2014 LDEO Summer Interns
Tomer Burg - SUNY Albany, Finmeccania
Mentor(s) - Albert Boulanger, Roger Anderson
Impact of Localized Weather Forecasts on Building Electricity Usage Predictions – Abstract and Slide
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Aaron Campeas - Pennsylvania State University, NASA
Mentor(s) - Allegra LeGrande, Kostas Tsigaridis
Effect of a volcanic eruption plume height on aerosol formation and distribution based on aerosol microphysics calculations – Abstract and Slide
Eun Sik Cho - Columbia College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Steve Chillrud, Darby Jack, Patrick Kinney
Testing Potential Inhaled Dose as a New Exposure Metric – Step 1: Comparing Different Methods of Measuring Minute Ventilation – Abstract and Slide
Ryan Creedon - Pennsylvania State University, NOAA NA10OAR4310137
Mentor(s) - Jason Smerdon, Richard Seager, Park Williams, Benjamin Cook
Interpretations of 20th Century Patterns in Tree-Ring Reconstruction of European Hydroclimate - Abstract and Slide
Robert Domeyko - Northern Virginia Community College, International Ocean
Discovery Program
Mentor(s) - Peter deMenocal, Kat Allen
Influence of Past Changes in Atmospheric CO2 on Boron/Calcium of Planktic Fossil Foraminifera – Abstract and Slide
Casey Dorn - Pennsylvania State University, Finmeccanica
Mentor(s) - Roger N. Anderson, Albert Boulanger, Leon Wu
Meteorological Teleconnections May Influence the Predictability of Electrical Feeder-Failure Models – Abstract and Slide
Meredith Fish - Pennsylvania State University, NSF AGS1243204
Mentor(s) - Benjamin Cook, Jason Smerdon, Richard Seager, Park Williams
Characterizing Climate Controls on Vegetation in the North American Southwest – Abstract and Slide
Laura Fitch - Barnard College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Jonathan Hickman, Cheryl Palm, Willy Diu, Gerson Nyadi, Bocary Kaya, Serigne Kandji, Abhraham Kebede
Quantifying Seasonal NOx flux in the Sahel – Abstract and Slide
Stephanie Goldstein - Barnard College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Park Williams, Richard Seager, Jason Smerdon, Ben Cook
The Mountain Pine Beetle, Warming, and the Threatened American Forest – Abstract and Slide
Ana Gonzalez - Columbia College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Laia Andreu-Hayles, Neil Pederson
Using Multiple Proxies to Explore the Tree Ring Divergence Problem at the Firth River in Alaska – Abstract and Slide
Austin Hart - St. Lawrence University, NSF OCE-EAR REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - William D'Andrea, Nicolas Balascio
A 2700-yr alkenone-based temperature record from Amsterdamøya, Svalbard – Abstract and Slide
Laura Laderman - Swarthmore College, NSF OCE-EAR REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Colin Stark, Timothy Creyts
3D Mapping of Glacially Eroded Bedrock – Abstract and Slide
Tianjia Liu - Columbia College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Jonathan Nichols, Dorothy Peteet
Leaf Wax n-Alkane Distributions and Stable Isotope Ratios, Paleovegetation, and Dust Flux to Reconstruct North Pacific Climate During the Late Holocene – Abstract and Slide
Michele Markowitz - City College of San Francisco, NSF OCE-EAR REU Sites
Program
Mentor(s) - Diana Hseuh, Wade McGillis
Carbon Speciation and Anthropogenic Influences in Haitian Rivers and Inland Waters – Abstract and Slide
Abigail Martens - Illinois State University, NSF OCE-EAR REU Sites Program 
Mentor(s) - Vic DiVenere, Sidney Hemming
Tracking Calderas of the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain Volcanics: Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results From the Picabo Volcanic Field – Abstract and Slide
Trevor Neitz - University of Maine at Farmington, NSF EAR-47742
Mentor(s) - Bill Menke, Vadim Levin
Evidence of the Appalachian Front in the Lithospheric Mantle – Abstract and Slide
Daniel Nothaft - Columbia College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Tobias Koffman, Joerg Schaefer, Nicolás Young
The Svalbard Barents Sea Ice Sheet deglaciation and its contribution to meltwater pulse 1a – Abstract and Slide
Julia Paine - University of Miami, United Nations Environment Program
Mentor(s) - Wade McGillis, Diana Hseuh
Carbon Transport in Small Mountainous Rivers in Southwest Haiti – Abstract and Slide
Jennifer Pensky - Barnard College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Pratigya Polissar, Kevin Uno, Samuel Phelps
Did Hydrological Change Drive the Expansion of C4 Grasslands in India during the Late Miocene? – Abstract and Slide
Melissa Seto - Columbia College, NASA AQAST Grant # NNX12AF15G
Mentor(s) - Arlene Fiori, Lee Murray, Lukas Valin, Olivia Clifton, Jean Guo
High ground-level ozone event in Eastern U.S. during June 2007: meteorology and source attribution – Abstract and Slide
William Skorski - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NSF OCE-EAR REU Sites Program
Mentor(s) - Dallas Abbott, Cristina Recasens
Diatoms as Proxies for Abrupt Events in the Hudson River Estuary – Abstract and Slide
Olivia Woldemikael - Columbia College, Earth Intern
Mentor(s) - Cheryl Palm, Clare Sullivan, Kevin Tschirhart
The Complex Drivers of Yield Variability for Maize in East Africa – Abstract and Slide