Summer Opportunities: Intern Programs for Undergraduates

Alexia Alejos, Columbia University
Mentors: Jordan Abell, Gisela Winkler    

Characterizing Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds Over the Marine Isotope Stage 8 to 7 Transition – Abstract and Slide

Malik T. Atadzhanov, Kingsborough Community College
Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Karin Block     

Constraining the Timing and Chemical Composition of the Mid Sixth Century Submarine Volcanic Eruptions Between 45 North and 30 South – Abstract and Slide

Kristen L. Avery, Tompkins Cortland Community College    
Mentors: Christopher Lepre, Paul Olsen    

What Can the Geochemical Variations in Ancient Stromatolites Tell Us About Climate Variability in Eastern Africa? – Abstract and Slide

Grace A. Brown, Barnard College
Mentor: Yutian Wu    

The Interannual Variability of Carbon Monoxide in the Upper Troposphere-Lower Stratosphere Over the Asian Summer Monsoon Region – Abstract and Slide

Amanda J. Chen, Wellesley College
Mentors: Benjamin Bostick, Sidney Hemming    

Examining Mineralogical Variations Through ODP Site 959 in the Gulf of Guinea – Abstract and Slide

Ashley Dann, University of Florida    
Mentors: Steve Goldberg, Angela Slagle     

CO2 Storage and Hydrate Stability: A Comparison of Offshore Basaltic Reservoirs – Abstract and Slide

Tania DaSilva, Dominican College of Blauvelt
Mentors: Clara Chang, Paul Olsen, Sean Kinney, Christopher Lepre    

Quantitative Analysis of Modern Fish Kills and Fossil Fish: Algae Rafting in the Fossil Record – Abstract and Slide

Connor Diaz, Columbia University School of General Studies    
Mentors: Mingfang Ting, Radley Horton

Occupational Health Risk to Agricultural Workers From Humid Heat – Abstract and Slide

Shriya A. Fruitwala, Haverford College
Mentors: Chia-Ying Lee, Suzana Camargo

Analyzing the Record-Breaking 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season – Abstract and Slide

Fernando D. Fuentes, LaGuardia Community College
Mentor: Bill Menke

Can Earthquakes Be Induced by Thermal Expansion or Chemical Expansion Affecting Stress in the Earth? – Abstract and Slide

Olivia M. Gadson, Georgetown University
Mentors: Lloyd Anderson, Natalie Umling 

Investigating Shell Thickness and Preservation in Two Species of Planktonic Foraminifera Over Millions of Years – Abstract and Slide

Herman Garcia, The City College of New York
Mentors: Yuxian Zhou, Jerry McManus    

Utilizing Stable Isotopes to Reconstruct Ocean Circulation During the Last 150 Kyrs in the North Atlantic – Abstract and Slide

Cyril M. Gilman, Columbia College, Columbia University
Mentors: Suzana Camargo, Chia-Ying Lee, Dan Westervelt, Arlene Fiore     

Effects of Anthropogenic European So2 Emissions on North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Behavior – Abstract and Slide

Annika R. Gonzales, California State University, Long Beach
Mentors: Michael Kaplan, Ángel Muñoz, Steven Goldstein, Sidney Hemming    

Connecting Changes in Volcanic Activity to Glacial-Climates Over the Last ~6 Ma From Central America to the Central Andes - Abstract and Slide
 

Karine L. Holmes, Iowa State University
Mentors: Celeste Pallone, Jerry McManus

Multispecies Foraminifera Reconstruction of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Thermocline During the Holocene and Last Glacial Interval – Abstract and Slide

Ellen M. Jorgensen, Syracuse University
Mentors: Yuxian Zhou, Jerry McManus     

Contextualizing North Atlantic Sediment within Heinrich Events – Abstract and Slide

Ashley Lambert, College of Staten Island
Mentor: Jerry McManus

Did Iceberg Discharge in the Labrador Sea Influence Climate or Ocean Circulation Since the End of the Last Ice Age – Abstract and Slide

Madison Mahan, University of Maine 
Mentor: Susanne Straub

A Temporal Record of Plio-Pleistocene Volcanism of the Kurile-Kamchatka Arc From Odp Site 881, Northwest Pacific – Abstract and Slide

Tavehon J. McGarry, Columbia University
Mentors: Craig Connolly, Ben Bostick

Analyzing Relationship Between Environmental Conditions and Arsenic Absorption in Rice – Abstract and Slide

Katelyn R. McPaul, Columbia University
Mentors: Martin Stute, William Smethie    

Improving Measurement of Nitrogen, Argon, and Oxygen in the Ocean Using Gas Chromatography – Abstract and Slide

Sera M. Ndure, Housatonic Community College
Mentors: Kailani Acosta, Andrew Juhl

Do Monthly to Inter-Annual Rainfall Patterns Affect the Abundance of Sewage Bacteria in the Hudson River (NY,USA)? – Abstract and Slide

Olivia C. Pfetsch, Columbia University
Mentor: Andreas Thurnherr    

Exploring Connections Between Seafloor Topography and the Structure of the Bottom Boundary Layer – Abstract and Slide

Ellen Ren, Barnard College
Mentors: Qiang Yang, Steve Chillrud

Correction for PurpleAir PM2.5 Data in the NYC area – Abstract and Slide

Charlotte Rhoads, Vassar College
Mentor: Bill Menke

Does Supplementing Travel Time Data with Amplitude Data improve Geo-tomographic Determinations of Earth Structure? – Abstract and Slide

Bryn E. Stecher, Barnard College
Mentors: Allie Balter-Kennedy, Joerg Shaefer 

Holocene Deglaciation History of the Juneau Icefield, Southeastern Alaska, Using Cosmogenic 10Be – Abstract and Slide

Emily M. Stone, Barnard College
Mentor: Dorothy Peteet

Late Glacial to Holocene Climate Shifts as Revealed by Vegetational Macrofossil Reconstruction, Maplecrest Bog, Catskill Mountains, New York – Abstract and Slide

Anzim S. Sultan, City College of New York
Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Steven Jaret, Karin Block    

Age and Composition of Holocene Tropical Submarine Volcanoes in the Equatorial and North Pacific – Abstract and Slide

Oumou D. Traore, Hostos Community College
Mentors: Paul Olsen, Clara Chang, Sean Kinney

What Can Inherited Zircons Tell Us About the Origins of The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province and Its Transit Through the Earth’s Crust? – Abstract and Slide

Felicia R. Trebian, Navajo Technical University
Mentors: Paul Olsen, Clara Chang, Sean Kinney    

Translation of Orbital Pacing to Climate at a Transitory Interval of Low Co2 During the Dawn of the Dinosaurs – Abstract and Slide

Savannah M. Ward, Columbia University
Mentor: Dan Westervelt    

NOₓ and PM2.5 Measurements with Low Cost Sensors and Reference Monitors at a High Traffic Site in Nairobi, Kenya. – Abstract and Slide

Justin Baez, Arizona State University

Mentors: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ajit Subramaniam

Are Cyanobacterial Blooms Common in the Arctic Coastal Waters of Alaska?  – Abstract and Slide

Clarene Davis, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Mentors: 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: Reinhard Kozdon

Correlation Between Mass, Size, and Preservation of Fossil Cibicidoides Shells from the Atlantic and Pacific – Abstract and Slide

Savannah Ferretti, Cornell University

Mentors: 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: Sean Kinney

Zircon U-Pb Constraints on Volcanic-Plutonic Connections and Conundrums in the White Mountain Batholith – Abstract and Slide

Sarah Hancock, Columbia University

Mentors: 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

Mentors: Rachel Lupien, Kevin Uno

Time Series Analyses of Northeast African Hydroclimate Variability – Abstract and Slide

Elena Kosh, Barnard College

Mentor: Indrani Das

Basal Conditions Underneath Thwaites Glacier Using Ice Penetrating Radar –  Abstract and Slide

Alissa Lampert, Barnard College

Mentor: 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: 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: Jerry McManus

Reconstructing Climate Variability During the Last Ice Age Cycle in the Northeast Pacific Region  – Abstract and Slide

Ava McIlvaine, Scripps College

Mentor: 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: 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: 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

Mentors: Benjamin Bostick, 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: Dallas Abbott

Ellipticity of Tektite-Like, High SiO2 Spherules from the Ross Sea – Abstract and Slide

Isaiah Quattlebaum, SUNY Orange Community College

Mentor: 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: 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

Mentors: 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: Ajit Subramaniam

Did the Covid-19 Lockdown Impact Water Quality in New York Harbor? – Abstract and Slide

Oreoluwa Solanke, Columbia University

Mentor: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Christopher Lepre

 Determining If Iron and Hematite Can be Indicators of Climate Change – Abstract and Slide

Petra Zúñiga, Amherst College

Mentor: 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

Stephanie Arevalo, Housatonic Community College

Mentors: Frank Nitsche and Timothy Kenna

Spatial Distribution of Metals in Long Island Sound  – Abstract and Slide

Romilly Benedict, George Mason University

Mentor: Sidney Hemming

Sources of Sediment to Site U1474  – Abstract and Slide

Sophie Billinge, Barnard College

Mentor: Martin Stute

Environmental Tracers as Early Detectors of Groundwater Contamination due to Hydraulic Fracturing   –  Abstract and Slide

Sarah Blau, Barnard College

Mentor: Brian Mailloux

Radiocarbon Analysis of RNA to Determine the Sustainability of Pleistocene Aquifers in Bangladesh  – Abstract and Slide

Mariela Carrera, Hudson County Community College

Mentors: Joachim Goes, 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: 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: Jerry McManus

Did Icebergs Cause the Most Dramatic Climate Changes of the Last Ice Age?– Abstract and Slide

Bryan Fefe, Hostos Community College

Mentor: Sidney Hemming

 Paleo-Hydroclimate of South African Rainfall prior Brunhes-Matuyama – Abstract and Slide

William Fleming, Columbia College

Mentor: 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: Chris Zappa

 Improving ADCP Measurements with Advanced Settings: Extended Velocity Range – Abstract and Slide

Chuqi Jiang, Columbia University

Mentors: Spencer Jones, Ryan Abernathey

Trend Reversals in Subpolar North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature – Abstract and Slide

Samuel Kodama, Columbia University

Mentors: Stephen Cox, Sidney Hemming

Evidence for Major Miocene/Pliocene Glacial Incision in the Erosional History of Wilkes Subglacial Basin – Abstract and Slide

Jessica Kreinik, Skidmore College

Mentors: Helga Gomes, 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

Mentors: Roisin Commane, Arlene Fiore

Reproducing Instrumental Ozone Flux Measurements in the Harvard Forest Using a Trace Gas Method  – Abstract and Slide

Anna Ledeczi, Columbia College

Mentor: Bill Menke

Seismic Evidence Supporting the Oceanic Plateau Origin of Northeastern Wyoming Lithosphere – Abstract and Slide

Kelcey Logan, Barnard College

Mentors: Yael Kiro, 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

Mentors: James Ross, 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

Mentors: Stephen Cox, 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

Mentors: Sophie Hines, Sidney Hemming

Deep Water Dynamics in the Cape Basin During the Mid Pleistocene Transition – Abstract and Slide

James T. Podwika, Columbia University

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Karin Block, Benjamin Bostick

Using Elemental Concentrations as Stratigraphic Markers in the Hudson River – Abstract and Slide

Laurel Quinones, Columbia University

Mentor: Arlene Fiore

Evaluating Modeled Haze with Measurements in US National Parks – Abstract and Slide

Emmerline Ragoonath-De Mattos, Kingsborough Community College

Mentors: Helga Gomes, 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

Mentors: Qiang Yang, James Ross, 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

Mentors: Richard Seager, Mingfang Ting, 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: 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

Mentors: Qiang Yang, 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

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Reinhard Kozdon, 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

Mentors: Sidney Hemming, Trevor Williams, Mo Raymo, 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

Mentors: Allegra LeGrande, 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

Mentors: Qiang Yang, Steve Chillrud

Assessing Street Level Ultrafine Particle Exposure in New York City – Abstract and Slide

Wenke Zeng, Southern University of Science and Technology

Mentors: Qiang Yang, 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: 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

Zoe S. Aarons, Bowdoin College

Mentor: Suzana J. Camargo

Tropical Cyclones in the NASA GEOS-5 Model and MERRA-2 Reanalysis  – Abstract and Slide

Kimberly Acevedo, Dominican College of Blauvelt

Mentors: Robert Poirier, Reinhard Kozdon, Maureen Raymo

What Determines the Quality of Benthic Foraminifera at Site 1089 in the Deep South Atlantic Ocean?  – Abstract and Slide

Alyson N. Churchill, Colby College

Mentor: Jerry McManus

Evidence for Heinrich Events and Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Central North Atlantic  –  Abstract and Slide

Tyler A. Clemens, University of Idaho

Mentor: Billy D'Andrea

Past Environmental Change on Rapa Nui: Elemental Abundances and Leaf Waxes from Two New Lake Sediment Cores  – Abstract and Slide

Bridget Craig, Columbia University

Mentors: Yael Kiro, Steve Goldstein

Isotopic Analysis of Dead Sea Sediment from the Last Glacial  – Abstract and Slide

Bronte Dalton, Columbia University

Mentors: Arlene Fiore, Martin Stute, Róisín Commane

Quantifying the NYC Carbon Budget: Using a Particle Dispersion Model to Calculate Atmospheric Enhancement  – Abstract and Slide

Mamadou Diallo, Brooklyn College

Mentors: Karin Block and Dallas Abbott

Can We See Dust from the 1992 Fall of the Peekskill Meteorite in Hudson River Sediments and Can We Use It as a Stratigraphic Marker? – Abstract and Slide

Darian F. Fernandez, Dominican College of Blauvelt

Mentors: Beizhan Yan, Andy Juhl, Pam Factor-Litvak

Impact of Nuisance Flooding on Contaminant Distribution in Coastal Floodplains – Abstract and Slide

Natalia M. Figueredo, Barnard College

Mentors: Elise Myers, Andy Juhl

The Impact of Particle Association on Temperature-Dependent Growth and Light-Induced Mortality of Vibrio sp. in the Hudson River Estuary –Abstract and Slide

Madison Q. Gaetano, The College of William and Mary

Mentors: Robert Poirier, Reinhard Kozdon, Maureen Raymo

Shifts in Benthic Foraminiferal Preservation Correspond with Ocean Circulation Changes During the Last Deglacial Transition – Abstract and Slide

Solana Y. Huang, Brown University

Mentor: Vicki Ferrini

Morphologic changes in hydrothermal vent sites in the Lau Basin and their implications for the resiliency of vent fields in Back-Arc Basins – Abstract and Slide

Ingrid Izaguirre, University of Miami

Mentors: Laura Haynes, Bärbel Hönisch

Changes in Deep Pacific Carbon Storage Over the MPT? B/Ca Derived Deep Pacific ∆CO₃^2- Pre & Post Mid-Pleistocene Transition – Abstract and Slide

Juan D. Jaramillo, Queensborough Community College

Mentors: Steve Chillrud, James Ross

Developing a Modular Array of Environmental Sensors for Epidemiological Investigations of Pediatric Asthma –  Abstract and Slide

Zoe R. Krauss, Colorado College

Mentor: Bill Menke

The Northern Gulf Anomaly (NGA): Characterizing a Continental-edge Asthenospheric Upwelling Using Seismic Velocity Perturbations  – Abstract and Slide

Jingyu Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology

Mentors: Joachim Goes, Beizhan Yan

Microplastic Contamination History in New York City – Abstract and Slide

Brigid Lynch, Columbia University

Mentors: Qiang Yang, Steve Chillrud

Comparing Particulate Pollutant Concentrations Inhaled by Bicyclists in NYC – Abstract and Slide

Bridget M. McCann, Kingsborough Community College

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Ben Bostick

Regional and Local Stratigraphic Markers in Three Hudson River Cores Taken Near Peekskill, New York: LWB4-3 – Abstract and Slide

Tiara N. Ogus, SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Mentor: Jonathan Nichols

Analysis of Sterol Diagenesis Stages in a Peat Core from Kamchatka, Russia – Abstract and Slide

Sarah Ortiz, Barnard College

Mentors: Beizhan Yan and Joachmi Goes

The Effect of Microplastic Type on Pharmaceutical Sorption in the Waterways of New York City – Abstract and Slide

Celeste T. Pallone, Barnard College

Mentors: Tim Kenna and Frank Nitsche

Surface Sediment Texture in the Eastern Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide

Annemarie Pillsbury, Dutchess Community College

Mentor: Jerry McManus

Evidence of Ice Rafted Debris Suggests Icebergs Reached as far as the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean During the Last Deglaciation – Abstract and Slide

Michael D. Pirrie, Housatonic Community College

Mentor: Bill Menke

Evidence of Partial Melt in the Northern Appalachian Anomaly – Abstract and Slide

Connor E. Sauceda, The University of Chicago

Mentors: Joachmi Goes, Helga Gomes

Positive Effects of Hypoxia and Increasing Atmospheric CO2 on Bloom-Forming Noctiluca scintillans – Abstract and Slide

Katharine G. N. Scanlan, Barnard College

Mentor: Brian Mallioux

Identifying the Source of Carbon Fueling Arsenic Contamination of the Pleistocene Aquifer in Bangladesh – Abstract and Slide

Sarah C. Shi, Columbia University

Mentor: Kevin Uno

What Plant is That? Chemotaxonomy from n-alkane Molecular Distributions of East African Plants with Implications for Paleoecology – Abstract and Slide

Sara Sobolewska, Kingsborough Community College

Mentors: Julie Oppenheimer, Amanda Lindoo

How Can Analog Experiments Help Understand Core Segregation in Small Planetary Bodies? – Abstract and Slide

Jasmine K. Vera, Orange County Community College

Mentors: Qiang Yang, Steve Chillrud

Air Pollution: Optimizing Personal Air Monitors – Abstract and Slide

Katherine A. Wegleitner, Columbia University

Mentor: Einat Lev

Investigating the Effect of Viscosity and Pulsating Effusion Rates on Lava Dome Morphology Through Physical Models – Abstract and Slide