PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME: Dominic Joel Ombati.
CURRENT POSITION
PhD Earth Science candidate at Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, California, USA.
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
2016 – Present: LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY, USA
PhD candidate in Earth Science.
2012 – 2016: LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY, USA
2006- 2010: BUGEMA UNIVERSITY, UGANDA
Bachelor of Science with Education (Biology Education).
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
This is a professional certificate course offered by Google through Coursera. This 27-week certificate course is developed and taught by Google program managers. This certification course focuses on all aspects of program management. Courses covered include Foundations of Project Management, Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project, Project Planning: Putting It All Together, Project Execution: Running the Project, Agile Project Management, and Applying Project Management in the Real World. My PhD research has a project that requires professional level skills in project management.
2. Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate
This is a professional certificate course offered by Google through Coursera. Those who earn the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate have completed seven-courses, developed by Google, that include hands-on, practice-based assessments and are designed to prepare them for entry-level roles in the field. They are competent in foundational skills in digital marketing and e-commerce. One of my PhD research projects involves public awareness that require professional level skills in digital marketing.
3. Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate
This is a certification program for digital marketing offered by Meta (Facebook). This credential is awarded to entry-level digital marketers who have foundational proficiency in the skills, tools, advertising policies and best practices required to buy ads on the Facebook App, Instagram, and Messenger. One of my PhD research projects involves public awareness that requires professional level skills in digital marketing.
WORK HISTORY
Graduate Research Assistant, Loma Linda University, California : 2012- Present.
My role is to manage scientific research projects and conduct scientific research under the guidance of my research advisor. Research project management involves grant applications, planning and organizing scientific analytical work, making presentations at professional scientific meetings, and documentation of scientific data. Research project management involves all aspects of project management life cycle. My scientific research is on sedimentary geology and environmental geology/geology and health. My work on sedimentary geology started in 2012 and it involved intense laboratory work and several field research in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley where I studied the sedimentology of the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation. My sedimentology work earned me a Master of Science degree in Geology in 2016.
I started my work on environmental geology in fall 2016 for my PhD in Earth Science. This work also involved intense laboratory work and several field research along Route 66 near Barstow, California where I studied the Fate and Transport of Anthropogenic lead (Pb) that was deposited during the leaded gasoline era. The field research and laboratory work for my environmental geology research is complete and currently am writing my PhD dissertation with goal of graduating in summer 2023.
My last PhD project involves developing a digital educational outreach program on childhood lead (Pb) poisoning with a focus on populations at risk of lead (Pb) poisoning in sub-Saharan Africa where the largest known outbreak of lead (Pb) poisoning in history occurred. Childhood lead (Pb) poisoning is a health problem related to my PhD research in environmental geology. My digital educational outreach program on childhood lead (Pb) poisoning is through social media and this website. My responsibility in this program includes creation and management of owned media (website, Facebook page and group), setting up, optimizing, and analyzing educational campaigns in digital marketing platforms such as Facebook App, Instagram, and Messenger. My current role is centered around PhD dissertation writing, digital marketing, and project management.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Member in the Project Management Institute (PMI).
- Member in the Geological Society of America (GSA).
- Member in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).
- Member in the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG).
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2022- Present : Serving as a committee member in the Diversity and Inclusion committee of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG).
RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) with finance.
Through personal financial market research and experimentation, I have developed a profitable trading strategy that integrates STEM with finance. I have spent more than 15,000 hours over the period of 8 years in developing the trading strategy. This STEM based trading strategy has a commercial value and its focus is on digital assets, stocks, exchange traded funds (ETF), and options.
2. Integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) with project management and digital marketing
STEM is full of projects that require project management skills. STEM is the foundation of our society and digital marketing can expand its boundaries. My PhD research in environmental geology has projects that require professional level skills in project management. One of my PhD research projects involves public awareness and outreach that require professional level skills in digital marketing.
3. Environmental Geoscience/Geology & Health:
4. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy:
Sedimentology of the Neoproterozoic Sedimentary Successions in Mojave Desert, California, USA.
GRANTS RECEIVED
2017: Received US $ 870 grant from the Geological Society of America (GSA) Graduate Student Research grant program to fund my PhD research on Fate and Transport of Natural and Anthropogenic Lead (Pb) in Arid Environment, San Bernardino County, California. Grant Number: 11828-17.
2017: Received US $ 500 travel grant and full meeting registration valued at $130 from the Geological Society of America (GSA) On To the Future (OTF) travel grant program to attend and present scientific poster at the Geological Society of America 2017 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.
2017: Received US $ 125 travel grant from the Geological Society of America (GSA) Cordilleran section travel grants program to attend and present scientific poster at the Geological Society of America 2017 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.
2017: Received US $ 500 stipend from the Geological Society of America (GSA) to attend a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded workshop organized by the experts in the field of Geoscience and Higher Education on Mentoring and Diversity in Earth System Science at Sheraton Seattle, Washington. This workshop was held at the conclusion of the 2017 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.
AWARDS RECEIVED
2015: Received Lathrop award from Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences for the presentation of a scientific research poster at the pacific section meeting of American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in Oxnard, California. This award includes a certificate and cash award of $ 150.
2016: Received Lathrop award from Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences for the presentation of a scientific research poster at the Cordilleran section meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in Ontario, California. This award includes a certificate and cash award of $ 150.
2017: Received Grant award from Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences for receiving a scientific research grant from the Geological Society of America (GSA) Graduate Student Research grant program. This award includes a certificate and cash award of $ 150.
2018: Received Lathrop award from Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences for the presentation of a scientific research poster at the Geological Society of America 2017 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington. This award includes a certificate and cash award of $ 150.
2018: Received Grant award from Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences for receiving two travel grants from the Geological Society of America (GSA) On To the Future (OTF) travel grant program and Geological Society of America (GSA) Cordilleran section travel grant to attend and present scientific poster at the Geological Society of America 2017 annual meeting in Seattle, Washington. This award includes a certificate and cash award of $ 150.
ABSTRACTS/CONFERENCE PAPERS AT THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (GSA) WEBSITE
1. Transport Mechanism of the Anthropogenic Lead Along I40 Near Barstow, California.
ABSTRACT/CONFERENCE PAPER AT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS (AAPG) WEBSITE
THESIS
Sedimentology of Kingston Peak Formation KP1 Beds in Beck Canyon Region, Kingston Range, California. (Master of Science degree in geology thesis at Loma Linda University, USA, 2016).
PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1. Made a scientific poster presentation in 2015 at the pacific section meeting of American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) in Oxnard, California.
2.Made a scientific poster presentation in 2016 at the Cordilleran section meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in Ontario, California.
3.Made a scientific poster presentation in 2017 at the Geological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
2013: Attended annual ArcGIS user conference organized by ESRI in San Diego, California.
2017: Participated in a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded workshop organized by the Geological Society of America (GSA) on Mentoring and Diversity in Earth System Science at Sheraton hotel Seattle, Washington.
SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION
Through personal financial market research and experimentation, I have developed a profitable trading strategy that integrates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with finance. I have spent more than 15,000 hours over the period of 8 years in developing the trading strategy. This STEM based trading strategy has a commercial value and its focus is on digital assets, stocks, exchange traded funds (ETF), and options.
PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
1. Through social media and this website, I have developed a digital public education program on childhood lead (Pb) poisoning. Childhood lead (Pb) poisoning is a health problem related to my research on Fate and Transport of Anthropogenic (Pb) in the Arid Environment, San Bernardino County, California. The program has more than 10,000 followers living in 23 countries including United States. Most of my audience is from sub-Saharan Africa which has experienced the worst known childhood lead (Pb) poisoning but with almost no awareness on digital platforms. To the best of my knowledge, this digital program is the first and the largest of its kind in addressing childhood lead (Pb) poisoning in sub-Saharan Africa on the digital platforms.
2. On January 29, 2018, I made an oral presentation on my scientific lead (Pb) research at the Riverside County lead (Pb) and healthy homes collaborative meeting in Riverside, California.
SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY EXPERIENCE AND ANALYTICAL PROFICIENCY
Laboratory experience since 2012 in sedimentary geology and environmental geoscience/ medical geology with analytical proficiency in X-ray diffraction, Microwave Plasma- Atomic Emission Spectrometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy, thin sectioning, particle size analysis, magnetic susceptibility and point counting.
Sustainable Elimination of Childhood Lead Poisoning 