Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Fernando Morales

  • Languages
    Spanish and English (fluent) and Dutch (fair).
  • Career Interests
    Very interested in research and development of biomedical technology. In general, a job which requires the use and development of my knowledge and skills.
  • Career
    • Present - 2004/07
      Life sciences instrumentation engineer at the European Space Agency, Noordwijk ZH (NL). Full-time contractor position provided by Serco FM BV, Katwijk ZH (NL).
    • 2003/12 – 2000/01
      Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, November 2005 at the University of Groningen (NL). Dissertation title: “Improving the clinical applicability of laser Doppler perfusion monitoring”.
  • Academic Education
    • 1993/09 – 1999/09
      University of Granada, Granada (Spain).
      Master in Sciences (Biology), September 1999.
  • Work Experience and Skills
    • Technical support in biomedical research and development activities.
    • Conceptual planning and implementation of biomedical test set-ups.
    • Analysis, evaluation, reporting and interpretation of data from biological or physiological experiments.
    • Good oral and written communication.
    • Excellent team working.
    • Very autodidact.
    • Learn quickly any method and technique.
    • Other highlighted skills:
    • Advanced user of computer hardware.
    • Advanced user of Windows and GNU/Linux.
    • Data analysis and statistics software: SPSS, SigmaPlot.
    • Generic applications: office software, LaTeX, image manipulation.
    • Programming languages: XHTML+CSS, and some of VisualBASIC, C, Linux shell scripts.
    • Driving license class B.
  • Hobbies
    Photography, astronomy, sports, music, films, salsa dancing.