2016 LDEO Summer Interns
Melody Aleman - Millersville University
Mentor(s) - Ajit Subramaniam
Characterizing the phytoplankton community of the South China Sea – Abstract and Slide
Hannah Bausch - University of Chicago
Mentor(s) - Elizabeth Ferriss, Terry Plank
Hydrogen diffusion in olivine phenocrysts from Episode 1 of the 1959 Kilauea Iki eruption – Abstract and Slide
Lindsay Buff - Hamilton College
Mentor(s) - Dan Rasmuseen, Einat Lev, Terry Plank
Geochemical constraints on volcano morphometry in the Aleutian Island volcanic arc – Abstract and Slide
Karina Buhler - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Dorothy Peteet
Using macrofossils to reconstruct paleoenvironmental history of Cedar Swamp, High Point NJ – Abstract and Slide
Claire Carlson - Wheaton College
Mentor(s) - Dallas Abbott, Clara Chang, Karin Edwards
Annual manganese peaks in Hudson River sediment core LWB1-08 – Abstract and Slide
Vincent Clementi - Rutgers University
Mentor(s) - Laura Hayes, Baerbel Hoenish
Effects of changes in ocean circulation and hydrothermal vent activity on the B/Ca proxy in benthic foraminifera – Abstract and Slide
Moussa Dia - College of William & Mary
Mentor(s) - Elizabeth Ferriss, Terry Plank
Hydrogen (H+) in olivine phenocrysts from the 1974 eruption of Volcan de Fuego – Abstract and Slide
Audrey Dunham - Pennsylvania State University
Mentor(s) - Celine Grall, Dhiman Mondal, Michael Steckler
Modeling and analysis of theorized paleo-seismic event along the Burma Arc: Implications for an avulsion of the Meghna River – Abstract and Slide
Arnold Eatmon - Fort Valley State University
Mentor(s) - Donna Shillington, Natalie Accardo
3D variations in sediment architecture in the central basin of Lake Malawi from the SEGMeNT active source experiment – Abstract and Slide
Jamie Feldman - Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Richard Seager, Ming-Fang Ting
The 100th Meridian climate divide and its present and future impacts on the human geography of the American Great Plains – Abstract and Slide
Ian Hay - University of Maine Orono
Mentor(s) - Ajit Subramaniam
Bio-optical regions of the southwestern South China Sea – Abstract and Slide
Aaron Jones - Vassar College
Mentor(s) - Trevor Williams, Sidney Hemming, Steven Boswell
Understanding Himalayan erosion using K/Ar thermochronological dating of silts and clays from the Bengal Fan – Abstract and Slide
Anuka King - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Maria Duik-Wasser
Modeling tick-borne diseases – Abstract and Slide
Theodore Kuhn - Yale University
Mentor(s) - Roger Fu, Dennis Kent, Paul Olsen
A magnetostratigraphy for the Upper Tuchengzi and Lower Yixian Formations of North China – Abstract and Slide
Richard Li - Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Mathieu Levesque, Laia Andreu-Hayles
Assessing climate sensitivity of two eastern U.S. broadleaf tree species using dendrochronology – Abstract and Slide
Nathan Lis - Pennsylvania State University
Mentor(s) - Richard Seager, Ming-Fang Ting, Park Williams
Whither the 100th meridian: The once and future physical geography of America's arid-humid divide – Abstract and Slide
Danielle Lopes da Silva - Missouri University of Science and Technology
Mentor(s) - William Menke
Full wavefield simulations in an anisotropic media applied to the study of the Northern Appalachian anomaly – Abstract and Slide
Evelyn Mayo - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Frank Nitsche
How has the Long Island sound seafloor changed over time? – Abstract and Slide
Celia McChesney - Texas A&M University
Mentor(s) - Heather Ford, Jerry McManus
Changes in thermocline structure in the eastern equatorial Pacific since the last glacial maximum – Abstract and Slide
Nicholas Mehmel - Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Kassandra Costa, Jerry McManus
Reconstructing hydrothermal activity on the Juan de Fuca Ridge over the past 25ka – Abstract and Slide
Anxhela Mile - Boston College
Mentor(s) - Kali McKee, Joachim Goes, Helga Gomes
The rise of the mixotroph Noctilcua scintillans in the Arabian Sea: Disruptive impact on the food web in a warmer world? – Abstract and Slide
Joanna Millstein - Dartmouth College
Mentor(s) - Robin Bell, Indrani Das, Winnie Chu
An englacial radar attenuation modeling approach and application to the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica – Abstract and Slide
Carolien Mossel - State University of New York, Geneseo
Mentor(s) - Elise Rumpf, Einat Lev
Lava analog materials interacting with obstacles – Abstract and Slide
Kimberly Myers - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Victor Gutierrez-Velez, Katia Fernandes
A spatial analysis of land cover, climate, and fire relationships in the Colombian Llanos – Abstract and Slide
Oluwaseyi Olojo - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Martin Stute, Francie Schuster
GPS precision and customized georeferenced maps on handheld devices: Educationsl modules at Blak Rock Forest – Abstract and Slide
Evans Onyango - University of Houston
Mentor(s) - Donna Shillington, Natalie Accardo
Constraints on faulting and basin architecture in the North basin of Lake Malawi from active-source seismic data – Abstract and Slide
Allison Pease - Augustana College
Mentor(s) - Jim Davis
Sea level budget along the east coast of North America – Abstract and Slide
Keegan Quigley - Brown University
Mentor(s) - Alberto Malinverno
Updating the geomagnetic polarity time scale with marine magnetic anomalies (Chrons C13-C33, 33-83 Ma): A progress report – Abstract and Slide
Warren Smith - Brown University
Mentor(s) - Celine Grall, Michael Steckler, Chris Sorlien, Leonardo Seeber
Tectonic activity and stratigraphic history over the last 100 - 250ka on the Southern Shelf of the Sea of Marmara, Western North Anatolian Fault, Turkey – Abstract and Slide
Fabian Stute - Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Jonathan Nicholas, Dorothy Peteet, Alison Hoyt, Rene Dommain, Alex Cobb
Climate, fire, and vegetation control on peat carbon accumulation in Borneo – Abstract and Slide
Julianne Sweeney - State University of New York, Geneseo
Mentor(s) - Yael Kiro, Steve Goldstein
Using the 234U/238U Uranium isotope activity ratio as an indicator of the Dead Sea response to Holocene climate – Abstract and Slide
Olivia Williamson - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Gwenn Hennon, Sheean Haley, Sonya Dhryman
Elevated pCO2 alters physiology and gene expression in harmful algal bloom species Heterosigma akashiwo – Abstract and Slide
Joel Wilner - Middlebury College
Mentor(s) - Kristy Tinto, Robin Bell
Distribution of sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, from airborne magnetic data – Abstract and Slide
Cynthia Zucker - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Arlene Fiore
The role of background ozone levels in contributing to high pollution events in Texas in 2011-2012 – Abstract and Slide