and
> Environment; Head of the Research Group in Marine Remote Sensing;
> Principal Investigator of the International Project with the European
> Space Agency (ESA): "Integrated study of coastal environment in Cuba
> using satellite SAR - ERS imagery (AO3--126)". "Florida Bay
> Oceanographic Research Projects". Research Associate II.

2.  **Science and Computer Instrumentation:** Installation and operation
    of science, radio-location and computer instrumentation (computer
    and network installation, cabling, hardware and software
    maintenance, setup, and operation). AM Computers Corp.

**IV. PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES:**

Nuclear Physics, Physical Oceanography and Marine Remote Sensing,
Science and Computer Instrumentation.

**V. LANGUAGES:**

Spanish: Native Language.

English: Speak, translate, read and write.

Russian: Speak, read and write.

**VI. POST GRADUATED COURSES:**

"General oceanography."; "Computer programming (Pascal)."; A+,
Networking Essentials. "Autonomous diver."; "Statistic and experimental
design."; "Oceanographic instrumentation", "Interpretation of space
images"; "Radio-localization"(Syledis instrumentation and GPS); "Digital
images processing in marine areas from the Russian space scanner
(MSU-M); "Marine Spectrometry"; "Digital image and spectrometric data
processing"; "Photographic methods for determination of depths in shelf
areas"; "Update of topographical maps using space images"; "German
digital images processing system A-6472/Feag-200"; "Marine Remote
Sensing"; "Spectrometry and active influence in the atmosphere";
"Administration and actions on the coast"; "Geographical Information
Systems"; "Space image processing using the space sensors AVHRR and CZCS
in areas of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico"; "Low Cost Remote
Sensing Systems"; "Social Problems of the Science and the Technology.";
"Philosophy for Ph D. in Physical Sciences"; "Air and Space Remote
Sensing, in Cuba: Current State and Perspectives"; "Intensive Course on
Remote Sensing of the Ocean: Applications for Ocean Colour, Temperature,
Wind Stress and Altimetry"; "Business Management by Objectives"; "Space
images pressing and analysis using the space sensors AVHRR and SeaWiFS
in areas of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico".

**VII. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:**

Have taught 6 courses to university and superior technical level
student:

"Electromagnetism"; "General oceanography"; "Remote Sensing"; "Remote
Sensing of the natural resources"; "Marine Remote Sensing". "Computer
instrumentation".

**VIII. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH**

**Research Project Participation.**

Participant in 28 national (Cuba) or international Projects in
oceanographic research and marine Remote Sensing.

Head, Scientific leader or Principal Investigator in 16 national (Cuba)
or international projects in oceanographic research and Marine Remote
Sensing.

**Published research papers:**

23 papers published in national (Cuba) an international scientific
journals.

2 papers in preparation.

**Unpublished works**

17 unpublished scientific reports and/or papers.

**IX. PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES AND SYMPOSIA.**

Participant, author or speaker in 25 national or international
congresses and symposia.

X.  **PARTICIPATION IN OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CRUISERS.**

Participant, scientific Cruise Leader, or Principal Investigator in 112
national (Cuba) or international (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Black
Sea, Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Florida Bay, etc.) oceanographic
research cruises.

**XI. THESIS ADVISOR.**

Tutor or advisor in 4 degree thesis.

**XII. DIFFUSION.**

Participant in 5 interviews in the national television, radio, and
journals in Cuba and USA.

**Updated: Sep 2006.**