{"id":1933,"date":"2023-01-24T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2024-07-19T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:41:57","slug":"meet-the-2023-wrigley-institute-graduate-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2023\/01\/24\/meet-the-2023-wrigley-institute-graduate-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2023 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Meet the 2023 Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Kathryn Royster <\/strong>\n \n January 24, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies announces the selection of its 2023 cohort of Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows. This year\u2019s Fellows are Ph.D. students from disciplines across the\u00a0USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences<\/a>. All are tackling questions of the environment and sustainability, whether through traditionally associated fields such as marine biology and chemistry or less common fields such as history and economic policy.<\/p>\n

Throughout the spring semester, Fellows will participate in leadership and networking activities designed to help them learn more about professional development topics such as inclusive mentoring, diverse career paths, and communicating their research to the public. Each Fellow will then receive a stipend to help support the continuation of their Ph.D. research through the summer. Fellows will complete their field experiences on USC\u2019s main Los Angeles campus, at the\u00a0Wrigley Marine Science Center<\/a>\u00a0on Catalina Island, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellowship >><\/a><\/p>\n

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Meet the 2023 Fellows<\/h2>\n

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Teagan Baiotto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Marine & Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Laura Melissa Guzman<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cModeling the role that rapid, adaptive evolution can play in conservation decision making under climate change\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nancy Bush<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Megan Fieser<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cUnderstanding dechlorination of PVC plastic: applications to polymer upcycling\u201d<\/p>\n

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Inessa Chandra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bertics Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Marine & Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisors: Andy Gracey, Sergey Nuzhdin<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cThe extrinsic and intrinsic signals of aging in giant kelp\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vanshika Fotedar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Economics<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Paulina Oliva<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cEnergy policy of states: A welfare analysis of preference\u201d<\/p>\n

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Justin Gaffney<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bertics Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Marine & Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Jim Moffett<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cSensing stress in seaweeds\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kyla Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Marine & Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Dave Hutchins<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cIdentifying signs of light stress as a tool to survey marine ecosystem health in two globally important marine cyanobacteria\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lauren Kelly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

History<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Bill Deverell<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cTroubled Waters: A Post-1930 Environmental History of the Owens Valley\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charles Lehnen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Biological Sciences, Anthropology<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Craig Stanford<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cTortoise Terraforming: Can Introduced Galapagos Tortoises Restore Santa Fe Island\u2019s Ecosystem?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gaea Morales<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

International Relations<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cAgents of Mass Construction: Cities Bridging Local and Global Environmental Governance\u201d<\/p>\n

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Adib Mustofa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Marine & Environmental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Carly Kenkel<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cIlluminating Genetic Population Structure and Symbiont Composition of\u00a0Acropora millepora<\/em>\u00a0Coral in Indonesia\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rice Rander<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Travis Williams<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cSustainable Hydrogen and Fertilizer from Ethanol\u201d<\/p>\n

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Obin Sturm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Sam Silva<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cData-driven discovery of symmetries and conserved properties in air quality models\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leah Tieger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

English<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: David St. John<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cRain, Wind, Wildfire Ash: The Santa Susana Field Lab and Community Risk Perceptions\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ann Tran<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonosky Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

American Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: George Sanchez<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cThe Ocean Remembers: A Transpacific History of the Fishing Boat\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rucha Wani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Earth Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: Will Berelson<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cThe Fate of Marine Particles during Carbon Sequestration\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aviva Wolf-Jacobs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrigley Institute Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n

Spatial Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n

Advisor: John Wilson<\/p>\n

Project: \u201cScoring the Cooling Potential of Public Parks in Metropolitan Los Angeles: A Geospatial Analysis\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellows are generously funded through the USC Dornsife Wrigley Institute Graduate Fellowship, the Victoria J. Bertics Graduate Fellowship Fund, and the Diane Sonosky Montgomery and Jerol Sonosky Graduate Fellowship for Environmental Sustainability Research.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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