SIBYLLE SCHOLZ, PhD
Agricultural Economics
Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc.
sibyllescholz@gmail.com
cell 510-290-3533
Summary
Dr. Scholz is a senior researcher and project manager at Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc. (BEAR) collaborating with engineers and scientists in design, prototyping and forensics. Project areas include biology, sociology and engineering of consumer products, production technologies and management issues including labor relations. She has over 20 years of experience working with trade associations and non-profits in Latin America and Southeast Asia specializing in international trade, policy and statistical analysis. She is fluent in Spanish, French and German.
Relevant Experience
Senior Researcher 10 years
For BEAR, Greenpeace, NRDC, and Habitat for Humanity, among others, provided expert opinions on the following subjects: ocean bottom degradation and associated land based species indicators; shrimp aquaculture in Central America; California Salmon and California Sea Lion interaction; greenbuilding issues in affordable housing; energy efficient homes in California; straw bale houses; gray water use in community housing; employment training of fuel truck fleet personnel at Miami airport; carbon monoxide in residential homes; communication protocols in the refinery design process; application of American Petroleum Institute Standards.
Scientist in Latin America and Southeast Asia, 11 years
For USAID, Winrock International, European Union Overseas Development Agencies consulted on the following subjects: small ruminant animal husbandry and nutrition; selection of technologies from research stations in Sumatra and Java; training issues in forced settlements in eastern Sumatra; range management in the Bolivian Altiplano; rapid rural assessment in Puno, Peru; protecting vincuñas in Bolivia and Peru; exporting Alpaca meat to Saudi Arabia; markets for Alpaca products in Europe; specialty crop export from Guatemala to US; estimating agricultural productivity improvements in Guatemalan highland; Guatemala textile export; honey export in Central America; export of flowers in Guatemala; the ecological footprint of coffee production; conservation of Lake Atitlan; assessment of indigenous knowledge of ecological relationships; emergency food supply for refugees.
Education
01/84-10/89 Doctor of Philosophy
Agricultural Economics – International Trade
University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, USA
Thesis: The Central American Common Market: Welfare effects from trade
within are greater than from trade outside the common market. The
thesis showed, that trade with the US depresses economic
development.
10/82-12/83 Master of Arts
Political Science, International Relations
University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Thesis: The Peruvian Land Reform of 1968/69. The largest land reform in
Latin America has produced profound changes in agriculture and
raised productivity over the long run.
10/80-07/82 Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Teaching
Experience
06/95-07/95 Visiting Professor
University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, Department of Economics. Seminar in ecological economics. Developed undergraduate textbook on ecological economics (see publication list)
06/94-10/94 Visiting Professor
University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, Department of Economics. Seminar in project evaluation with emphasis on environmental impact assessment.
10/93-02/94 Visiting Professor
University de los Andes, Puno, Perú, Department of Economics. Seminar in project evaluation, gender analysis and environmental accounting.
09/86-07/90 Teaching Assistant (Dean‘s list for excellence in teaching)
University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, USA
Department of Economics. Mathematical statistics (6 semesters), Introduction to Economics (3 semesters)
Scientific Publications
1996Sibylle Scholz. La Economia del Medio Ambiente. Undergraduate
Textbook in Environmental Economics. Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
1995 Sibylle Scholz & Juan Skinner. Participatory Wildlands Assessment of a Mayan
Community. Proceedings of International Conference of the
Biodiversity Support Program, Colorado, USA.
1993 Sibylle Scholz. The Plimsoll Line. Estimating Human Carrying Capacity:
An Example from the Bolivian Altiplano.
Proceedings of the SR-CRSP Conference, Puerto Rico.
1993 Sibylle Scholz. Commercialization Studies of Small
Ruminants in the Altiplano: A Critical Literature
Review. Technical Working Paper Series. IBTA/SR-CRSP.
1993 Sibylle Scholz. Conservation Practices of Native
Pasture in the Altiplano: Is it Economically Viable?
Technical Working Paper Series. IBTA/SR-CRSP.
1993 Sibylle Scholz, Editor. Survey Results from San Jose
Llanga: A community in the Bolivian Altiplano.
Technical Working Paper Series. IBTA/SR-CRSP.
1992 Sibylle Scholz, Carmen Vargas. Gender Considerations
in Development: The Case of Bolivia. Proceedings of
International Telecomputer Livestock Conference.
1992 Sibylle Scholz, Carmen Vargas. The Role of NGO's in
Development. Proceedings of International
Telecomputer Livestock Conference.
1992 Sibylle Scholz, co-editor. Technical Information
File: Small Ruminant Production in the Tropics. A
Winrock International Publication.
1992 Sibylle Scholz, Leo Batubaru. A Commercial Sheep
Fattening Scheme: A Simulation Model. Technical
Working Paper Series. SR-CRSP.
1992 Sibylle Scholz, Setel Karo Karo. The Economics of
Supplements for Sheep Grazing in Rubber Plantations.
Technical Working Paper Series. SR-CRSP.
1988 Sibylle Scholz. Common Markets and Increasing Returns
to Scale. Working Paper, Department of Agriculture,
University of Illinois.
1982 Dan Barzerat, Sibylle Scholz. Illusory Correlation:
The Formation of Stereotypes. Proceedings of the XXI
Annual American Psychologist's Association.