Summer Internship Program 2012

The National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program accepted 12 college interns this summer at CMOP. Below you will find information about the interns, learn about their research projects, and access their weekly blogs.

Meet the Interns

Stefanie Baker
Bio: Chemical Engineering major, Oregon State University, junior
Project: Detecting Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Columbia River Estuary
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Connor Bohan
Bio: Computer Science major, University of Rochester, junior
Project: Development of an interactive data flagging interface and annotation explorer
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Marc Donnelly
Bio: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering major, Colorado School of Mines, senior
Project: Environmental Particleomics: A New Approach to Link Aquatic Biogeochemistry and Plankton Assemblage Structure
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Michael Guzman
Bio: Organismal Biology major, Portland State University, senior
Project: The Microbial Diversity of Dark Antarctic Ice Caves
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Sasha Hardy
Bio: Earth Systmes (Ocean Track) major, Stanford University, senior
Project: Salmon habitat opportunity in a changing estuary
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Austin Hudson
Bio: Civil Engineering major, Portland State University, senior
Project: Transport of micrometer diameter NZVI through granular media
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Heather Lanza
Bio: Environmental Chemistry major, Pacific University, senior
Project: Nitrification Potential and Niche Diversification of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Columbia River sediments
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Annie Lo
Bio: Biochemistry Major, University of Oregon, senior
Project: Dinoflagellate populations associated with Myrionecta rubra blooms in the Columbia River estuary
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Gregory Nugent
Bio: MicroMolecular Biology major, Portland State University, senior
Project: NsrR transcriptional regulation
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Logan Pallin
Bio: Environmental Science and Policy major, Duke University, junior
Project: Salmon habitat opportunity in a changing estuary
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Julia Ritchie
Bio: Chemistry major, Scripps College, senior
Project: Environmental Fate and Effects of Contaminants
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Christine Turner
Bio: Environmental Engineering major, Oregon State University (Johnson Fellow), senior
Project: The potential role of Mn oxidation in Pseudomonas putida GB-1 in degradation of lignin.
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