{"id":860,"date":"2024-06-28T20:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T20:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:12:04","slug":"graduate-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/research\/graduate-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Research Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Do What You Love, Help the Planet\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p class=\"p1\">Need support to advance your Ph.D. research on the environment or sustainability? The Wrigley Institute can help.<\/p>\n<p>We provide summer funding for graduate students working along environment and sustainability themes, or at the intersection of the environment and society. Applications from all disciplines are welcome!<\/p>\n<p>For more information about funding opportunities, contact Wrigley Institute Executive Director <a href=\"mailto:jmdutton@usc.edu\">Jessica Dutton<\/a>, or see below for information on eligibility, application deadlines, and other details.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">See below for details on eligibility, deadlines, and how to apply.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/12\/16\/meet-the-2026-wrigley-institute-graduate-fellows\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Meet our 2026 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows\"  \n>\n    Meet our 2026 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/CJ-Koch-Grad-Fellowships-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/CJ-Koch-Grad-Fellowships-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/CJ-Koch-Grad-Fellowships-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"CJ Koch, a graduate student wearing blue coveralls, nitrile gloves, and safety goggles, stands in a lab as he adjusts the pressure controls on a metal vessel that looks like a scuba tank.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Choose the Right Opportunity for You\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellowship provides professional development activities and research funding for USC Dornsife Ph.D. students.<\/p>\n<p>The Visiting Graduate Researcher Program is open to graduate students from any institution. It supports field research conducted at our WMSC campus on Catalina Island.<\/p>\n<p>Expand the items below for full eligibility information, deadlines, and application links for each opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-AfcWnr2pCA\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-AfcWnr2pCA\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellowship<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-AfcWnr2pCA\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-AfcWnr2pCA\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> All USC Dornsife Ph.D. students whose work intersects with the environment or sustainability. Awardees must be in residence at USC during the spring semester of their award year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award:<\/strong> Spring-semester professional development program, plus a $6,000 summer stipend to support research in Los Angeles, on Catalina Island, or elsewhere in the U.S. or the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications for the 2026 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellowship are now closed. Please check back in late 2026 for the next award cycle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/12\/16\/meet-the-2026-wrigley-institute-graduate-fellows\/\"><strong>Meet our 2026 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-AfcWnr2pCA\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-AfcWnr2pCA\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Visiting Graduate Research Program<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-AfcWnr2pCA\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-AfcWnr2pCA\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> USC and non-USC graduate students seeking to conduct environmental or sustainability research on Catalina Island (this program does not fund sabbatical-type experiences)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award: <\/strong>Successful applicants receive free shared graduate student housing, free transportation to and from the island on the USC vessel as available, and waived facility and day use fees. All other WMSC resources, such as lab space, boats, scuba, vehicles, and similar services, are subject to availability at <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OfFuc_Owf37pgccvpcmTqWoDd1ZXUIKb\/view\"><span class=\"s1\">2026 Visiting Graduate <\/span>Researcher rates<\/a><span class=\"s2\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Priority Deadline: February 6, 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/12\/2026-WMSC-Graduate-Visiting-Researchers_RFP_Feb-6-Deadline_FINAL.pdf\">Download the RFP &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeVuOKX8XSf4Nv1-Hu4stHok2rVxKhO7F6XxchyaB1sFDPqVg\/viewform\">Apply for the Fellowship &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--home-sequence-card-flip \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--home-sequence-card-flip\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n<div class=\"title-card-container\">\n  <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          One Fellow&#8217;s Experience\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Rucha Wani&#8217;s graduate fellowship helped fund her field research on the ecological impacts of ocean-based carbon sequestration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= \/wrigley\/2023\/09\/23\/exploring-the-potential-for-carbon-sequestration-through-ocean-alkalinity-enhancement-and-the-accelerated-weathering-of-limestone\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Learn more about Rucha's research\"  \n>\n    Learn more about Rucha&#8217;s research \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"cards\">\n\n          <button class=\"flip\" aria-label=\"Toggle Cards\">\n        <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n\t viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#231F20\" d=\"M6.7,11.3C9.5,6.4,15.3,4,20.7,5.4\n\tS30,11.8,30,17.5h-1.7c0-5-3.4-9.3-8.3-10.5c-4.9-1.2-9.9,1.1-12.2,5.5h2.5v1.7H5V8.7h1.7V11.3z M6.7,17.5c0,5,3.4,9.3,8.3,10.5\n\tc4.9,1.2,9.9-1.1,12.2-5.5h-2.5v-1.7H30v5.4h-1.7v-2.5c-2.8,4.9-8.6,7.3-14.1,5.8C8.8,28.1,5,23.2,5,17.5H6.7z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n      <\/button>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card quote\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8220;I am grateful for the support provided by the Wrigley Institute Fellows program. This opportunity has been monumental to my research progress. With the uncertainty of future climate change brewing anxiety within us, it is motivating to create work that brings us closer to finding solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n\n              <div class=\"attribution-container image\">\n\n                      <span class=\"attribution-title\">Rucha Wani, ocean sciences Ph.D. student and 2023 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellow<\/span>\n          \n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Rucha-Wani-Grad-Fellowships-320x320.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Rucha-Wani-Grad-Fellowships-768x768.jpg 768w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Rucha-Wani-Grad-Fellowships-320x320.jpg 320w\"          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Wrigley Marine Science Center\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n        \n      <\/article>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          2026 Graduate Fellows\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/9-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Akhim_Alexis_20260225_09-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Akhim Alexis\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>English<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Devin Griffiths<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cRenewed Possibilities: Toward Reimagining the Caribbean Climate Catastrophe through Short Fiction\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/4-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Disha_Baidya_20260225_04-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Disha Baidya\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n     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Feakins<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cWood burial on the Iberian Margin \u2013 carbon and climate implications\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/1-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Kurt_Castro_20260225_01-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Kurt Castro\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Bakus Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Julia Schwartzman<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cCharacterizing microbial community dynamics, effects, and interactions with giant kelp gametophytes in Southern California kelp forests\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/10-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Pierre_Coster_20260225_10-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Pierre Coster\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Economics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Thomas Chaney<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cWhen weather hits hard: How aid and insurance help French farmers cope\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/3-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Ayon_Das_20260225_03-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Ayon Das\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Megan Fieser<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cRepurposing Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Waste with Metal Catalysis\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/5-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Jaycee_Lanza_20260225_05-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Jaycee Lanza\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Bakus Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Andrew Gracey<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cHarnessing Hybrid Vigor in Kelp to Advance Sustainable Aquaculture\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/13-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Sarvenaz_Oloomi_20260225_13-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Sarvenaz Oloomi\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Santiago Morales<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cImpact of Prenatal Environmental Exposures on Early Brain Development\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Mychaela Paetow\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Economics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Paulina Oliva<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cInternalizing Environmental Externalities: A Coasean Approach to Urban Solid Waste Management in Kampala, Uganda\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/8-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Shreya_Ramesh_20260225_08-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Shreya Ramesh\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Josh West<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cThe Weight of Gold: Assessing Forest Disturbances Due to Artisanal Scale Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Saloni Taneja\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Economics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisors: Jeffrey Broadman Weaver<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cPricing the Aquifer: Groundwater and Property Valuation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/6-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Natalie_Villafranca_20260225_06-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Natalie Villafranca\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cValidation of immune gene expression as a biomarker for predicting restoration success in the branching coral\u00a0<em>Acropora cervicornis<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/11-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Iskar_Waluyo_20260225_11-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Iskar Waluyo\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Spatial Sciences Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Robert Vos<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cAn examination of the potential impacts of farmers\u2019 markets on the Los Angeles food system\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/2-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Lena_Williams_20260225_02-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Lena Williams\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Travis Williams<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cFrom Rags to Riches: The Biological Upcycling of Nylon 6,6 Waste\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Paige Wise\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Seth John<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cPlume to Policy: Advancing Equitable Marine Carbon Removal for Small Island Developing States\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/03\/12-USC_WIES_Summer_Fellow_Headshot_Iris_Wu_20260225_12-500x432.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Iris Wu\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Cameron Thrash<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cBuilding culture-validated models of SAR11 to predict metabolic response to sea level rise\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n    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Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Clay C. C. Wang<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cUpcycling Plastic Waste into Valuable Fungal Secondary Metabolites\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Previous Graduate Fellows\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2025 Graduate Fellows<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-SgL6g_7HCz\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-SgL6g_7HCz\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Josh Beckelhimer<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>English<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Devin Griffiths<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/08\/11\/symbiosis-merging-science-narrative-and-cosmology-to-tell-new-stories\/\">\u201cEcological Cosmologies: Literature for Building Unlikely Collaborations in the Climate Crisis\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Jenna Blyler<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Joe \u00c1rvai<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/09\/29\/familiar-harms-familiar-terms\/\">\u201cHow language, power, and trust influence risky environmental decision-making\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria Cassady<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Bertics Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Frank Corsetti<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cNot so boring: The potential of endolithic microboring by cyanobacteria and algae to transform carbonate mineral fabric in microbial sediments entering the fossil record\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Raquel Delerme<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sociology<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Brittany Friedman<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cSet Ablaze: Incarcerated Women as Firefighters on the Frontlines of California\u2019s Climate Crisis\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jenna Dilworth<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Bakus Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/07\/11\/envisioning-a-future-for-caribbean-coral-reefs\/\">\u201cIdentifying research and management priorities for coral reef restoration in the Caribbean\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madison Fette<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Travis Williams<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/08\/28\/closed-loop-recycling-of-wind-turbine-blades\/\">\u201cChemical Recycling of Thermoset Composite Materials\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mia Franks<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Noelle Held<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/07\/21\/global-ocean-microbiome-microbes-in-southern-california\/\">\u201cQuantifying Nutrient Limitation of Microbes at the San Pedro Ocean Time Series\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy Kampfschulte<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Spatial Sciences Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jonathan Tan<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/09\/02\/why-environmental-data-belongs-in-healthcare\/\">\u201cSpatial and Statistical Considerations in Environmental Health\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bradley Mackett<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Hutchins<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/07\/10\/investigating-the-anthropogenic-impact-of-toxic-algae-pseudo-nitzschia\/\">\u201cSeasonal Variability in Toxic Algal Blooms: A Comparative Analysis of Fall and Spring Events and their Susceptibility to Climate Change\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catherine Odendahl<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisors: Seth John<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/07\/28\/community-science-in-the-wake-of-the-2025-los-angeles-fires\/\">\u201cCLEAN: Contaminant Level Evaluation and Analysis for Neighborhoods\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyeshia Sapp<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Megan Fieser<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cGaining Value from Waste Poly(Vinyl Chloride) with Silylium Ions\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimberly Schoenberger<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Bakus Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Suzanne Edmands<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/09\/05\/collaboration-is-the-lifeblood-of-island-fox-research\/\">\u201cGene expression and disease susceptibility of the Channel Island fox\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Priyanka Soni<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Bottjer<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/07\/30\/what-fossils-say-about-climate-change-migration\/\">\u201cForecasting Future Mollusk Invasions: Insights from late Pleistocene Community Dynamics in Southern California\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zohaib Suhail<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: G. K. Surya Prakash<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/07\/23\/circular-carbon-economy-methanol-as-a-liquid-hydrogen-carrier\/\">\u201cAn Integrated Methanol Fuel Cell Process for Green Hydrogen Production with a Commercial Heterogenous Catalyst\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernadeth Tolentino<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p><em>Bertics Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biological Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Sergey Nuzhdin<\/p>\n<p>Project:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/08\/12\/kelp-restoration-with-applied-microbiology\/\">\u201cEnhancing Thermal Tolerance of Giant Kelp with Bacterial Inoculation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Vu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>American Studies and Ethnicity<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Adrian De Leon<\/p>\n<p>Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/08\/01\/war-climate-future-of-vietnam\/\">\u201cAfterliving: Development in the Ruins of Vietnam\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2024 Graduate Fellows<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-SgL6g_7HCz\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-SgL6g_7HCz\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Zak Breckenridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>English<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Devin Griffiths<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Pedagogies of Wonder: Ecology, Aesthetics, and Modern Conservation<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/02\/literature-of-environmental-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lake, the Library, and the Literature of Environmental Crisis: Reading Wallace Stegner in the 21st Century<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yan Yin \u201cJenny\u201d Cheung<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Laura Melissa Guzman<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Connecting ecological theory to observational biodiversity data: How does ecosystem stability change across space and time?<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/20\/studying-metacommunity-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unraveling the Mysteries of Biodiversity: My Journey into Metacommunity Theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Maggie Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sociology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Andrew Lakoff<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Tracing Contours of Risk: Environment and Economy in Appalachia\u2019s Natural Gas Extraction Landscape<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/06\/field-research-along-the-mountain-valley-pipeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Field Research Along the Mountain Valley Pipeline<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacob Denova<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Bertics Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Suzanne Edmands<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Does exposure to sublethal heat and salinity stress increase thermal tolerance in a dynamic environment?<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/05\/how-zooplankton-survive-increasing-temperatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feelin\u2019 hot hot hot\u2026 How zooplankton survive increasing temperatures<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daria Di Blasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Bertics Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Jed Fuhrman<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Exploring the Marine RNA Virosphere and its Potential Role in Carbon Flux<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/09\/rna-viruses-in-ocean\/\">RNA Viruses in the Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aidan Diamond<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Natania Meeker<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cFor a Better Future\u201d: Narrative and Hope at the End of the World<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/06\/20\/the-other-side-of-apocalypse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Other Side of Apocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maya Gomez<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Disentangling determinants of growth, calcification and branching in a stony coral<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/07\/08\/coral-morphology-changes-alongside-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiny sculptors with an immense job: building reefs \u2014 Coral morphology and how it changes alongside the environment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaden Morales<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>American Studies and Ethnicity<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Juan De Lara<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Techno-Ecologies of Debt, Disaster, and Dispossession in Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/14\/petro-states-race-fossil-fuels-and-disaster-in-puerto-rico-and-diaspora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petro-States: Race, Fossil Fuels, and Disaster in Puerto Rico and Diaspora<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nacla.org\/struggle-energy-sovereignty-puerto-ricos-gubernatorial-elections\">The Struggle for Energy Sovereignty in Puerto Rico\u2019s Gubernatorial Election (Op-ed)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clarissa Olivar<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Chemistry<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Travis J. Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Converting Wind Turbine Waste into Pharmaceutically Relevant Molecules<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/07\/10\/transforming-waste-into-pharmaceuticals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transforming Waste into Pharmaceuticals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juliann Panehal<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Earth Sciences<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisors: Jan Amend, Roman Barco<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Oil Spill Impacts on Marine Microbial Ecosystems in Southern California<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/07\/23\/oil-spill-impacts-on-southern-california-microbial-ecosystems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don\u2019t be Crude \u2013 Oil Spill Impacts on Marine Microbial Ecosystems in Southern California<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juliana Pinillos<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Economics<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Paulina Oliva<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: The Impact of Slum Upgrading on Natural Disasters\u2019 Vulnerability<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/23\/impact-of-slum-upgrading-natural-disasters-in-medellin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Long-Term Impact of Slum Upgrading on Vulnerability to Natural Disasters in Medell\u00edn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amber Santoro<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>History<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Bill Deverell<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Environmental Racism, Displacement and Transportation in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/06\/freeway-environmental-impacts-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-Freeway Fervor in California: Can History Point Us in a More Equitable Direction?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Maxwell Shiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Classics<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Christelle Fischer-Bovet<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: The Rhodian Epicenter: Tracing Relationships between the Rhodian Earthquake (c. 227 BCE) and Hellenistic History<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/07\/10\/energy-earthquakes-floods-food-in-the-hellenistic-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancient Energy: Earthquakes, Floods, and Food in the Hellenistic World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel So<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Earth Sciences<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Sarah Feakins<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Temperature and hydroclimate change in Utah over glacial cycles of the last 200,000 years<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/07\/30\/water-availability-in-the-southwestern-us-changes-over-geological-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate of the ice ages: How water availability in the southwestern US has changed over geological time<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n<p><strong>Yeshvi Tomar<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Chemistry<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Surya Prakash<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Improving upon iron electrodes for rechargeable alkaline batteries<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/05\/iron-air-batteries-for-clean-energy-storage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harnessing the Power of Iron: A Promising Future for Clean Energy Storage with Iron-Air Batteries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guanyizhuo Yao<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Anthropology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Nancy Lutkehaus<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: Tar Pits and Time: Unveiling Los Angeles from the Depths of the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene<\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/08\/23\/cross-cultural-insights-into-oils-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oil, Mammoths, and Museums: Cross-Cultural Insights into Petroleum\u2019s Legacy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"f--field f--image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2023 Graduate Fellows<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-SgL6g_7HCz\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-SgL6g_7HCz\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p class=\"p1\"><b>Teagan Baiotto<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine &amp; Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Laura Melissa Guzman<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cModeling the role that rapid, adaptive evolution can play in conservation decision making under climate change\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Nancy Bush<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Chemistry<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Megan Fieser<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cUnderstanding dechlorination of PVC plastic: applications to polymer upcycling\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Inessa Chandra<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Bertics Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine &amp; Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisors: Andy Gracey, Sergey Nuzhdin<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cThe extrinsic and intrinsic signals of aging in giant kelp\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Vanshika Fotedar<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Economics<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Paulina Oliva<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cEnergy policy of states: A welfare analysis of preference\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Justin Gaffney<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Bertics Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine &amp; Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Jim Moffett<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cSensing stress in seaweeds\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Kyla Kelly<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine &amp; Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Dave Hutchins<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cIdentifying signs of light stress as a tool to survey marine ecosystem health in two globally important marine cyanobacteria\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Lauren Kelly<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>History<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Bill Deverell<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cTroubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Charles Lehnen<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Biological Sciences, Anthropology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Craig Stanford<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cTortoise Terraforming: Can Introduced Galapagos Tortoises Restore Santa Fe Island\u2019s Ecosystem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Gaea Morales<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>International Relations<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cAgents of Mass Construction: Cities Bridging Local and Global Environmental Governance\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Adib Mustofa<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Marine &amp; Environmental Biology<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cIlluminating Genetic Population Structure and Symbiont Composition of\u00a0<i>Acropora millepora<\/i>\u00a0Coral in Indonesia\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Adib&#8217;s research<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Rice Rander<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Chemistry<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Travis Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cSustainable Hydrogen and Fertilizer from Ethanol\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Obin Sturm<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Earth Sciences<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Sam Silva<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cData-driven discovery of symmetries and conserved properties in air quality models\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Leah Tieger<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>English<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: David St. John<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cRain, Wind, Wildfire Ash: The Santa Susana Field Lab and Community Risk Perceptions\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Ann Tran<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sonosky Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>American Studies<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: George Sanchez<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cThe Ocean Remembers: A Transpacific History of the Fishing Boat\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Rucha Wani<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Earth Sciences<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Will Berelson<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cThe Fate of Marine Particles during Carbon Sequestration\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Aviva Wolf-Jacobs<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Spatial Sciences<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: John Wilson<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cScoring the Cooling Potential of Public Parks in Metropolitan Los Angeles: A Geospatial Analysis\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-SgL6g_7HCz\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2022 Graduate Fellows<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-SgL6g_7HCz\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-SgL6g_7HCz\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Thabassum Ahammad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Stephen Bradforth<\/p>\n<p>Project: &#8220;Photocatalytic Systems for Generating Solar Fuels&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melody Aleman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Jed Fuhrman<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cSize Matters: Exploring the potential contribution of marine particles to total virus production\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inessa Chandra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Andy Gracey<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cTime to Dive into Kelp\u201d (Kelp circadian rhythms)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yema Conteh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: W\u00e4ndi Bruine de Bruin<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cLos Angeles County Residents\u2019 Experience with Extreme Heat and Climate Change Concern\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ran Duan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Dave Hutchins<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cLong-term physiological and transcriptomic adaption of marine cyanobacterium\u00a0<i>Crocosphaera watsonii<\/i>\u00a0to iron limitation and ocean warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lanja Karadaghi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Richard Brutchey<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cRecycling Ionic Liquids for Sustainable Manufacturing of Nanomaterials\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lauren Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>History<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Bill Deverell<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cImperiled Landscapes: The History of Environmental Harm and Advocacy in the Owens Valley\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ Koch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: GK Surya Prakash<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cIntegrated Carbon Capture and Conversion to Renewable Fuels and Feedstocks with Heterogeneous Catalysts\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophia Kosloski<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Megan Fieser<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cDesigning Rare Earth Metal Catalysts for the Synthesis of Recyclable Rubbers\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lauren Lutzke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Joe \u00c1rvai<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cFake news interventions: Can inducing certain emotions reduce one\u2019s likelihood of spreading misinformation about climate change online?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Olivares-Zambrano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cFine scale genetic differentiation in\u00a0<i>Breviolum muscatenei\u00a0<\/i>endosymbionts of Anthopleura spp. along the intertidal\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danny Osorio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Laura Gomez-Consarnau<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cSun loving bacteria in the ocean-air interphase\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maria Ruggeri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Bertics Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Marine and Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cThermal variability and symbiosis in the intertidal\u00a0\u2013\u00a0How anemones and their algal partners deal with extreme environments\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Samuel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Advisor: Smaranda Marinescu<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Project: \u201cClosing the Carbon Cycle: Renewably Converting CO2 for Energy Storage\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sara Spears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Sri Narayan<\/p>\n<p>Project: \u201cIron Electrodeposition from an Aqueous Sulfate Bath\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component 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