ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1988-1992, B.A., Biology Major, Art History Minor, Thesis Title: Island Biogeography and Habitat Fragmentation: Implications for Conservation Biology
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1992-1998, Ph.D., Ecology Major, Dissertation Title: Land Use and Water Quality: Linking Field-Sampling, GIS and Modeling

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Water Resources Association
American Association for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Ecological Society of America
The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ecologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Habitat Conservation Division, Caribbean Field Office, Cabo Rojo, PR, Dates: 2001-present
Modeler, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Washington, DC, Dates: 2001-present
Ecologist, Panzardi-ERM, Inc., Guaynabo, PR, Dates: 2000-2001
National Research Council (NRC) Associate, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ecosystem Assessment Branch, Athens, GA, Dates: 1999-2000
GIS Specialist, Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Dates: 1998
Research Assistant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation Water and Watersheds Grant, "Community Values and the Long-Term Ecological Integrity of Rapidly Urbanizing Watersheds," Dates: 1997-1998
Teaching Assistant, Institute of Ecology and School of Marine Science, The University of Georgia, 1997
National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Assessment Branch, Athens, GA, Dates: 1994-1996
Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, The University of Georgia, 1992-1994
Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch, Buffalo, NY, Dates: 1990-1992

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

1. Carrubba, L. 1997. The economics of land use change operating in a small watershed. Poster Presentation, The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2. Carrubba, L. 1997. Comparing water quality along a gradient of urbanization. in Proceedings of the Georgia Water Resources Conference, Kathryn J. Hatcher, Ed., 20-22 March, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
3. Carrubba, L. 1998. Water quality testing to determine the effects of land use change in a small, rural watershed. The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the Ecological Society of America, Joint Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.
4. Carrubba, L. 1999. The use of sediment-pesticide transport models in three different watersheds. in Proceedings of the National Symposium on Water Quality, American Water Resources Association Annual Meeting, Rodney Sakrison and Peter Sturtevant, Eds., 5-9 December, Seattle, Washington.
5. Carrubba, L. 2000. Hydrologic Modeling at the Watershed Scale Using NPSM. Journal of the American Water Resources Association Special Issue 36(6): 1237-1246.
6. Carrubba, L. 2001. Techniques for Assessing Pesticide Loading at the Watershed Scale. in Proceedings Integrated Decision-Making for Watershed Management Symposium: Processes and Tools, Darrell Bosch, Ed., 7-9 January, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
7. Carrubba, L. 2001. Watershed Modeling of Nonpoint Source Pollutant Transport Using NPSM. The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
8. Carrubba, L. 2001. Applications of Landscape Ecology to Conservation. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Utuado, Sexto Simposio de Ciencias Naturales, Restauración y Conservación de Ecosistemas, Utuado, Puerto Rico.
9. Meléndez, A., and L. Carrubba. 2001. Sampling and Analysis Plan and Results of Bottom Sediment Sampling in the San Antonio Channel, San Juan Bay, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Project Reports for Panzardi-ERM, Inc.
10. Carrubba, L., and A. Pabón. 2002. NMFS Caribbean Field Office, Duties and Opportunities, Presentation for the 107th Caribbean Fishery Management Council Meeting, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
11. Carrubba, L. 2002. Essential Fish Habitat and NOAA Benthic Habitat Maps. Presentations for the Caribbean Regional Response Team Meeting, St. Croix, U.S.Virgin Islands.
12. Carrubba, L. 2002. Reply to Discussion by Raymond C. Whittemore: Hydrologic Modeling at the Watershed Scale Using NPSM. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(3):873-874.

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