Aguayo, Paula, BEng MSc Student, GeoSTARS Lab Department of Geography & Environmental Management Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Phone: (519) 208-7322 E-mail: pjaguayo@uwaterloo.ca

  Research Interests
    My main research interest is the use of multispectral and hyperspectral images to extract information about water quality, soil and
    crop conditions and its spatial variation. I am especially interested in the use of remote sensing to detect water pollution, distinguish
    between different species, determine soil fertility and moisture, monitor for plague and disease, provide analysis of growing trends,
    and assist in making yield prediction.

    In addition, I would like to explore a site specific approach to land management with the tools available in remote sensing and GIS
    (geographic information systems). For instance, developing the use of remote sensing to define anagement zones, identify problematic
    areas, detecting localized stress (by water and/or fertilizer), defining infested zones, and providing support in decision making.

    Finally, I am also interested in modeling ecological processes, estimating the impact of climate change on different crop systems, and
    developing methods to derive land and soil information from measurements of biophysical parameters such as the reflectance of PAR
    (photosynthetically active radiation) or the chlorophyll fluorescence.
  Education
   • Sept. 2010 - Present: MSc student in Geomatics, Department of Geography& Environment Management, University of Waterloo,
     Canada
   • 2002: B.Eng. in Agricultural Engineering with distinction, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    Work Experience
   • 2010 - Present: Research Assistant, Remote Sensing & Geospatial Technology Lab , Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo,
     Canada.
   • 2004 - 2006: Fruit Export Program SAG-USDA-Aphis. Ministry of Agriculture, Chile.
   • 2002 - 2004: Advisor in projects of irrigation and recovering of Degraded Grounds, SAG, Ministry of Agriculture, Chile.
   • 1999 - 2004: Consulter in environmental assessment and management, Private sector.
   • 1999 - 2000: Research assistant in areas such as Natural resources and irrigation, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA),
      Chile.
    Publications
   • Aguayo, P, 2001. Evaluation of Different Handlings Methods of Irrigate in Grapevines Variety Thomson Seedless, B. Eng. Thesis,
     University of Chile, INIA-ODEPA project, supervised by Professor Gabriel Selles, Experimental Farm-INIA, San Felipe, Chile.
    Awards and Scholarships
  • 3rd Position in the Poster Presentation in the Honors Panel at International GIS-Day, University of Ottawa, 2009.
  • Graduated with distinction, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2002.