2024-2026 EPP/MSI undergraduate scholars

Yair Banuelos

  • School: Northeastern Illinois University
  • Major: Computer Science

Summer 1

  • Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Office of Observation
  • Project Title: AWIPS: DBGeo plug-in enhancements for Aviation Weather Center aircraft observation

Summer 2

  • Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  • Project Title: The magnetic search for orphaned wells: New method for citizen mapping

Sor Bello Melendez

  • School: City College of New York
  • Major: Earth Science and Environmental Engineering

Summer 1

  • Office: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations
  • Project Title: Evaluating power outages and socioeconomic disparities through satellite data

Summer 2

  • Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office State College
  • Project Title: Assessing the Flash Flood Potential Index in central Pennsylvania

Daryl Bullock

  • School: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  • Major: Environmental Science

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation
  • Project Title: Bubbling beneath the waves: Exploring habitats and communities of methane seeps along the U.S. Atlantic Margin

Summer 2

  • Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
  • Project Title: Evaluating nature-based solutions and shellfish research

Normandy Carter

  • School: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Major: Information Technology

Summer 1

Office: NOAA Research, Office of Research, Transition, and Application (ORTA)
Project Title: Virtual reality and GIS opportunity with ORTA and the NOAA VizLab

Summer 2

Office: Office of chief administrative officer, Facilities operations
Project Title: From shore to science: A virtual journey through the NOAA Inouye Center

Amy Deatherage

  • School: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • Major: Global Environmental Science

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Research, National Sea Grant Office
  • Project Title: Improving access to Sea Grant’s STEM educational material

Summer 2

  • Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
  • Project Title: Faulty lake, salty fate: Biological characterization of a unique tidal lagoon system in Seldovia, Alaska

Mario Escobar

  • School: University of the Incarnate Word
  • Major: Meteorology

Summer 1

  • Office: National Weather Service, Analyze Forecast and Support Office
  • Project Title: Defining and mapping aridity and semi-aridity in the continental United States

Summer 2

  • Office: National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, Juneau, Alaska
  • Project Title: Climate observation and understanding of downpours in the rainforest system

Jose Keppis

  • School: City University of New York, Hostos Community College
  • Major: Environmental Engineering

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Satellites, Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations
  • Project Title: Using VIIRS land surface temperature and emissivity to compare and contrast the effects of urban heat islands on socially vulnerable populations living in urban and rural settings

Peyton Lockett

  • School: Jackson State University
  • Major: Marine Biology

Summer 1

  • Office: Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
  • Project Title: The evaluation and evolution of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations flight hour database management

Summer 2

  • Office: NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Project Title: Synergistic ecosystem impacts of jellyfish and land use

Renediego Martinez

  • School: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
  • Major: Atmospheric Science

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Research, Weather Program Office
  • Project Title: Developing a Jupyter Notebook-based tutorial of the Global Data Assimilation System proxy application for enhanced data assimilation in Earth system prediction

Summer 2

  • Office: NOAA Research, National Severe Storms Laboratory
  • Project Title: Tornado-relative analysis of in-situ observations in supercells
     

Kalimah Muhammad

  • School: Howard University
  • Major: Biology

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Satellites, National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Project Title: Oxygen content variability in the deep north Atlantic Ocean

Summer 2

  • Office: NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
  • Project Title: Factors affecting Hawaiian monk seal survival: How data accessibility has us hamstrung

Paola Santini Dosal

  • School: Valencia College
  • Major: Marine Biology

Summer 1

  • Office: National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
  • Project Title: Establishing data use cases of Coastal Ocean Reanalysis (CORA) using GIS StoryMaps

Summer 2

  • Office: Office of chief administrative officer, Facilities operations
  • Project Title: Harmonizing place-based education with the Symphony of Hawaiʻi Seas project

Hazelanne Stuart

  • School: Alaska Pacific University
  • Major: Sustainability Studies

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Research, National Sea Grant Office
  • Project Title: A taste of sustainability: A culinary journey of U.S. seafood

Summer 2

  • Office: NOAA Research, Global Systems Laboratory
  • Project Title: The life cycle of a weather alert: Building public trust through creative science communication

Ainsley Vanderhyde

  • School: Barry University
  • Major: Marine Biology

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Research, National Sea Grant Office
  • Project Title: Analysis of meaningful engagement among Sea Grant’s BIL/IRA-funded marine debris projects

Summer 2

  • Office: National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration
  • Project Title: Tracking the threat beneath: Revisiting the RULET database

Rohan Vaswani

  • School: University of California, Irvine
  • Major: Earth System Science

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Research, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
  • Project Title: Variability of pelagic fauna in the Mid Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau

Summer 2

  • Office: National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey
  • Project Title: Mapping Port Gamble Bay, Washington, using a modular multibeam sonar system

Sophie Welch

  • School: Nova Southeastern University
  • Major: Marine Environmental Science

Summer 1

  • Office: NOAA Satellites, National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Project Title: Quantifying variability in the north Pacific oxygen minimum zone

Summer 2

  • Office: National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
  • Project Title: Assessment of heavy metal contamination in Sargassum