Previous NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns By Year
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2023 Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program placements
2022 Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program placements
2021 Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program placements
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2020 Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program Interns
NAGT/USGS 2020 Cooperative Summer Internship Program Placements
Anna Baker, University of Missouri - Columbia
Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and Geophysical Studies of Seismic Hazards of Seismic Hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Emily Bryant, Western Washington University
Mentor: Ben Pauk
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Cascades Volcano Observatory Field Electronics
Allison Dombrowski, University of Missouri - Columbia
Mentor: Amy Gilmer
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Geochronology Data Compilation, Intermountain West and National Geologic Synthesis Projects
Derek Ensign, University of Texas Arlington
Mentor: Jeffrey Mauk
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Denver Mineral Separation Laboratory
William Gnesda, Colorado State
Mentor: Gregg Swayze
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Spectral and Hyperspectral Imaging of Critical Mineral Resources; USMIN Mineral Deposit Data
Claire Grove, Humboldt State University
Mentor: Kate Whidden and Christina DeVera
Location: North Slope Alaska
Project: Cretaceous sandstone reservoir and mudstone source rocks in Northern Alaska
Montana Hauke, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Mentor: Carma San Juan and Karen Lund
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Geologic Map Transect of the Northern Rockies
Micah Hernandez, Colorado State
Mentor: Carma San Juan and Karen Lund
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Geologic Map Transect of the Northern Rockies
Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Mentor: Melinda Erickson
Location: Mounds View, Minneapolis
Project: Geologic-sourced arsenic contamination in drinking water aquifers of the contiguous US: a widespread problem
Kristi Hill, Western Michigan University
Mentor: Brent Topping
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Arsenic Sources in the Klamath Basin
Elizabeth Horton, University of Washington
Mentor: Brian Collins
Location: Moffett Field, California
Project: Updating Soil Moisture Thresholds for Shallow Landslide Monitoring and Warning
Sean Hutchings, University of Utah
Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geologic and Geophysical Studies of the San Andreas Fault System, California
Emma Krolczyk, West Virginia University
Mentor: Shannon Mahan and Matt Emmons
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Stable Isotopes of the Hot Springs Mammoth Site and and Luminescence Dating of the Associated Fall River Terraces
Hannah Kruse, University of Oregon
Mentor: Heather Wright and Sarah Ogburn
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Volcano Disaster Assistance Team
Edward Larkin, Idaho State
Mentor: Carma San Juan and Karen Lund
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Geologic Map Transect of the Northern Rockies
Noah Lindberg, Lehigh University
Mentor: William Stephenson and Alena Leeds
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: High-Resolution Geophysical Investigations of Hazardous Faults and Seismic Ground Motions—Data for Earthquake Hazard Assessments
Jennifer Marsh, Wasatch Uinta Field Camp
Mentor: Michael Poland
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of volcanoes in the western United States
Shae McLafferty, Iowa State - University of Nebraska Field Camp
Mentor: Richard Briggs
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Earthquake geology and geochronology in the western U.S.
Izabella Ogilvie, Western Washington University
Mentor: Don Sweetkind and Kenzie Turner
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: GIS-based regional geologic map compilation, Intermountain West and Sierran-Pacific projects
Baylee Olds, University of Utah
Mentor: Thomas Cronin
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Land Sea Linkages in the Arctic
Logan Owen, Fort Lewis College
Mentor: Carma San Juan and Karen Lund
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Geologic Map Transect of the Northern Rockies
James Padilla, University of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Jean Self-Trail
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Micropaleontology of Cenomanian/Turonian sediments of the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coastal Plain Regions
Lydia Pinkham, University of Michigan
Mentor: Laura Strickland and Lesleigh Anderson
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Studies using Plant Macrofossils
Katherine Pippenger, New Zealand Frontiers Abroad
Mentor: Cheryl Miller and Jason Alexander
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Characterizing hydrogeomorphic processes in Littlefield Creek
Jordan Pritchard, Indiana University
Mentor: Javin Hatcherian and Paul Hackley
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Thermal Indices round-robin
Halle Putera, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geologic and Geophysical Studies of the San Andreas Fault System, California
Jessica Reid, Indiana University
Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and Geophysical Studies of Seismic Hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Amanda Ringer, Central Washington University
Mentor: Carma San Juan and Jeff Mauk
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: USMIN Mineral Deposit Database
Karissa Rosenberger, New Mexico Tech
Mentor: Kim Perkins and John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Quantifying fluxes and resources in the water cycle
Mercedes Salazar, New Mexico Tech
Mentor: Denis LeBlanc and Timothy McCobb
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Hydrology and Water Quality of Cape Cod's Groundwater/Surface-Water System
Alex Schwarz, Wasatch Uinta Field Camp
Mentor: Carma San Juan and Jeffrey Mauk
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: USMIN Mineral Deposit Database
Catherine Seguin, University of Michigan
Mentor: Andy Gendaszek
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Water Temperature Mapping in the Snoqualmie and Skykomish River Basins and Modeling Water Temperature in the Tolt River
Kent Smith, University of New Mexico
Mentor: Andrew Waite
Location: Ithica, New York
Project: NY Surface water and Ground Water Data Collection
Haley Spalla, Bowling Green State University
Mentor: Jack Eggleston
Location: Kearneysville, West Virginia
Project: Mapping catastrophic floods with high-resolution multi-spectral and radar remote-sensing data
Brett Trottier, Western Michigan University
Mentor: John Lane and Fred Day-Lewis
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied Hydrogeophysics Research
Carson Tunnell, University of Texas Dallas
Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and Geophysical Studies of Seismic Hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Paige Voss, Pomona College
Mentor: Kim Perkins and John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Quantifying fluxes and resources in the water cycle
Jack Willard, Oregon State University
Mentor: Stephen DeLong
Location: Moffett Field, California
Project: Earthquake Hazards in Northern California
Laurie Zielinski, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Mentor: Jared Peacock, Jonathan Glen, Victoria Langenheim and Dan Scheirer
Location: Moffett Field, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, and water resources and to natural hazards in the western U.S.
ESA/USGS 2020 Cooperative Summer Internship Program Placements
Skyler Bennis, University of California, Davis
Mentor: Nicholas Johnson
Location: Millersburg, Michigan
Project: Deploy and evaluate sea lamprey controls to supplement lampricides and barriers
Allie Carlile, University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Ralph Grundel
Location: Indiana Dunes National Park
Project: Effective restoration and landscape design for pollinator conservation in the Great Lakes Basin
Marissa Cartwright, Coe College
Mentor: James Shanley
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Mountains to sea – fluvial transport of carbon and nutrients and effects on ecosystems and people
Julia David, University of Michigan
Mentor: Rich Sheibley
Location: Puget Sound, Washington
Project: Water quality and ecological sampling to support status and trends monitoring of small streams in Puget Sound
Diana Dimarco, Seattle University
Mentor: Amanda Demopoulos
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Connectivity of coral ecosystems in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: applications of microchemistry and isotopic analysis to fish and coral populations
Haley Disinger, Furman University
Mentor: Matt Fisk and Matt Germino
Location: Boise, Idaho
Project: Assessing impacts of aridification, drought, and land-use on drylands of the Colorado Plateau
Joshua Driscoll, Worchester Polytechnic Institute
Mentor: Diann Prosser
Location: Laurel, Maryland
Project: Monitoring Colonial Waterbirds on Poplar Island
Sydnee Dunn, California State University Fullerton
Mentor: Matt Fisk and Matt Germino
Location: Boise, Idaho
Project: Assessing impacts of aridification, drought, and land-use on drylands of the Colorado Plateau
Addison Gruber, College of the Atlantic
Mentor: Tabitha Graves
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Western Bumblebee Sampling
Natalie Holsclaw, Northern Kentucky University
Mentor: Greg Noe
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Experimental suppression of invasive lake trout in Glacier National Park, and measuring streamflow as part of the USGS Integrated Drought Science Plan
Lauren Mason-Sarantopulos, Northern Arizona University
Mentor: Theodore Kennedy
Location: Grand Canyon
Project: Aquatic Ecology of the Colorado River
Katherine Meyr, Weber State University
Mentor: Robert Al-Chokachy and Adam Sepulveda
Location: Springdale, Montana
Project: Assessing the effects of drought on native trout in the Greater Yellowstone Area
Liana Stachowicz, University of North Carolina
Mentor: Meagan Gonneea
Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Project: Interaction of environmental variables on methane production in managed wetlands
Haley Turner, George Mason University
Mentor: Andy Royle
Location: Laurel, Maryland
Project: Population Study of Box Turtles on the Patuxent Refuge using Digital Image Processing and Machine Learning Concepts
Emily Tvedt, George Washington University
Mentor: Craig Snyder
Location: Shenandoah National Park
Project: Brook trout vulnerability to drought: eastern component of USGS national integrated ecohydrological research and monitoring plan
GISCI/USGS 2020 Cooperative Summer Internship Program Placements
Elijah Allan, Oregon State University
Mentor: Daniel Griffith and Kristin Byrd
Location: Moffett Field, California
Project: Advancing Ecosystem Science with Ground-based Spectral Measurements of Plant Functional Diversity in California
Indigo Bannister, University of California Santa Barbara
Mentor: Alisa Wade
Location: Missoula, Montana
Project: Building a Shared Framework for Regional Wildlife Climate Adaptation Planning
Brittany Bufford,Texas Southern University
Mentor: Eliza Gross
Location: Central and Southeast Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical Processes and Pesticides in Vulnerable Crystalline Aquifers of the Piedmont Hydrogeologic Setting
Eammon Jensen, Oregon State University
Mentor: Kristina Hopkins and Ana Garcia
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Mapping stream and floodplain geomorphic characteristics in North Carolina
Sharifa Karwandyar, Middle Tennessee State
Mentor: Meg Palmsten
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Project: Validation of the USGS Total Water Level Forecast
Cody McPherson, Eastern Washington University
Mentor: Andrew Waite
Location: Troy, New York
Project: NY Surface water and Ground Water Data Collection
Ashton Woods, Florida Atlantic University
Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geologic and Geophysical Studies of the San Andreas Fault System, California
2019 Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
NAGT/USGS 2019 Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Internship Placements
Gui Askit, University of Washington
Science Mentor: James Vallance, Alexa Eaton, and Cynthia Gardner
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Volcanic hazards in the Pacific Northwest
James Atterholt, Indiana University
Science Mentor: William Stephenson and Alena Leeds
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: High resolution geophysical investigations of hazardous faults and seismic ground motions
Arty Bateman, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: John Nimmo and Kim Perkins
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Quantifying fluxes and resources in the water cycle
Desiree Bayouth Garcia, University of Puerto Rico
Science Mentor: Angie Diefenbach
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Quantifying past and present topographic change in the crater of Mount St. Helens
Jonathan Bell, Ohio State University
Science Mentor: Chris Curran, Kirsten Jaeger, Rick Dinicola
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Vance Creek groundwater/surface water interactions
Jackson Bodtker, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Ben Melosh
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Structural evolution and uplift of the northern California coast ranges
Connor Boraddus, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Isa Woo and Susan De La Cruz
Location: Olympia, Washington
Project: Evaluating the Nisqually River Delta: 10 years after restoration
Max Burnham, New Zealand Frontiers Abroad
Science Mentor: Heather Wright
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Global volcanic hazard and risk database for the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program
Derek Caro, University of California, Davis
Science Mentor: Brent Topping
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Arsenic sources in Klamath Basin, Oregon
Daniel Colwell, University of St. Andrews
Science Mentor: Jared Peacock
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, water resources, and natural hazards in the western U.S.
Brandon Dean, Colorado State Univeristy
Science Mentor: Jared Peacock
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, water resources, and natural hazards in the western U.S.
Sarah Dunn, Indiana University
Science Mentor: Sue Kahle and Andy Long
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Aquifer recharge area study/water-budget components of Guemes Island
Olivia Enriquez, Sul Ross State University
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Ziegeweid
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Fluvial geomorphology of the Chippewa and Upper Mississippi River basins
Clayton Forbush, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: Carma San Juan
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: USGS Mineral deposit database
John Grab, Montana State University
Science Mentor: Daniel Dzurisin
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of volcanoes in the western U.S.
Michael Greenfield, Indiana University
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Project: Characterization of hydrologic resources in Pennsylvania with emphasis on pesticides in vulnerable aquifers and variation of groundwater quality with time
Jiyan Hatami, Wasatch Uinta Field Camp
Science Mentor: Greg Noe
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: The influence of floodplain geomorphology on nutrient biogeochemistry, water quality, and watershed processes
Jaime Hirtz, University of Texas Austin
Science Mentor: Mark Hudson
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Ozark Dome-Arkoma Basin-Ouachita belt transect
Amanda Jayo, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Jill Baron
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Project: Field validation of remotely sensed alpine lake productivity
Wes Johns, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Stephen DeLong
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Natural Hazards Research
Ellen Justis, Iowa State/University of Nebraska
Science Mentor: Josh Koch and Mike Carey
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Project: Hydro-ecology of arctic thaw
Sean Kacur, University of Texas Austin
Science Mentor: Mary-Catherine Leewis and Courtney Creamer
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Phytostabilization in action: Optimizing plantmicrobial communities for enhanced colonization of acidic tailings
Regina Khoury, Humboldt State University
Science Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Liam Knudsen, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Carma San Juan
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: USGS Mineral deposit database
Adrian Landstedt, University of New Mexico
Science Mentor: Kristen Jaeger and Chris Curran
Location: Tacoma Washington
Project: Quillayute Basin sediment production
Ashley Lynn, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Marci Robinson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Shallow marine foraminifera during past warm intervals
Andrew Madsen, Wheaton College
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake and tectonic studies of the central and eastern U.S.
Brandon Maples, University of Oklahoma
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Gary McGaughey, University of Nevada Reno
Science Mentor: Kristina Hopkins
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Understanding the impacts of green stormwater infrastructure on water quality
Maurice Mitchell, George Mason University
Science Mentor: Andrew Waite
Location: Ithica, New York
Project: New York surface water and ground water data collection
Daniel Mongovin, Central Washington University
Science Mentor: Belle Philibosian, Carol Prentice, Suzanne Hecker
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Northern California active fault mapping and paleoseismic studies
Marissa Murr, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Cheryl Miller and Jason Alexander
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Using remote sensing data to analyze hydrogeomorphic changes in a small high-desert steam
Grant Palmer, North Carolina State University
Science Mentor: Katie Skalak and Adam Bentham
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Quantifying sediment transport and lag times
Emily Perman, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: Cal Ruleman and Shannon Manah
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Field mapping and luminescence geochronology
Rachel Phillips, University of Texas Arlingon
Science Mentor: Rich Briggs
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Earthquake geology in the western U.S.
Karlee Prince, Northland College
Science Mentor: Jessica Rodysill
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Holocene drought history inferred from lake lowstands in the southeastern U.S.
Pablo Saunders-Schulz, New Zealand Frontiers Abroad
Science Mentor: Ben Pauk and James Vallance
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Volcanic hazards in the Pacific Northwest
Max Saylor, Dartmouth College
Science Mentor: Lesleigh Anderson
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Hydroclimatic change in Alaska from Holocene proxy records
Daniel Schmidt, University of Missouri Columbia
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Max Schwid University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Science Mentor: Ralph Haugerud and Hames Vallance
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Missoula flood mapping project
Mackenzie Shephard, Bowling Green State University
Science Mentor: Geoff Cromwell and Don Sweetkind
Location: Santa Maria, California
Project: Three-dimensional digital hydrogeologic mapping of the Santa Maria Valley and the California Coast Ranges
Joseph Syzdek, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Alicia Gearwar
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface water and ground water networks
Jeffrey Wade, Wasatch Uinta Field Camp
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc and Timothy McCobb
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod aquifer hydrologic studies
Jordan Wang, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler and Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault system, California
Katherine Worms, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Michael Toomey
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Late Holocene Colorado River discharge to the Gulf of California
Lara Yagodzinski, Southern Illinois Carbondale
Science Mentor: Jean Self-Trail
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Gulf Coast project
ESA/USGS 2019 Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Internship Placements
Morgan Andrews, Michigan State University
Science Mentor: Jill Hardiman and Ian Jezorek
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Cooperative fish population and restoration assessment
Theresa Benton, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: theodore Kennedy
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Project: Aquatic invertebrate monitoring and research in the Colorado River and Grand Canyon National Park
Eric Branch, Western Michigan University
Science Mentor: Joan Hagar
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Project: Purple Martin use of BLM regeneration harvests and national forests restoration sites
Schyler Brown, University of North Texas
Science Mentor: Craig Snyder
Location: Kearneysville, West Virginia
Project: Brook trout vulnerability to drought: eastern component of USGS national integrated ecohydrological research and monitoring plan
Marci Caballero-Reynolds, University of Arizona
Science Mentor: Seth Munson
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Project: RestoreNet: Developing suitable ecological restoration practices across environmental gradients
Liza Chang, Rutgers University
Science Mentor: Andy Royle
Location: Laurel, Maryland
Project: Population study of box turtles on the Patuxent Refuge
Cora Davies, Occidental College
Science Mentor: Amy Symstad
Location: Hot Spring, South Dakota
Project: Annual brome adaptive management
Casey Gill, University of Mississippi
Science Mentor: Rob Massatti
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Project: Biological data collection in support of restoration across the Colorado Plateau
Kenan Goodwin, Utah State University
Science Mentor: Michael Adams
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Project: Occurrence and status of sensitive amphibian species in Oregon
Kyle Haley, Ferrum College
Science Mentor: Vincent D’Angelo and Clint Muhlfeld
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Experimental suppression of invasive lake trout in Glacier National Park, and measuring streamflow as part of the USGS Integrated Drought Science Plan
Allison Hendryx, University of Montana
Science Mentor: Diann Prosser
Location: Laurel, Maryland
Project: Waterbird research on a restoration island in the Chesapeake Bay
Holli Holmes, Ohio State University
Science Mentor: Vincent D’Angelo and Clint Muhlfeld
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Experimental suppression of invasive lake trout in Glacier National Park, and measuring streamflow as part of the USGS Integrated Drought Science Plan
Darren Kirkendall, George Mason University
Science Mentor: David Bunnell
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Project: Variation in zooplankton productivity in Lake Huron
Chad Kluender, University of Wisconsin Madison
Science Mentor: Matt Germino
Location: Boise, Idaho
Project: Monitoring and research of plant recovery on the 2015 Soda Wildfire
Kim Koval, Claifornia State University Fullerton
Science Mentor: Kurt Kowalski
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Project: Developing sustainable control strategies for invasive Phragmites australis
Penny McCowen, Baker University
Science Mentor: Amanda Demopolous
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Deep SEARCH: Deep sea exploration to advance research on coral, canyon, and cold-seep habitats
Shane McGlaughlin, Trinity College
Science Mentor: Kathleen Conn
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Coastal habitats in Puget Sound
Sarah Midolo, Elon University
Science Mentor: Mitchell Eaton
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Understanding the impacts of climate and global change on habitat dynamics and linking with species responses from a management perspective
Logan Neu, University of Minnesota
Science Mentor: Abigail Lynch
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Estimating global river fisheries harvest potential
Mary Powley, Rutgers University
Science Mentor: Clint Otto
Location: Jamestown, North Dakota
Project: Pollinator health and habitat
Ethan Ready, Duke University
Science Mentor: Nicholas Johnson
Location: Millersburg, Michigan
Project: A test of sterile male release to control invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes
Mari Rodriguez, The College of New Jersey
Science Mentor: Madeline Rubenstein
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: National synthesis of species responses to climate change
Ariana Sanchez, California State University Fullerton
Science Mentor: Mary Ann Evans
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Project: Great Lakes cladophora growth study
Jeni Sidwell, Utah State University
Science Mentor: Tabitha Graves
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Evaluation of huckleberry phenology response to drought
Savannah Wilson, Luther College
Science Mentor: Mike Duniway and Jayne Belnap
Location: Moab, Utah
Project: Drought experiments on the Colorado Plateau
Veronica Winter, Purchase College SUNY
Science Mentor: Kristen Hart
Location: Davies, Florida
Project: Sea turtle movements and habitat use, and American crocodile nest monitoring
Alexa Youre-Moses, Purchase College SUNY
Science Mentor: Vincent D’Angelo and Clint Muhlfeld
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Experimental suppression of invasive lake trout in Glacier National Park, and measuring streamflow as part of the USGS Integrated Drought Science Plan
GISCI/USGS 2019 Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Internship Placements
Brittany Bufford, Texas A&M University
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon and Terence Slonecker
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Identification of Genera of Cyanobacteria using hyperspectral imaging
Michelle Field, University of Memphis
Science Mentor: Melanie Vanderhoof
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Post-fire state transitions across the western U.S.
2018 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Emma Armstrong, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Michael Toomey
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hurricane frequency near Chesapeake Bay during the past two thousand years
Tristan BeDell, Appalachian State University
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault system, California
Jessica Bersson, Whitman College
Science Mentor: James Vallance
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Volcanic hazards at Glacier Peak and Mount Shasta: understanding the latest Pliestocene to post-glacial history through field and laboratory studies
Lila Bishop, University of Texas at Austin
Science Mentor: Erin Whorton
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Frozen in time: using historical photographs to understand the future of water in the western U.S.
Riley Blais, Clemson University
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod hydrologic research
Allyson Boggess, James Madison University
Science Mentor: Meagan Gonnneea
Location: Woods Hole, Massachussets
Project: Impact of mosquito ditching management actions on salt marsh elevation and carbon burial
Mary Kate Branigan, University of Nevada, Reno
Science Mentor: Lesleigh Anderson
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Reconstructing paleoclimate from Alaskan lake oxygen isotope; long-term perspectives on North Pacific ocean-atmosphere dynamics
Kiara Broudy, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Belle Philibosian
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Northern California active fault mapping and paleoseismic studies
Camille Buckley, Saint Louis University
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Ziegeweid
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Fluvial geomorphology of the Chippewa and Upper Mississippi river basins
Trevor Burns, East Carolina University
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Fariview, Pennsylvania
Project: Characterization of surface-water quality and quantity
Samuel Callis, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Benjamin Pauk
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
David Campbell, Eastern Kentucky University
Science Mentor: Alicia Gearwar
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Marley Chertok, Temple University
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Differentiating cyanobacteria genera using hyperspectral data and relating these data to water quality parameters
Brad Clagget, University of Tulsa
Science Mentor: Joel Groten
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Field and digital geologic mapping to resolve stratigraphic discrepancies in the Appalachians
Cheyenne Cox, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Science Mentor: Daniel Doctor
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Field and digital geologic mapping to resolve stratigraphic discrepancies in the Appalachians
Robert Domeyko, George Mason University
Science Mentor: Marci Robinson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Marine microfossil indicators of past warm periods
Morgan Garner, Georgia State University
Science Mentor: Miriam Jones
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Placing wetland accretion and vegetation in change associated with land-use change and sea-level rise into the Holocene context
Kerri Gefeki, Northern Illinois University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Scott Gifford, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Science Mentor: Nicholas Johnson
Location: Millersburg, Michigan
Project: Optimize pheromone application rates to yield consistent catches of sea lamprey in barrier-integrated traps
Lauren Giggy, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Fairview, Pennsylvania
Project: Characterization of hydrogeologic resources in Pennsylvania with emphasis on methane and pesticides in groundwater
Nicholas Gilbert, University of Missouri - Columbia
Science Mentor: Benjamin Pauk
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range volcanoes and Yellowstone
Francesca Governali, Dartmouth College
Science Mentor: Andrea Foster
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Phytostabilization in action: Optimizing plantmicrobial communities for enhanced reclamation of acidic tailings
Madeline Hille, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Richard Briggs
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Active faults in the western U.S.
Amanda Hulz, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Sarah Jonathan, Macalester College
Science Mentor: William Farmer
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Repressing the hydrologic cycle at a national scale: Tools for model evaluation and improvement
Sally Keating, University of California, Davis
Science Mentor: Stephen DeLong
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Landslide hazards in post-glacial landscapes
Douglas Keto, Western Michigan University
Science Mentor: Alicia Gearwar
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Evan Magette, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Michael Toomey
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Mapping drowned Hawaiian reef terraces to reconstruct past sea level change
Anna Maher, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Science Mentor: Jared Trost
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Evaluating the susceptibility and sustainability of water supplies from confined glacial aquifers
Connor Martin, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Jordon Mason, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Kimberly Moore, Sam Houston State University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Joshua Parris, Georgia State University
Science Mentor: Brent Topping
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Arsenic sources in the Klamath Basin
Eleanor Rappollee, Michigan State University
Science Mentor: Katherine Skalak and Adam Benthem
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Sediment dynamics and transport in rivers
Michael Reed, State University of New York at Geneseo
Science Mentor: Katherine Scharer
Location: Pasadena, California
Project: Earthquake hazards of reverse faults in southern California
Emma Reib, Dartmouth College
Science Mentor: Gregory Noe
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: The effect of floodplain geomorphology on nutrient biogeochemistry and water quality
Steven Richardson, Ohio University
Science Mentor: Emily Pindilli
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Integration of economics into the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Aquifer groundwater model
Hannah Rigoni, New Mexico Tech
Science Mentor: Ronald Harvey
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Fate and transport of micropollutants during surface water-groundwater exchange
Claire Ruggles, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Science Mentor: Daniel Dzurisin
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range volcanoes and Yellowstone
Kristen Steele, James Madison University
Science Mentor: Jessica Rodysill
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Holocene drought history inferred from lake lowstands in the Southeastern U.S.
Elizabeth Teeter, Bowdoin College
Science Mentor: Ian Jezorek
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Columbia Gorge tributary salmonid monitoring and evaluation
Alexandra Wallenberg, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Al Hofstra
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Kelsey Walsh, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Kenzie Turner
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Geologic mapping in San Luis Valley of the Rio Grande rift
Geoffrey Webb, University of Missouri - Columbia
Science Mentor: Andrew Waite
Location: Ithica, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Shannon Weld, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: Celeste Journey
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Project: National Water Quality Program groundwater and surface water trends
Zoe Wellschlager, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: Vincent D'Angelo
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Experimental suppression of invasive lake trout; and Translocation of imperiled fishes
Kelsey Wetzel, Utah State University
Science Mentor: Scott Bennett
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Neotectonic investigations of the Yakima Folds and Cascade Range
2017 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Shane Amen, Idaho State University
Science Mentor: Ian Jezorek
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Wind River watershed cooperative fish population and restoration assessment
James Anderson, Ohio University
Science Mentor: Kristin Byrd
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Integrating remote-sensing and ecological forecasting with decision support for wetland wildlife management and ecosystems services
Christa Anhold, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Matthew Bachmann
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Water quality assessment of contaminated drinking water aquifers
Emilie Bowman, University of Texas at Austin
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Jordon Bretthauer, Occidental College
Science Mentor: William Stephenson
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: High-resolution geophysical investigations of hazardous faults and seismic ground motions
Eric Brown, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Science Mentor: Matthew Bachmann
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: water quality assessment of contaminated drinking water aquifers
Samuel Burch, Sul Ross State University
Science Mentor: Susannah Erwin
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Project: Investigations in river habitat dynamics
Chelsea Bush, Georgia State University
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod hydrologic research
Nicole Cholewinski, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Cal Ruleman and Shannon Mahan
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Utilizing geologic mapping and quaternary geochronology to unravel geomorphic histories
Aren Crandall-Bear, California State University, Sacramento
Science Mentor: Andrew Barbour
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Identifying natural and induced earthquake swarms at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California
Nolan Dellerman, University of Nevada, Reno
Science Mentor: Michael Poland
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
Aubree Dunshee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Science Mentor: Denise Akob
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microbial degradation of organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing produced waters
Trevor Dusza, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Perry Jones
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Superior National Forest water quality data analysis and wetland water balance assessment
Alec Dziwanowski, Appalachian State University
Science Mentor: Jamie Shanley
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Hydrologic technician/geologic technician
Devin Eliason, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Matthew Bachmann
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Water quality assessment of contaminated drinking water aquifers
Andrea Hylant, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Sophia Fall, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Nicholas Johnson
Location: Millersburg, Michigan
Project: Block the migration of an invasive fish using low voltage pulsed direct current
Cameron Folmar, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Patrick Gannon, State University of New York, Buffalo
Science Mentor: Carol Prentice
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Paleoseismology of the Northern San Andreas Fault system
Kacey Garber, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Dianna Hogan and Kristina Hopkins
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Mapping and monitoring land use impacts on stream and floodplain geomorphology and water quality
Benjamin Grober, Western Illinois University
Science Mentor: Jonathan Glen
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, and water resources and natural hazards
Lisa Haas, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Science Mentor: Michelle Hornberger
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geospatial assessment of metal contamination trends in a mine-impacted river
Samuel Helmuth, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Science Mentor: Mary Hodges
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Project: Complete 1:24,000 scale geologic map of the Butte City 7.5” quadrangle
Megan Hendrick, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: James O’Connor and Ralph Haugerud
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Mapping the Missoula Floods
Margaret Holahan, Indiana University
Science Mentor: James Vallance
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Volcanic hazards: deciphering the history of volcanism by dating and correlating proximal lavas, pyroclastic aprons, and far-traveled ash deposits
Iris Holzer, Scripps College
Science Mentor: Ron Harvey
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Fate and transport of micro-pollutants during surface water-groundwater exchange
Ann Hunt, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Aaron Kosobuki, Western Michigan University
Science Mentor: Jeffery Chaplin
Location: Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction
Adam Ofstun, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: Perry Jones
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Assessing environmental conditions in areas of known mineralization in the Lake Superior basin
Oleg Kozel, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Brent Topping
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Sources of nutrients and metals in the headwaters of the Klamath River Basin
Matthew Kramer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Science Mentor: Harry Dowsett
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microfossil indicators of monsoon salinity, Bay of Bengal
Kenneth Lambert, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes and pesticides in vulnerable aquifers
Virginia Littell, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Lesleigh Anderson
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Alaskan peatland isotopes as recorders of North Pacific hydroclimate
John Malone, Augustana College
Science Mentor: Erik Beever
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Project: Investigating factors which determine the niche of a species that lives in rocky talus slopes: merging ecology, biogeography, climate and geology to inform conservation of the American pika
Evan McCann, Montana State University
Science Mentor: Erin Whorton
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Quantifying glacier volume change from structure from motion, multi-stereo view technology
Robert Moak, Clemson University
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Measurement and quantitative interpretation of unsaturated zone flow processes
Bailey Nash, Iowa State University
Science Mentor: Miriam Jones
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Carbon balance of boreal peatlands following permafrost thaw
Sarah Ostertag, Wheaton College
Science Mentor: Jared Trost
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Effects of natural attenuation of crude oil on water quality
William Otto, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Stephen DeLong
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Landslide hazard in post-glacial landscapes
Zachary Palmer, University of Rhode Island
Science Mentor: Jonathan Glen
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, and water resources and natural hazards
Sierra Patterson, California State University, Fullerton
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault system
Adam Price, University of Idaho
Science Mentor: William Farmer
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Representing the hydrologic cycle at a national scale: Tools for model evaluation and improvement
Molly Range, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Marci Robinson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microfossil indicators of Paleocene and Eocene paleoenvironments
Schuyler Robinson, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: Melinda Erickson
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Investigations in river habitat dynamics
Nicholas Rodgers, Ohio State University
Science Mentor: Katherine Skalak
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrologic technician/geologic technician
Trent Sherman, California State University, Fresno
Science Mentor: Jacob Lowenstern
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Fluvial geomorphology of the Upper Mississippi and Minnesota River basins
Ane Slabic, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Katherine Scheiderich
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Protecting critical groundwater-dependent resources at Pinnacles National Park
Betsy Smith, Sonoma State University
Science Mentor: Shad O’Neel
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Project: Squishing the air out of the snow: Developing an understanding of firn compaction in mountain glacier mass balance
Hunter Songy, Louisiana State University
Science Mentor: Al Hostra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Katherine Swager, Union College
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface water and ground water networks
Colin Sweeney, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Jazmine Titular, University of Texas, San Antonio
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault system
Luan Tran, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: John Mullaney
Location: East Hartford, Connecticut
Project: Continuous water quality monitoring in Connecticut Rivers
Elijah Turner, University of Kansas
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Jessica Welch, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Andrew Cyr
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geomorphic mapping and landscape change, Southern California and Rocky Mountains
Katherine Wheeler, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Jill Bourque
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Characterizing the ecology of seep-associated invertebrate communities on the Atlantic margin
2016 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
James Amato, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Science Mentor: Robert Al-Chokhachy
Location: Yellowstone and Bozeman, Montana
Project: Understanding the variability in climate-aquatic linkages
Jeremy Ashburn, Baylor University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Kimberly Barry, University of Texas, Arlington
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction and human health
Kristin Beck, University of Washington
Science Mentor: James Vallance
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Volcanic hazards in the Cascades: teasing out the history of explosive eruptions from far-traveled volcanic ash deposits
Julia Bowe, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Science Mentor: John Mullaney
Location: East Hartford, Connecticut
Project: Support of the Connecticut groundwater-level network
Isaac Bukoski, East Carolina University
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod hydrologic research
Rials Christensen, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Marci Robinson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microfossil indicators of Paleocene and Eocene paleoenvironments
Hannah Cohen, Univeristy of Illinois
Science Mentor: Katherine Skalak
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrologic/geologic technician
Tait Earney, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Science Mentor: Victoria Langenheim
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, and water resources and to natural hazards in the Western U.S.
Frederick Fenner, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction and human health
Marcel Gaztambide, University of Utah
Science Mentor: Celeste Journey
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Project: Multidisciplinary assessment of water resources for various projects including Bridge Deck Runoff, Groundwater Model Development, and National Water Quality Assessment Program
Robert Gibler, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault system
Gabriel Gordon, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: James O'Connor and Ralph Haugerud
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Mapping the Missoula floods
Annette Hein, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Modeling and measurement of unsaturated zone flow processes
Andrea Hylant, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Chelsea Jolley, Brigham Young University, Idaho
Science Mentor: Miriam Jones
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Peatland responses to centennial and millennial-scale changes in North Pacific Hydroclimate
Caroline Kellner, Cornell University
Science Mentor: Stephen Kirby
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Field and laboratory investigations of serpentinites and associated rocks in the Northeastern California Coast ranges
Mitchell Lassa, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Zoe Lefebvre, Washington University
Science Mentor: Kristen Hart
Location: Davie, Florida
Project: Sea turtle movements and habitat-use, American crocodile nest monitoring and Burmese python movement and habitat-use
Geoffrey Lutty, Slippery Rock University
Science Mentor: Billy Justus
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Project: Biological, water-quality, and hydrological assessments in Arkansas streams and groundwater
Joseph Mason, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Stephen DeLong
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Tectonic geomorophology and seismic hazard in Northern California
Ian McBrearty, Iowa State University
Science Mentor: Joan Gomberg
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: New clues to pre- and post- earthquake deformation
Emma McConville, University of Maryland
Science Mentor: Jacob Lowenstern
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geologic databases and fieldwork for the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
Bethany Morter, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Volcano and seismic hazards assessments
Joshua Mudge, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Melinda Erickson
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Arsenic in Minnesota groundwater: occurrence and relation to hydrogeologic and geochemical factors
Samuel Nilsson, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Jackson, Wyoming
Project: Plant phenology, climate change and wildlife habitat quality
Madeline O'Brien, Wesleyan University
Science Mentor: Laura Clor and Greg Vaughan
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Photogrammetry of active thermal areas in Long Valley Caldera
Adam Ofstun, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: Perry Jones
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Assessing environmental conditions in areas of known mineralization in the Lake Superior basin
Nick Ogasa, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: J. Ole Kaven
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Stress states of the Coso Geothermal Field throughout its production cycle
Emily Paine, Rice University
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon and E. Terrence Slonecker
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Characterizing individual cyanobacteria species using hyperspectral data
Jeremy Patterson, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: Claire Tiedeman
Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Project: Groundwater flow and contaminant transport in fractured-rock aquifers
Sean Payne, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Jennifer Morace
Location: Portand, Oregon
Project: Columbia Plateau principal aquifer study
Lincoln Pettinger, Montana State University
Science Mentor: Erik Beever
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Project: Investigating factors which determine the niche of a species that lives in rocky talus slopes: merging ecology, biogeography, climate and geology to inform conservation of the American pika
Hanna Podzorski, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Science Mentor: Edward Stets
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Fluvial biogeochemistry at multiple scales: the role of streambed processes in controlling nutrient and carbon cycling in stream ecosystems
Mattie Reid, Bucknell University
Science Mentor: Scott Bennett
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: Paleoseismologic and geologic investigations of active faults in the Pacific Northwest
Charlene Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Science Mentor: John Mullaney
Location: East Hartford, Connecticut
Project: Support of the Connecticut groundwater-level network
Kelly Sanks, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Meagan Eagle Gonneea
Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Project: Fate of salt marsh carbon in eroding and drowning marshes
Jonathan Schafer, Bowling Green State University
Science Mentor: Ian Jezorek and Patrick Connolly
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Wind River watershed cooperative fish population and restoration assessment
Daniel Scheeler, Minnesota State University
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Vegetation and fluvial geomorphic relations
Jonathan Schwing, University of Oklahoma
Science Mentor: Ryan Crow and Kyle House
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Project: Geologic mapping and geomorphic analysis of early Colorado River deposits
Brian Snow, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Nicholas Johnson
Location: Millersburg, Michigan
Project: Block the migration of an invasive fish using low voltage pulsed direct current
Alicia Solomon, University of Kentucky
Science Mentor: Robin Stewart
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Investigations into the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of selenium and mercury in the San Francisco Bay estuary
Alivia Stoller, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Carol Prentice
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Paleoseismology of the northern San Andreas Fault
John Swiecichowski, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Science Mentor: Denise Akob
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microbial degradation of organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing produced waters
Mark Szymanski, California State University, Chico
Science Mentor: Jacob Lowenstern
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geologic databases and fieldwork for the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
Douglas Tebo, University of Texas, Arlington
Science Mentor: Roger Denlinger and Wes Thelen
Location: Southwest Washington
Project: Field assistant for iMUSH seismic stations
Meghan Thompson, Boston University
Science Mentor: Greg Boughton
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Wyoming groundwater quality monitoring network
Ryan Till, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Science Mentor: Michael Poland
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range volcanoes and Yellowstone
Emily Tinkler, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Donald Sweetkind
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Digital geologic map compilation in northern Sacramento Valley, the Sierran Foothills, and the California Coast ranges
Meghan Toft, University of Massachusetts
Science Mentor: Gregory Walsh
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Northeast bedrock mapping
Wesley Weisberg, Missouri State University
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Elizabeth Whiddon, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Rob Striegl
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Aquatic biogeochemical cycling: inland waters carbon fluxes
2015 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Stuart Baker, Kent State University
Science Mentor: Erin Berryman
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Soil respiration following wildfire in ponderosa and lodgepole pine forests of the Southern Rocky Mountains
John Barefoot, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Laura Clor
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Photogrammetry of active thermal areas at Cascades Volcanoes
Jeremy Brizendine, University of Missouri
Science Mentor: Marci Robinson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microfossil indicators of Pliocene paleoenvironments, Bay of Bengal
Christopher Borjas, University of Texas at Arlington
Science Mentor: Gavin Hayes
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Extending and updating global models of three-dimensional subduction zone geometry
John Brotherton, Western State Colorado University
Science Mentor: James Kuwabara
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Benthic processes affecting solute transport through Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Taylor Canada, University of Texas at Austin
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Carissa Chambers, Sul Ross University
Science Mentor: Gregory Noe
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: The effect of floodplain geomorphology on nutrient biogeochemistry and water quality
Matthew Cheney, Cedarville University
Science Mentor: Jamie Shanley
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: WEBB Program environmental data collection and interpretation
Jeremy Cordova, California State University, Fullerton
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Mindi Curran, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Erik Beever
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Project: Investigating factors determining the niche of the American Pika in the Rocky Talus Slopes: merging ecology, biogeography, climate and geology
Benjamin Davidson, California State University, Long Beach
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: South-Central Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes and pesticides in vulnerable aquifers
Davis DeFord, Northern Illinois University
Science Mentor: James Vallance and Cynthia Gardner
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: A tale of two volcanoes: mapping, stratigraphy, and hazards assessment at Cascade Volcanoes, Glacier Peak and Mount Shasta
Shannon Fasola, St. Norbert College
Science Mentor: Lind Gee and David Croker
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Field technician
Tyler Fritz, University of Texas at Austin
Science Mentor: Craig Johnson and Matthew Emmons
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Analysis of stable isotopes in geological, hydrological, and biological materials; developing new automated devices and methods
Shane Fussel, University of Florida
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Pike County, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction
Ryan Gableman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Leia Gaten-Slahor, San Francisco State University
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Modeling and measurement of unsaturated zone flow processes
Joseph George, Middle Tennessee State University
Science Mentor: Rich Sheibley
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Effects of stormwater on the water quality, biota, and habitat of small streams in Puget Sound
Jennifer Godbout, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Robin Stewart
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Investigations into the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of selenium and mercury in the San Francisco Bay Estuary
Aaron Gross, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Kristen Hart
Location: Davie, Florida
Project: Sea turtle movements and habitat-use
Kristyn Hill, University of Nebraska
Science Mentor: Miriam Jones
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: The fate of carbon in permafrost soils
Robert Quinn Hull, Oberlin College
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology field research
James Ingraffia, California State University, Northridge
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault System
Jordan Kovash, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Jonathan Stock
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Field hydrology of historic landslides to improve storm-driven landslide hazard forecasts in the San Francisco Bay area
Joseph Krienert, Southern Illinois University
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Project: Plant phenology monitoring: data analysis and applications to assess habitat
Larisa LaMere, Rice University
Science Mentor: Isa Woo and Susan De La Cruz
Location: Olympia, Washington
Project: Assessing foodweb connectivity and carbon sequestration within the Nisqually River Delta
Kristiana Lapo, Pacific Lutheran University
Science Mentor: Katherine Skalak
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrologic technician/geologic technician
Madeline Lewis, Indiana University
Science Mentor: Steve Kirby, Carl Wentworth, and Victoria Langenheim
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Investigations of Serpentinites and associated rocks along the San Francisco Peninsula
Leslie Logan, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Evan Martin, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Mary Hodges
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Project: Geologic mapping in the southwestern part of the Idaho National Laboratory site
Joshua Messenger, Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Science Mentor: Perry Jones
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Assessing the influence of natural copper-nickel bedrocks on water quality
Brian Meyers, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
Nikolas Midttun, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Katherine Scharer
Location: Pasadena, California
Project: Imagery analysis and fault slip rate studies, Southern California
Savannah Miller, Clemson University
Science Mentor: Thomas Imbrigiotta
Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Project: Fate and transport of biodegrading chlorinated solvent contaminants in fractured rock aquifers
Katherine Morgan, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Darcy McPhee
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, water resources and other natural hazards
Aaron Olson, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Daniel Cain
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Ecological impacts of metal mines on stream ecosystems
Matthew Olson, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: Isabelle Cozzarelli
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Transport of contaminants in groundwater
Katherine Pappas, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Dolan Paris, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Alena Leeds
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Utilization of portable seismic instrumentation to assess site response and seismic hazard
Candice Passehl, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Cal Ruleman and Shannon Mahan
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Utilizing Quaternary geochronology to unravel Pleistocene geomorphic histories
Marcel Peliks, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Benjamin Pauk
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geophysical instrumentation and monitoring support of Cascade Range Volcanoes
Daniel Roberts, University of Oklahoma
Science Mentor: Meagan Eagle Gonneea
Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Project: Carbon storage in coastal salt marsh ecosystems after restoration
Clay Robertson, Kansas State University
Science Mentor: Rich Sheibley
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: Effects of stormwater on the water quality, biota, and habitat of small streams in Puget Sound
Nicole Rocco, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Amanda Demopoulos
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Characterizing the ecology of deep-sea invertebrate communities associated with Caribbean Seamounts
Samuel Schoenmann, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp and Ed Schenk
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrological technician
Benjamin Stark, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Science Mentor: Rex Baum
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Geohydrologic monitoring and characterization of landslide and debris flow source areas
Bryanna Sudman, Minnesota State University
Science Mentor: Donald Sweetkind
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Digital geologic map compilation in the northern Sacramento Valley, the Sierran Foothills, and the California Coast Ranges
Laura Sugano, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: James Paces and Mark Hudson
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Evaluating Pleistocene and mid-continent climate, hydrologic, and paleoseismic records using speleothems from caves in Arkansas, Missouri, and Indiana
Colby Thrash, Clemson University
Science Mentor: Claire Tiedeman
Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Project: Groundwater flow and contaminant transport in fractured-rock aquifers
Erik Tvinnereim, Iowa State University
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Age dating with chiral amino acids
Scott Walker, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: Gregory Boughton
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Wyoming groundwater-quality monitoring network
2014 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Paul Alessio, California State Long Beach
Science Mentor: Jonathan Stock
Location: San Francisco, California
Project: Hydrologic field studies to improve the forecasting of storm-driven landslides
Bengino Alonzo, Northern Illinois University
Science Mentor: Seth Moran
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Seismic imaging at Mount St. Helens
Nikita Avedivitch, Macalester College
Science Mentor: Stephen DeLong
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Tectonic geomorphology of the Bartlett Springs Fault System in Northern California
Erica Bays, Western Michigan University
Science Mentor: David Walters
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Project: Nutrient retention and productivity in Rocky Mountain streams under alternative stable states
Heather Bervid, University of Washington, Seattle
Science Mentor: James O'Connor
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Geomorphology and Quaternary assessment studies along the Willamette and Columbia River corridors
Joseph Biasi, Indiana University
Science Mentor: Scott Minor and Jonathan Caine
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Cenozoic landscape evolution and tectonics of Southern Rocky Mountains and Alaska/Yukon geophysical/geological reconciliation
Ben Campanaro, SUNY Binghamton
Science Mentor: Matthew Bachmann
Location: Takoma, Washington
Project: Accessing climate change impacts on Pacific northwest glaciers
Andrew Canada, Sonoma State University
Science Mentor: David Croker and David Oppenheimer
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Network operations of Northern California seismic stations
Joshua DeVore, University of Kentucky
Science Mentor: Scott Bennett
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Geologic investigations of active faults in the Basin and Range province
Thomas Doody, University of Maryland, College Park
Science Mentor: Gregory Noe
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: The effects of floodplain geomorphology on nutrient biogeochemistry and water quality
Ciel Elizalde, University of Texas, Arlington
Science Mentor: Paul Hackley
Location: Gulf States
Project: Improved model assessment and development of shale-gas systems in the Gulf Coast Basin
Sydney Gunnarson, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Cal Ruleman and Shannon Mahan
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Utilizing Quaternary geochronology to unravel geomorphic histories
Jason Hallman, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Rose Wallick
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Quaternary mapping along the Willamette River Corridor, and linking geomorphic features with Pacific lamprey habitat
Melissa Harrington, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Denise Akob
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Microbial degradation of organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing produced waters
Erin Hayes, University of Rochester
Science Mentor: Allen Shapiro
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Transport of contaminants in groundwater
Anna Hissem, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: John Takekawa and Isa Woo
Location: Vallejo, California
Project: Evaluating the spatial and temporal distribution of marine mammals and seabirds off the Northern Pacific Coast
Dylan Jamison, University of Washington, Seattle
Science Mentor: Joan Gomberg
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: Earthquake early warning modeling studies in the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Michael Jeletic, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: Jennifer Morace
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Assessing foodweb resources for juvenile salmonids in the lower Columbia River
Clayton Jernigan, University of Alabama
Science Mentor: Jonathan Glen
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical studies relating geothermal, mineral, and water resources to natural hazards in the Western U.S.
Genevieve Kidman, Southern Utah University
Science Mentor: Tom Cleasby
Location: Helena, Montana
Project: National rivers and streams assessment survey
Krystal Kiel, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Surface and borehole geophysical surveys for hydrologic framework assessment
Talia Klein, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: William Stephenson
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Geophysical investigations of hazardous faults and seismic ground motions for earthquake hazard assessments
Todd Knobbe, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp and Edward Schenk
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Interactions between riparian wetland geomorphology, hydrology and ecology pertaining to ecosystem restoration
Jacob Kolke, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Pennsylvania
Project: Chemistry of groundwater wells in Pennsylvania counties with contrasting amounts of unconventional shale gas extraction
Christopher Leach, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Thomas Imbrigiotta
Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Project: Fate and transport of biodegrading chlorinated solvent contaminants in fractured-rock aquifers
Natalie Leibovitz, Northeastern Illinois University
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Modeling and measurement of unsaturated zone flow processes
Robert McDermott, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards studies in the Central and Eastern U.S.
Couler McPhail, SUNY Fredonia
Science Mentor: James Kuwabara
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Benthic nutrient flux of biologically reactive solutes in the headwaters of the Klamath River Basin
Daniel Morel, Macalester College
Science Mentor: Perry Jones
Location: Mounds View, Minnesota
Project: Assessing the influence of natural copper-nickel bedrock on water quality
Monica Mustain, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Jonathan Glen
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical studies relating geothermal, mineral, and water resources to natural hazards in the Western U.S.
Tanya Petach, Harvard University
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Jackson, Wyoming
Project: Plant phenology impacts on migration and fitness of Mule Deer
Alexandra Pickering, San Francisco State University
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault system
Ellyn Rickels, Iowa State University
Science Mentor: Tom Cleasby
Location: Helena, Montana
Project: National rivers and streams assessment survey
Lucas Rietmann, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski and Benjamin Pauk
Location: Vancouver, Washington and Yellowstone
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone National Park
Timothy Robertson, University of Missouri
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Geochemical analyses of terrestrial input into Upper Klamath Lake
Aaron Salin, University of Texas at Austin
Science Mentor: Carol Prentice
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Paleoseismic studies of active faults in Northern California
Tyler Schleider, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis for resource studies
Brian Selk, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: Jeffrey Chaplin
Location: Western Pennsylvania
Project: Nitrates and pesticides in groundwater relating to human health in siliciclastic aquifers
James Smith, Louisiana State University
Science Mentor: Sheila Murphy and Deborah Martin
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Response of Colorado Front Range watershed to fire and flood disturbances
Luke Stevens, Concord University
Science Mentor: Kristen Hart and Michael Cherkiss
Location: Florida
Project: Sea turtle movements and habitat-use, and American crocodile nest monitoring
Kelsey Taylor, Universtiy of Oregon
Science Mentor: Erik Beever
Location: Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Nevada, Oregon
Project: Investigating factors determining the niche of the American pika living in rocky talus slopes
Evan Thaler, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Judson Harvey
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Understaning the ecological repurcussions of high flow events in suburban streams
Kara Vadman, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Meagan Eagle Gonnea
Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Project: Impact of nitrogen and sea level rise loading on carbon sequestration in coastal salt marsh ecosystems
Walker Weir, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Craig Johnson and Matthew Emmons
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Developing new automated devices and methods for analysis of stable isotopes in geological, hydrological and biological materials
Crystal Wespestad, Indiana University, Bloomington
Science Mentor: Katherine Scharer
Location: Pasadena, California
Project: Earthquake activity and fault slip rates along the southern San Andreas Fault
Jenna West, University of Texas at Arlington
Science Mentor: Kenzie Turner
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Cenozoic landscape evolution of the Southern Rocky Mountain Regions
Patrick Whalen, University of Kentucky
Science Mentor: James Vallence
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geologic mapping and stratigraphic studies at Cascade Volcanoes
Shana Wolff, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Ty Coplen
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Geographical variation of elemental and isotopic signatures to determine the provenance of Rosewood from Madagascar
Holly Young, Idaho State University
Science Mentor: Ian Jezoreck and Patrick Connolly
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Restoration assessment of fish population in the Wind River Watershed
2013 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Mazie Ashe, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Melinda Chapman
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Geophysical methods used in groundwater systems
Evan Baker, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: William Scott
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geologic mapping and stratigraphic studies at Cascade Volcanoes
Adam Baldwin, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Acquiring surface-and-ground-water network data
Brendan Buskirk, University of Oregon
Science Mentor: Judson Harvey
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: High-flow events in suburban streams
Spencer Buteyn, California State University
Science Mentor: W. David Menzie
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Mineral commodity production calculations
Michael Cassar, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: David Croker and David Oppenheimer
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Installation, maintenance, and collection of seismic stations for improved monitoring and reporting
Katie Chapman, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault System
Lorelei Curtin, Pomona College
Science Mentor: Matthew Bachmann
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Project: The temperate cryosphere in a changing climate
Michael Davis, Wheaton College
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Acquiring essential surface-and-ground-water network data for analyzing water resources
Jaime Delano, University of California, Davis
Science Mentor: Benjamin Brooks
Location: Northern California
Project: Mobile LiDAR and fault slip measurement
Amelia Deuell, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: William Schulz and Jeffrey Coe
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Characterization and instrumentation of active landslides and debris flows
Beau Gentry, University of California, Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Gregory Walsh and James Shanley
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Northern Appalachian bedrock mapping and Sleepers River water energy and biogeochemical budgets
Frances Griswold, Wheaton College
Science Mentor: Joseph Walder
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Experimental studies of hazardous hydrological processes on volcanoes
Daniel Gurganus, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Jackson, Wyoming
Project: Climate science and vegetation ecology
Theresa Halligan, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Science Mentor: Jerry Svarc
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Global positioning system data collection for crustal deformation research
Melissa Hornick, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Michael Cosca
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Argon geochronology analysis
Elizabeth Huss, State University of New York, Geneseo
Science Mentor: Cal Ruleman and Shannon Mahan
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Utilizing Quaternary geochronology to unravel geomorphic histories
Christopher Johnson, George Mason University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards study in the central and eastern U.S.
Mindy Juergensen, Central Washington University
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
John Kyle Kissock, Bucknell University
Science Mentor: James Kuwabara
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Benthic nutrient flux of biologically reactive solutes, headwaters of Klamath River Basin
Jeffrey Ladderud, Washington State University
Science Mentor: Allen Shapiro
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Transport of contaminants in groundwater
Charles Lapeyre, Sewanee: The University of the South
Science Mentor: Michael Sweat
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Implementing Wyoming groundwater-quality monitoring network
Mark Larson, Missouri State University
Science Mentor: Joan Gomberg
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: Earthquake dynamic triggering and short-term forecasting
Carson Macpherson-Krutsky, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Victoria Langenheim
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations of geothermal, mineral, and water resources and natural hazards in the western U.S.
Elsie Macsata, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology research
Gabriel Matson, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Victoria Langenheim
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations of geothermal, mineral, and water resources and other natural hazards in the western U.S.
Adam McCullough, Macalaster College
Science Mentor: Michael Sweat
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Hydrostratigraphy, groundwater and surface-water quality in the Lance Formation
Anthony McGlown, University of Alabama
Science Mentor: James Cole
Location: Jackson County, Colorado
Project: Colorado Headwaters Basin project
Samuel Tyson McKinney, University of California, Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion resource study
Nari Miller, Williams College
Science Mentor: Paul Schuster
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Mercury storage in permafrost and potential release to the environment by thaw
Tiffany Napier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Science Mentor: James O'Connor
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Geomorphology and Quaternary geology projects
Jonathan Ooms, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Alena Leeds
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Advanced national seismic system emplacement, operation and maintenance
Aaron Perkins, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: Carol Prentice
Location: Northern California
Project: Earthquake geology and the San Andreas Fault System study
Brenna Quigley, University of California, Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Isa Woo and John Takekawa
Location: Olympia, Washington
Project: Nisqually Delta restoration evaluation program
Ryan Reeves, University of Texas, El Paso
Science Mentor: Dennis Staley
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Characterizing post-fire debris flow susceptibility in the western U.S.
Michell Robinson, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Jennifer Morace
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Assessing foodweb resources for juvenile salmonids, lower Columbia River
Yuri Rupert, Auburn University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Collection and assessment of surface and borehole geophysical data
Sydney Salley, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Gregory Noe
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: The effect of floodplain geomorphology on nutrient biogeochemistry and water quality
Matthew St. Clair, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Amanda Demopoulos
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Characterizing invertebrate communities and food webs of deep-sea canyons in the western Atlantic Ocean
Timothy Stadler, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Science Mentor: Alena Leeds
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Advanced national seismic system operation emplacement, operation and maintenance
Patricia Sullivan, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Katherine Skalak
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Physical and ecological interactions that control particle dynamics in aquatic systems
Carla Valdes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Science Mentor: Thomas Imbrigiotta
Location: West Trenton, New Jersey
Project: Fate and transport of biodegrading chlorinated solvent contaminants in fractured-rock aquifers
Bobby Voeks, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Physical and ecological studies for ecosystem restoration
Ryan Witkoski, California State University
Science Mentor: Katherine Scharer
Location: Pasadena, California
Project: Earthquake activity and fault slip rates, southern San Andreas Fault study
2012 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Andrew Abbott, Georgia State University
Science Mentor: Curtis Schreffler
Location: Harrisburg and Altoona, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction and aquatic health
Jodie Banks, University of Alaska
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Greater Yellowstone Area, Wyoming
Project: Vegetation ecology field team member
Jaclyn Baughman, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Gary Curtis
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Characterizing uranium transport in a heterogeneous aquifer at a former mill site
Tyson Berndt, Montana State University
Science Mentor: Thomas Pierson and David Ramsey
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geologic mapping of Quaternary volcaniclastic depsoits
Austin Blaser, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: Gavin Hayes
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Extending global models of three-dimensional subduction zone geometry
Hannah Blatchford, Beloit College
Science Mentor: David Pilliod
Location: South Fork Salmon River, Idaho
Project: Metal contaminants in steam and riparian food webs at the Stibnite Mine Site
Jane Block, Purdue University
Science Mentor: Daniel Cordier
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Global Rare Earth Element reserves, resources, mine production, processing and material flow
Christina Boak, Georgia State University
Science Mentor: Roburt Burruss and Elizabeth Rowan
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Geochemistry of fluids in Devonian age strata of the Appalachian Basin
James Bridgeman, Furman University
Science Mentor: Jonathan Glen
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, and water resources, and to natural hazards
John Brockman, Miami University of Ohio
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault System
Ian Cappelle, University of Texas, El Paso
Science Mentor: James Lienkaemper
Location: Northern California
Project: The geologic study of active faults
Justin Cowart, Southern Illinois University
Science Mentor: Michael Cosca
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Argon Geochronology of alteration associated with ore mineralization
David Cross, University of Kentucky
Science Mentor: James Kuwabara
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Benthic nutrient flux of biologically reactive solutes with a salt pond under restoration
Melissa Davidson, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Yellowstone, Long Valley, Cascade Range
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes at Yellowstone
Joshua Davis, University of Florida
Science Mentor: Janet Slate
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Geologic investigations of USGS-BP-3 corehole, Great Sand Dunes National Park
Timothy Fegel, Eastern Michigan University
Science Mentor: Jill Baron
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Project: High Alpine water quality under changing climate
Kiernan Folz Donahue, St. Norbert College
Science Mentor: Jason Alexander
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Project: Sandbar dynamics and surface water quality assessment in the Lower Platte River Basin
Bobbijean Freeman, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Michael Marshall
Location: Central Valley, California
Project: Water productivity mapping for irrigated crops using farm-level assessments and remote sensing
Benjamin Giamalva, Louisiana State University
Science Mentor: Brady Allen
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Assessment of Klickitat River adult anadromous fish habitat use via radio telemetry
Daniel Grant, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Peter Haproff, University of California, Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Carol Prentice
Location: Northern California
Project: Earthquake geology and the San Andreas Fault system
Dean Hazle, Hope College
Science Mentor: Curtis Schreffler
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes and pesticides in vulnerable aquifers
Bryan Holmes, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Seth Moran
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Seismic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes
Alexis Iverson, University of Minnesota
Science Mentor: Jennifer Morace
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Assessing foodweb resources for juvenile salmonids utilizing the Lower Columbia River
Stephanie James, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: Collin Eagles-Smith
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Project: Mercury Bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems in the western U.S.
Kevin Jones, Auburn University
Science Mentor: William David Menzie
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Physical Science Technician
Nathan Kerns, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Kelly Maloney
Location: Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
Project: Effects of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale on three class A Wild Eastern Brook trout streams
Erik Knoedler, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Thomas Imbrigiotta
Location: West Trenton, New Jersey
Project: Fate and transport of biodegrading contaminants in fractured rock aquifers
Andrew Kunz, Eastern Illinois University
Science Mentor: Katherine Skalak
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrologic technician/geologic technician
Amanda Lanning, Georgia State University
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology field research
Brady Lubenow, Minnesota State University
Science Mentor: Deborah Martin and Sheila Murphy
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Effects of wildfire on stream discharge and water quality
Jason Lubniewski, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Science Mentor: Lynn Highland
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Landslide inventory mapping in support of a new National Landslide Database
Alexandra Macho, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrological technician
Graham Meese, University of California, Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Thomas Fondell
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Project: Hydrologic influence on tundra, pond, and lake ecosystems important to avian herbivores, invertivores, and piscivores
Melanie Newton, Western Kentucky University
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt and fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Jason Palu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Science Mentor: Katherine Kendall
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Noninvasive grizzly bear population monitoring
Christopher Pederson, Colorado School of Mines
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Brad Pitcher, Central Washington University
Science Mentor: Jacob Lowenstern
Location: Menlo Park, California and Yellowstone
Project: Quantifying past and present output of magmatic volatiles at the Yellowstone Volcanic System
Kate Potter, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Joseph Walder
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Experimental studies of hazardous hydrological processes on volcanoes
Buddy Price, Western Kentucky University
Science Mentor: Jamie Shanley
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Hydrologist/hydrologic technician
Joshua Quisenberry, Washington State University
Science Mentor: David Oppenheimer and David Croker
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Field technician for Northern California Seismic Network
Amy Radakovitch, St. Norbert College
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the central and eastern U.S.
Gregory Salwen, Binghamton University
Science Mentor: Isa Woo and John Takekawa
Location: Olympia, Washington
Project: Nisqually Delta restoration monitoring and evaluation program
Sara Anne Schanz, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: James O'Connor
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Fluvial geomorphology and Quaternary geology
Heather Scott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Modeling preferential flow processes in the unsaturated zone
Evan Soderberg, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Carl Thornber
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Cascades Volcano Observatory volcanology/petrology intern
Sarah Survis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Science Mentor: Margaret Berry
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Surficial geologic mapping in the Greater Platte River basins, Central Great Plains
John Swarz, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: Rob Striegl
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Biogeochemical interactions at environmental interfaces: Yukon River Basin Project
Michelle Taylor, University of Texas at Arlington
Science Mentor: Michael Sweat
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Project: Hydrostratigraphy, groundwater occurrence, and groundwater and surface-water quality in oil and gas provinces subject to hydraulic fracturing
Caitlin Weaver, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Science Mentor: Dean Anderson
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Quantifying greenhouse gases and energy exchanges, and evapotranspiration over forest, grassland, and urban ecosystems
Sydney Wilson, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Michelle Walvoord
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Biogeochemical interactions at environmental interfaces: carbon storage and fluxes in freshwater aquatic ecosystems
2011 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Anna Ahlstrom, Texas A & M University
Science Mentor: John Moody
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Runoff response after Fourmile Canyon fire
Tyler Brown, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Seth Moran
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Seismic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes
Lloyd Daniel Burnett, Texas A & M University
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Hydrological technician
Caitlin Casar, East Carolina University
Science Mentor: Amanda Demopoulos
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Project: Characterizing deep-sea invertebrate communities associated with shipwrecks and natural reefs
Scott Ceciliani, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Sam Coleman, Northern Arizona University
Science Mentor: Curtis Schreffler
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Project: Monitoring to predict Escherichia coli concentrations at Presque Isle Beaches
Bart Cubrich, University of Nebraska
Science Mentor: Gregory Walsh
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Northern Appalachian bedrock mapping
Nicholas Dosch, University of Wisconsin
Science Mentor: John Mullaney
Location: East Hartford, Connecticut
Project: Nutrient loads to Long Island Sound from rivers and groundwater
Neil Fenning, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Earthquake hazards in the central and eastern U.S.
Krista Garrett, Whitman College
Science Mentor: James Kuwabara
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Benthic nutrient flux from water-storage wetlands adjacent to Upper Klamath Lake
Harrison Gray, University of California
Science Mentor: Shannon Mahon
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Luminescence dating
Brandon Guttery, University of Oklahoma
Science Mentor: Albert Hofstra
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Melt or fluid inclusion analysis in resource investigations
Lauren Harrison, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: Andrea Foster
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: The toxicity of Te, In, Ga, and Li species as measured by in vivo test kits
Isabel Hong, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Joan Fitzpatrick
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Physical properties of the WAIS Divide Ice Core in West Antarctica
Charles Horowitz, University of Pittsburgh
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical methods for examining flow processes in the unsaturated zone
Miquela Ingalls, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Robert Al-Chokhachy
Location: Jackson, Wyoming
Project: Monitoring of hydrologic and thermal regimes of high-elevation streams and the implications to instream biota
Robert Spencer Kellum, Eastern Michigan University
Science Mentor: Jennifer Morace
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Assessing foodweb resources for juvenile salmonids utilizing the Lower Columbia River
Tyler Kent, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
Scott Kenyon, California State University
Science Mentor: Celeste Journey
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Project: Mercury study of the Santee River Basin and coastal drainages as part of the National Water Quality Assessment Program
Sabina Kraushaar, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Victoria Langenheim
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to geothermal, mineral, and water resources and to natural hazards in the western U.S.
Evan Larsell, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Katherine Kendall
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Noninvasive grizzly bear population monitoring in northwestern Montana
Evin Maguire, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: David Friewald
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Project: Identification of biological methods for evaluating wetland water quality conditions
Cody Mason, Fort Lewis College
Science Mentor: Cal Ruleman
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Geologic mapping, neotectonics, and global climate change within the Northern Rio Grande Rift
Kelly McHugh, Miami University
Science Mentor: Michelle Coombs
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Project: Investigation of eruptive processes during the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano
Amelia McMillin, Western State College of Colorado
Science Mentor: Evelyn Roeloffs
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Combining borehole strainmeter and tide gauge data to study vertical deformation during slow slip events in the Cascadia subduction zone
Matthew Miller, University of Oklahoma
Science Mentor: Thomas Imbrigiotta
Location: West Trenton, New Jersey
Project: Fate and transport of biodegrading contaminants in fractured-rock aquifers
Patrick Norby, Brigham Young University
Science Mentor: Brady Allen
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Rock Creek fish population and life history assessment
Daven Quinn, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Curtis Reid, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Dean Anderson and Edwin Weeks
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Evaluation of the exchanges of greenhouse gases, energy, and evapotranspiration over forest, grasslands, and urban ecosystems
Nicole Rockentine, Albion College
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology field research
Diana Rotter, George Mason University
Science Mentor: James Coleman
Location: Monterey, Virginia and Reston, Virginia
Project: George Washington National Forest
Andrew Schneider, University of Cincinnati
Science Mentor: Tracy Nishikawa
Location: San Diego, California
Project: Evaluating the water budget of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Wetlands
Courtney Sprain, University of Minnesota
Science Mentor: Andrew Long
Location: Black Hills, South Dakota
Project: Microgravity measurements to characterize groundwater storage in caves, fractures, and other voids
Jonathon Stautberg, Texas A & M University
Science Mentor: James O'Connor
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Quaternary mapping and geomorphology studies along the Columbia River corridor
Elizabeth Studebaker, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Jacoby Carter
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Project: Monitoring urban green treefrog populations and their environment
Helen Thomas, University of California
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geological and geophysical studies of the San Andreas Fault System
Peter Tierney, Williams College
Science Mentor: Michael Field
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Project: Computer analysis of digital seafloor imagery in support of ridge-to-reef studies of Hawaiian coral reefs
Sarah Ulrich, University of Wisconsin
Science Mentor: Nancy Rybichi
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Stream-bank vegetation characteristics and bank erosion rates
Jillian Votava, Michigan Technological University
Science Mentor: Kirsten Barrett
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Project: Dominance in late succession in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
Evan Wolf, University of California
Science Mentor: Carol Prentice
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Paleoseismology: the geologic study of active faults
Donald Yezerski, Denison University
Science Mentor: Curtis Schreffler
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to aquatic health and resource extraction
Patrick Zenger, Northern Illinois University
Science Mentor: Jamie Shanley
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Project: Hydrologist/hydrologic technician
2010 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Christine Barszewski, Grand Valley State University
Science Mentor: Brady Allen
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Rock Creek fish population and life history assessment
Kaleb Boucher, University of Maine
Science Mentor: Seth Moran
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Seismic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes
Amy Brown, Sul Ross State University
Science Mentor: Andrea Foster
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Spectroscopic investigations of arsenic speciation and bioavailability
Timothy Brown, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Shaul Hurwitz
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Quantifying the fluxes of heat and CO2 at the Yellowstone Caldera
Matthew Cochrane, California State University
Science Mentor: Jonathan Glen and David Ponce
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geophysical investigations related to earthquake hazards and geothermal, mineral, and water resources
Joseph Cukjati, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Joseph Breen
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction and aquatic health
Mary Davis, State University of New York at Binghamton
Science Mentor: Dean Anderson and Edwin Weeks
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Project: Greenhouse gas exchanges, energy, and evapotranspiration over subalpine forest and urban ecosystems
Christine Doman, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Stephen Corn
Location: Glacier National Park, Montana
Project: Amphibian monitoring research in Glacier National Park
Monica Erdman, University of California at Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: William David Menzie
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Mineral commodity industry reports on a state-by-state basis
Amy Erschberger, University of California at Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Erin Boydston
Location: Thousand Oaks, California
Project: Effects of urban development and habitat fragmentation on the ecology and conservation of mammalian carnivores
Lucian Farmer, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Lisa Stillings
Location: Reno, Nevada
Project: The distribution of metals in mineralized landscapes
Alex Ferguson, Idaho State University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Field and office studies of intraplate seismicity
Max Gardner, Wesleyan University
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Fault zone studies in California and China
Katrina Garman, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Joseph Walder
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Experimental studies of hazardous hydrological processes on volcanoes
Ian Hamilton, University of Texas at Arlington
Science Mentor: Kevin Breen
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to resource extraction and aquatic health
Sara Henry, California State University
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology field research
Ian Hoyer, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Andrew Schroth and John Crusius
Location: Anchorage Alaska
Project: Influence of catchment geology and varying degree of cover on the form, flux, and concentration of Alaska nutrients in Cooper River Watershed
Patrick Kelly, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: Cliff Hupp
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Vegetation and hydrogeomorphic relations
Jamie Margaret Kern, Montana State University
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Yellowstone, Cascade Range Volcanoes
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
Bradley King, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Anthony Crone and Robert Williams
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Geological and geophysical investigations of hazardous faults; data for earthquake hazards assessments
Tory Anne Klettke, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Shaul Hurwitz
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Quantifying fluxes of heat and CO2 at the Yellowstone Caldera
Franklin Koch, Washington University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
William Lukens, Temple University
Science Mentor: Laurel Larson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: High-flow events in suburban steams; physical nature and ecological repercussions of disturbance
Alexander Lusk, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Byron Stone and Kevin Kincare
Location: Michigan; New York; Massachusetts
Project: Quaternary investigations and data collection for patterns of sedimentation in glacial and proglacial environments
Joseph Mangano, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: James O'Connor
Location: Portland, Oregon
Project: Gravel-bed river studies, and Quaternary mapping geomorphology studies along the Columbia River
Jonathan Moen, Middlebury College
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Investigation of newly discovered processes related to unsaturated zone flow
Stanley Mordensky, George Washington University
Science Mentor: Scott Southworth
Location: Appalachian Blue Ridge, Virginia and North Carolina
Project: Mount Rogers region geologic map and research
Joe Mulvaney-Norris, Southern Illinois University
Science Mentor: John Jorgenson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Rare Earth Element reserves and resources in North America
Cody Munday, Western Kentucky University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrophysics research
Joana Panosky, University of Rhode Island
Science Mentor: William Schultz
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Field characterization and instrumentation of active landslides
Caldwell Payne, Southern Illinois University
Science Mentor: George Breit
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Origin of amagmatic gold deposits in northwestern Nevada
Ryan Quinn, University of Illinois
Science Mentor: Noel Hurley
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Project: Multidisciplinary assessment of water resources at Army and Department of Transportation facilities
Elizabeth Rose, University of California
Science Mentor: Gary Fuis
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: The Salton seismic-imaging project: preparations for a major active-source seismic survey
Katherine Rouse, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Southern Greater Yellowstone Area and southwest Wyoming
Project: Quantifying landscape change impacts on habitat characteristics
Kyle Samperton, University of North Carolina
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Project: Field studies of phosphorus cycling related to sediment processes in eutrophic Upper Klamath Lake
Gustav Seixas, Weslean University
Science Mentor: L. Sue Beard
Location: Northwest Arizona and southeast Nevada
Project: Geologic mapping and structural analysis of Black Canyon Hot Springs
Brett Shurtleff, Central Washington University
Science Mentor: William Schultz
Location: Golden, Colorado
Project: Field characterization and instrumentation of active landslides
Luke Smith, University of Houston
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Julia Spencer, Whitman College
Science Mentor: Jill Baron
Location: Alpine and glacial reaches of the Rocky Mountains
Project: Comparison of microbial activity in headwater basins undergoing rapid change from climate change and and atmospheric N deposition
Marin Troutman, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Joan Gomberg
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: Earthquake swarms and tectonics of eastern Washington
Steven Walker, University of Texas at Austin
Science Mentor: Daniel Goode
Location: West Trenton, New Jersey
Project: Fate and transport of biodegrading contaminants in fractured-rock aquifers
Matthew Weingarten, University of Wisconsin
Science Mentor: Paul Hseih
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Computer modeling of contaminant transport in fractured rocks
Brett Worman, University of Wyoming
Science Mentor: David Croker
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Field technician with the Northern California Seismic Network
Bissett Young, Indiana University
Science Mentor: Seth Moran
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Seismic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes
2009 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Andrew Ashlock, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Rex Baum
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Field characterization and instrumentation of a potential debris flow initiation site
David Azzolini, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: John Stamm
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Project: Chemistry of uncontaminated alluvial sediment in the Cheyenne River
Anna Baker, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Science Mentor: Allen Shapiro
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Natural and enhanced biodegradation of chlorinated solvents in ground water
Catherine Beck, Tufts University
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Jackson, Wyoming
Project: Quantifying landscape change impacts on habitat characteristics
Chelsea Brunner, Western Kentucky University
Science Mentor: Shane Detweiler
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Development following the Wenchuan, China M-7.9 earthquake
Amanda Cains, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology field research project
Rebecca Collins, West Virginia University
Science Mentor: Jon Major
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Reservoir erosion and channel deposition following removal of Marmot Dam
Michael Cronin, Pennsylvania State University
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Evaluating the preferential component of aquifer recharge at a site dominated by sand deposits and a shallow water table
Jane Didaleusky, Smith College
Science Mentor: John Jorgenson
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Changes in the North American ferroalloys industry since the institution of NAFTA
Corey Dimond, Central Washington University
Science Mentor: Joan Gomberg
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: Building understanding of great earthquake potential through construction of a global seismic profile database
Ben Ferreira, University of Iowa
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes and Yellowstone
Teresa Fish, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Brady Allen
Location: Cook, Washington
Project: Rock Creek fish population and life history assessment
Jordan Garrett, University of Texas-Arlington
Science Mentor: Dave Freiwald
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Project: Hydrologic studies and data collection in Arkansas
Paul Guse, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Gerard Butch
Location: Troy, New York
Project: Surface-water and ground-water networks
Leif Hammes, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Scott Southworth
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Geologic map and research, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
Ajeet Johnson, Oregon State University
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Afghan geological survey training program development
Justin Knudson, Montana State University
Science Mentor: Kevin Breen
Location: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes and pesticides in limestone aquifers
Rachael Kroodsma, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Dean Anderson
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Field measurement and analysis of the exchanges of greenhouse gases, water vapor, and energy in urban and sub-alpine forest ecosystems
Zachary Lauffenburger, Colorado State University
Science Mentor: Katherine Kendall
Location: West Glacier, Montana
Project: Noninvasive grizzly bear population monitoring in northwestern Montana
Joel Loeffler, Missouri State University
Science Mentor: Celeste Journey
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Project: Mercury topical study of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program
William Magee, The Ohio State University
Science Mentor: Jill Baron
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Project: A cascade of microbial and biogeochemical effects caused by melting glaciers and rock glaciers
Danielle Moss, Miami University
Science Mentor: John Nimmo
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Evaluating the preferential component of aquifer recharge at a site dominated by sand deposits and a shallow water table
Peter Neff, University of Washington
Science Mentor: Steve Schilling
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Cascade Volcano digital atlas project
Patrick Niemeyer, University of Mississippi
Science Mentor: Jim Coleman
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: National oil and gas assessment project, Devonian gas shale
John Niles, San Francisco State University
Science Mentor: David Croker
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Seismic monitoring
Stephen Peterson, Temple University
Science Mentor: Jean Self-Trail
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Reconstruction of a miocene landscape through the analysis of ancient soils
James Rea, Weslean University
Science Mentor: Carl Thornber
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Petrologic monitoring of active volcanoes
Roxanne Renedo, Smith College
Science Mentor: Walter Mooney
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Afghan geological survey training program development
Jason Ricketts, San Diego State University
Science Mentor: Gary Fuis
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: The Salton seismic imaging project preparations for a major acive-source seismic survey
Rebecca Saunders, Augustana College
Science Mentor: Geneva Chong
Location: Jackson, Wyoming
Project: Quantifying landscape change impacts on habitat characteristics
Lauren Shumaker, University of California-Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Don Sweetkind
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Quantifying landscape change impacts on habitat characteristics
David Smith, University of Iowa
Science Mentor: Kevin Breen
Location: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to aquatic health
Ryan Thress, University of California-Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Scott Southworth
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Geologic map and research, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
Emily Voytek, Tufts University
Science Mentor: John Lane
Location: Storrs, Connecticut
Project: Applied hydrogeophysics research
Derrick Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology field research project
Jakob Wartman, Macalester College
Science Mentor: Stephen Kirby
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Tsunami source working group: notable earthquakes in the pre-digital era archiving, record scanning, and digital analysis
2008 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Corey Beaver, University of Missouri
Science Mentor: David Freiwald
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Project: Lower Mississippi River national rivers and stream assessment
Jacob Birkett, University of Wisconsin
Science Mentor: Gary Curtis
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Studies of uranium contaminated groundwater at a former uranium mill site
S. Michelle Bourret, University of California-Santa Cruz
Science Mentor: Rob Striegl
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Yukon River Basin project
Dan Burnham, Idaho State University
Science Mentor: Don Sweetkind
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: DD subsurface mapping of aquifer heterogeneity near Death Valley, California
Matthew Clark, Louisiana State University
Science Mentor: Daniel Goode
Location: West Trenton, New Jersey
Project: Natural and enhanced biodegradation of chlorinated solvents in subsurface environments
Danielle D'Alfonso, University of California-Santa Barbara
Science Mentor: Robert Gresswell
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Project: Evaluating movement and habitat use patterns of fluvial arctic grayling in the Upper Big Hole River watershed
Alden Denny, Western Washington University
Science Mentor: Nancy Simon
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Mineral formation in sediments of eutrophic Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Dan Eakin, University of Missouri
Science Mentor: Deborah Hutchinson
Location: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Project: Law of the sea extended continental shelf in the Amerasian Basin, Arctic Ocean
Joshua Garber, University of Texas-Austin
Science Mentor: Denis LeBlanc
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Project: Transport and fate of ground-water contaminants: Cape Cod toxic substances hydrology research site
Jordan Garroway, Cornell University
Science Mentor: Gary Fuis
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Geology and geophysics for the understanding of earthquake hazards in the southern California region
Kathryn Hoffmeister, University of Georgia
Science Mentor: Celeste Journey
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Project: Hydrologic data collection, management, and analysis for the Santee River Basin and coastal drainages (NWQA program)
Natalie Juda, Macalester College
Science Mentor: David Croker
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Northern California seismic network
Kathy Kelsey, University of Puget Sound
Science Mentor: Rob Striegl
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Project: Yukon River Basin project
Elizabeth Luber, University of Illinois
Science Mentor: Andrea Foster
Location: Menlo Park, California
Project: Characterization of arsenic-sequestering microbial communities from the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site
Seth Martin, University of Arkansas
Science Mentor: Tim Reilly
Location: West Trenton, New Jersey
Project: Occurrence and distribution of agricultural chemicals in the hydrosphere
Dan McInnis, University of Notre Dame
Science Mentor: Leonard Kinikow
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: National assessment of long-term ground water depletion
Fred Mellott, University of Pittsburgh/Johnstown
Science Mentor: Melinda Chapman
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Piedmont-Mountain ground-water study
Caitlin Orem, Northern Arizona University
Science Mentor: Melinda Chapman
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Peidmont-Mountain ground-water study
Katherine Pecsok, University of Missouri
Science Mentor: Tyler Coplen and Jurate Landwehr
Location: Reston, Virginia
Project: Developing hydrogen and oxygen isoscapes of U.S. tap waters with application to hydrology, ecology, and forensic discrimination
Lowndes Pendergrass, Clemson University
Science Mentor: Christine Bunck
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Project: Wildlife health internship: investigation of wildlife diseases
Jessica Shaw, Humboldt State University
Science Mentor: Erin Boydston
Location: Irvine California
Project: Movement patterns of carnivores in a fragmented landscape
Emmy Smith, Amherst College
Science Mentor: Joan Gomberg
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project: Discovering clues about tremor, slow slip, and earthquakes
Anthony Trease, Eastern Michigan University
Science Mentor: James Campbell
Location: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Project: Geochemical processes relating to human and aquatic health
Stephanie Tubman, Colgate University
Science Mentor: Michael Lisowski
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Project: Geodetic monitoring of Cascade Range Volcanoes
Ryan Verbanazk, University of Missouri
Science Mentor: Oliver Boyd
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Project: Clommunity velocity model for the New Madrid Seismic Zone
Dan Wolf, Illinois State University
Science Mentor: Melinda Chapman
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Project: Piedmont-Mountain ground-water study
Jessica Zinger, University of Michigan
Science Mentor: Dean Anderson
Location: Denver, Colorado
Project: Measurement and analysis of the flow of greenhouse gases, water vapor, and energy in urban and sub-alpine forest ecosystems
2007 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Allen, Lauren
Babu, Ramesh
Damis, Omar
Dickoff, Meghan
Downs, Drew
Fairchild, Gillian
Gold, Dan
Kass, Jesse
Laudadio, Christine
Messmer, Martin
Negri, Jacquelyn
Prante, Mitchell
Reddy, Poonam
Rhode, Abagail
Strouse, Stephanie
Tuttle, Samuel
Waldron, Bret
Yurchyk, Stephanie
2006 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Barnes, Curtis
Bergen, Kristian
Bolz, Michael
Bradshaw, Sabrina
Busby, Michael Weston
Davis, Ryan
Dawson, Amy
Doelger, Sarah
Gulbranson, Erik
Guzzo, Brittany
Lyttge, Michael
McKinney, Megan
Odette, Danielle
Orland, Ian
Oshun, Jasper
Pagel, Michael
Parsons, Luke
Powers, Aaron
Simmons, Erica
Stolz, John
Troy, Joanna
2005 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Celebrezze, Eric
Chaisson, Megan
Dark, Joshua
Diefenbach, Angie
Duxbury, Jane
Fox-Lent, Cate
Gilmore, Greg
Gouldey, Jeremy
Herriot, Trystan
Hocking, Crystal
Maurer, Kathryn
McKeown, Nancy
McMeans, Megan
Robinson, David
Schlegel, Mellissa
Shannon, Neil
Thompson, Sarah
2004 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Belknap, Sabrina
Coble, Matthew
Eros, Michael
Fulmer, Tyson
Geboy, Nick
Graves, Dustin
Hatcher, Kendra
Hoffman, Nick
Konfal, Stephanie
Lambert, Matt
New, Jenn
Pearce, David
Rotberg, Gabe
Scott, Erin
Strumness, Laura
2003 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Bellinger, Emily
Carpenter, Jenny
Cochrane, Jessica
Johnson, Reuben
Keating, Trisha
King, Jonathan
Riker, Jenny
2002 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Angernam, Charles
Elswick, Virginia
Fassbinder, Joel
Frederick, Zanden
Hayden, Nick
Jankovic, Lauren
Moeller, Carrie
Nasrallah, Josh
Newkirk, Trent
Ortiz, Alfredo
Shipley, Kyle
Steedman, Clare
2001 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Alstatt, Ann
Bablau, Cody
Blakely, Rob
Bosley, Allyson
Breecker, Dan
Brown, Hillary
Handel, Jason
Hereford, Anne
Huffman, Brad
Kneeshaw, Tara
Lee, Kristen
Mazurek, John
Mininger, Kevin
Newton, Seth
Nielsen, Jan
Pierson, Dennis
Pollard, Jennifer
Remley, Kendra
Richey, Kaili
Saulter, David
2000 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Anderson, Anita
Balasko, Clara
Barber, Teresa
Burrell, Kevin
Guetschow, Heidi
Gregg, Shawn
Hullings, Ryan
Kiger, Lora
Kirby, Stephan
Langenberg, Elizabeth
Lenz, Jennifer
McPhail, Kristopher
Rempe, Jason
Shapiro, Yogesh
Shingleman, Kristen
Smith, Matthew
Wright, Barry
1999 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Barnett, Adrienne
Beanland, Shay N.
Beitler, Brenda
Brock, Amy Lynn
Brooks, Robert W.
Endres, Adam F.
Friedman, Julie A.
Heffernan, Adam S.
Kohlman, Alyssa M.
Michelsen, Karen J.
1998 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Becker, Thomas P.
Blanton, Arnold J.
Bookshar, Jess J.
Bothun, Rikka L.
Britts, Robert C.
Christofferson, Shari
Crain, Jessie L.
Eckhart, J. Christopher
Edstrom, Sven
Fahringer, Peter E.
Flowers, Rebecca M.
Gallarano, Corrin S.
Gobbins, Stacie L.
Johnson, Christopher
Kenshalo, Sarah M.
Kessler, James A.
Marlow, Brian S.
Norton, Kevin P.
Pociask, Geoff
Reid, Bradley H.
Riihimaki, Catherine A.
Steffen, Kurt J.
Tiballi, Craig
Williams, Angela J.
1997 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Anderson, Kevin S.
Borella, Maxwell
Bosze, Stephanie L.
Bova, Melody
Brown, Leo T.
Brown, Sarah L.
Buehler, Mark A.
Carlson, Steve D.
Cates, Luke M.
Cederberg, Jay R.
Curry, Jaime S.
Danziger, Gregory S.
Detweiler, Shane T.
Deyhim, Phebe M.
Dunn, Andrew B.
Faust, Trent H.
Feinberg, Josh M.
Fisher III, Martel J.
Hamaker, Joshua R.
Hargrave, Eric V.
Hein, Andrew S.
Hein, Kristen A.
Houston, Robert A.
Hunt, Brian B.
Isaak, Yvonne K.
Jewel, Eleanore B.
Johnson, Kathleen R.
Kalendovsky, Mary A.
Kelley, Brent D.
Mathur, Ryan D.
McCarthy, James H.
McCarthy, Thomas D.
McGuire, Emmet H.
Myer, Kevin M.
Odegaard, Carrie L.
Padgett, Lynn M.
Palmer, Jody L.
Payne, Jonathan L.
Quane, Steven L.
Rapp, Joshua M.
Ruebel, April L.
Ruf, Jason C.
Schleicher, John R.
Singleton, Michael J.
Van de Ven, Christopher
Willsey, Shawn P.
Wyatt, Michael B.
Zaprowski, Brent J.
1996 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Bacon, Steven N.
Baird, Karen R.
Banks, Emily S.
Bielinski, Robert A.
Bilek, Susan L.
Bohlen, Megan E.
Borell, Jarret M.
Clementz, Mark T.
Clover, Fletcher P.
Cochran, Susan A.
Conaway, Christopher H.
Cookman, Janette L.
Costello, Carey S.
Craig, Craig J.
Doherty, Patrick D.
Ellis, Robert J.
Essenburg, Cheryl L.
Esterle, Jeffery A.
Fenton, Cassandra R.
Galetzka, John E.
Graham, Gregory B.
Hallum, Douglas R.
Haruthunian, Alina
Hodge, Tamara L.
Hoffman, Ryan S.
Huang, Mike Y.
Hulm, Erik J.
Jacobson, James D.
Johes, Egan J.
Johnson, Joel E.
Klohe, Cheryl A.
Lawrence, Kira T.
Lear, Michael B.
Locke, Adam L.
Long, Thomas C.
McBee, Lisa A.
Means, Brent P.
Meyer, Robert P.
Mikolas, Marlo
Mize, Scott V.
Murray, Jessica A.
O’Grady, Damian B.
Orth, Shelly A.
Pratt, Sara E.
Randolph, Carolyn E.
Rogers, Johannah W.
Roth, Michelle L.
Sava, Jr., Robert H.
Scharer, Katherine M.
Schuh, Lori K.
Schuster, Dwight A.
Sinor, Michael S.
Sivers, Eric A.
South, Dean M.
Spinelli, Glen A.
Swanson, Kierston, A.
Szot, Amanda V.
Tarsoly, Jennifer A.
Thomas, Rebecca B.
Tobias, Jennifer L.
Tokash, Samantha
Watt, Christpher J.
Weaver, Kirstin D.
Wegmann, Karl W.
Welty, Amy T.
Winkler, Michael J.
1995 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Allabastro, Amy J.
Austad, Shawn R.
Bennett, Micah W.
Butler, Daniel A.
Czeck, Dyanna M.
Ferguson, William J.
Fiedorowicz, Brooke K.
Frampton, Joseph B.
Francis, Julie C.
Gunn, Mark A.
Hackworth, Timothy P.
Hales, Geoffrey M.
Harrison, Trent M.
Hettinger, Lynn K.
Kaye, Jonathan Z.
Krop, Matthew S.
Lloyd, Alan K.
McGeehan, Brian M.
Petcovic, Heather L.
Petrecca, D.M.
Picard, Mary Z.
Piontek, Jennifer E.
Reid, Kenneth J.
Robinson, Lori D.
Stockwell, Justin E.
Taft, Kendall E.
Tillinghast, Stephen
Wiseman, Russell L.
1994 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Ackland, William Earl
Allwright, Michael
Bard, Eric J.
Baxter, Colden
Benumof, Benjamin T.
Bergk, Katherine J.
Bradley, Philip J.
Brooks, Eric G.
Brown, Leslie H.
Camerlo, Rion H.
Catalano, Anthony W.
Christoffel, Catharine
Cohn, Matthew E.
Curtin, Tara M.
Davis, David Martin
DeLurio, Jennifer L.
Dickfoss, Paul V.
Distler, Joshua
Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.
Elhers, Todd A.
Evans, Robin S.
Faulkner, Barton
Finley, Sarah J.
Gill, Peter W.
Hackney, Michael L.
Hanson, Mark C.
Harris, John H.
Hora, Scott L.
Hurd, Steven A.
Jackson, Bruce M.
Jaynes, Russell Scott
Johnson, Patricia
Karns, Kimberly M.
Katz, Melissa
Keller, Timothy J.
King, Christopher A.
Koning, Daniel J.
Kretchmar, Laura M.
Kulow, Matthew J.
Lewis, David
Littrell, Randy
MacKinnon, Kevin A.
McCoy, Megan
McCrary, Clifford R.
McCullough, Natalie
Mehlop, Andrew L.
Miller, John
Mongano, Gregory
Murray, Keenan M.
Mysona, Eric C.
Nashem, William D.
Nelson, Nicole T.
Niemi, Nathan A.
Oden, Timothy D.
Pekula, John M.
Peterson, Paul
Plummer, Benjamin P.
Poulsen, Christopher J.
Ramsdell, Jason
Reppe, Thomas H.
Rittenhouse, Karen J.
Rufolo, Scott J.
Rutledge, David
Sagebiel, James C.
Schatz, Jeffrey K.
Shanahan, Timothy M.
Shay, Devin T.
Smith, Brett
Smith, Joshua B.
Steinmacher, Shirley
Stettner, Sean N.
Stone, Jeffrey R.
Strenght, Dana Albert
Tautfest, James B.
Underwood, Deborah
Venteris, Erik R.
Warren, Jeffrey D.
Weil, Arlo
Werner, Cynthia
West, Jr., John E.
Wright, Melinda C.
Wunderlich, Jon R.
Zimmerman, Carl L.
1993 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Albanese, Christene
Alter, Michael L.
Arnold, Larry R. II
Baden, Dennis A.
Beavers, Rebecca L.
Bergmann, Bryan J.
Bezenek, Sandra R.
Bole, Barrett W.
Brady, Michael
Bultman, Robert P.
Burger, Robert L.
Cain, Stewart A.
Cattaneo, Peter K.
Caylor, Kris A.
Chatfield, Catherine
Cherichetti, Lars C.
Clerk, Ian H.
Crittenden, John B.
Dailey, Michael J.
Davidson, Tiege, J.
Dean, Michael C.
Devivo, Joseph C.
Dunagan, Stan P.
Dytrych, Mary M.
Ellett, Kevin M.
Englert, Scott G.
Feltovich, Jill K.
Garrison, Carolyn E.
Gier, Elizabeth J.
Grissom, Glen A.
Hall, Tim W.
Hart, Miriam L.
Holmstad, Erin F.
Jacobs, Jason D.
Jacobson, Paul W.
Johnson, Denny J.
Kalmar, Peggy M.
Koepele, Patrick C.
Langrock, Holly
Larson, Phillip C.
LeRoy, Thomas H.
Levy, Ralph A.
Luczaj, John A.
Mann, Jeffrey
Menton, Roman C.
Mlekush, Jeffrey M.
Moran, Jeff T.
Murphy, Sheila F.
Nylen, Thomas H.
O’Neil, Susan L.
Pallon, Jennifer E.
Palmer, Jeffrey A.
Phillips Jr., Preston
Powers, Peter
Rinard, Bethany D.
Robertson, Jamie L.
Sanders, Deana M.
Schoemann, Michael L.
Schroeder, Jessie O.
Scott, Erik D.
Sega, Giorgio F.
Smith, Andrew G.
Stidham, Christiane W.
Stoksad, Erik R.
Strain, Angela M.
Taylor, William L.
Trayler, Carolyn R.
Towbridge, Phillip R.
Unkefer, Jason
Vanderveer, Kevin L.
Watson, Blaine A.
White, Kimberly
Winsky, Pamela A.
Wygant, Adam W.
York, Samantha L.
1992 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Abolins, Mark J.
Andrew, Joswph E.
Baker, Gregory S.
Ball, Mary C.
Baum, Jill M.
Brexton, David P.
Brown, Christopher B.
Burnett, William J.
Bussey, Kimberly W.
Caldwell, Eric A.
Caldwell, Erik R.
Casserly, Justin E.
Clark, Timothy W.
Coll, Frederic R.
Cook, Robert C.
Cox, Peter S.
Cram, John C.
Cromer, Matthew Z.D.
Denny, Jane F.
DiCesare, Daniel L.
Distlehorst, Jennifer A.
Drake, Patricia A.
Drake, Ronald M., II
Dripps, Weston, R.
Dwyre, Cathryn M.
Evans, David A.
Findell, Kirsten L.
Goodell, Andrew V.
Greene, David M.
Hertleb, Ross D.
Hicks, James E.
Highley, Alan Brad
Kalakay, Thomas J.
Knapp, Kevin R.
Knight, Jay H.
Kuehn, Stephen C.
Leggett, Tanja N.
Lenz, Karen E.
Laonard, Gregory J.
Licht, Kathy J.
Mancino, James C.
Mason, Charles F.
Maudlin, Michael R.
McKenna, Juliet M.
Milewski, Drew J.
Millard, Clayton L.
Mosier, John G.
Nelsen, Chad E.
Oswald, John A.
Paulsen, Sean C.
Peters, Craig L.
Pigati, Jeffrey S.
Pinnow, James S.
Pinsonnault, Scott M.
Priestley, Nina J.
Quigley, Wendolyn C.
Pahnis, Michael A.
Reed, Benjamin C.
Reuber, Eric J.
Rosenberg, Leslie A.
Rosso, Kevin M.
Rowe, James T.
Skinner, June E.
Sobieraj, Joseph A.
Stacy, Mark E.
Taunton, Stefanie S.
Teas, Philip A.
Tokar, Frank J., Jr.
Van Domelen, David J.
Vauter, Brian K.
Weber, Robert J.
Wegman, George J.
Williams, Janie B.
Woosley, Thomas E.
1991 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Abrams, Robert H.
Bayse, Colin J.
Boatman, Michael J.
Booth, George C.
Brill, Andrew L.
Carter, Mark W.
Cheyne, Mark A.
Clark, Andrew M.
Cooper, Karl M.
Cowoski, Melissa A.
Crissman, Dale
Dieter, Christopher A.
Finley, Craig M.
Flock, Steve
Force, Jennifer A.
Foster, Jeffrey B.
Fox, Aina M.
Fraracci, Kathy N.
Gansecki, Cheryl A.
Gaskin, Catherine L.
Goddard, James V.
Goodbread, Steven L., Jr.
Halleran, Amy L.
Heibel, Todd D.
Hicks, David L.
Hill, Gregory T.
Hilmes, Marha M.
Hoffmann, Michael F.
Holland, Kerry L.
Janosy, Robert J.
Katz, Gabrielle L.
Kimble, Kathi D.
Kivett, John M.
Kroening, David E.
Laird, Brian T.
Laney, James W.
Lang, Rebecca A.
Maher, David J.
Mast, Gary L.
Mayborn, Kyle R.
McGinty, Megan C.
Mendes, Thomas M.
Messina, Theresa A.
Meyer, Wendy A.
Milling, Marcus E.
Montgomery, James M., Jr.
Morikawa, Shirley A.
Mosenfelder, Jed L.
Paulsen, Timothy S.
Reigel, Steven A.
Reiners, Peter W.
Roberts, Karen E.
Sapp, Amy K.
Sheldon, Brian T.
Smaic, Dejan
Stephens, Kirk A.
Sturdivant, Peter L.
Taylor, David A.
Tepley, Frank J.
Thompson, David L.
Van Hofwegen, Dixon T.
Vasquez, Angela M.
West, Andrew W.
White, Brian C.
Whitesell, Tracy E.
Wise, James M.
Wittenbrink, Sarah A.
Woods, Adrienne J.
Yale, Mara M.
1990 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Alvarez, Kristine M.
Borden, John Carter
Buck, Brenda J.
Burner, Scott A.
Bussard, William J.
Caldarano Jr., Anthony J.
Chang, Paul D.
Croker, Sally P.
Foss, Ailyn J.
Franck, Carol R.
Gill, Clifford P.
Grundy, Thomas P.
Harrison, Donald W.
Hummon, Cheryl
Klein, Andrew G.
Knapp, Elizabeth P.
Lawrence, Matthew S.
Lund, Bryan D.
McCamant, Thomas
McCarthy, Padhrig T.
Maizliah, Lisa M.
Miller, Daniel J.
Musser, Douglas L.
Phelps, Geoffrey A.
Powers, Thomas J.
Rougvie, James R.
Ruddy, Kenneth D.
Safreed, Connie M.
Sampson, Thomas R.
Sawyko, III, Leon T.
Snyder, Lori D.
Stewart, Michael A.
Stroh, Robert C.
Swartz, Christopher H.
Taborn Jr., Charles F.
Vaugeois, Laura M.
Wahrer, Marc A.
Young, John R.
1989 NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training Program Interns
Applegate, James D.R.
Battuello, Peter A.
Baumgartner, Scotty D.
Block, Daniel R.
Consolvo, Curtis A.
Couzens, Brent A.
Curran, Christopher A.
Dunlap, Charles E.
Farnsworth, Debi J.
Ferdinand, Lorrin F.
Fetzner, Keith R.
Genau, Robert B.
Gramlich, Sarah B.
Ham, Nelson R.
Hannula, Kimberly A.
Hannula, Steven R.
Hoffine, Stephen R.
Matthews, Sandra D.V.
Melancon, Charles L.
Merkley, Patricia A.
Mustoe, Nathan B.
Owens, Matthew W.
Paramore, Rosemary C.
Parish, Gordon K.
Rupert, Suzanne T.
Sander, Kathleen A.
Schmidt, Kevin M.
Selling, Michael C.
Slagel, Matthew M.
Smith, Virginia K.
Stenberg, Laurie E.
Stevens, Lora R.
Summerside, Scott E.
Wahl, Arthur D.
Ware, Jeffrey V.
White, Douglass W.
White, Kathleen S.