2020 LDEO Summer Interns
Justin Baez- Arizona State University
Mentor(s) - Paul Olsen, Sean Kinney, Clara Chang
• Did the Manicouagan Impact Cause a Biotic Turnover 215.5 Million Years Ago? Constraints From Airfall and Detrital Zircon U-Pb LA-ICP-MS Geochronology – Abstract and Slide.
Sophia E. BenJeddi– Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Dorothy Peteet
• How are Anthropogenic Influences and Climate Change Expressed by Fossil Flora and Fauna in the Last 3,000 Years at High Point Cedar Bog, NJ? – Abstract and Slide.
Levi Borevitz – Kingsborough Community College
Mentor(s) - Bill Menke
• Estimating Amplitude, Delay, Attenuation and its Frequency Dependence of Seismic Waves Simultaneously with Applications to Alaska – Abstract and Slide.
Caroline Cassese – Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Logan Brenner
• Establishing a Coral Ba/Ca Time-series Network to Study Regional River Discharge in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panamá – Abstract and Slide.
Elaine Chen – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Paul Olsen
• A New Look at The Lujiatun: Dinosaur Attrition in Burrows, Not a Cretaceous Pompeii and Not a Shoreline to The Jianshangou Lake – Abstract and Slide.
Anindita Das - Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Ajit Subramaniam
•Are Cyanobacterial Blooms Common in the Arctic Coastal Waters of Alaska? – Abstract and Slide.
Clarene Davis – Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Mentor(s) - Clara Chang, Benjamin Bostick, Paul Olsen
• Does Arsenic and Uranium in the Bedrock Affect Water Quality on the Navajo Nation?– Abstract and Slide.
Xavier Espinosa – Inter-American University of Puerto Rico
Mentor(s) - Reinhard Kozdon
• Correlation Between Mass, Size, and Preservation of Fossil Cibicidoides Shells from the Atlantic and Pacific – Abstract and Slide.
Savannah Ferretti - Cornell University
Mentor(s) - Roisin Commane and Arlene Fiore
• Assessing the Meteorological Impact on Methane (CH4) Emission Changes in New York City During the Covid-19 Shutdown –Abstract and Slide.
Kyle Haines – Northern Arizona University
Mentor(s) - Sean Kinney
•Zircon U-Pb Constraints on Volcanic-Plutonic Connections and Conundrums in the White Mountain Batholith – Abstract and Slide.
Sarah Hancock – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Arlene Fiore and Dan Westervelt
• Changing PM2.5 and Related Meteorology Over India From 1950-2014: A New Perspective From a Chemistry-Climate Model Ensemble – Abstract and Slide.
Cole Hazan – Queen’s University
Mentor(s) - Rachel Lupien, Kevin Uno
• Time Series Analyses of Northeast African Hydroclimate Variability – Abstract and Slide.
Elena Kosh – Barnard College
Mentor(s) - Indrani Das
• Basal Conditions Underneath Thwaites Glacier Using Ice Penetrating Radar – Abstract and Slide.
Alissa Lampert – Barnard College
Mentor(s) – Paul Olsen, Sean Kinney
• Zircon LA-ICP-MS Ages Constrain Possible Jurassic True Polar Wander Event, Jungar Basin, Xinjiang, NW China – Abstract and Slide.
Jialin Li – Binghamton University
Mentor(s) - Walter Mooney
• Coulomb Stress Models for the M.5 May 15, 2020 Monte Cristo Range, Nevada Earthquake – Abstract and Slide.
Blaine Lynch-Gadaleta – University of Rhode Island
Mentor(s) - Jerry McManus
• Reconstructing Climate Variability During the Last Ice Age Cycle in the Northeast Pacific Region – Abstract and Slide.
Ava McIlvaine – Scripps College
Mentor(s) - Jerry McManus
• Did Iceberg-Discharge Events Influence the Climate and Circulation of the Central North Atlantic Ocean during the Last Glaciation? – Abstract and Slide.
Emma Michelini – SUNY Westchester Community College
Mentor(s) – Dallas Abbott
• What Type of Event Deposited Magnetic Spherules and Spherule Aggregates in Holocene Sediments of the Gulf of Carpentaria? – Abstract and Slide.
Samuel Ofori – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mentor(s) – William Menke
• Lithospheric and Asthenospheric Structure Beneath Alaska Using Travel Time Anomalies from Teleseismic P and S Waves – Abstract and Slide.
Devon Park – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Benjamin Bostick and Craig Connolly
• Linking Suspended Sediment in Floodwaters to Groundwater Redox Status and Arsenic Levels Along the Lower Mekong River of Cambodia – Abstract and Slide.
Gavin Perri – SUNY Ulster Community College
Mentor(s) - Dallas Abbott
• Ellipticity of Tektite-Like, High SiO2 Spherules from the Ross Sea – Abstract and Slide.
Isaiah Quattlebaum – SUNY Orange Community College
Mentor(s) - David Porter
• Using Tide Gauge and GPS Data to Quantify the Effects of Short and Long-Term Glacial Rebound and Adjustment on the Local Sea Level Budget of Greenland and Northeast Canada – Abstract and Slide.
Justin Sankey – Lawrence University
Mentor(s) - David Porter
• Using GPS Vertical Land Motion Data to Determine the Effect of GIA and Post Glacial Rebound on the Relative Sea Level Budget in Greenland and SE Alaska – Abstract and Slide.
Brooke Santos – University of California – Santa Cruz
Mentor(s) - Sidney Hemming, Mike Kaplan, Suzanne O’Connell, and Trevor Williams
•Connecting the Plio-Pleistocene Climate Records of the Pacific and Atlantic Sides of the Antarctic Penninsula by Cycle to Cycle Correlation – Abstract and Slide.
Naomi Schulberg – Cornell University
Mentor(s) - Ajit Subramaniam
• Did the Covid-19 Lockdown Impact Water Quality in New York Harbor? – Abstract and Slide.
Oreoluwa Solanke – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Daniel Westervelt
• Utilizing Low-Cost Air Sensors in West Africa to Address Lack of Air Pollution Data – Abstract and Slide.
Madison Speakman – Rockland Community College
Mentor(s) - Andrew Juhl
• Climate Change and The Hudson River Estuary: Decadal Trends in Precipitation, Discharge, and Water and Air Temperature – Abstract and Slide.
Mitchell Thomas – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Elizabeth Tellman
• Cloud Free Flood Mapping: Towards a Radar-Based Approach to Flood Detection for Index Insurance Applications in Northern Bangladesh – Abstract and Slide.
David Tibbits – Columbia University
Mentor(s) - Benjamin Bostick
• How Can Changing the Reduction Potential in a Water Sample Affect Potential Arsenic Contamination and Zinc Deficiency in Rice? – Abstract and Slide.
Bridget Vasquez – SUNY Orange Community College
Mentor(s) - Benjamin Bostick
• The Impact of Climate Variation on Rice Paddy Flooding and Rice Arsenic in Cambodia – Abstract and Slide.
Owen Yazzie – Arizona State University
Mentor(s) - Christopher Lepre
• Determining If Iron and Hematite Can be Indicators of Climate Change – Abstract and Slide.
Petra Zúñiga – Amherst College
Mentor(s) - Jerry McManus
• Icebergs in the Subtropical North Atlantic: The Impact of Freshwater Influx on Climate and Ocean Circulation Early In the Last Glaciation – Abstract and Slide.