Guido Andres Yactayo

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Guido Andres Yactayo
Watershed Data Modeling Specialist

Chesapeake Bay Program Office

410 Severn Avenue
Suite 109
Annapolis, MD 21403
USA

Phone: (410) 295-1317
Cell: (540) 257-3485
Fax: (410) 267-5777
Email: gyactayo@chesapeakebay.net

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PERSONAL DETAILS

Name	Guido Andres Yactayo
Email	gyactayo@chesapeakebay.net

EDUCATION

2009	M.S. Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA Thesis: "A Modeling Framework to Evaluate the Fate of Nitrogen in a Karst-influenced Watershed"
2003	B.Sc. Environmental and Natural Resource Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Callao, Perú Specialization: environmental and natural resource engineering

SKILLS

GIS software: ArcView 3.2, Arc GIS 9.2, ARC/INFO, GPS systems
Remote Sensing software: ERDAS image, ENVI
Statistical software: MINITAB, R
Computer languages: Fortran
Models: SWAT, GWLF, HEC-RAS, HSPF
Languages: Spanish

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Watershed Data Modeling Specialist, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Bay Program Office.

Annapolis, MD, September  2009 – present

• Update Scenario Builder subroutines and databases.
• Develop Chesapeake Bay Watershed model subroutines to post-process input and outputs.
• Perform GIS and statistical analysis of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed model input and output.
• Conduct literature reviews and model documentation.

Research Assistant, Biological Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA, September 2007 – August 2009

• Develop and evaluate a model for the karst-influenced Opequon Creek watershed
• Develop data for characterizing nutrient loads from Opequon Creek watershed
• Develop GIS database for Opequon Creek project and watershed modeling studies for watersheds in Ecuador

Research Assistant, International Potato Center, Natural Resource Management Division

Lima-Peru, October 2004 – June 2007

• Assessed the environmental sustainability of using different crops in different zones using geospatial analysis and watershed modeling in Chiriqui Viejo watershed, Panama
• Evaluated the spectral response of Vicia faba, potato, and sweet potato crops to calculate leaf area index and biomass production
• Participated in the Natural Resources Management in the Sierra South Project (MARENASS) evaluating the impact of soil conservation and water management in the department of Apurimac, Perú
• Participated as facilitator in the workshop Methods and Instruments of Analysis for Management of Natural Resources in the framework of the Regional Project of Andean Watersheds GTZS/ CONDESAN
• Traveled to field sites and collected primary and secondary data and information

Internship, International Potato Center, Natural Resource Management Division

Lima Peru, February 2002 – May 2003

• Performed the analysis of sediment samples of runoff plots
• Examined the spectral response of ten tropical pasture varieties using remote sensing to calculate leaf area and biomass production
• Digitized maps and used geographical information systems