ANDRÉA ROCHA DA SILVA
Analytical ChemistEDUCATION
Federal Fluminese University (UFF) – Niterói – Brazil, PhD. Environmental Geochemistry, 2009
FUNCEFET – RJ- Brazil, MBA - Integrated Management in QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental) in the Industry of the Petroleum, 2009
Federal Fluminense University (UFF) – Niterói - Brazil, Graduated in Industrial Chemistry, 2005
Federal Fluminese University (UFF) – Niterói – Brazil, MSc – Geosciences, 2003
Federal Technical school of Chemistry - ETFQ/RJ, Chemical technician, 1993
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TDI-Brooks International, Inc., College Station, TX, Analytical Chemist, November 2010-Present.
GSI-Brooks - Geochemical Solutions International Brasil Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006 – Present.
Supervisor Board - Responsible for the technical documentation and data collection in offshore oil activities, 2009.
Technical board assistant on chemistry and geochemical data collections of samples of seawater (Niskin and Go-Flo Bottles), marine sediments (Box-core, piston coring) and heat flux from the ocean floor, 2006 to 2009.
Assistant of HSE supervisor on shipboard R/V Gyre, MV Oceansatpeg I, MV Inspector, RV Emma McCall and Rylan T, 2006 to 2009.
Auxiliary Professor, Santa Ursula University, Department of Engineering - Graduate Classes taught: Lesson of Inorganic Chemistry (theoretical and lab), 2003 to 2004.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Date Position held Type of project Localization Vessel
07/01/2013 to 07/15/2013
Lab Technician
Data collection of Piston coring to
Malta Phoenicia Malta RV Rylan T
06/23/2012 to 07/09/2012
Lab
Technician Data collection of Piston coring Peru RV GeoExplorer
15/02/2012 to 08/03/2012
Lab Technician
Data collection of Piston coring to Atwater Valley SGE Program
Gulf of Mexico, USA RV GeoExplorer 06/16/2010 to 08/07/2010 Lab Technician
Data collection of Piston coring and heat flow to study in surface geochemical exploration and geophysics. Provision of drop core acquisition and analysis services
Peru RV GeoExplorer
03/10/2010 to
03/19/2010 Supervisor
Service storage and retrieval of electronic data by measuring Heat Flow Data Acquisition not exclusive: Study of heat flux from the ocean floor in Mucuri, Espírito Santo, Campos, Santos and Pelotas Basins
Brazil RV Gyre
01/09/2010 to
01/15/2010 Supervisor
Environmental monitoring at Santos Basin – Tupi area. Water and Sediment sampling for geochemistry analysis, plankton and Drop Camera
Brazil RV Gyre
12/21/2009 to 12/29/2009
Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring at Santos Basin - Tiro and Coral area. Water and Sediment sampling for contaminants, geochemistry analysis, plankton
Brazil RV Gyre
01/27/2009 to 02/09/2009
Lab Technician
Piston coring and heat flow data collection to Characterization of Seep Hydrocarbons for surface geochemical studies in Camamu-Almada –
sedimentary basin, Bahia
Brazil RV Rylan T
05/16/2008 to 05/30/2008
Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring concerning the HABITAT project on deep water at Campos Basin. Sediment sampling for contaminants and bethic
characterization. Brazil RV Emma McCall 20/20/2008 to 03/04/2008 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platform activity at Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. Sediment sampling for contaminants and plankton Brazil RV Gyre 05/12/2007 to 05/26/2007 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platform activity at Campos Basin, Brazil. Water sampling for contaminants, geochemistry and plankton analysis. Brazil MV Inspector 04/10/2007 to 04/24/2007 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platform activity at Campos. Water sampling for contaminants, geochemistry and plankton analysis
02/23/2007 to 02/28/2007
Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platforms at Campos Basin, Brazil. Sediment sampling for contaminants and geochemistry analysis Brazil MV Oceansatpeg I 12/26/2007 to 01/09/2007 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platforms at Campos Basin, Brazil. Sediment sampling for contaminants and geochemistry analysis Brazil RV Gyre 12/19/2006 to 12/26/2006 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platforms at Campos Basin, Brazil. Sediment sampling for contaminants and geochemistry analysis Brazil RV Gyre 11/28/2006 to 12/11/2006 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platforms at Campos Basin, Brazil. Sediment sampling for contaminants and geochemistry analysis. Brazil RV Gyre 10/31/2006 to 11/07/2006 Lab Technician
Environmental monitoring of oil drilling platforms at Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. Water and sediment sampling for contaminants,
geochemistry and plankton analysis
Brazil RV Gyre
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS
• Total Scanning Fluorescence (TSF) analysis of sediment extracts.
• C15 to C34 and C8 to C40 hydrocarbon analysis by GC/FID and integration using HPCHEM software
• MSDS in the Laboratory - Computer Based Training
• Safety Orientation: Lab – Computer Based Training
• OSHA Laboratory Standard – Computer Based Training
• Preventing Contamination - Computer Based Training
• Fall Protection - Computer Based Training
• Lock Out Tag Out – Computer Based Training
• Compressed Gas Cylinders – Computer Based Training
• Training in Designated Person Ashore, 2013
• Training in Geotechnical, Geochemical and Environmental Lab: GEOTEK Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) and preparing of samples geotechnical analyses (mini vane, plasticity limit and humidity).
• Helicopter Underwater Egress Training – Seal Inspection and Training, 2011
• ISPS Code/Vessel Security Training – TDI-Brooks International, 2011
• EPA NPDES Vessel General Permit Training - TDI-Brooks International, 2011
• International Safety Management Code - TDI-Brooks International, 2011
• TDI-Brooks International’s Safety at Sea - TDI-Brooks International, 2011
• Hearing Conservation – TDI-Brooks International, 2011
• Radiological Safety Training – TDI-Brooks International, 2011
• Project Management - Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV Management), 2009
• SP, BRAMS Atmospheric model course - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), 2008
• Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Environmental Chemistry, 2004
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Environmental Management, 1999
• Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Wastewater, 1998
• Federal Technical school of Chemistry, RJ, Introduction to Liquid Chromatography, 1996
• Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Atomic Absorption, 1995 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Ph.D. Thesis: Atmospheric deposition of inorganic and organic nitrogen in agricultural area in the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. 2009.
Master of Science: Organic Nitrogen and Phosphorus and major íons in the lower course of Campo Belo, Itatiaia, (RJ) Brazil.
Project Managé: Recovery of the basin of the river Itapaboana. Coordinator: Angela Maria Abreu de Barros UFF, Brazil. Supported by MMA (Ministry of the environment Activity: Microbiological analysis and chemistry of riverwater, 1997-1998
Modality: Technological initiation Industrial Area of the knowledge: Guarantee of Quality control Institution: BioRio foundation -Pharmaceutical Industry Simões Supported by CNPq- RHAE (Brazil) Development of techniques for pharmaceutical substance identification, 1995-1997
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W. Z. Atmospheric deposition of inorganic and organic nitrogen in agricultural area in the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. In: I Environmental Geochemistry meeting, 2008 – Federal Fluminense University, 2008, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W. Z. Dissolved organic nitrogen deposition on agricultural and urban environments in the Rio de Janeiro state, Brasil. In: Nitrogen 4th Conference, Costa do Sauípe, 2007, Bahia, Brazil.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W. Z. Rainwater organic and inorganic in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In:
Atmospheric Chemistry at the interfaces 2006 – Joint CACGP/
IGAC/ WMO Symposium, 2006, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W. Z. Organic Nitrogen in precipitation in the Southeastern Brazil. In: 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere - Meteorology and Oceanography, 2006, Foz do Iguaçu.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W.Z. Nitrogênio Orgânico e Inorgânico em Águas de Chuva. In: X Congresso Brasileiro de Geoquímica
dos Países do Mercosul, 2005, Porto de Galinhas –
Pernambuco. X Congresso Brasileiro de Geoquímica e II Simpósio de Geoquímica dos Países do Mercosul, 2005.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W. Z. Comportamento das formas orgânicas e inorgânicas de N e P no baixo curso do rio Campo Belo, Itatiaia, RJ. In: XXVI Congresso Latinoamericanode Química e 27a. Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Química, 2004, Salvador, BA. Livro de Resumos. São Paulo – SP: Sociedade Brasileira de Química, 2004.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W.Z; Almeida, M.D. Organic Nitrogen and Phosphorus and major íons in the lower course of Campo Belo, Itatiaia, (RJ) Brazil. In: 4th International Symposium
Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical Countries, 2004. p.
174-176.
Rocha-Silva, A; de Mello, W.Z. Fluxos de N e P orgânicos e íons majoritários no baixo curso do rio Campo Belo Itatiaia, RJ – Avaliação das contribuições antrópicas e naturais. In: XVI
Seminário Interno de Geoquímica, 2003, Niterói. XVI
