This page is dedicated to the 2022 Climate Science REU students and mentors. Each of the project topics and the student and mentor(s) assigned to each of the topics are listed below.
Title: Effects of Historical Land Policy on Land Use and Land Cover in Narok, Kenya
Student: Miriam Bartleson (University of Michigan).
Mentors: Erica Smithwick, Susan Kotikot
Title: Evaluation of Relationships Among Urban Indianapolis CO2 Emissions, Traffic Count Data, and COVID-19 Pandemic Case Data
Student: Dora Courtney (Penn State University)
Mentors: Kenneth J Davis, Helen Kenion, Scott J Richardson, Natasha L Miles, and Jason Horne
Title: Investigating the Temporal Behavior of Surface Energy Fluxes Using a Single Column Atmospheric Model
Student: Felix Klitzke (Wellesley College)
Mentors: José D. Fuentes , Chris E. Forest, and Vikrant Sapkota
Title: Using Nudging to Isolate Boundary Layer Bias in Climate Models
Student: Grace Liu (University of Utah)
Mentor: Colin M. Zarzycki , Kyle Nardi, and Michelle Gore
Title: Isotopic Records of Cryptic Sedimentary Carbon Cycling
Student: Niwdé M. Rivera Maldonado (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez).
Mentors: Matthew Fantle, Max Lloyd, and Christopher Gorski
Title: Investigating Change in Household Water Access in Relation to Climate in Bangladesh
Student: Jahmal Wallen (Cornell University)
Mentors: Lauren M. T. Broyles, Emily L. Pakhtigian, and Alfonso Mejia
Title: Using Remote Sensing Data to Identify Restorable Wetlands in Minnesota’s Big Slough Watershed
Student: Alison Bretti (Bryn Mawr College)
Mentor: Kimberly J. Van Meter
Title: Examining Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Cooling and Possible Drivers
Student: Grant Daniels (University of Utah)
Mentors: Allen Mewhinney and Sukyoung Lee
Title: Developing an Automatic Rainband Detection Algorithm Based on Simulated Kinematic and Precipitation Structures from Hurricane Matthew (2016)
Student: Tyler J. Landsparger (Penn State University)
Mentors: Nicholas R. Barron and Anthony C. Didlake Jr.
Title: Changing Fingerprint of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on Sea Surface Temperature in a Warming Climate
Student: Quinn Mackay (University of Notre Dame)
Mentors: Yifei Fan and Laifang Li
Title: Seasonal Forecast of West African Summer Monsoon Rainfall Using Ocean Salinity Observations
Student: Diego Ruiz Canseco (the University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Mentors: Christopher M. Sala, Xingcaho Chen, and Laifang Li
Title: Modeling Greenhouse Gas Variance as an Indicator of Local Emissions Using Machine Learning Techniques
Student: Michael Brown (North Carolina State University)
Mentors: Natasha L Miles, Kenneth J Davis, Scott J Richardson, and Geoffrey Roest
Title: Direct Measurement of Aerosol pH
Student: Mikala Hammer (Concordia College)
Mentors: Komal Jaswal and Miriam Freedman
Title: Evaluating Forecasts of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Model for the August 10, 2020, Derecho
Student: Phoebe Lin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mentors: Yunji Zhang and David Stensrud
Title: Diurnal and Seasonal Variations in Air Pollution Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Student: Alexander Massa (Millersville University)
Mentor: Gregory S. Jenkins
Title: Quantifying the Resident-Based and Mobility-Based Human Exposure to PM 2.5 in San Francisco in 2021
Student: Matthew Varela (University of Oklahoma)
Mentor: Manzhu Yu