Student Profiles

David Andrade 

David Andrade is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at Harvard University. He's worked on SpaceX's Starlink, Blue Origin, and on cube-satellites on his thesis and as part of a satellite team. He is from Miami, FL and loves feasting on pastelitos, watching documentaries, and finding useless trivia to tell his friends. He is also a gigantic basketball and sports nerd, loves hiking, photography, remote sensing satellites, and volunteering in his free time.

Project: Rates and drivers of aboveground carbon accumulation in active restoration of forests with native species, and comparisons to other reforestation methods

Mentors: Anika Staccone, Earthshot Labs

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290

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Leiv Ragnar Berg 

My name is Leiv Ragnar, but I go by Leiv. I was born and raised in Norway with an American mother and a Norwegian father. I am a liberal arts math and sciences major at MiraCosta College, and I plan on transferring to a 4-year institution to pursue a bachelors in chemistry. Eventually I hope to earn a masters in chemical engineering or biochemistry and pursue a career in research. My hobbies are skiing and soccer, I love skiing and can’t wait to visit all the great places here in the US.

Project: Sensitivity of precipitation to theory of boundary layer cloud formation
Mentors: Kaighin McColl, Lois Tang
Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290

Lucy Gagnon

Lucy Gagnon attended Williams College, where she majored in chemistry and math. She competes for Williams Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, and she enjoys reading and cooking in her free time.

Project: Spatial and temporal differences in NO2 column densities and implications for geostationary satellite product applications across Asia
Mentors: Daniel Jacob, Loretta Mickley, Laura Yang, Yujin Oak 

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290 

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Avery Haynes

Avery Haynes attends Vanderbilt University. She is majoring in chemical engineering with hopes of going to law school to pursue intellectual property law. Avery enjoys skiing, reading, and trying new food in her free time. 

Project: Trace element geochemistry in Archean zircon
Mentors: Nadja Drabon, Heather Kirkpatrick, Miranda Meyer

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290

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Aidan Jones

Aidan Jones studies physics at the University of Chicago. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Physics. His choice of activity varies where he is, hiking while back home in Arizona, going to concerts in Chicago, or digging into a nice game or book while in between places.

Project: Martian meteorite, megabars, & magnetism
Mentors: Roger Fu, Sarah Steele

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290 

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Eduardo Lezama

Eduardo Lezama attended Binghamton University, majoring in environmental science with a focus on Earth systems and minoring in chemistry. He seeks to pursue a Ph.D. after graduation. Outside academics, Eduardo enjoys playing percussion instruments, traveling, watching sitcoms, swimming, and spending time with family and close friends.

Project: Characterization of ground motion decay from storms in the Atlantic Ocean
Mentors: Miaki Ishii, Thomas Lee

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290

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Greta Schultz

I am from San Diego California and am currently a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing my degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. My expected graduation date is spring 2025. In my free time, I enjoy being outdoors, hanging out with friends, and doing anything creative. 

Project: Emergency mobile monitoring for California wildfire smoke
Mentors: Daniel Jacob, Loretta Mickley, Makoto Kelp, Drew Pendergrass

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290

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Katherine Yang

Katherine Yang is from Ambler, PA. She earned a BA in chemistry from Williams College, and she hopes to continue doing research in environmental chemistry post-grad. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, exploring new places, and playing ultimate frisbee.

Project: Temporal trends in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Massachusetts drinking water
Mentors: Elsie Sunderland, Jahred Liddie, Faiz Haque

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290

Katherine Yang

Katherine Yang attends Northwestern University, where she is planning on double majoring in computer science and music, with a minor in chemistry. She hopes to utilize computational techniques to advance research on sustainability and renewable energy. In her free time, she loves reading new books, writing music, playing badminton, and spending time with her friends and family.

Project: Using deep neural networks to learn subgrid-scale turbulence stresses for large eddy simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer
Mentors: Kaighin McColl, Yu Cheng

Funding: NSF Summer Program at Harvard in Earth and Environmental Research (SPHEER) | NSF AGS-2150290