Alonso Gonzalez

Cartographer

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I am a geographer with a deep passion for marine sciences, urbanism and cartography.
I am active in projects that provide decision-makers with the required understanding and technical tools to tackle and undestand environmental challenges.
I’m eager to build upon my technical education and hands-on experiences and further develop my professional skills and impact.

Education

Mexican national council for science and technology CONACYT (2018-2020)

CONACYT (2018-2020)

Processing of cartographic inputs and open data to measure the health impact of vehicle pollution around major roads in the Bajío region of Mexico. Using space syntax, network analysis, and census data, the project was funded by CONACYT to provide scientific tools for public officials. This research was condensed in the paper Spatial Analysis of Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Mexico: Implications for Urban Planning to Improve Public Health.

Archipelagos Institute for Marine Conservation

Internship program on the island of Samos, Greece. Responsibilities included the mapping Posidonia Oceanica medows and plastic pollution to create scientific analysis of its relation to coastal erosion in the Aegean Sea using sonar technologies and remote sensing techniques.

GeoCoral (2024)

Using python, our team designed a tool to analyze the impact of sea surface temperature on coral environments in Southeast Asia. We utilized scientific data from survey vessels and NOAA’s API access point. Thanks to this project, I received an invitation to the World Ocean Summit, held in Lisbon in March of 2024.

United Nations (2022-2023)

Joint project with the municipality of Ciudad Juarez on the Mexico-US border to improve the urban conditions of the city’s public spaces, environmental management and social cohesion conditions based on the UN’s 2030 Agenda. The project culminated with a report that outlined 20 key strategies of public administration to achieve a vision of the city designed by citizen representative and its academic counterparts by 2040.

Awards

Winner of Erasmus+ schoolarship to study the influence of posidonia oceanica on coastal erosion in the Aeagean Sea.

Contact

Books and Publications

Publications and congress work

Implications for Urban Planning to Improve Public Healt (2022)

GeoMundus Conference

As a part of the program team our goal was to put together the schedule and activities of the congress, looking that it represented the interests of our colleagues, the mission of the congress and the budget available for logistics. In a two month gap we were able to successfully assemble the activities for the upcoming edition.