Intern Spotlight: Zachary Courter (USIP)
Zach Courter is a rising senior at the University of Colorado Denver where he is majoring in biology and minoring in communications.
Intern Spotlight: Kenneth (Kenny) Larrieu (USIP)
Kenny Larrieu is a PhD student at the University of California, Davis, where he uses autonomous underwater vehicles to study the dynamics of mixing in lakes and their ecological consequences
Intern Spotlight: Cole Speed (USIP)
Cole Speed will be entering the final year of his PhD program at the University of Texas at Austin. Cole researches planetary surface processes, specifically how river evolution is preserved in the ancient rock record on both Earth and other planetary bodies.
Intern Spotlight: Becca Bussard (USIP)
Becca Bussard is a 4th year PhD candidate at the University of Oregon and a returning USIP intern. Her PhD work utilizes geodetic techniques, primarily interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), to investigate volcanoes in the Cascades.
Intern Spotlight: Kayla Byrd (USIP)
Kayla Byrd recently graduated from the University of Michigan, where she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in material science engineering with a minor in graphic design.
Intern Spotlight: Ian Sulley (USIP)
Ian Sulley is a rising senior at Union College, where he is majoring in computer engineering and minoring in embedded machine learning.
Intern Spotlight: Jamie O’Reilly (Geo-Launchpad)
Jamie O’Reilly will be starting her final year at Red Rocks Community College to earn her associate’s degree in engineering.
Intern Spotlight: Taryn Roby & Kyle Albrecht (Geo-Launchpad)
Taryn Roby is transferring from Red Rocks Community College to Metropolitan State University as a rising junior majoring in environmental science and obtaining a water studies certificate.
Intern Spotlight: Addison Curtis (RESESS)
Addison Curtis is a rising senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they are majoring in chemistry with minors in geology and secondary education.
Intern Spotlight: Benjamin Miller (RESESS)
Returning RESESS intern Ben Miller recently graduated from Tufts University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physics with a minor in mathematics.