Daniel Bonilla
My name is Daniel Bonilla and I am a Junior at Pitzer College studying Environmental Analysis- Environmental Science. In the Purvis-Roberts/Fu lab, I research PM 2.5 in the South Bay of Los Angeles during 2019, 2020, and 2021 to understand if the pandemic-induced trend of better air quality was true in a highly industrialized and impacted community.
Summer 2023, I had the honor of interning at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. I was able to work in the Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling lab where I researched the evolution of pollutants after the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption.
Maia Gil
Khylah Pugh
Khylah Pugh (she/her) is a junior at Pitzer College interested in tackling issues of environmental justice and public health. Her current research project in the Purvis-Roberts lab investigates air pollution in Southern California's Inland Empire, a predominantly low-income and racially minoritized region severely burdened by the proliferation of warehouses.
Jacob Shiller
My name is Jacob Shiller, and I'm a rising Pitzer Junior double majoring in chemistry and environmental science. I work with Dr. Purvis Roberts and Dr. Fu, in their lab characterizing ambient PM 2.5 pollution from the Claremont area. Along with that I also have a project looking to identify trends looking at ambient air pollution in Bangkok, Thailand.
The summer of 2023 I also had the honor of participating in Rice University's Planet Habitability Over Space and Time REU, where I researched the impact of shale weathering on river chemistry, and the long term carbon cycle.