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