Summer Of Learning Symposium - 2019 Program

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 · CAMPUS CLUB
Summer of Learning
Symposium

Summer of Learning Symposium
Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is pleased to welcome you to
the 12 th annual Summer of Learning Symposium, the culminating
event for students who have participated in PEI’s Internship Program.
PEI’s Internship Program offers a unique opportunity for students to
complement their academic interests and is designed to enrich
students’ perspectives and prepare them as leaders through hands-on
experiences.
At the Summer of Learning Symposium, we celebrate the work and
research of 114 undergraduate students from 21 academic departments
who were based in lab and field locations throughout the United States
and in 14 foreign nations during summer 2019. The students’
assignments focused on scientific, technical, policy and human
dimensions of global environmental challenges.
Our 2019 interns contributed to faculty-led research and worked
alongside experts from NGOs, government agencies, industries,
community-service enterprises and other academic institutions
worldwide. Through these placements, students sought solutions to
various environmental challenges.
The Summer of Learning Symposium is an opportunity to celebrate
students’ contributions, exchange perspectives, develop a shared
mission, and consider practical, achievable solutions to the world’s
most pressing environmental challenges.
We extend our congratulations to the students and our appreciation to
those faculty, colleagues, friends and community partners who made
this year’s internship program and the Summer of Learning
Symposium possible.

Schedule of Presentations
8:30 AM
Participant Registration
Light breakfast will be served
8:45 AM - NOON
DEN
(SECOND FLOOR)
Climate Change and Environmental Science
(pp. 3-7)
9 AM - 11:50 AM
LIBRARY
(SECOND FLOOR)
Biodiversity and Conservation
(pp. 8-11)
9:05 AM - NOON
PROSPECT ROOM
(FIRST FLOOR)
Food, Water and Disease
(pp. 12-15)
NOON - 1 PM
DINING ROOM
(FIRST FLOOR)
Group Lunch
All participants and attendees welcome
1 PM - 3:45 PM
LIBRARY
(SECOND FLOOR)
New Energy Future
(pp. 16-19)
1 PM - 4 PM
PROSPECT ROOM
(FIRST FLOOR)
Urban Adaptation and Resiliency
(pp. 20-22)
2

Climate Change and Environmental
Science
8:45 AM - NOON
MODERATORS: LAURE RESPLANDY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
GEOSCIENCES AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE;
JULIUS BUSECKE, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GEOSCIENCES
Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the Halogenated Organic Compound
Production in Mangrove Ecosystems
KASEY BOWYER ’21, NEUROSCIENCE
MENTORS: SATISH MYNENI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; DANIELLE
SCHLESINGER, PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES
Extinction of the Dinosaurs Recorded in an Andean Paleolake
SARAH BROWN ’22, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: ADAM MALOOF, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; BOLTON
HOWES, PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES; RYAN MANZUK, PH.D. CANDIDATE,
GEOSCIENCES
Sponge Reef Morphology as a Driver of the Cambrian Explosion
GALEN CADLEY ’21, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: ADAM MALOOF, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; BOLTON
HOWES, PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES; RYAN MANZUK, PH.D. CANDIDATE,
GEOSCIENCES
Reconstruction of Southern Ocean Nutrient Concentrations
During Previous Interglacial Periods
MARGARET LYNCH ’21, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: DANIEL SIGMAN, DUSENBURY PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL AND
GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; ELLEN AI, PH.D.
CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES
3

Satellite and Float Backscatter as Proxies for Southern Ocean
Chlorophyll
AMY AMATYA ’21, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: JORGE SARMIENTO, GEORGE J. MAGEE PROFESSOR OF
GEOSCIENCE AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, EMERITUS, PROFESSOR OF
GEOSCIENCES, EMERITUS; LIONEL ARTEAGA, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES
Impacts of Slow Growth Rates on Coral Geochemical Climate Proxies
GRACE KORTUM ’21, GEOSCIENCES
MENTOR: KONRAD HUGHEN, SENIOR SCIENTIST, DEPARTMENT OF MARINE
CHEMISTRY AND GEOCHEMISTRY, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
The Impact of Freezing Temperatures and Strong Oxidants on
Biological Methanogenesis: Implications for Melting Permafrost and
the Search for Life on Mars
YURI TAMAMA ’22, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: TULLIS ONSTOTT, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; RACHEL HARRIS,
PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES
Environmental Effects of Deccan Volcanism During the Late
Cretaceous
UDIT BASU ’20, GEOSCIENCES
MENTOR: GERTA KELLER, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
Velocity of Rising Bubbles in Volcanic Chamber
CINDY SONG ’22, ECONOMICS
MENTORS: LUC DEIKE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE;
WOUTER MOSTERT, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
4

Predicting Environmental Conditions of the Past Using Soil
Chemical Analysis
REBEKAH ADAMS ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: SATISH MYNENI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; JIANSHU DUAN,
PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES; DANIELLE SCHLESINGER, PH.D. CANDIDATE,
GEOSCIENCES
Tracking Microbial Metabolism with Isotopes
LOUISON SALL ’21, EAST ASIAN STUDIES
MENTORS: XINNING ZHANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; ASHLEY MALONEY,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GEOSCIENCES
The Contribution of Alternative Nitrogenases to Nitrogen Fixation in
N.J. Forests
EZRA ZIMBLE ’22, UNDECLARED
MENTORS: XINNING ZHANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; ROMAIN DARNAJOUX,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, GEOSCIENCES
Microbial Control of Nitrous Oxide Production and Consumption in
the Ocean
ELTON TRAN ’22, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MENTORS: BESS WARD, WILLIAM J. SINCLAIR PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; AMAL JAYAKUMAR, SENIOR
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIST, GEOSCIENCES
5

Effects of Oxygen on Soil Methane Production
GABRIELLE D’ARCANGELO ’21, CHEMISTRY
MENTORS: XINNING ZHANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; JARED WILMOTH,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTITUTE
Single-Burst Droplet Analysis
ALEXANDER TAYLOR-LASH ’21, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
MENTORS: LUC DEIKE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE;
BAPTISTE NEEL, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Surface Properties of Surfactant Solutions
MENCH JULIA SANTELICES ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
MENTORS: LUC DEIKE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE;
BAPTISTE NEEL, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Assessing the Ocean’s Biological Carbon Pump in a Water Mass
Transformation Framework
TYRONE ZHANG ’21, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: JORGE SARMIENTO, GEORGE J. MAGEE PROFESSOR OF
GEOSCIENCE AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, EMERITUS, PROFESSOR
OF GEOSCIENCES, EMERITUS; LIONEL ARTEAGA, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH
SCHOLAR, ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES; GRAEME MacGILCHRIST,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC
SCIENCES
6

Maud Rise Polynyas Linked to Largest Phytoplankton Bloom in
Southern Ocean
LAUREN VON BERG ’20, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: SARAH GILLE, PROFESSOR, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF
OCEANOGRAPHY; LYNNE TALLEY, PROFESSOR, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF
OCEANOGRAPHY; MATT MAZLOFF, ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER, SCRIPPS
INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY; CHANNING PREND, PH.D. CANDIDATE,
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
National Resources Defense Council, Beijing
SETH PATERNOSTRO ’20, EAST ASIAN STUDIES
MENTORS: ALVIN LIN, CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICY DIRECTOR, CHINA
PROGRAM, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
7

Biodiversity and Conservation
9 AM - 11:50 AM
MODERATOR: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF
ZOOLOGY, PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Impact of Grazing Regimes on Rangeland Quality and Wildlife and
Livestock Use
HEATHER CALLAHAN ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
RIMSHA MALIK ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTOR: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY,
PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Monitoring the Ecological Restoration of Species and Their
Interactions in Gorongosa National Park
LUCA KUZIEL ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
ZOE RENNIE ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTORS: ROBERT PRINGLE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATTHEW HUTCHINSON, PH.D. CANDIDATE, ECOLOGY
AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Teaching Assistant for Conservation Clubs
PHIA KIM-BROOKES ’22, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
HANNAH REYNOLDS ’22, PSYCHOLOGY
MENTOR: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY,
PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
8

Deer Exclosure and Forest Restoration Study
JOSHUA DROSSMAN ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: STEVE TUORTO, DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND STEWARDSHIP, THE
WATERSHED INSTITUTE; ALLISON JACKSON, STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR, THE
WATERSHED INSTITUTE
Sunda Rainforest Project, World Wildlife Fund
WILLIAM CONTE ’21, WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
LUCA KUZIEL ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTOR: DAVID WILCOVE, PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY
BIOLOGY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTITUTE
Go to the Ant Thou Sluggard, Consider Her Ways Be Wise: Buffelgrass
Seed Preferences, Predation and Dispersal in Kenya Home Range by
Messor Harvester Ants
IAN JOHNSON ’22, MATHEMATICS
MENTORS: DINO MARTINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE,
LECTURER AND VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLAR, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY
BIOLOGY; ROBERT PLOWES, RESEARCH SCIENTIST, DEPARTMENT OF
INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN
Using Biogeochemical Information to Better Understand
Biogeography of Southern Ocean Fisheries
AL LIANG ’21, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: JORGE SARMIENTO, GEORGE J. MAGEE PROFESSOR OF
GEOSCIENCE AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, EMERITUS, PROFESSOR OF
GEOSCIENCES, EMERITUS; LIONEL ARTEAGA, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES; KISEI TANAKA, POSTDOCTORAL
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES
9

Fish Ecology from Ear Bones (Otoliths) Past and Present
ELIZABETH WALLACE ’20, GEOSCIENCES
MENTORS: DANIEL SIGMAN, DUSENBURY PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL
AND GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; BESS WARD,
WILLIAM J. SINCLAIR PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES AND THE PRINCETON
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; JESSICA LUEDERS-DUMONT, POSTDOCTORAL
RESEARCH FELLOW, GEOSCIENCES
Devil’s Hole: Microbial Succession and Drivers of Overturn in
Seasonally Hypoxic Waters
DANE JACOBSON ’21, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTOR: RACHEL PARSONS, RESEARCH SPECIALIST, MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
LABORATORY, BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (BIOS)
Development of Three-Dimensional Models of Coral Reef
EMMA O’DONNELL ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTOR: STEVE LINDFIELD, RESEARCH SCIENTIST, CORAL REEF RESEARCH
FOUNDATION
Hurricane Irma Recovery Documentary Trip, Princeton
Conservation Society
LEONARDO ESPINOZA ZUNIGA ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
ANNA LYUBARSKAJA ’22, MATHEMATICS
MENTOR: DAVID WILCOVE, PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY
BIOLOGY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTITUTE
10

The Automation of Fish Stock Assessment
SEAN-WYN NG ’21, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTOR: TIM NOYES, RESEARCH SPECIALIST, BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN
SCIENCES (BIOS)
Camouflage and Vigilance: The Secret Lives of Our Local
Woodpeckers in an Increasingly Urbanized Environment
JOE KAWALEC ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTORS: MARY CASWELL STODDARD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY
AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MONICA CARLSON, PH.D. CANDIDATE, ECOLOGY
AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Hummingbird Color Vision, Plant-Pollinator Interactions and
Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains
ALICE EGAR ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTOR: MARY CASWELL STODDARD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY
AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
11

Food, Water and Disease
9:05 AM - NOON
MODERATOR: AMILCARE PORPORATO, THOMAS J. WU ’94 PROFESSOR OF
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTITUTE
The Implementation of a Solar-Powered Water System for Kuria
West, Kenya
KRYSTAL COHEN ’21, SOCIOLOGY
MICHAEL FLETCHER ’22, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL
ENGINEERING
MARIA FLEURY ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MAYA McHUGH ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
KALIL SHAW ’21, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
MELISSA YUAN ’20, CHEMISTRY
MENTORS: PETER JAFFE, WILLIAM L. KNAPP ’47 PROFESSOR OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;
MAHIRI MWITA, LECTURER IN PRINCETON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND
REGIONAL STUDIES; LARRY MARTIN, RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER IN CHARGE,
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS
The Implementation of a Gravity-Fed Potable-Water System in
Pusunchás, Perú
KRISTEN AHNER ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
YULISSA CANTERO ’21, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
SYDNEY HSU ’21, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
PRANAV IYER ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
LINDA PUCURIMAY ’21, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
RILEY WAGNER ’20, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
CLAIRE WAYNER ’22, CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: PETER JAFFE, WILLIAM L. KNAPP ’47 PROFESSOR OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;
CORRIE KAVANAUGH, TECHNICAL MENTOR, ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS;
JOSH UMANSKY, TECHNICAL MENTOR, ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS
12

Potable-Water System Implementation for El Cajuil
CAROLINE ADKINS ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ELIF AYDIN ’22, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
JEREMY CHIZEWER ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
DALE LEE ’20, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MADISON MANNING ’20, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
JOCELYN WANG ’20, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
MENTORS: PETER JAFFE, WILLIAM L. KNAPP ’47 PROFESSOR OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;
NOLAN PERREIRA, RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER IN CHARGE, ENGINEERS WITHOUT
BORDERS
Diffusiophoresis in 1-D Pore Geometry
EMMANUEL MINTAH ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: HOWARD STONE, DONALD R. DIXON ’69 AND ELIZABETH W. DIXON
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANKUR GUPTA,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING; SUIN SHIM, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE,
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Evaluating the Role of Unusual Nitrogen Input Enzymes in the Global
Nitrogen Cycle
AARON NGUYEN ’22, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: XINNING ZHANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; KATJA LUXEM, PH.D.
CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES
Water Conservation Efforts in Laikipia County, Kenya
CHARLES BAGIN ’21, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
MENTOR: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY,
PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
13

Farm Project Field Assistant
KATIE BARNETT ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ABIGAIL BASKIND ’22, GEOSCIENCES
JOSHUA EASTMAN ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
WILLEMIJN TEN CATE ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTORS: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY,
PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GINA TALT,
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT ASSISTANT, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
Sustaining Diverse Income Streams in an Urban Setting: Poultry
Farming and Newcastle’s Disease in Antananarivo
MARINA CARLUCCI ’21, SOCIOLOGY
MADISON SCHWAB ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
IVAN VASQUEZ-BARRAZA ’22, CIVIL ENGINEERING
MICHELLE WOO ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: C. JESSICA METCALF, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS; FIDISOA RASAMBAINARIVO,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL
INSTITUTE
Constrained Evolution After Spillover in Zoonotic RNA Viruses: An
Investigation of Viral Evolution in Human Hosts After Human-
Animal Transmission
ARJUN KRISHNAN ’21, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: SIMON LEVIN, JAMES S. McDONNELL DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; DYLAN MORRIS, PH.D.
CANDIDATE, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; CHADI SAAD-ROY, PH.D.
CANDIDATE, LEWIS-SIGLER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS
Gonococcal Resistance and HIV Transmission in South Africa
JOSEPH PRENTICE ’22, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MENTOR: RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN, SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE
14

Mapping and Modeling Dynamics of MCR-1 and NDM-1
CHRISTINE CHO ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN, SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; THOMAS VAN BOECKEL, ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SCIENCE, ETH
ZURICH
Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans in the Indian
Subcontinent
ANNIE SONG ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTORS: RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN, SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; THOMAS VAN BOECKEL, ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SCIENCE, ETH
ZURICH
Assessing Exposure of Children to Waterborne Pollutants Using their
Deciduous Teeth
KAYLIN XU ’22, CHEMISTRY
MENTOR: SATISH MYNENI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
15

New Energy Future
1 PM - 3:45 PM
MODERATORS: HOWARD STONE, DONALD R. DIXON ’69 AND ELIZABETH
W. DIXON PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;
QINGJUN (JUDY) YANG, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE,
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Optogenetic Control of Microbial Consortia
REBECCA MAYS ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: JOSÉ AVALOS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND THE ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND
THE ENVIRONMENT; MAKOTO LALWANI, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Biotechnology for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Manufacturing
NATALIA MILLER ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTOR: JOSÉ AVALOS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND THE ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
Clean, Small Fusion Reactors
BEN ALESSIO ’21, PHYSICS
KAI TORRENS ’22, UNDECLARED
MENTORS: SAMUEL COHEN, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM IN PLASMA SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY
16

Investigation of Ash Removal from Fusion Reactors via Palladium
Membranes
CRISTIAN RUANO ARENS ’22, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: SAMUEL COHEN, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM IN PLASMA SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY, PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY; BRUCE
KOEL, PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; SHOTA
ABE, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING
Synthesis of Nano-sized Portlandite for Carbon Capture
CHIARA NILSSON-SALVATI ’22, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
JAE WON OH ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: CLAIRE WHITE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND THE ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT; MARIA CURRIA, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Unattended Mass Flow Meter for Gas Pipes
CHRISTOPHER RUSSO ’20, PHYSICS
MENTOR: ROBERT GOLDSTON, PROFESSOR OF ASTROPHYSICAL SCIENCES
Lightening Energy: An Exploration of Finance and Engineering
CONNOR MATTHEWS ’20, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ANDRES MONTOYA ’21, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
ETHAN THAI ’21, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
HANNAH TO ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTOR: ERIC MATERNIAK, ENERGY SYSTEMS MANAGER, LIGHTENING
ENERGY
17

Aerodynamic Flow Control on Cars to Improve Fuel Efficiency
JAYSON BADAL ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
ANTHONY BARNETT ’21, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
MENTORS: ALEXANDER SMITS, EUGENE HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL
AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, EMERITUS; TYLER VAN BUREN, LAB
MANAGER, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Aircraft Drag and Noise Diminishment Through Trailing Edge Vortex
Suppression
RAIDEN EVANS ’21, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BHARAT GOVIL ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: ALEXANDER SMITS, EUGENE HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL
AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, EMERITUS; TYLER VAN BUREN, LAB
MANAGER, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Helmholtz Resonators as a Small, Lightweight and Versatile Wind-
Energy Harvesting Device
HOANG LE ’22, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: ALEXANDER SMITS, EUGENE HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL
AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, EMERITUS; TYLER VAN BUREN, LAB
MANAGER, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Electrokinetics for Separation of Particles and Potential Water
Purification
LUQMAN ISSAH ’20, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: HOWARD STONE, DONALD R. DIXON ’69 AND ELIZABETH W. DIXON
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANKUR GUPTA,
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING; SUIN SHIM, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE,
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
18

Microfluidics for Soil Carbon
SYDNEY HUGHES ’22, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: HOWARD STONE, DONALD R. DIXON ’69 AND ELIZABETH W. DIXON
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; QINGJUN (JUDY)
YANG, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
19

Urban Adaptation and Resiliency
1 PM - 4 PM
MODERATOR: SIGRID ADRIAENSSENS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Adding Nanoparticles to Metakaolin-based Geopolymers
HEE JOO CHOI ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: CLAIRE WHITE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND THE ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT; CHRISTINE PU, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Methane Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants: Implications
for Resource Recovery and Climate Mitigation
SIERRA CASTANEDA ’20, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ALLEN DAI ’22, UNDECLARED
MENTOR: MARK ZONDLO, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Princeton Community GHG-Emission Reduction Analysis
JESSICA CHEN ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: ERIC LARSON, SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER, ANDLINGER CENTER
FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; CHRISTINE SYMINGTON, PROGRAM
DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE PRINCETON
A Study of Noise: How it Affects Communities and Using Barriers to
Reduce the Effects
JOSEPH COLLINS ’20, ARCHITECTURE
AARON LICHTBLAU ’21, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: SIGRID ADRIAENSSENS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; JESSICA FLORES, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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Norm Dynamics as Agents of Social Change and Environmental
Sustainability
MARIA FLEURY ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
OLEG GOLEV ’22, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: ELKE WEBER, GERHARD R. ANDLINGER PROFESSOR IN ENERGY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS;
JOHANNA MATT-NAVARRO, RESEARCH LAB MANAGER, ANDLINGER CENTER
FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; ALICIA COOPERMAN, POSTDOCTORAL
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PRINCETON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND
REGIONAL STUDIES; SARA CONSTANTINO, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE, WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL AND THE PROGRAM IN SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Solar Power Generator Market Research and Development
JOSE AYALA GARCIA ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
ESTHER JULIS ’20, ANTHROPOLOGY
ELLEN SCOTT-YOUNG ’20, ANTHROPOLOGY
WALKER STAMPS ’22, ECONOMICS
MENTORS: ANDERSON BARKOW, CO-FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF
FINANCE, BOXPOWER INC.; ANGELO CAMPUS, FOUNDER AND CEO, BOXPOWER
INC.
Day’s End — Ecological Research and Curriculum Development
TOBI AJAYI ’22, ARCHITECTURE
VICTORIA GONZALEZ ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
MENTORS: GUY NORDENSON, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE; GINA MORROW,
GUY NORDENSON AND ASSOCIATES
GuyotPhysics: Guyot Hall Earthquake and Hurricane Data
FRANK GE ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
DORIS LI ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: FREDERIK SIMONS, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; JESSICA
IRVING, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
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Oceanic Seismology with the MERMAID Project
PETER MWESIGWA ’21, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MENTORS: FREDERIK SIMONS, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; JESSICA
IRVING, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES
Fluvial Metropolis
RAFI LEHMANN ’20, HISTORY
YUNZI SHI ’20, ARCHITECTURE
MENTORS: MARIO GANDELSONAS, CLASS OF 1913 LECTURER IN
ARCHITECTURE, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE; ALEXANDRE DELIJAICOV,
PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO
Storm Surge Barriers and Jamaica Bay
CHASE LOVGREN ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
KATHARINE SCHASSLER ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MENTOR: SIGRID ADRIAENSSENS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Flooding Infrastructure in the Venetian Lagoon
ARIANE FONG ’20, ARCHITECTURE
MENTORS: GUY NORDENSON, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE; PAUL LEWIS,
PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Urban Lead Monitoring Program in Trenton, N.J.
SHOICHI HAYASHI ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MENTORS: JOHN HIGGINS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; JACK
MURPHY, PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES; NICOLAS SLATER, RESEARCH
SPECIALIST, GEOSCIENCES
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Acknowledgements
FUNDING FOR THE 2019 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN
GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS:
• Chan’s Alternative Risk Transfer and The Lightening Energy Family of
Innovative Electro Chemical Powering, Battery Ultra-Rapid
Recharging and Mobility
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• The R. Gordon Douglas Jr. ’55 P86 and Sheila Mahoney S’55 Fund
• The Edens Family Fund for Climate Change Research
• Ellis ’46 Fund in PEI
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• Carolyn and Jeffrey Leonard PEI Research Fund
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• Newton Family PEI Scholars Fund
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Student Index
Rebekah Adams ’21 5
Caroline Adkins ’22 13
Kristen Ahner ’22 12
Tobi Ajayi ’22 21
Ben Alessio ’21 16
Amy Amatya ’21 4
Jose Ayala Garcia ’22 21
Elif Aydin ’22 13
Jayson Badal ’22 18
Charles Bagin ’21 13
Katie Barnett ’21 14
Anthony Barnett ’21 18
Abigail Baskind ’22 14
Udit Basu ’20 4
Kasey Bowyer ’21 3
Sarah Brown ’22 3
Galen Cadley ’21 3
Heather Callahan ’21 8
Yulissa Cantero ’21 12
Marina Carlucci ’21 14
Sierra Castaneda ’20 20
Jessica Chen ’22 20
Jeremy Chizewer ’22 13
Christine Cho ’22 15
Hee Joo Choi ’21 20
Krystal Cohen ’21 12
Joseph Collins ’20 20
William Conte ’21 9
Allen Dai ’22 20
Gabrielle D’Arcangelo ’21 6
Joshua Drossman ’22 9
Josh Eastman ’22 14
Alice Egar ’21 11
Leonardo Espinoza
Zuniga ’22 10
Raiden Evans ’21 18
Michael Fletcher ’22 12
Maria Fleury ’22 12, 21
Ariane Fong ’20 22
Frank Ge ’22 21
Oleg Golev ’22 21
Victoria Gonzalez ’21 21
Bharat Govil ’22 18
Shoichi Hayashi ’22 22
Sydney Hsu ’21 12
Sydney Hughes ’22 19
Luqman Issah ’20 18
Pranav Iyer ’22 12
Dane Jacobson ’21 10
Ian Johnson ’22 9
Esther Julis ’20 21
Joe Kawalec ’21 11
Phia Kim-Brookes ’22 8
Grace Kortum ’21 4
Arjun Krishnan ’21 14
Luca Kuziel ’21 8, 9
Hoang Le ’22 18
Dale Lee ’20 13
Rafi Lehmann ’20 22
Doris Li ’22 21
Al Liang ’21 9
Aaron Lichtblau ’21 20
Chase Lovgren ’21 22
Margaret Lynch ’21 3
Anna Lyubarskaja ’22 10
Rimsha Malik ’21 8
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Madison Manning ’20 13
Connor Matthews ’20 17
Rebecca Mays ’21 16
Maya McHugh ’22 12
Natalia Miller ’21 16
Emmanuel Mintah ’21 13
Andres Montoya ’21 17
Peter Mwesigwa ’21 22
Sean-Wyn Ng ’21 11
Aaron Nguyen ’22 13
Chiara Nilsson-Salvati ’22 17
Emma O’Donnell ’21 10
Jae Won Oh ’21 17
Seth Paternostro ’20 7
Joseph Prentice ’22 14
Linda Pucurimay ’21 12
Zoe Rennie ’21 8
Hannah Reynolds ’22 8
Cristian Ruano Arens ’22 17
Christopher Russo ’20 17
Louison Sall ’21 5
Mench Julia Santelices ’22 6
Katharine Schassler ’21 22
Madison Schwab ’21 14
Ellen Scott-Young ’20 21
Kalil Shaw ’21 12
Yunzi Shi ’20 22
Annie Song ’21 15
Cindy Song ’22 4
Walker Stamps ’22 21
Yuri Tamama ’22 4
Alexander Taylor-Lash ’21 6
Willemijn ten Cate ’21 14
Ethan Thai ’21 17
Hannah To ’22 17
Kai Torrens ’22 16
Elton Tran ’22 5
Ivan Vasquez-Barraza ’22 14
Lauren von Berg ’20 7
Riley Wagner ’20 12
Elizabeth Wallace ’20 10
Jocelyn Wang ’20 13
Claire Wayner ’22 12
Michelle Woo ’22 14
Kaylin Xu ’22 15
Melissa Yuan ’20 12
Tyrone Zhang ’21 6
Ezra Zimble ’22 5
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