2011 LDEO Interns
2011 LDEO Summer Interns
Aleq Abdullah - Barnard College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Brian Mailloux and Dr. Gregory O'Mullan
Tracing the Carbon Sources for Arsenic-Producing Bacteria in Bangladesh – Abstract and Slide
Alexander Adler - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Mark Anders and John Templeton
Structural and Thermochronological Analysis of the Tule Springs Detachment – Abstract and Slide
Siobhan M. Campbell - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Goran Ekstrom and Ashley Shuler
Digitization of an Earthquake Swarm: Fernandina Caldera Collapse – Abstract and Slide
Abigail Caparros-Janto - Barnard College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Paul Olsen and Dr. Dallas Abbott
Incongruous Materials in a High Magnetic Susceptibility Layer from the Gulf of Carpentaria - Abstract and Slide
Julia G. Cluceru - University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Abel Guihou
Piecing Together Ocean Circulation Changes: How the AMOC Changed from MIS6 to MIS5e – Abstract and Slide
Cailin C. Dieck - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Heather Savage
Exploring ‘Slow Earthquakes’ in Laboratory Experiments – Abstract and Slide
Sarah Gilly - Barnard College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch
Habitat Based Bird Monitoring in Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY: Long-Term Trends and Seasonal Inventories – Abstract and Slide
Irene Jacqz - Columbia Engineering, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Benjamin Orlove and Dr. Simon Mason
Betting on Rainfall: Finding Skill, Hedging, and Bias Within Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Sub-Saharan Africa – Abstract and Slide
Christine Liu - Columbia Engineering, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Pratigya Polissar
Can We Analyze the Organic Molecules Extracted from Lake Sediments to Decipher Past Climate Patterns in Order to Understand Future Climate Changes? A Case Study of Lago Junin, Peru – Abstract and Slide
Natalia T. Martinez - Columbia College, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Andrew Juhl and Dr. Gregory O'Mullan
A Swimmable Hudson River? Persistence of Sewage Indicator Bacteria in Hudson Sediments – Abstract and Slide
Benjamin L. Mayersohn - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Yochanan Kushnir
What are the Meteorological Causes of Extreme Floods in the Northeast? – Abstract and Slide
Rebecca H. Miller - Yale University, NSF Ocean Sciences Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Joaquim Goes and Dr. Helga Gomes
Recognizing Green Noctiluca miliaris Blooms in the Arabian Sea Using NASA Satellite Images – Abstract and Slide
Leah I. Moelling - University of Utah, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Jerry McManus and Dr. Zohra Mokeddem
New Evidence of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability During the Peak Warm Interval of Marine Isotope State (MIS) 9 – Abstract and Slide
Kyle M. Monahan - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NSF Ocean Sciences Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Baerbel Hoenisch and Dr. Dallas Abbott
Transport Mechanisms of Tropical Foraminifera in the Hudson River Estuary System – Abstract and Slide
Emily A. Motz - SUNY Maritime College, NSF Ocean Sciences, Schlosser Grant
Mentor(s) - Prof. William Smethie Jr., Prof. Peter Schlosser, and Ronnie Friedrich
Freshwater Variability in the Artic: Tracing Freshwater Sources and Quantities – Abstract and Slide
Todd A. Nelson - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Steven Chillrud, Prof. Timothy Kenna, Prof. Beizhan Yan, and Prof. Suzanne Carbotte
New Jersey Wastewater Infrastructure, Industrial Development, and New York Harbor Geochemistry: Early and Mid 20th Century – Abstract and Slide
Joshua (Nate) N. O'Flaherty - University of Louisville, NSF Earth Science Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Mikhail Kogan
The Bering Plate from Elastic Block Modeling of GPS Data – Abstract and Slide
Benjamin J. Purinton - Wesleyan University, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Gisela Winckler and Dr. David McGee
North African Response to Climate Change Over the Past 20ka: Comparing Methods of Grain-Size Analysis at Continental Margins – Abstract and Slide
Laura E. Rodriguez - Rice University, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Mark Anders and Dr. Dallas Abbott
Distal Impact Ejecta from the Gulf of Carpenteria: Have We Found Cometary Fragments as Part of the Ejecta Suite? – Abstract and Slide
Rachel E. Sheppard - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Heather Savage and Prof. Pratigya Polissar
How Hot do Faults Get When They Slip During an Earthquake, and Does the Thermal Maturity of Organic Material in the Surrounding Rocks Record this Temperature? – Abstract and Slide
Irene Shulman - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Sean Smukler and Dr. Clare Sullivan
Understory Plant Diversity Changes in Sauri, Kenya from 2006 to 2011 – Abstract and Slide
Louis C. Smith - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program with Ocean Science Support
Mentor(s) - Prof. Benjamin Bostick
Iron Sources for Marine Phytoplankton Growth – Abstract and Slide
David M. Solomon - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) -Albert Boulanger, Dr. David Waltz, and Dr. Roger Anderson
Forecasting Energy Demand in Large Commercial Buildings – Abstract and Slide
Emily A. Sorensen - Barnard College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Jonathan Hickman, Dr. Sean Smukler, and Dr. Clare Sullivan
From the Field to the Community: Estimating N Gas Emissions on a Village Scale – Abstract and Slide
Divya S. Subramanian - Barnard College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Slywia Trzaska and Dr. Susana Adamo
Recent Patterns of Meningococcal Meningitis Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa – Abstract and Slide
Scott Tarlow - Wheaton College, NSF Ocean Sciences Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Christopher Zappa
Investigating Cooling Rates of a Controlled Lava Flow Using Infrared Imaging and Two Heat Diffusion Models – Abstract and Slide
Ariel Tarrell - Marquette University, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Joaquim Goes and Dr. Helga Gomes
How Does Interannual Sea Ice Variability Affect Phytoplankton Communities in the Eastern Bering Sea? – Abstract and Slide
Richard S. Taylor - North Carolina State University, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Peter deMenocal and Dr. Jessica Tierney
Using Leaf Waxes to Establish Climate Trends in the Horns of Africa – Abstract and Slide
Thomas J. Timbenake - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Dr. Slywia Trzaska and Dr. Susana Adamo
Mapping Human Migration and Meningitis in Niger – Abstract and Slide
Sebastian M. Vivancos - Columbia College, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Beizhan Yan
Optical Characterization of the End-Member Mixtures Found in Urban indoor Air - Abstract and Slide
Ellen M. Ward - Columbia College, NSF REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Prof. Ajit Subramanian
What Happened to All of the Oil? Chasing Oxygen Anomalies in the Gulf of Mexico – Abstract and Slide
Rebecca L. Winter - Columbia Engineering, Earth Intern Program
Mentor(s) - Albert Boulanger, Dr. David Waltz, and Dr. Roger Anderson
Using Machine Learning to Forecast Energy Usage - Abstract and Slide