PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth: June 11, 1955. Place of Birth: Campeche, Mexico. Tel./Fax.: (Mexico): (525) 632 2650 E-mail: dnovelo@cwpanama.net EDUCATIONAL HISTORY CURRICULUM VITAE DAVID A. NOVELO 1986 DOCTOR IN GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS University of Hawaii, U.S.A. 1983 MASTER IN GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS University of Hawaii, U.S.A. 1980 GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEER Autonomous National University of Mexico SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: More than fourteen years working in the field of disaster prevention and mitigation including monitoring natural hazards, project management, research, and developing of activities at regional and international levels. Planning and development of projects and programs in the field of disaster prevention and mitigation and research at the international level. Ample knowledge of the Mexican and Central American Institutional Framework for natural disaster prevention, mitigation, response, and research at the national and regional levels. Assisting Central American countries to better prepare disaster response and disaster mitigation plans. Direction and Coordination of Research Groups in Earth Sciences. Promotion of regional cooperation for the exchange of technology for monitoring, processing and analysis of geophysical data (Caribbean, Central America, Northern South America, Mexico, and Southern, U.S.A.). Strong background in geophysical research. Ample experience in preparation of technical reports. Leadership and managerial skills. Strong ability for interdisciplinary team-work in an inter-cultural environment. Presented several Conferences on natural hazards, disaster prevention and mitigation, and research in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the USA representing CDMHA, CEPREDENAC, PAIGH, UNAM, and the MIDAS Consortium. CDMHA: Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. CEPREDENAC: Central American Center for Natural Disaster Prevention. Headquarters: Panama. PAIGH: Pan American Institute of Geography and History (Technical Institution from the Organization of American States-OAS). UNAM: Autonomous National University of Mexico, Mexico. MIDAS: Middle American Seismic Consortium.
WORK EXPERIENCE INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT (July 2001-To Present) ADJUNCT PROFESSOR (October 2001-To Present) PAYSON CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FACULTY OF THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA 70118,USA Main Responsibilities Assistance in the planning and programming of meeting, reports, and interface with regional and local institutions dedicated to natural disasters prevention, mitigation and response in Latin America and the Caribbean. Design and coordinate an integrated skills and competency driven curriculum of courses at the graduate level. Provide policy analyses of human capital and related disaster response and mitigation legislation with focus on the community level. Provide input as required in related research activities for CDMHA. PROGRAM DIRECTOR (July 1999-June 2001) CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTER FOR NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION (CEPREDENAC). Headquarters: Panama, Panama. Main Responsibilities and Accomplishments Collaboration in the establishment of the Central American Regional Plan for Disaster Reduction (PRRD). Formulation of the five years work plan for the "Central American Quinquennium for Vulnerability and Disaster Impact Reduction" established by the Central American Presidents in 1999. Assisting CEPREDENAC s country members in their projects and programs for disaster prevention (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama). Providing technical and scientific support in the field of geological hazards. Participation and organization of international, regional, and national conferences. Preparation, design and coordination of key activities and projects for the CEPREDENAC Regular Program for the period 1999-2001. DIRECTOR (March 1993-March 1997) INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS AUTONOMOUS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO Establishment of the University Laboratory of Isotopic Geochemistry (LUGIS). Implemented the Mexican National Seismic Broadband Network.
Consolidated the Research Groups in Seismology, Volcanology, Natural Resources, Space Physics and Geomagnetism and Exploration. Designed and implemented the new Research Unit in Geology and Geophysics, Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico. Obtained external funding for infrastructure and research for several millions U.S.D. for the period 1993-1997. Participation In the design of the new Graduate Program and new Library of Earth Sciences at UNAM. Implemented state of the art technology for research (equipment and computers). Collaborated in the implementation of the Advisory Scientific-Technical Group for the Popocatepetl Volcano. SENIOR SCIENTIST LEVEL "A" (Since January, 1988) AUTONOMOUS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAM) México, D.F., México Publication of several scientific articles in referenced journals (see list of publications below). HEAD OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL SEISMOLOGICAL SERVICE (January 1988-March, 1993) AUTONOMOUS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO Establishment of new technology for processing, monitoring, recording and analyzing local and regional seismicity. Designed and promoted the funding of the Mexican National Broadband Seismic Network trough several technical projects presented to the Mexican Government and the National Council of Science and Technology. VISITING SCIENTIST (1987) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Menlo Park, California, U.S.A. Publication of scientific articles related to Coda Wave Attenuation In the Parkfield, California, Area. RESEARCH ASSISTANT (1983-1986) HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS, University of Hawaii, U.S.A. Publication of scientific articles about the 1979 Petatlan, Mexico, Earthquake. RESEARCH ASSISTANT (1979-1980) INSTITUTO DE INGENIERIA, UNAM, México, D.F. Field work, data processing and research on the 1978 Oaxaca, Mexico, Earthquake.
MEXICAN NATIONAL RESEARCH SYSTEM National Investigator, Level 1. Area: Physics and Mathematics (January 1988-June, 1997). National Investigator, Level II. Area: Physics and Mathematics (July 1997-Present). INTERNATIONAL HONORARY DISTINCTIONS SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT (November 2001-Present) PANAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY (PAIGH). TECHNICAL INSTITUTION FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES - OAS. PRESIDENT (November 1993- November 2001) GEOPHYSICS COMMISSION PANAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY (PAIGH). Redesigned the structure for the management, formulation, evaluation, presentation and funding of projects. Promoted regional research projects in the field of geophysics including disaster prevention and mitigation for the Latin American and the Caribbean region.. Designed and implemented a program to provide two annual scholarships to Latin American students for graduate studies in geophysics. PRESIDENT (November 1997-Present) MIDDLE AMERICAN SEISMIC CONSORTIUM (MIDAS Consortium). Promoted regional cooperation for the exchange of technology for monitoring, analysis and processing of seismic data (Caribbean, Central America, Northern South America, Mexico, Southern, U.S.A.). Designed and implemented a regional seismic broadband network. Promoted the installation of a MIDAS data Center in Puerto Rico. LAST FIVE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 1. Novelo-Casanova, D.A., Correlation between the fault rupture pattern and associated microseismic activity of the Petatlan earthquake, Geophysical Journal International, 123, 628-632, 1995. 2. UNAM and CENAPRED Seismology Group, The Milpa Alta earthquake of January 21, 1995, Geofísica Internacional, 34, 355-367, 1995.
3. S.K. Singh, J.Pacheco, F. Courboulex, and D. A. Novelo, Source parameters of the Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico, earthquake of 27 March, 1996 (Mw=5.5) estimated from near-field recordings of a single station, Journal of Seismology, 39-45, 1997. 4.. Valdés-González, C., and D.A. Novelo-Casanova, The western Guerrero, Mexico, seismogenic zone from the microseismicity associated to the 1979 Petatlan and 1985 Zihuatanejo earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 287, 271-277, 1998. 5. Novelo-Casanova, D.A., and C. Valdés-González, Coda Wave Attenuation Parallel and Perpendicular to the Mexican Pacific Coast, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 13, 469-476, 2000. TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS 1. Valdés, C.M. and D.A. Novelo-Casanova, User Manual for Q coda, Toolbok for Plotting Seismic and Other Data, the IASPEI Seismological Library, Vol. 2, 231-250, 1989. 2. Novelo-Casanova, D.A. and T. Monfret, Computer Program to Compute Qc from Coda Waves, IASPEI Software Library, 1991. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION Since 1988, I have presented conferences on natural hazards, disaster prevention and mitigation, and research at national, regional and international Seminars, Meetings, Conferences, and Workshops in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the USA, representing CDMHA, CEPREDENAC, PAIGH, UNAM, and the MIDAS Consortium. Some of these conferences are: La Vulnerabilidad Social en Centroamérica (Social Vulnerabiltiy in Central America). Conference presented at the II Seminario de Alto Nivel de la Integración Centroamericana. Managua, Nicaragua. July 14, 1999. Vulnerabilidad de Centroamérica a Desastres Naturales (Vulnerability of Central America to Natural Disasters). Conference presented at the Simposio INCAP 50 Aniversario: Hacia la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional de Centroamérica en el Siglo XXI. Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. September 6-8, 1999. El Plan Regional de Reducción de Desastres de Centroamérica (The Central American Regional Plan for Disaster Reduction) Conference presented at the Seminar Ciudades para la Gente. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October, 4-7, 2000. Vulnerabilidad de Centroamérica a los Desastres Naturales y Estrategias de Acción (Vulnerability of Central America to Natural Disasters and Strategic Actions. Conference presented at the Conferencia de las Fuerzas Armadas Humanitarias 2001 (FAHUM01). Kingston, Jamaica. January 10, 2001.
Los Efectos de los Desastres Transnacionales y sus Implicaciones Futuras en el Área de Cooperación (The effects of Transnational Disasters and their implications for Future Cooperation) and El Marco Político Centroamericano para la Prevención de Desastres (The Central American Political Framework for Disaster Prevention). Conferences presented as part of the Seminar Natural Disaster Management under the invitation of the InterAmerican Defense College, Washington, D.C. USA. December 11-12, 2001. LAST FIVE SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES 1.. Novelo-Casanova, D.A., and G. Suárez, Applications in Seismological Research and Use in Civil Defense Practice for the Mexican National Seismic Network. Conference presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Seismological Society, Ixtapa-Guerrero, Mexico, 1993. 2.. Novelo-Casanova, D.A. and José Alvarez-Moctezuma, High Seismic Potential Zones Along The Pacific Coast of Mexico. Conference presented at the 27th. General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth s Interior (IASPEI), New Zeland, 1994. 3. Novelo-Casanova, D.A. and G. Suarez: The Mexican National Broadband Seismic Network. Conference presented at the XXI General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A, 1995. 4.. Payero, S. J., y D.A. Novelo-Casanova: Estudio del Factor de Calidad Qc en el Istmo de Tehuantepec, México. Conference presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mexican Geophysical Union, Mexico, 1995. 5.. Novelo-Casanova D. A., Martínez-Bringas A., and Valdés-González C., Coda Wave Attenuation in the Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico, Region. Conference presented at the General Assembly of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth s Interior (IAVCEI), Mexico, 1997. COURSES PROFESSOR. Institute of Geophysics, UNAM, Mexico. "SEISMOLOGY II", Graduate Level (1993-1994). "THE PHYSICS AND STATISTICS OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION", Graduate Level ( 1990-1991). THESIS 1. Tan Yi Li: "Control de una Estación Sismológica Digital y Dis eño de un Sistema de Detección Automática de la Señal Sísmica", UNAM, Master Sc., July, 1989. 2. Eugenio Polanco Rivera: "Análisis de la Variación Espacial de Coda Q en el Area de Parkfield, California", UNAM, Master Sc., March, 1995. 3. Juan Silvestre Payero de Jesus: "Estudio de Atenuación de Coda Q y un Modelo de Corteza para el Istmo de Tehuantepec y en la Zona de Laguna Verde", UNAM, Master Sc., May, 1995.
4. Alicia Martínez Bringas: "Atenuación de las Ondas Coda en el Volcán Popocatépetl", UNAM, Master. Sc., September, 1998. 5. Alicia Martínez Bringas: "Fórmulas Empíricas de Probabilidad Basadas en la Sismicidad para Pronosticar Exhalaciones y Erupciones del Volcán Popocatépetl", UNAM, Ph. D., in process. MEMBERSHIPS American Seismological Society American Geophysical Union Mexican Geophysical Union LANGUAJES Spanish and English