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2024 Summer Student Fellows and Guest Students
2024 Summer Student Fellows
Clara Barden (she/her) joins WHOI this summer from the University of York in the United Kingdom, where she is studying theoretical and applied mathematics. This summer, she is working with Mike Spall and Isabela Le Bras, studying sea ice thickness in the Beaufort Gyre. In her free time, Clara is a musician, an outdoor explorer, and an artist.
Sean Barnier (he/him) comes to WHOI from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he studies meteorology with minors in computer science and GIS. Working with Lisan Yu, he is examining air-sea fluxes in the tropical Atlantic using Saildrone data. Sean enjoys watching storms, music (especially classical), playing Dungeons & Dragons, and reading.
Lívia Stein Freitas (she/her) studies Computer Science and English at Grinnell College, in Iowa. She is originally from Curitiba, Brazil. This summer, she is working with Caroline Ummenhofer on obtaining and modeling oceanic wind data from old Portuguese navy logbooks, as well as translating that information from Portuguese to English. In her free time, she loves to write poetry, play jazz piano, and dance.
Blake Mincey (he/him) joins WHOI this summer from Harvard University, where he is studying physics. Blake is working with Isabela Le Bras and John Toole this summer, analyzing freshwater loss in the Beaufort Gyre from 2019 to 2022. Blake enjoys playing drums, watching baseball, and spending time with his wife (Amanda) and cat (Alfie).
Isis Ariadna Mociño Sánchez (she/her) is from the University of Guanajuato, where she's majoring in Mathematical Computation. This summer, she's studying coastal sea-level in the Gulf of Mexico under the supervision of Christopher Piecuch, Julia Guimond, and Catherine Walker. The objective of her research is to quantify if recent rates of sea-level rise in the Gulf of Mexico are faster than previous sea-level rise during the past century. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies, going for walks, visiting coffee shops, and doing various kinds of handcrafting.
Haakon Pihlaja (he/him) is studying physics at Pomona College in Claremont, California. This summer, Haakon will be working with Svenja Ryan to understand the drivers of recent marine heatwave events in the North Atlantic. In his free time, Haakon likes to hike, read, bake, and knit!
Olivia Roach (she/her) joins WHOI from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where she studies physics. This summer, Olivia is working with Claudia Cenedese, Jim McElwaine, and Alan Condron on experimental research on iceberg stability. In her free time, Olivia enjoys running, swimming, and crocheting.
Caitlin Williams (she/her) comes from Cal Poly Humboldt, where she double majors in Oceanography and Physics. This summer she is working with Irina Rypina and Larry Pratt on a project exploring the dynamics of microplastic aggregation using the Maxey-Riley framework. In her free time she enjoys sci-fi, both on screen and in books, swimming in the ocean and beach combing, and hiking in the woods with her cats.
2024 On-Site Summer Guest Students
Conor Padmanabhan (he/him) comes to WHOI from Bowdoin College, where he is studying Earth and Oceanographic Science and Computer Science. This summer, he studying salinity and stratification in the Gulf of Maine, and potential connections to marine heatwave characteristics with Svenja Ryan. In his free time, Conor plays bass guitar in his jazz/blues band, skis in Maine, and enjoys exploring new places on Google Maps and Street View.
Logan Smith (she/her) joins WHOI this summer from Cornell College where she studies Geology. Logan is working with Caroline Ummenhofer on creating climate models with Nepal stalagmite data on the variability of the Indian monsoon. In her free time, Logan enjoys playing softball and spending time with friends.
Yan Sun (she/her) comes from Ocean University of China, where she is a PhD student majoring in Physical Oceanography. Since last September, she has been here as a guest student in Bob Pickart’s lab, to study the interannual variability of the West Greenland Boundary Current from mooring data. In her free time, she enjoys watching the sunset near the sea, cycling along the bike path, or playing fun small games to relax.
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