Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70bis Gijón, Asturias, Spain

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1 Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70bis Gijón, Asturias, Spain Phone: Mobile: Fax: Skype: eva.alvarezs Date of Birth: 23 August Place of Birth: Navia (Asturias), Spain. NIF: Z Professional website: Education Ph. D degree in Biology. University of Oviedo (Spain); Master of Advanced Studies in Biology Applied to the Resources Sustainability (doctorate program quality accredited). University of Oviedo (Spain); Biology Degree, specialty in Marine Biology. University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain); International Baccalaureate Diploma (Spain); Thesis Plankton community structure and physiology from automated image-based methods. Supervisors: Dr. Enrique Nogueira and Dr. Ángel López-Urrutia Qualified with summa cum laude. University of Oviedo (Spain); Get a full copy here: Awards & Grants Ph. D grant Severo Ochoa. Gobierno del Principado de Asturias (PCTI); Grant for the study of foreign languages (English). Science and Education Ministry (MEC); Special Graduation Award in Biology. University of Santiago de Compostela (USC);

2 Research Experience External expert in FlowCAM sample analysis for the Sea Technologic Centre CETMAR, contact colleague: Deon Louw; 2 months; Research assistant at Oceanographic Center of Gijon from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography. Supervisors: Dr. Rafael Gónzalez-Quirós; Ph.D student Severo Ochoa from the Gobierno del Principado de Asturias (PCTI) at Oceanographic Center of Gijon from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography. Supervisors: Dr. Enrique Nogueira and Dr. Ángel López-Urrutia; Grad student business practices at Oceanographic Center of Gijón from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain); 4 months; Under-grad student collaboration at Department of Animal Physiology of the University of Santiago de Compostela, (Spain). Supervisor: Dr. Manuel Aldegunde; academic year: Journal Publications Álvarez, E., Nogueira, E. and López-Urrutia, Á. (2014) In-vivo single-cell fluorescence and the sizescaling of phytoplankton chlorophyll content. (Manuscript submitted to Limnol. & Ocean). Álvarez, E., Nogueira, E., López-Urrutia, Á. And Morán, X.A.G. (2014) Autotrophic community sizestructure and photoacclimation in a temperate shelf (Southern Bay of Biscay). (Manuscript submitted to Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser). Álvarez, E., Moyano, M., López-Urrutia, A., Nogueira, E. and Scharek, R. (2014) Routine determination of plankton community composition and size structure: a comparison between FlowCAM and light microscopy. J. Plankton Res., 36(1), González, P., Álvarez, E., Barranquero, J., Diez, J., González-Quirós, R., Nogueira, E., López-Urrutia, A. and Del Coz, J. J. (2013) Multiclass Support Vector Machines With Example-Dependent Costs Applied to Plankton Biomass Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 24, Álvarez, E., López-Urrutia, A. and Nogueira, E. (2012) Improvement of plankton biovolume estimates derived from image-based automatic sampling devices: Application to FlowCAM. J. Plankton Res., 34(6), Álvarez, E., López-Urrutia, A., Nogueira, E. and Fraga, S. (2011) How to effectively sample the plankton size spectrum? A case study using FlowCAM. J. Plankton Res., 33(7), Álvarez, E., Nogueira, E., Acuña, J. L., López-Álvarez, M. and Sostres, J. A. (2009) Short-term dynamics of late-winter phytoplankton blooms in a temperate ecosystem (Central Cantabrian Sea, Southern Bay of Biscay). J. Plankton Res., 31(6),

3 Conference Proceedings Álvarez, E., González, P., López-Urrutia, A., Diez, J., Nogueira, E., Del Coz, J. J. and González-Quirós, R. (2010) Automated classification techniques targeted to improve the precision of biomass estimates. Oral communication at ASLO/NABS Summer Meeting. ASLO/NABS, Santa Fe (NM), USA, pp. 5. González, P., Díez, J., Del Coz, J. J., Álvarez, E., González-Quirós, R., Nogueira, E. and López-Urrutia, A. (2010) Predicción taxonómica de muestras de microplancton usando técnicas de Aprendizaje Automático. Oral communication at V Simposio de Teoría y Aplicaciones de Minería de Datos (TAMIDA 2010). Ibergaceta Publicaciones, Valencia, Spain, pp Álvarez, E., López-Urrutia, Á. and Nogueira, E. (2008) Nano- and microplankton size-structure during late summer in the Southern Bay of Biscay. Poster at XI International Symposium on Oceanography of the Bay of Biscay. Revista de Investigación Marina Vol. 3. AZTI-Tecnalia, San Sebastian, Spain, pp Nogueira, E., Batle, J. M., Cabal, J., González-Nuevo, G., Revilla, R., Álvarez, E. and Bueno, J. (2008) Accumulation of northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) in a convergence zone at the Cap Breton Canyon (southern Bay of Biscay). Poster at XI International Symposium on Oceanography of the Bay of Biscay. Revista de Investigación Marina Vol. 3. AZTI-Tecnalia, San Sebastian, Spain, pp González-Nuevo, G., Nogueira, E. and Álvarez, E. (2008) Interannual, seasonal and short-term variability of wind-stress along the NW and N Iberian shelf. Poster at Easter Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems Symposium: Integrative and comparative approaches., Las Palmas, Spain. Collaboration in Research Projects Title: METOCA. Predicting the metabolic balance of the oceans. Funding Organization: MICIIN (Spanish Ministry of Science). Duration: ; IP: Ángel López-Urrutia. Title: LOTOFPEL. Long-term variability of small-pelagic fishes at the North Iberian shelf ecosystem. Funding Organization: MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Science). Duration: ; IP: Rafael González-Quirós. Title: COMITE. Microbial plankton and temperature in coastal ocean. Funding Organization: MICINN (Spanish Ministry of Science). Duration: ; IP: Xosé Anxelu Gutiérrez Morán. Title: IMAGINA. Image analysis methods and artificial intelligence techniques for identification of planktonic groups. Funding Organization: PCTI (Principado de Asturias). Duration: 2010; IP: Ángel López-Urrutia. Title: PERPLAN. Effects of perturbation on planktonic community. Funding Organization: MICINN (Spanish Ministry of Science). Duration: ; IP: Enrique Nogueira. 3

4 Title: ECOPEL. Integrated study of pelagic ecosystem and small pelagic fishes ecology. Funding Organization: IEO (Spanish Institute of Oceanography). Duration: ; IP's: Enrique Nogueira, Jesús Cabal and Ángel López-Urrutia. Title: RADIALES. Time series of oceanographic variables in the north coast of Spain. Funding Organization: IEO (Spanish Institute of Oceanography). Duration: ; IP: Antonio Bode. Skills & Activities Informatics knowledge Experienced user of R, software environment for statistical computing and graphics, as well as other complementary software. Programming skills: R: advance knowledge of R programming, which includes writing R functions, debugging, organizing and commenting R code and creating R packages. Other software: basics on Matlab and Java. Image analysis: R: advanced use for image analysis, image description and automatic classification of digital images. Other software: Zoo/PhytoImage, framework and software for the analysis of plankton digital images and ImageJ, image processing and analysis in Java. Data analysis and automatization: Statistics: R: advanced use for data analysis, particularly on large data sets including parallelized code. Other software: MacEX, software for the development of macros and automated routines. R: advanced use in descriptive and inference statistics and data analysis. Other software: SPSS, statistics and data analysis and ESS (Emacs speaks statistics). Contouring and graphs: R: advanced use for plotting, spatial interpolation and contouring. Other software: Surfer, 3D visualization, contouring and surface modeling, and basics on GIS. Operating systems: Windows and MacOS in office and internet. Unix for server client. 4

5 Languages English: Advanced spoken and written level. Qualified with A in FIRST Certificate in English (University of Cambridge), French: Basic spoken and understanding level. Spanish: Native language. Journal Referee Journal of Plankton Research Maine Ecology Progress Series Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Other qualifications Scuba-diving title (FEDAS 1 star). Driving license (International driving permit). Additional training I+D activities organization Technical assistance to the National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC) from Namibia; August Colleague: Deon Louw. Courses Course Computing for Data Analysis from Johns Hopkins University at Coursera.org, accomplishment with distinction; International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World s Oceans. Gijón (Spain); Course Training, Navigation and Observation of the Marine Environment. Xunta de Galicia (Spain); Course Fundamentals of Aquaculture. University of Oviedo (Spain); Stays Short-stay for assistance at plankton group of the National Marine Information and Research Centre (NatMIRC) from Namibia, 2 weeks. Supervisor: Deon Louw. Sea Technologic Centre (CETMAR); Short-stay research grant at Oceanographic Center of Vigo from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, 5 weeks. Supervisor: Santiago Fraga. Gobierno del Principado de Asturias (PCTI); Stay for the study of foreign languages at Brighton (United Kingdom), 3 weeks. Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (MEC); Oceanographic cruises Sampling of plankton and hydrographic variables and analysis of samples of nano- and micro-plankton (3-100 µm) with Flow Cytometer and Microscope (FlowCAM): - Cruise PELACUS1007, / , R/V Thalassa. - Cruise PELACUS0408, / , R/V Thalassa. - Cruise PERPLAN0808, / , on the laboratory. - Cruise PELACUS1008, / , R/V Thalassa. 5

6 - Cruise PERPLAN1108, / , on the laboratory. - Cruise PELACUS0409, / , R/V Thalassa. - Cruise PELACUS1009, / , R/V Thalassa. - Cruise PELACUS0410, / , R/V Thalassa. - Cruise RADCAN0413, / , R/V Ángeles Alvariño. - Sampling of RADIAL time series at the Oceanographic Center of Gijón from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, , R/V Jose Rioja. 6