Education and Relevant Certification

Education

Diploma in Global Leadership (2021-2022) Primary Institution: United Nations (UN) University for Peace (UPEACE) Courses Completed To Date: (i) Design Thinking, (ii) Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink, Rebuild, (iii) Positive Leadership, (iv) Tackling Finance in the Social Sector, (v) Social Media for Social Innovation Funding: Guardian Group/UPEACE Scholarship (2021)

PhD in Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation (2018) Primary Institutions: Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (Ireland); The University of Plymouth (UK)

Collaborative Research conducted at: Sven Loven Centre, Kristeneberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Main Supervisors: Dr. Ian O’Connor, Professor Richard C. Thompson, Professor Katarina Gardfeldt Dissertation Title: Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans Funding: Erasmus Mundus PhD Fellowship in Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation (Sept 2015 - Sept 2018) Awards: Best Presentation at Scientific Exhibition (Mares Conference, Olhao, Portugal, February 1st to 5th 2016). Based on Poster Presentation, “Kanhai LDK, Officer R, O'Connor I, Thompson RC. (2016) Investigation of the abundance, distribution and composition of microplastics at coastal upwelling sites in the Atlantic Ocean”

MPhil in Environmental Biology (2013) Primary Institution: The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Main Supervisors: Dr. Judith Gobin, Dr. Azad Mohammed, Dr. Denese Beckles Dissertation Title: Metal and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Contamination in the Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, West Indies Funding: UWI Postgraduate Scholarship (Sept 2008 - Dec 2010) Awards: 2nd Place Winner of the Postgraduate ORAL Presentations at the Department of Life Sciences’ 2nd Annual Research Symposium (UWI)

BSc General, double major (i) Environmental and Natural Resource Management and, (ii) Chemistry, First Class Honours (2007)

Primary Institution: The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Final Year Chemistry Project: The synthesis, characterization and testing of a chiral monosubstituted squarate ligand Funding: Further Additional National Scholarship in Environmental Science (Sept 2004 - May 2007) Awards: The Southern Systems Limited Prize, best graduating student in Chemistry (UWI 2007), The Industrial Gases LTD. Prize, best Year 3 performance in Chemistry (UWI 2007), The ASA Wright Centre Ian Lambie Prize, best Year 3 performance in Environmental and Natural Resource Management (UWI 2007), The ASA Wright Centre Thomas Carr Prize, best Year 2 performance in Environmental and Natural Resource Management (UWI 2006), The ASA Wright Centre Julian Duncan Prize, best Year 1 performance in Environmental and Natural Resource Management (UWI 2005)

Secondary and Primary Level Education Secondary Level: Naparima Girls’ High School Primary Level: Vistabella, Balmain and Reform Presbyterian Schools

Scientific Expeditions

Early Career Scientist Program onboard Swedish Icebreaker Oden (Aug 8th – Sept 20th, 2016) Work packages: (i) Heavy Metals and Microplastics (ii) Physical Oceanography Sampling: Microplastics in various environmental compartments (surface waters, sub-surface waters, sediments, sea ice) in the Arctic Central Basin Organized by: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) Location: Arctic Ocean

Floating Summer School- North South Atlantic Transect Training (Oct 28th to Dec 2nd 2015, Bremerhaven, Germany to Cape Town, South Africa) Trained in five working groups: Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Tools Sampling: Microplastics in sub-surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean Organized by: Irish Strategic Marine Alliance for Research & Training (SMART) program, Alfred Wegener Institute (Germany), Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) Centre of Excellence Location: Atlantic Ocean

eXXpedition Leg 4 Voyage (29th November - 8th December 2019, Antigua, Bonaire, Aruba) Sampling: Microplastics in surface waters, sub-surface waters and sediments, Submerged marine debris in coastal waters of Bonaire Other Components of Program: Waste Management on land, Public education and awareness Organized by: eXXpedition Location: Caribbean Sea

Other Certification

Spanish

Spanish- Level 3B (June 2020); Advanced Spanish Conversation (July 2015) Institution: Centre for Language Learning, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Other levels: Spanish Conversation Level 2, Intermediate (2014); Spanish- Levels 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A (2013 - 2019)

Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (Level A2), January 2015 Institution: Cervantes Institute, Madrid, Spain

Japanese

Japanese-Level 1B (May 2021), Japanese Level 1A (December 2020)

Institution: Centre for Language Learning, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Health and Safety

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (2006) Institution: College of Health, Environmental and Safety Studies

Heartsaver, First Aid, CPR and AED Training

Institution: American Heart Association (August 2022)