Summer Of Learning Symposium - 2020 Program

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 · ONLINE VIA ZOOM 

Summer of Learning 

Symposium

Summer of Learning Symposium 

Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) welcomes faculty and friends 

to the 13 th Annual Summer of Learning Symposium – the culminating 

event for students who participated in PEI’s Environmental Internship 

Program this past summer. PEI’s internship program provides a 

unique opportunity for students to complement their academic 

interests with hands-on work experiences and is designed to enrich 

students’ perspectives and preparation as leaders. 

This year’s symposium celebrates the 123 Princeton students from 20 

academic departments who worked with University faculty, 

researchers from other scientific enterprises, government agencies, 

and not-for-profit organizations on projects focused on pressing 

environmental challenges. Held virtually this year, the symposium 

provides an interactive forum for students to recognize and celebrate 

each other’s work and contributions, exchange perspectives, develop a 

shared mission, and consider practical, achievable paths toward a 

healthier and more sustainable planet. 

We applaud the determination and dedication of the 2020 interns, who 

necessarily pursued their internships as remotely mentored 

assignments. They worked with remarkable independence, 

maintained communications virtually with mentors and fellow 

interns, and otherwise overcame unusual circumstances due to the 

coronavirus, while contributing meaningfully to research and 

scholarship in areas including biodiversity and conservation, 

alternative energy, climate change, environmental policy, urban 

resilience, water, and human health. 

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 

9:05 AM – 10:30 AM 

Urban Planning for a Sustainable Future 

(pp. 3-4) 

9:15 AM – 11:00 AM 

Energy Systems Transitions (pp. 5-6) 

9:25 AM – 11:00 AM 

Earth History and Environmental Science 

(pp. 7-8) 

9:25 AM – 11:00 AM 

Food Systems, Environment and Human 

Health (pp. 9-10) 

9:45 AM – 10:50 AM 

Water and Soils (pp. 11-12) 

9:55 AM – 11:00 AM 

Biodiversity and Conservation (Group 1) 

(pp. 13-14) 

1:05 PM – 2:55 PM 

Climate Science and Biogeochemistry 

(pp. 15-17) 

1:15 PM – 2:50 PM 

Innovation and a New Energy Future 

(pp. 18-19) 

1:25 PM – 2:45 PM 

Urban Infrastructure and Policy (pp. 20-21) 

1:25 PM – 2:35 PM 

Water and the Environment (pp. 22-23) 

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM 

Biodiversity and Conservation (Group 2) 

(pp. 24-25) 

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Urban Planning for a Sustainable 

Future 

9:05 AM – 10:30 AM · CLICK HERE TO JOIN 

MODERATOR: ELKE WEBER, GERHARD R. ANDLINGER PROFESSOR IN ENERGY 

AND THE ENVIRONMENT, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 

New Jersey Future: Water Infrastructure 

SASHA CULLEY ’21, ECONOMICS 

MENTOR: LAUREN BELSKY, PROGRAM COORDINATOR, NEW JERSEY FUTURE 

Environmental Dilemmas of Cooperation in Heterogeneous 

Populations 

HUGUES MARTIN DIT NEUVILLE ’21, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL 

ENGINEERING 

CATHY TENG ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: SIMON LEVIN, JAMES S. McDONNELL DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY 

PROFESSOR IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ELKE WEBER, GERHARD 

R. ANDLINGER PROFESSOR IN ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, PROFESSOR 

OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS; VITOR VASCONCELOS, POSTDOCTORAL 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PRINCETON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND 

REGIONAL STUDIES; FERNANDO SANTOS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, 

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

Visualizing Urban Structural Violence: Ethnographic Investigation 

into the Current Impact of Historical Lead Smelting in Philadelphia's 

River Wards 

LAUREN McGRATH ’21, ANTHROPOLOGY 

MENTORS: JEFFREY HIMPELE, DIRECTOR, ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA VISUALIZATION 

LAB, ANTHROPOLOGY; AARON SHKUDA, PROGRAM MANAGER, PRINCETON 

MELLON INITIATIVE, ARCHITECTURE 

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Manual of Physical Distancing: Space, Time and Cities in the Era of 

COVID-19 

TOBI AJAYI ’22, ARCHITECTURE 

VICTOR GUAN ’21, ARCHITECTURE 

TIFFANY LIM ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

CLARA ROTH ’21, ARCHITECTURE 

MENTORS: PAUL LEWIS, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE; GUY NORDENSON, 

PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE 

AMBI: Visualizing Urban Media, Ecologies, and Sensibilities 

JAYLIN SPRUILL ’22, EAST ASIAN STUDIES 

MENTORS: FRANZ PRITCHARD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EAST ASIAN 

STUDIES; AARON SHKUDA, PROGRAM MANAGER, PRINCETON MELLON 

INITIATIVE, ARCHITECTURE 

Norm Dynamics and Rapid Decarbonization 

AMINA AHMAD ’22, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

SHIRA MOOLTEN ’21, PSYCHOLOGY 

EMILY REINHOLD ’21, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

JT TAO ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

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; JORDANA COMPOSTO, PH.D. CANDIDATE, 

PSYCHOLOGY; ALICIA COOPERMAN, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 

PRINCETON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES; SARA 

CONSTANTINO, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PRINCETON SCHOOL 

OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE PROGRAM IN SCIENCE, 

TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, AND LECTURER IN THE PRINCETON 

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; ELISABETH KRUEGER, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH 

ASSOCIATE AND LECTURER, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

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Energy Systems Transitions 


MODERATOR: ERIC LARSON, SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER, ANDLINGER 

CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

Downscaling Energy System Transitions 

IVY WANG ’23, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: ERIC LARSON, SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER, ANDLINGER CENTER 

FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; ERIN MAYFIELD, POSTDOCTORAL 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Net-Zero America Project 

JOSH DROSSMAN ’22, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 


FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; CHUAN ZHANG, POSTDOCTORAL 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE 

ENVIRONMENT 

Power-System Modeling and Post-Processing Analysis 

BHARAT GOVIL ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

ANEESHA MANOCHA ’23, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

ANIKA MASKARA ’23, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: JESSE JENKINS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THE ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY 

AND THE ENVIRONMENT; ERIC LARSON, SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER, 

ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; NEHA PATANKAR, 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND 

THE ENVIRONMENT; CHUAN ZHANG, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 

ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

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Analysis of Global Energy Infrastructure Trends 

JOSH KOLENBRANDER ’23, UNDECLARED 

MENTOR: JOE LANE, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCHOLAR, PRINCETON INSTITUTE 

FOR INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES 

WeatherPower 3.0: Solar and Wind Energy Forecaster 

YAZAN MIMI ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

JAITEG SINGH ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

KAYLEE ZECCHIN ’22, MATHEMATICS 


FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY; JENNIFER 

BRADY, MANAGER OF ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION, CLIMATE CENTRAL; LEILA 

HADJ-CHIKH, SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, PROGRAM ON SEA LEVEL RISE, 

CLIMATE CENTRAL 

Efficient Propulsion of a Robotic Tuna 

HAYDEN BURT ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

AGNES ROBANG ’23, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: ALEXANDER SMITS, EUGENE HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL 

AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, EMERITUS; LIUYANG DING, POSTDOCTORAL 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

Carbon Capture Materials: A Molecular Dynamics Approach to 

Investigating Calcium-based Layered Double Hydroxides 

FRANCESCA DIMARE ’23, 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 

Carbon Capture Materials 

KARL JACKSON ’22, CHEMISTRY 



AND THE ENVIRONMENT; MARIA CURRIA, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND 


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Earth History and Environmental 

Science 


MODERATOR: BESS WARD, WILLIAM J. SINCLAIR PROFESSOR OF 

GEOSCIENCES AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Detecting Growth Rings in Ancient Giant Ooids 

EMILIO CANO RENTERIA ’23, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: ADAM MALOOF, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; BOLTON HOWES, 

PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES 

Measuring Bathymetry Using NASA's ICESAT-2 in Andros Island, 

Bahamas 

LINDA CHEN ’23, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: ADAM MALOOF, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES 

Reconstructing Earth's First Reefs and Their Impacts on the 

Cambrian Explosion 

NISHANT SINGHAL ’23, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 

DEVON ULRICH ’23, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: ADAM MALOOF, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; RYAN MANZUK, PH.D. 

CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES 

Constraining Nutrient Consumption Patterns in the Atlantic Sector 

AZ Using Foraminifera-bound N Isotope Analysis 

MARGARET LYNCH ’21, GEOSCIENCES 

MENTORS: DANIEL SIGMAN, DUSENBURY PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL AND 

GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES; MATTHEW LACERRA, PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES 

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Reconstructing the History of Nutrient Conditions in the 

Mediterranean Sea at Times in the Past 

LINDSAY LI ’23, UNDECLARED 

MENTORS: DANIEL SIGMAN, DUSENBURY PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL AND 

GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; ELLEN AI, PH.D 


Breaking the Ice: Trends in Intermittent Lake Freezing 

GRACE LIU ’23, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: GABRIEL VECCHI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES AND THE 

PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; NADIR JEEVANJEE, RESEARCH 

PHYSICAL SCIENTIST, GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY; SIRISHA 

KALIDINDI, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GEOSCIENCES 

Theoretical Simulations of Calcium Complexes in Seawater 

SAM CRYAN ’22, GEOSCIENCES 

MENTORS: SATISH MYNENI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; KEWEI ZHAO, PH.D. 

CANDIDATE, CHEMISTRY 

Creating nirK and nosZ Microarrays to Study Denitrification 

MANDY LIN ’23, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: BESS WARD, WILLIAM J. SINCLAIR PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES 

AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; NAOMI INTRATOR, PH.D. 


Global Estuarine Nitrous Oxide Distribution 

SEAN EDLING ’22, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

MENTORS: BESS WARD, WILLIAM J. SINCLAIR PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES 

AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; WEIYI TANG, POSTDOCTORAL 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GEOSCIENCES 

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Food Systems, Environment and 

Human Health 


MODERATOR: RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN, SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR, 

PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Tracking Hospital-Acquired Resistant Infections 

MAYA MISHRA ’22, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

HANNAH TO ’22, ECONOMICS 

MENTOR: RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN, SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR, PRINCETON 

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Drivers of Variability in Exploited Marine Fish Populations 

VIKI MANCORIDIS ’23, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: JORGE SARMIENTO, GEORGE J. MAGEE PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCE 

AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, EMERITUS, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES, 

EMERITUS; FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ TABOADA, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCHOLAR, 

ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES 

Improving the Social, Economic and Ecological Outcomes of 

Aquaculture 

SABRINA REGUYAL ’22, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: ROD FUJITA, LEAD SENIOR SCIENTIST, OCEANS EMERGING ISSUES, 

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND 

World Wildlife Fund: Next California Project 

CI’ANEE CAMPBELL ’23, ANTHROPOLOGY 

MENTOR: JULIA KURNIK, DIRECTOR, INNOVATION START-UPS, WORLD WILDLIFE 

FUND 

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World Wildlife Fund: Indoor Soilless Agriculture Project 

COLLIN RIGGINS ’24, UNDECLARED 

MENTOR: JULIA KURNIK, DIRECTOR, INNOVATION START-UPS, WORLD WILDLIFE 

FUND 

Understanding Size, Scale and Diversity of Non-Conventional Farms 

in Minnesota 

SAM PATHAK ’23, POLITICS 

MENTORS: ANU RAMASWAMI, SANJAY SWANI ‘87 PROFESSOR OF INDIA 

STUDIES, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND 

THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; DANA BOYER, RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; KIRTI 

DAS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

ENGINEERING 

Growing in the Garden State: Understanding Factors that Impact 

Food Production 

ASHLEY CAO ’23, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

SRUTI CHITLURI ’23, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 

YAXIN DUAN ’23, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY, 

PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GINA TALT, 

SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT ASSISTANT, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 

Predicting Exposure of Children to Environmental Pollutants Using 

Their Deciduous Teeth 

KAYLIN XU ’22, CHEMISTRY 

MENTOR: SATISH MYNENI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES 

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Water and Soils 


MODERATOR: AMILCARE PORPORATO, THOMAS J. WU '94 PROFESSOR OF 

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND 

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL 

INSTITUTE 

Data-Intensive Analysis of the Climate-Water Crisis in India 

MISHA TSEITLIN ’21, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

MENTORS: RAM FISHMAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, TEL AVIV 

UNIVERSITY; DEEPAK MALGHAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF 

MANAGEMENT BANGALORE 

An Ecohydrology Analysis of the Stony Brook Watershed 

MARIA FLEURY ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: AMILCARE PORPORATO, THOMAS J. WU '94 PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND 

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Simulating Multiphase Flow Through Large-Scale Water Systems 

ABINITHA GOURABATHINA ’23, UNDECLARED 

MENTORS: IAN BOURG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; EMILY WEI- 

HSIN SUN, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

Mineral-Water-Organic Interactions in Soils 

GEORGE DICKINSON ’23, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

BENJAMIN HENRY II ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

YUNO IWASAKI ’23, PHYSICS 


ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; XIAOHAN LI, 

PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

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Mineral Dissolution 

CELIA ARANDA REINA ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

STANLEY CHO ’23, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 


ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; BASTIEN 

WILD, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ANDLINGER CENTER FOR 

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

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Biodiversity and Conservation 

(Group 1) 


MODERATOR: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY, 

PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

The Effects of Large Carnivore Reintroduction on Antelope, Birds and 

Parasites in Gorongosa National Park 

KAI TORRENS ’22, PHYSICS 

MENTORS: ROBERT PRINGLE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND 

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATTHEW HUTCHINSON, PH.D. CANDIDATE, ECOLOGY 

AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

Impact of Grazing Regimes on Rangeland Quality and Wildlife and 

Livestock Use 

EVE COOKE ’22, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

MAGGIE LIEBICH ’23, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

FIONA LOGAN-SANKEY ’23, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: DANIEL RUBENSTEIN, CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY, 


Reserve and Forest Restoration Study 

SAM VASEN ’23, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

MENTOR: STEVE TUORTO, DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND STEWARDSHIP, THE 

WATERSHED INSTITUTE 

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Wild About Wild Horses: What Does the Public Know and How Does It 

Know It? 

JAMIE RODRIGUEZ ’23, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 



Teaching Assistant for Conservation Clubs 

ELENA REMEZ ’23, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

CAMILLE REEVES ’23, ASTROPHYSICAL SCIENCES 



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Climate Science and 

Biogeochemistry 

1:05 PM – 2:55 PM · CLICK HERE TO JOIN 

MODERATOR: FREDERIK SIMONS, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; JESSICA 

IRVING, VISITING RESEARCH COLLABORATOR, GEOSCIENCES 

Humid Heat Halves Summertime Labor Productivity for Between 10 

and 40% of the Global Population by 2100 

KARENA YAN ’23, OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: JORGE SARMIENTO, GEORGE J. MAGEE PROFESSOR OF 

GEOSCIENCE AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, EMERITUS, PROFESSOR OF 

GEOSCIENCES, EMERITUS; SARAH SCHLUNEGGER, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH 

ASSOCIATE, ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES; GRAEME MACGILCHRIST, 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES 

Tracking the Expansion of Corrosive Waters in the Global Ocean in 

Earth System Model Projections 

CHAZ BETHEL-BRESCIA ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 






Ocean Deoxygenation and Warming Spell an Uncertain Future for 

Habitat Range of Fish Species 

YAEL STOCHEL ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 






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Physical and Biogeochemical Processes in the Subtropical South 

Pacific 

HANNE BORSTLAP ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

JESS HUNT ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: SARAH GILLE, PROFESSOR, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF 

OCEANOGRAPHY; LYNNE TALLEY, PROFESSOR, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF 

OCEANOGRAPHY; CHANNING PREND, PH.D. CANDIDATE, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION 

OF OCEANOGRAPHY 

Investigating the Effects of Warmest Tropical Waters on Hurricane 

Frequencies 

RYAN EUSEBI ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: GABRIEL VECCHI, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES AND THE 

PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; WENCHANG YANG, ASSOCIATE 

RESEARCH SCHOLAR, GEOSCIENCES 

Metabolic Pathways of “Microbial Dark Matter” Found in Thawing 

Siberian Permafrost 

ABBY BASKIND ’22, GEOSCIENCES 

MENTORS: TULLIS ONSTOTT, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; RENXING LIANG, 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GEOSCIENCES 

Investigating Trace-Gas Uptake in Chilean High Andes Soil Microbe 

Communities 

JANELLE ARNOLD ’23, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

MAE KENNEDY ’23, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

MENTORS: TULLIS ONSTOTT, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; ZACHARY GARVIN, 

PH.D. CANDIDATE, GEOSCIENCES 

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Reconstruction of Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from Ancient 

Siberian Permafrost Sediments 

DANXIAN LIU ’23, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: TULLIS ONSTOTT, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; RENXING LIANG, 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GEOSCIENCES 

Statistical Approaches to Methane Measurement 

DANIEL BAUMAN ’22, MATHEMATICS 

MENTOR: KIERAN BHATIA, CLIMATE SCIENCE PROGRAM LEAD, BP 

GuyotPhysics: Princeton University Campus as a Seismic Observatory 

YURI TAMAMA ’22, GEOSCIENCES 

MENTORS: FREDERIK SIMONS, PROFESSOR OF GEOSCIENCES; JESSICA IRVING, 

VISITING RESEARCH COLLABORATOR, GEOSCIENCES 

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Innovation and a New Energy Future 


MODERATORS: ALEXANDER SMITS, EUGENE HIGGINS PROFESSOR OF 

MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, EMERITUS; LIUYANG DING, 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE 

ENGINEERING 

Clean, Small Fusion Reactors 

ALKIN KAZ ’23, ELETRICAL ENGINEERING 

SARAH POLSON ’23, PHYSICS 

MENTOR: SAMUEL COHEN, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM IN PLASMA SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY, PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY 

Novel RF Plasma Heating for Low-Radioactivity Fusion Devices 

REBECCA MAYS ’21, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: MICHAEL PALUSZEK, PRESIDENT, PRINCETON SATELLITE SYSTEMS; 

STEPHANIE THOMAS, VICE PRESIDENT, PRINCETON SATELLITE SYSTEMS; 

CHARLES SWANSON, PHYSICIST, PRINCETON SATELLITE SYSTEMS 

Effect of Argon Addition on Plasma-Assisted Ammonia Synthesis 

JARRAD LI ’22, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: BRUCE KOEL, PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING; SANKARAN SUNDARESAN, NORMAN JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

PROFESSOR IN ENGINEERING, PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 

ENGINEERING 

Concrete Is 100 Years Old: A Historical and Technical Study 

MICHAEL FACIEJEW, PH.D. CANDIDATE, HISTORY AND THEORY OF 

ARCHITECTURE 

URVASHI UBEROY ’20, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: LUCIA ALLAIS, VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLAR, ARCHITECTURE; 

FORREST MEGGERS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE 

ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

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Mitigating Acid Attack in Sustainable Cements 

ISABEL RODRIGUES ’23, UNDECLARED 



AND THE ENVIRONMENT; CHRISTINE PU, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND 


Optimization of Vehicle Interior Structure for Drag Reduction 

MATHIAS CROSS ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

JOSEPH FENG ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 




Electrokinetics for Separation of Particles and Potential Water 

Purification 

BEN ALESSIO ’21, PHYSICS 

MENTOR: HOWARD STONE, DONALD R. DIXON ’69 AND ELIZABETH W. DIXON 

PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

Natural Capital Assessment in the Energy Sector 

BENJAMIN FINCH ’23, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: SARAH WILFORD, HSE MANAGER, BP; ANNE-CHRISTINE AYCAGUER, 

ALASKA CARBON STRATEGY LEAD, BP 

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Urban Infrastructure and Policy 


MODERATOR: ANU RAMASWAMI, SANJAY SWANI ‘87 PROFESSOR OF INDIA 


THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Creating Visual Data for the Web 

RYAN XIA ’22, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTORS: FORREST MEGGERS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE 

AND THE ANDLINGER CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; LUCIA 

ALLAIS, VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLAR, ARCHITECTURE 

Racial Disparities in Exposure to Air Pollution 

ANNIE SONG ’21, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

SARAN TOURE ’22, POLITICS 

MENTOR: JULIAN MARSHALL, JOHN R. KIELY ENDOWED PROFESSOR, CIVIL AND 

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 

Corporate Pollution Accountability in the Los Angeles Grocery Sector 

GRACE KORTUM ’21, GEOSCIENCES 

MENTOR: JAMES FINE, DIRECTOR, ENERGY RESEARCH AND SENIOR 

ECONOMIST, CLEAN ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND 

Understanding Future Trends in Energy Use 

MASI NAGDEE ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: JOE LANE, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCHOLAR, PRINCETON INSTITUTE 

FOR INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES 

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Advancing a Climate Park in the New Jersey Meadowlands 

CHRIS GLIWA ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: ROBERT FREUDENBERG, VICE PRESIDENT, ENERGY AND 

ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION 

Cities, Sensors, Satellites and Sustainability: Mapping Cities and 

Urban Infrastructure Through Data Science 

DIANA DAYOUB ’21, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 

ANTON STENGEL ’23, MATHEMATICS 




DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; MICHAEL 

MILNAR, GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY CITIES 

NETWORK 

Cities: Happiness Factors Across Varying Scales and Provisional 

Changes in Response to COVID-19 

SARAH BROWN ’23, GEOSCIENCES 




DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; KIRTI 

DAS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

ENGINEERING 

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Water and the Environment 


MODERATOR: LUC DEIKE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

Spray Generation and Bubbles Bursting 

DEMETRA YANCOPOULOS ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 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 

Oil Spill Remediation by Enhanced Turbulence 

NANCY DIALLO ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

IZABELLA MORAN ’22, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 





PHILIP MARURI ’23, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 


ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; JENNIFER 

WILLEMSEN, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 


RANEEM MOHAMED ’21, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

MENTOR: IAN BOURG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE 

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AYDAN CELIK ’23, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

NADIA RALSTON ’22, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 


ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; EMILY WEI- 

HSIN SUN, PH.D. CANDIDATE, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

Rising Bubbles in Volcanic Chambers 

ETHAN LAM ’23, MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

MENTORS: LUC DEIKE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL AND 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND THE PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE; 

WOUTER MOSTERT, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MECHANICAL AND 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; JIARONG WU, PH.D. CANDIDATE, MECHANICAL AND 

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 

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Biodiversity and Conservation 

(Group 2) 


MODERATOR: CHRISTINA RIEHL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND 

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

Indigenous Language, Culture and Land Use in Southeast Alaska: 

Rethinking Environmental Justice in America's Climate Forest 

HANNAH REYNOLDS ’22, ANTHROPOLOGY 

MENTOR: CHRISTIANE FELLBAUM, LECTURER WITH THE RANK OF PROFESSOR 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE HUMANITIES, THE PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS AND 

COMPUTER SCIENCE 

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 

KEENAN DUGGAL ’23, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 

MENTORS: DINO MARTINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE, 

RESEARCH SCHOLAR AND LECTURER, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; 

IVY NG'IRU, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER, MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE 

Responses of Corals to Temperature Changes That Reflect the Large 

Seasonal Temperature Range of Bermuda (20-28°C) 

KATIE McLAUGHLIN ’23, COMPUTER SCIENCE 

MENTOR: YVONNE SAWALL, ASSISTANT SCIENTIST, BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF 

OCEAN SCIENCES 

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Zooxanthellae Community Composition in Hawaiian Coral Reefs 

JANAYA BRUCE ’21, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 

MENTORS: ROBERT TOONEN, PROFESSOR, HAWAII INSTITUTE OF MARINE 

BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA; MARIANA ROCHA DE SOUZA, PH.D. 

CANDIDATE, HAWAII INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT 

MANOA 

Nestling Feeding Behavior and Adult Interactions in a Cooperatively 

Breeding Bird 

WILLOW DALEHITE ’22, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

MENTORS: CHRISTINA RIEHL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND 

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; AMANDA SAVAGIAN, PH.D. CANDIDATE, ECOLOGY AND 


Climate Change, Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Hummingbird 

Color Vision in the Rocky Mountains 

MISHA KUMMEL ’23, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 

MENTOR: MARY CASWELL STODDARD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND 


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Founded in 1994, Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is the 

interdisciplinary center for environmental research, education and 

outreach at Princeton University. 

PEI advances understanding of the Earth as a complex system influenced 

by human behavior, and informs solutions to local and global challenges 

by conducting groundbreaking research across disciplines and by 

preparing future leaders in diverse fields to impact a world increasingly 

shaped by climate change. 

PEI draws its strength from more than 120 members of the Princeton 

faculty representing 30 academic disciplines, whose research and 

teaching focuses on the scientific, technical, policy and human 

dimensions of environmental issues. 

PEI functions as a central resource for environmental education, ideas, 

and dialogue for Princeton faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and 

undergraduate students and alumni, as well as for those in the community 

with an interest in environmental topics. 

Acknowledgements 

FUNDING FOR THE 2020 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN 

GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS: 

• The Martha Ehmann Conte ’85 Fund 

• The Crocker ’31 Fund in PEI 

• 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 

• Luke Evnin ’85 and Deann Wright PEI Internship Fund 

• The Miller S. and Adelaide S. Gaffney Foundation 

• Gatto Family Undergraduate Research Fund 

• High Meadows Princeton Environmental Institute Fund 

• Carolyn and Jeffrey Leonard PEI Research Fund 

• Newton Family PEI Scholars Fund 

• The Ogden and Hannah Carter Fund 

• Smith-Newton Undergraduate Research Fund in PEI 

• The Yaverland Foundation PEI Internship Endowment Fund 

• John H.T. Wilson ’56 and Sandra W. Wilson W’56 Fund in PEI 

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Student Index 

Amina Ahmad ’22 4 

Tobi Ajayi ’22 4 

Ben Alessio ’21 19 

Celia Aranda Reina ’21 12 

Janelle Arnold ’23 16 

Abby Baskind ’22 16 

Daniel Bauman ’22 17 

Chaz Bethel-Brescia ’22 15 

Hanne Borstlap ’22 16 

Sarah Brown ’23 21 

Janaya Bruce ’21 25 

Hayden Burt ’22 6 

Ci’Anee Campbell ’23 9 

Emilio Cano Renteria ’23 7 

Ashley Cao ’23 10 

Aydan Celik ’23 23 

Linda Chen ’23 7 

Sruti Chitluri ’23 10 

Stanley Cho ’23 12 

Eve Cooke ’22 13 

Mathias Cross ’22 19 

Sam Cryan ’22 8 

Sasha Culley ’21 3 

Willow Dalehite ’22 25 

Diana Dayoub ’21 21 

Nancy Diallo ’22 22 

George Dickinson ’23 11 

Francesca DiMare ’23 6 

Josh Drossman ’22 5 

Yaxin Duan ’23 10 

Keenan Duggal ’23 24 

Sean Edling ’22 8 

Ryan Eusebi ’22 16 

Michael Faciejew 18 

Joseph Feng ’22 19 

Benjamin Finch ’23 19 

Maria Fleury ’22 11 

Chris Gliwa ’21 21 

Abinitha Gourabathina ’23 11 

Bharat Govil ’22 5 

Victor Guan ’21 4 

Benjamin Henry II ’22 11 

Jess Hunt ’21 16 

Yuno Iwasaki ’23 11 

Karl Jackson ’22 6 

Alkin Kaz ’23 18 

Mae Kennedy ’23 16 

Josh Kolenbrander ’23 6 

Grace Kortum ’21 20 

Misha Kummel ’23 25 

Ethan Lam ’23 23 

Jarrad Li ’22 18 

Lindsay Li ’23 8 

Maggie Liebich ’23 13 

Tiffany Lim ’21 4 

Mandy Lin ’23 8 

Danxian Liu ’23 17 

Grace Liu ’23 8 

Fiona Logan-Sankey ’23 13 

Margaret Lynch ’21 7 

Viki Mancoridis ’23 9 

Aneesha Manocha ’23 5 

Hugues Martin Dit 

Neuville ’21 3 

Philip Maruri ’23 22 

Anika Maskara ’23 5 

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Rebecca Mays ’21 18 

Lauren McGrath ’21 3 

Katie McLaughlin ’23 24 

Yazan Mimi ’22 6 

Maya Mishra ’22 9 

Raneem Mohamed ’21 22 

Shira Moolten ’21 4 

Izabella Moran ’22 22 

Masi Nagdee ’22 20 

Sam Pathak ’23 10 

Sarah Polson ’23 18 

Nadia Ralston ’22 23 

Camille Reeves ’23 14 

Sabrina Reguyal ’22 9 

Emily Reinhold ’21 4 

Elena Remez ’23 14 

Hannah Reynolds ’22 24 

Collin Riggins ’24 10 

Agnes Robang ’23 6 

Isabel Rodrigues ’23 19 

Jamie Rodriguez ’23 14 

Clara Roth ’21 4 

Jaiteg Singh ’22 6 

Nishant Singhal ’23 7 

Annie Song ’21 20 

Jaylin Spruill ’22 4 

Anton Stengel ’23 21 

Yael Stochel ’22 15 

Yuri Tamama ’22 17 

JT Tao ’22 4 

Cathy Teng ’22 3 

Hannah To ’22 9 

Kai Torrens ’22 13 

Saran Toure ’22 20 

Misha Tseitlin ’21 11 

Urvashi Uberoy ’20 18 

Devon Ulrich ’23 7 

Sam Vasen ’23 13 

Ivy Wang ’23 5 

Ryan Xia ’22 20 

Kaylin Xu ’22 10 

Karena Yan ’23 15 

Demetra Yancopoulos ’22 22 

Kaylee Zecchin ’22 6 

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Michael Celia, Director 

Katharine Hackett, Executive Director 

Emily Ahmetaj, Internship Program Manager 

Princeton Environmental Institute 

Princeton University, Guyot Hall 

Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1003 

environment.princeton.edu

Summer Of Learning Symposium - 2020 Program

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