2019 LDEO Summer Interns
Stephanie Arevalo - Housatonic Community College
Mentor(s) - Frank Nitsche and Timothy Kenna
• Spatial Distribution of Metals in Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide.
Romilly Benedict – George Mason University
Mentor(s) - Sidney Hemming
• Sources of Sediment to Site U1474 – Abstract and Slide.
Sophie Billinge – Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Martin Stute
• Environmental Tracers as Early Detectors of Groundwater Contamination due to Hydraulic Fracturing – Abstract and Slide.
Sarah Blau – Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Brian Mailloux
• Radiocarbon Analysis of RNA to Determine the Sustainability of Pleistocene Aquifers in Bangladesh – Abstract and Slide.
Mariela Carrera – Hudson County Community College
Mentor(s) - Joachim Goes and Kali McKee
• Source and Fate of Microplastics Fibers in The Ocean: A Case of Study in Newtown Creek and Flushing Bay – Abstract and Slide.
Emily Carrero-Mustelier - Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Bill Menke
• Seismic Anomalies in the Southeastern North American Asthenosphere as Characterized with Body Waves Travel Times from High Qualities Teleseisms – Abstract and Slide.
Miah Cohall - Manhattan College
Mentor(s) - Jerry McManus
• Did Icebergs Cause the Most Dramatic Climate Changes of the Last Ice Age?– Abstract and Slide.
Bryan Fefe – Hostos Community College
Mentor(s) - Sidney Hemming
• Paleo-Hydroclimate of South African Rainfall prior Brunhes-Matuyama – Abstract and Slide.
William Fleming - Columbia College
Mentor(s) - Susanna Straub
• Using Trace Elements in Olivine Phenocrysts to Test Models of Melt Differentiation at Convergent Margins: Constraints from Times Series in Monogenetic Volcanoes in the Central Tranmexican Volcanic Belt –Abstract and Slide.
Camilo Florez – Kingsborough Community College
Mentor(s) - Chris Zappa
• Improving ADCP Measurements with Advanced Settings: Extended Velocity Range – Abstract and Slide.
Chuqi Jiang – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Spencer Jones and Ryan Abernathey
• Trend Reversals in Subpolar North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature – Abstract and Slide.
Samuel Kodama – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Stephen Cox and Sidney Hemming
• Evidence for Major Miocene/Pliocene Glacial Incision in the Erosional History of Wilkes Subglacial Basin – Abstract and Slide.
Jessica Kreinik - Skidmore College
Mentor(s) - Helga Gomes and Joaquim Goes
• Future Concentrations of CO2 and O2 Threaten the Association of Host Noctiluca Scintillans and its Endosymbionts – Abstract and Slide.
Charlotte Kwong - Columbia University
Mentor(s) – Roisin Commane and Arlene Fiore
• Reproducing Instrumental Ozone Flux Measurements in the Harvard Forest Using a Trace Gas Method – Abstract and Slide.
Anna Ledeczi – Columbia College
Mentor(s) - Bill Menke
• Seismic Evidence Supporting the Oceanic Plateau Origin of Northeastern Wyoming Lithosphere – Abstract and Slide.
Kelcey Logan – Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Yael Kiro and Mike Kaplan
• Timing of Late Climatic Events in Subtropical South America, Determined by U-series Dating of Evaporites – Abstract and Slide.
Stefanie Moncayo – Dominican College of Blauvelt
Mentor(s) - James Ross and Steve Chillrud
• Distinguishing Between Temperature and Humidity Data Artifacts on MicroAeth Black Carbon Monitors and Generating Data Correction Algorithms – Abstract and Slide.
Bailey Nordin – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Stephen Cox and Sidney Hemming
• How Have Glaciers Shaped Antartica’s Bedrock? Apatite(U-Th)/He Evidence for Erosion and Exhumation Along the Shackleton Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains– Abstract and Slide.
Mollie Passacantando – Rutgers University
Mentor(s) - Sophie Hines and Sidney Hemming
• Deep Water Dynamics in the Cape Basin During the Mid Pleistocene Transition – Abstract and Slide.
James T. Podwika – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Dallas Abbott, Karin Block and Benjamin Bostick
• Using Elemental Concentrations as Stratigraphic Markers in the Hudson River – Abstract and Slide.
Laurel Quinones – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Arlene Fiore
• Evaluating Modeled Haze with Measurements in US National Parks – Abstract and Slide.
Emmerline Ragoonath- De Mattos - Kingsborough Community College
Mentor(s) - Helga Gomes and Joachim Goes
• Assessment of Synthetic Microfibers from Clothing in the Aquatic Environment and Implications for Zooplankton – Abstract and Slide.
Abderahim Salhi – Hudson County Community College
Mentor(s) - Qiang Yang, James Ross and Steve Chillrud
• Quantifying Exposure to Biomass Combustion Sources in the Presence of Environmental Black Carbon via Dualspot Corrections of Microaeth Data in Chamber Experiments – Abstract and Slide.
Serena Scholz – University of Michigan
Mentor(s) - Richard Seager, Mingfang Ting and Yochanan Kushnir
• Centennial Timescale Variability in Euro-Mediterranean Hydroclimate Since the Little Ice Age – Abstract and Slide.
Shannon Springstead – The College of New Jersey
Mentor(s) - Chris Zappa
• The Effects of Ice Formation on Gas Transfer in Fresh and Salt Water Environments as Seen Through an Infrared Lens – Abstract and Slide.
Emily Symonds - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Qiang Yang and Steve Chillrud
• Short Term Exposures to Air Pollution: Does Rest of Day Exposure Matter in Changing Short Term Cardiovascular Indicators in Bike Commuters? – Abstract and Slide.
Desirae Thorne – Wellesley College
Mentor(s) - Dallas Abbott, Reinhard Kozdon and Benjamin Bostick
• Using Elemental Concentrations to Isolate Layers Likely Bearing Pelagic Foraminifera in a Hudson River Sediment Core – Abstract and Slide.
Connor Watkins – Indiana Univesity-Perdue University Indiana
Mentor(s) - Sidney Hemming, Trevor Williams, Mo Raymo and Stephen Cox
• Tracing the Origin of an Iceberg Alley Dropstone and its Implications about Antarctica's Glacial History – Abstract and Slide.
Helen Weierbach – Tulane University
Mentor(s) - Allegra LeGrande and Kostas Tsigaridis
• The Effect of Background ENSO and NAO Conditions on the Climatological Response to a Pinatubo Sized Volcanic Eruption – Abstract and Slide.
Xin Wu – Southern University of Science and Technology
Mentor(s) - Qiang Yang and Steve Chillrud
• Assessing Street Level Ultrafine Particle Exposure in New York City – Abstract and Slide.
Wenke Zeng - Southern University of Science and Technology
Mentor(s) - Qiang Yang and Steve Chillrud
• Water Chemistry Influence on Arsenic Removal in New Jersey and Maine Private Wells – Abstract and Slide.
Jiahua Zhao - Southern University of Science and Technology
Mentor(s) - Donna Shillington
• New Constraints on Along-Strike Variations in Synrift Magmatism in the Rifted Margin Offshore North Carolina and Virginia from 2D Inversion Results – Abstract and Slide.