Intern Profiles
2024 Interns

Jaeda Woodruff
Princeton University
Research Mentor: Ernesto Guerrero-Fernández
Project: Hydrodynamic influence of sediment transport in tsunami waves

Jordan Simons
Lawrence University
Research Mentor: Walter Torres
Project: Coastal ocean circulation and larval dispersal around rocky headlands

Brianna Padilla
Hamilton College
Research Mentor: Daniel Schindler
Project: Is Climate Warming Changing the Date of Habitat Migration in Juvenile Sockeye Salmon?

Liam Schiffer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Mentor: Hongwei Sun
Project: Using Data-Driven Methods to Estimate Cloud Radiative Effects

Ivy Jaguzny
Harvey Mudd College
Research Mentor: Jannes Koelling
Project: The effect of El Niño on ocean biogeochemistry and air-sea fluxes of oxygen

Malik Hall
Texas A&M University
Research Mentor: Aaron Levine
Project: Understanding Poor El Niño Predictions in Seasonal Forecast Models

Luke Valelli
University of Maine
Research Mentor: Dave Beauchamp
Project: Impacts of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Salmon Predation

Ladanijirah Lightner
State University of New York
Research Mentor: Dargan Frierson
Project: Are Low Emission Scenarios Consistent with Climate Justice?

Chelsea Hurtado
St. Olaf College
Research Mentor: Steve Rubin and Eric Grossman
Project: Fish Behavior in Skagit Bay: Influence of Eelgrass Presence

Hannah Simmonds
Bates College
Research Mentor: Craig Norrie
Project: Differences in Respiration Rates and Survival in Pacific Oysters

Kamber Lovill
North Carolina State University
Research Mentor: Jodi Young
Project: Growth and RubisCO Primer Design at Different Temperatures in Chemolithoautotrophic Bacteria

Erik Duarte
University of California San Diego
Research Mentor: Mariela White
Project: Validated Long Term Time Series Measurements Are Crucial for Detecting Environmental Trends
2023 Interns

Lashaun Jackson
University of Michigan
Research Mentor: Tyler Kukla
Project: Impact of the Green Sahara on Abrupt δ18O Shifts in East-Central China

Adelina Rodriguez
Wesleyan University
Research Mentor: Nick Bond & Karin Bumbaco
Project: Comparative Analysis of NASA GRACE-FO L4 and SMAP-L4 Soil Moisture Products in Washington

Marc Sailer
University of Washington
Research Mentor: T.J. Fudge
Project: Modeling atmospheric gas diffusion in ice to help locate the best climate history

Stephanie Procopio
Luisiana State University
Research Mentor: Jessalyn Davis
Project: Manganese-mediated nitrogen transformation in suboxic Gulf of Mexico porewaters

Nick Burgos
University of California Los Angeles
Research Mentor: Steve Rubin
Project: Evaluating juvenile Salmon and forage fish use of eelgrass through video

Sophia Wagner
Haverford College
Research Mentor: Catherine Berchok
Project: Factors influencing North Pacific right whale calling behavior

Benny Adler
Bowdoin College
Research Mentor: Amy Wyeth
Project: Zooplankton Abundance Over Tidal Cycles in Padilla Bay NERR

Leila Fischer
Willamette University
Research Mentor: Emma Heitmann
Project: Reconstructing climate and topographic history of the Colorado Plateau using isotope geochemistry

Katie Jackson
University of South Carolina
Research Mentor: Craig Norrie
Project: Variation in farmed oyster respiration rates over space and time
2022 Interns

Audrey Casper
George Washington University
Research Mentor: Melissa Moulton
Project: Rip current hazard forecasting in Salt Creek Beach, CA

Esmeralda Chavelas
University of California San Diego
Research Mentor: Abby Swann
Project: Possible refugia in nearly enclosed bays during Snowball Earth

Andrea Emmanuelli
Florida State University
Research Mentor: Bonnie Chang
Project: Using shipboard observations of nitrous oxide to train a random forest algorithm

Sarothi Ghosh
University of Florida
Research Mentor: T.J. Fudge
Project: Exploring the δ18O response to WAIS collapse using simple isotope models

Allison James
Middlebury College
Research Mentor: Stacie Hardy
Project: Interactive R Shiny app to display harbor seal abundance in Alaska

Vanessa Martinez
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Research Mentor: Becky Alexander
Project: Sulfur and oxygen isotope measurements during winter in Fairbanks, Alaska

Andrea Mendoza
Heritage University
Research Mentor: Jacqueline Padilla-Gamino
Project: Climate change affect on photosynthesis in coral and kelp

Darius Withrow
Washington State University
Research Mentor: Dave Beauchamp
Project: ALAN effects on predatory search volume within the Seattle ship canal
2021 Interns

Theo Daniels
Howard University
Research Mentor: Bonnie Chang
Project: Temporal and Spatial Variability of Oxygen and Nitrous Oxide in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

Sara Dixon
Colorado College
Research Mentor: Yong Wei
Project: The Creation of High-Resolution Probabilistic Tsunami Design Zone Maps for Coastal Hawaii

Emily Evenson
Washington State University
Research Mentor: Jordan Hollarsmith
Project: Assessing Spatial Extent Change of Kelp in Southeast Alaska

Alexis Irvin
University of Florida
Research Mentor: T.J. Fudge
Project: Interannual Climate Variations at a Future Ice Core Site in Antarctica

Cecelia Ngo
University of California, Riverside
Research Mentor: Chidong Zhang
Project: Observations and Forecasts of Arctic Sea Surface Energy Fluxes

Jas Ogiste
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Research Mentor: Abigail Swann
Project: Plant Physiological Responses to Increasing Atmospheric CO2

Jackson Parker
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Research Mentor: Joel Thornton
Project: Evaluating Regional and Global Trends in Lightning Stroke Density
2020 Interns

Cassondra DeFoor
University of Nevada, Reno
Research Mentor: Lisa Eisner and Jens Nielsen
Project: Factors that Influence Phytoplankton Biomass and Productivity in the Chukchi Sea in 2017

Jesus Espinoza
University of California, Merced
Research Mentor: Randie Bundy
Project: The Impact of Heterotrophic Bacteria on Global Iron Cycling

Bria Goldade
North Dakota State University
Research Mentor: Yolande Serra
Project: Modulation of Meteorological Variables and Isotopes Over Costa Rica by Easterly Waves

Haley Staudmyer
University of Washington
Research Mentor: Tom Ackerman
Project: Cloud Occurrence Profiles in the Pacific from High-Resolution Models and Observations

Zoë Stroobosscher
Calvin University
Research Mentor: Kyla Drushka and Sabine Mecking
Project: Oxygen Variations in the North Pacific - An Argo Float Study

Victoria Trejo
California State University, Chico
Research Mentor: Peter Gaube
Project: The Effect of Mesoscale Eddies on the Diversity of Mesopelagic Fish in the North Atlantic
2019 Interns

Ricky Wright
Walla Walla University
Research Mentor: Julie Keister
Project: Marine copepods show poor avoidance of hypoxic water

Jaya Muehlman
University of Utah
Research Mentor: Dave Beauchamp
Project: Trophic Ecology of Resident Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound

Shelby Gunnells
North Dakota State University
Research Mentor: Colleen Hoffman
Project: Exploring Organic Metal-Binding Ligands Within the Lost City Hydrothermal Vent

Delaney Kuehnel
University of Texas, El Paso
Research Mentor: Kate Richerson and Kayleigh Somers
Project: The Gear That Kept Going: Lost and Found Fishing Gear Along the West Coast

Madeline Talebi
University of California, Irvine
Research Mentor: Meghan Cronin
Project: Ocean Weather Ship Papa: A Precipitation Time-Series

Chloe Hansum
Dordt College
Research Mentor: Alison Deary
Project: Using Fin Development to Determine Morphological Milestones in Arctic Cod

Raymond Surya
University of Michigan
Research Mentor: John Horne
Project: Summarizing and Transmitting Data from Echosounders Deployed on Autonomous, Underwater Gliders
2018 Interns

Rachael Aber
University of Portland
Project: Fish Vertical Distribution and Marine Mammal Co-Occurrence off Cape Hatteras, NC

Ellen Bradley
Gonzaga University
Project: Hot Spots of the Pteropod Limacina Helicina in Puget Sound

Brian Filipiak
University of Rochester
Project: Latitudinal and Anual Patterns of Somatic Growth for Pacific Hake Along the U.S. Pacific Coast

Telaina Henry
Fort Lewis College
Project: Annotation of Thermal and Color Imagery of Ice-Associated Seals

Brittany Hernandez
Bowdoin College
Project: Classification of Beluga Whale Vocalizations in Bristol Bay, AK

Dakota Hunt
Carleton College
Project: Identifying Best Protocol for Preserving and Extracting Environmental DNA from Seawater

Leela Stevens
California State University, Long Beach
Project: Projecting Water Security for the Columbia River Basin. How Much Different Could Our Future Be?

Kelly Tingle
Berkeley City College
Project: Can Biological Productivity be Inferred from Oxygen at Depth?
2017 Interns

Lillian Henderson
University of Rochester
Project: Forecasting the California Undercurrent for Hake Management

Carter Johnson
University of Washington
Project: Arctic Marine Mammal Abundance and Distribution Estimation

Anita Montero
Barnard College of Columbia University
Project: Metabolic Response of Euphausia Pacifica to Temperature and pH Exposure in Puget Sound

Peter Sumner
Fort Lewis College
Project: Google Earth Analysis of Soil Moisture and Landslide Risk in the Pacific Northwest
2016 Interns

Nicola Paul
University of Miami
Project: Effect of Temperature on Diet Composition of Chinook Salmon in Puget Sound