Summer Opportunities: Intern Programs for Undergraduates

Jenna Albin, SUNY Broome Community College

Mentor: Logan Brenner

Do The Trace Metal Concentrations in Barnacle Shells from Rye, Nyack, and Piermont Vary? – Abstract and Slide

James Beever, The College of Wooster

Mentors: Mike Steckler, Cecilia McHugh

Seismic Stratigraphy of the Morant Basin, Jamaica Passage – Abstract and Slide

Marco Caguana-Pacheco, SUNY Rockland Community College

Mentor: William Menke

Statistical Analysis of Glacial Boulders Limits Past Shaking Since the Last Ice Age – Abstract and Slide

Megan Carden, SUNY Broome Community College

Mentors: Kirsty Tinto, Caitlin Locke

Mapping a West-Greenland Geological Boundary Using Seafloor Morphology – Abstract and Slide

Sophia Colfer, University of Maine

Mentor: Luca Telesca

Effect of Salinity on the Shell Formation of Eastern Oysters at Different Climatic Regions – Abstract and Slide

Natasha Cruz, Naugatuck Valley Community College

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Ben Bostick

Volcanic Ash Deposition from Large Eruptions Within the Last 150,000 Years Increases Biological Productivity in the Pacific Ocean at Low Latitudes – Abstract and Slide

Korie DeBellis, Columbia University

Mentor: Logan Brenner

Analysis of Trace Metals in Semibalanus balanoides and Amphibalanus eburneus Plates From Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide

Sophia DiPietro, Barnard College

Mentor: Suzana Camargo

Analysis of Ability of HighResMip Models to Simulate ENSO-TC Relationship – Abstract and Slide

Kniya Duncan, Binghamton University

Mentors: Kirsty Tinto, Caitlin Locke

Can the Paleoproterozoic Nagssugtoquidian Orogeny and Meso-Neoarchean North Atlantic Craton Geologic Boundary in Greenland be Traced Beneath the Ice Sheet Using Gravity and Magnetic Data? – Abstract and Slide

Sydney Grandison, Dominican University New York

Mentors: Mike Kaplan, Alison Franseze, Sydney Hemming and Steve Goldstein

What Is the Origin of Terrigenous Sediment Found in the Sub-Tropical South Atlantic Ocean? – Abstract and Slide

Caitlin Huntsman, Barnard College

Mentors: Helga Gomes, Jinghui Wu

Ocean Acidification and Climate Change as Determinants of Marine Phytoplankton Communities Along the U.S. East Coast – Abstract and Slide

Sophia Izzo, Tompkins Cortland Community College

Mentors: Frank Nitsche, Tim Kenna

Grain Size Distribution in the Western Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide

Dominique Jenssen, Columbia University

Mentor: Maria Tzortziou

A Space-Based Retrieval Approach for Red-Brown Tides in Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide

Erin Kim, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mentors: Celeste Pallone, Jerry McManus

North Atlantic Deep Water Masses Throughout the Mid-Pleistocene Transition: Changes at Site U1587 on the Iberian Margin – Abstract and Slide

Lela Kornfeld, Columbia University

Mentors: Frank Nitsche, Tim Kenna

Grain Size Distribution in the Western Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide

Helen Moe Latting, Columbia University

Mentor: Jerry McManus

Deep Ocean Circulation in the West and East North Atlantic During the Last Glacial Period and Holocene – Abstract and Slide

Farah Lino, University of West Florida

Mentor: Allison Franzese

Geochemical Variability of Terrigenous Sediments Within the <2-Micron Fraction at IODP Site U1479 – Abstract and Slide

Malcolm Maas, University of Maryland

Mentors: Kostas Tsigaridis, Dallas Abbott

Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores – Abstract and Slide

Eilidh MacLeod, Columbia University

Mentor: Ajit Subramaniam

Co-Produced Evidence for Incursions of Chukchi Sea Water into Freshwater Lake of Kotzebue Sound – Abstract and Slide

Jianna Martinez, Columbia University

Mentors: Xiaojun Yuan, Dhruv Balwada

Evaluating the Efficiency of Autoencoders for Dimension Reduction of Sea Ice Data – Abstract and Slide

Vanessa Martinez Perez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Karin Block

Increased Biological Productivity and the Appearance of Black Foraminifera Due to Large, Low-Latitude Volcanic Eruptions in the Past 150,000 Years – Abstract and Slide

Cidney McMahon, Syracuse University

Mentors: Celeste Pallone, Jerry McManus

How did the Mediterranean Outflow Vary in the Last 30,000 Years? – Abstract and Slide

Rohan Menezes, Dartmouth College

Mentor: Joaquim Goes

Determining the Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Pre-Monsoon Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Arabian Sea – Abstract and Slide

Amanda Perrone, Hofstra University

Mentor: Jerry McManus

How did the Cryosphere Affect the North Atlantic Ocean During the Last Glacial Maximum? – Abstract and Slide

IO Reid, Monroe Community College

Mentors: Gisela Winckler, Jenny Middleton

Calibrating Site U1541 XRF Elemental Data Using Sediment Digests and ICP-MS – Abstract and Slide

Kinsey Shefelton, William & Mary

Mentors: Philip LaPorta, Margaret Brewer

Geologic Integration of an Ancient Bedrock Quarry Analysis of Western North Carolina – Abstract and Slide

Sydney Smith, Amherst College

Mentors: Jerry McManus, Celeste Pallone, Gabe Weinstein

Investigating Past El Niño Southern Oscillation Conditions in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific – Abstract and Slide

Grace Tulinsky, Barnard College

Mentors: Gisela Winckler, Jenny Middleton

Reconstructing the Strength and Position of the Westerlies Over the Last Glacial Cycle – Abstract and Slide

David Venuto, Dutchess Community College

Mentors: Xiaojun Yuan, Dhruv Balwada

Will Machine-Learning Approaches Improve Antarctic Sea Ice Predictability? – Abstract and Slide           

Krista Watson, Gateway Community College

Mentors: Fola Kolawole, Rasheed Ajala

Incipient Tectonic Reactivation of a ‘Failed’ Rift, Luama Basin, DRC – Abstract and Slide

Victoria Woods, Columbia University

Mentor: Martin Stute

Determining the Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Landfills and How This Impacts Climate Change – Abstract and Slide

Annie Yang, Barnard College

Mentors: Mona Hematti, Adam Sobel

Tropical Cyclone Damage Assessment for Predicting Effects of Climate Change On Caribbean Storms – Abstract and Slide

Joseph Zeno, University of Maine, Orono

Mentors: Joaquim Goes, Helga Gomes, Jinghui Wu

Analysis on How Certain Marine Phytoplankton Species Are Being Affected by Ocean Acidification on the U.S East Coast  – Abstract and Slide

Chase Bebo, Navajo Technical University 

Mentors: Paul E. Olsen, Sean Kinney, Clara Chang, Bennett Slibeck

How are Geogenic Contaminants Affecting Ground Water on the Colorado Plateau? – Abstract and Slide

Christine Berlingeri, Rockland Community College

Mentors: Roisin Commane, Martin Stute, Andy Juhl

Variable Methane Fluxes from Natural and Managed Ecosystems Across the New York Metropolitan Area  – Abstract and Slide

Cecilia Bowe, Colby College

Mentors: Steven Goldstein, Sidney Hemming, Michael Kaplan, Joohee Kim

Tracing North Atlantic Continental Erosion during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition: K-Ar geochronology and mineralogical analyses of Ice Rafted Debris – Abstract and Slide

Teodora Bratu, Columbia University

Mentors: Beizhan Yan, Wei Min

Can Nanoplastics be Detected in Soft Drinks? – Abstract and Slide

Abby Cermak, St. Olaf College

Mentors: Sidney Hemming, Stephen Cox, Heng Chen, Anne Gothmann

Testing of the Contemporaneous Degassing Rate of ⁴⁰Ar Over the Last 450 Million Years Using Coral and Brachiopod Archives – Abstract and Slide

Christy Choo, University of Pennsylvania

Mentors: Maria Tzortziou, Joaquim Goes, and Helga Gomes

Investigating Interannual Variability in Summertime Harmful Algal Blooms in Long Island Sound – Abstract and Slide

Hui Ping Deng, Barnard College

Mentors: Beizhan Yan, Wei Min

Developing Novel Methods for Isolating and Identifying Microplastics and Nanoplastics in New York City’s Waterways – Abstract and Slide

Angela Douglass, Wellesley College

Mentors: Paul E. Olsen, Sean Kinney, Clara Chang, Bennett Slibeck

Scenes from the Sapropels: Revealing Orbital Forcings and Climate in the Mediterranean over the last 500 kyr with Image and XRF Analysis  – Abstract and Slide

Jenna Everard, Barnard College

Mentors: Stephen Cox, Pete Reiners

(U-Th)/Ne Dating of Mineralizing Fluid Flow in the Paradox Basin – Abstract and Slide

Andrew Fagerheim, Columbia University

Mentors: Dhruv Balwada, Julius Busecke, Ryan Abernathey

Analysis of the Vertical Structure of Lateral Eddy Stirring Using Argo Profiles – Abstract and Slide

Amelia Faucher, Vassar College

Mentors: Allison Franzese, Sidney Hemming

Examining the Effects of Grain Size and Marine Barite on Sr Isotopes in Terrigenous Sediment from U1479, Cape Basin, South Africa – Abstract and Slide

Dean Gelling, Columbia University

Mentors: Maria Tzortziou, Joaquim Goes, and Helga Gomes

Optical Properties, Water Quality, and Carbon Dynamics in Long Island’s Coastal Waterways – Abstract and Slide

Cameron Grant, Columbia University

Mentor: Arnold Gordon

What Drives the Wind Stress Curl Over the Weddell Sea? – Abstract and Slide

Rebecca Holloway, Barnard College

Mentors: Roisin Commane, Martin Stute, Andy Juhl

Attribution of Anthropogenic Methane Sources in Downstate New York – Abstract and Slide

Ashley House, Columbia University

Mentors: Daniel Green, Kevin Uno

Northeast African Paleoenvironments and Niche Spacing Across the Afro-Eurasian Faunal Exchange – Abstract and Slide

Shalom Jimoh, Rutgers University - Newark

Mentors: Ben Bostick, Ajit Subramaniam, Sarah Nicolas, Susanne Straub, Dallas Abbott

How Did Large Submarine Volcanic Eruptions During the Holocene Influence Ocean Productivity? Searching for Tephra Layers in Core Samples Downwind of the Ryukyu, Izu-Bonin and Tonga-Kermadecarcs – Abstract and Slide

César León Jr., Columbia University

Mentors: Shuo Ding, Terry Plank

Understanding CO2-S Degassing from San Cristóbal Volcano – Abstract and Slide

Sofya Levitina, University of Connecticut

Mentors: Christine McCarthy, Jacob Tielke

Microstructural Characterization of Ice by Etch-Pitting Replication Method – Abstract

Kierstin Lorraine, Onondaga Community College

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Ben Bostick

Did Global Extraterrestrial Dust Events Containing Tin Contribute to Climate Variations in the Late Holocene? – Abstract and Slide

Gabriel Mangum Lehmann, Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin

Mentors: Mike Kaplan, Sidney Hemming, Victoria Peck

Authigenic Gypsum in Southern Ocean Sediments – Abstract and Slide

Charles McBride, Los Angeles Valley College

Mentor: Bill Menke

Constraints on Post-Glacial Seismic Activity of Southern New York from Precarious Balanced Glacial Boulders – Abstract and Slide

Tyler Miller, SUNY Orange

Mentor: Rob Skarbek

Understanding Earthquakes in the Shallow Regions of Subduction Zones – Abstract and Slide

Alexandra O’Keefe, SUNY Albany

Mentors: Jerry McManus, Celeste Pallone, Yuxin Zhou

Reconstructing the Thermocline in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific since the Last Glacial Period – Abstract and Slide

Isaiah Olds-Campanile, Brown University

Mentor: Ajit Subramaniam

Remote Sensing Analysis of Phytoplankton Blooms Following Volcanic Eruptions  – Abstract and Slide

MacKenzie Pina, Adelphi University

Mentor: Troy Ferland

Fire Trends and Variability in Neogene East Africa  – Abstract and Slide

Charitie Ropati, Columbia University 

Mentor: Kevin Griffin

Stimulated Effects of Climate Change on Fireweed Photosynthesis – Abstract and Slide

Treja Smalls, North Carolina A&T University

Mentors: Jerry McManus, Celeste Pallone, Yuxin Zhou

Using Marine Sediment Cores from the North Atlantic Ocean to Better Understand Past Climate  – Abstract and Slide

Holland Taylor, Tompkins Cortland Community College

Mentor: Luca Telesca

Temperature and Predation Impacts on Latitudinal Patterns of the Shell Formation of the Eastern Oyster – Abstract and Slide

Malynndra Tome, Navajo Technical University

Mentors: Benjamin C Bostick, Farideh Narouei

Using Iron Oxide Coprecipitation to Treat Arsenic and Uranium Contamination in Drinking Water in Native American Communities – Abstract and Slide

Bernard Wang, Columbia University

Mentor: Xiaojun Yuan

Evaluating the Contribution of Ocean Variables in an Updated Markov Model for Antarctic Sea Ice Predictability  – Abstract and Slide

Elaine Whetstine, Tufts University

Mentors: Jerry McManus, Celeste Pallone, Yuxin Zhou

A New Sedimentary Record of Heinrich Events in the Central North Atlantic Ocean since 170 ka  – Abstract and Slide

Jiahua Wu, CUNY Kingsborough

Mentors: Dallas Abbott, Karin Block

Will the Next Global Crisis Be Produced by a Large Volcanic Eruption? Constraining the Source Volcanoes for 6th Century Eruptions  – Abstract and Slide

Akshat Yaparla, Columbia University

Mentor: Einat Lev

Fluid Oscillations in a Laboratory Analog Geyser with Steam Injection and a Bubble Trap – Abstract and Slide

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