2019-2020 EAPS FELLOWS

	Noah Anderson (J.H. and E.V. Wade Fellow) is a second-year PhD student in Geology, Geobiology, and Geochemistry working with Kristin Bergmann. Noah is focused on using sedimentology and geochemistry to constrain the environmental conditions that influenced the establishment and rapid evolution of complex life in the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods.

	Lesly Franco (Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow) is a PhD student studying aerosols and clouds at MIT with Professor Dan Cziczo. She did her masters degree in fire and forestry at the University of Washington in Seattle and her undergraduate degree at UCLA in environmental science. Her background in fire and forestry will allow her to take an interdisciplinary view on the connection between wildfire emitted aerosols and their impacts on ice nuclei in mixed-phase clouds. In her free time she likes to hike, snowboard, cook good food, and spend time with her family.

	Lyssa (Elisabeth) Freese (Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow) is a second-year PhD student in Atmospheric Science, working with Noelle Selin. She is interested in the intersection of energy policy and climate, and their impacts on air pollution and health; specifically she works on future U.S. energy policy and the potential health impacts of air pollution under future climate scenarios. Prior to coming to MIT she worked for environmental think tanks in D.C. and Beijing, and completed her B.Sc. in Science, Technology, and International Affairs at Georgetown University.

	Alexandra Elizabeth Jones (John H. Carlson Fellow) is a first year MIT-WHOI Joint Program student working with Dr. MIck Follows. She is interested in using the Darwin Project model, satellite remote sensing, and flow cytometry to study phytoplankton ecology and primary productivity. Before coming to MIT, she recieved her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Temple University.

	Brindha Kanniah (Theodore R Madden [1949] Fellow) is a first year PhD student in Geophysics, working with Dr. Srinivas Ravela. She is interested in blending machine learning methods with computational physics, to automate the process of seismic interpretation of geological features and seismic structures, for application in oil and gas exploration and production. Before joining EAPS, Brindha was an undergraduate in MIT where she spent time exploring her interest in astrophysics, robotics and astronomy; doing research both in MIT and institutions abroad in Germany, Spain and Italy. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Physics at MIT, and pursued a master's degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences at EAPS after; where she researched the deep learning as a method to characterize glacial dynamics. Between her master's and PhD, she took a short hiatus from academia to work with the Applied Mathematics and Data Analytics Group at Schlumberger Doll Research.

	Donald Martocello (Callahan-Dee Fellow) is a student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography interested in studying denitrification and the nitrogen cycle, especially trace metal controls on this biogeochemical cycle. He is presently working to explore denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by using microfluidic devices to precisely control the chemical gradients the microorganisms experience.

	Joanna Millstein (Toksoz Fellow) is a second-year PhD student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program working with Professor Brent Minchew. Her research uses radar observations to address fundamental questions regarding glacier and ice shelf dynamics. Millstein graduated from Dartmouth College in 2017 with a degree in Earth Sciences with a focus in glaciology. Prior to starting at EAPS, Millstein spent a year travelling the polar latitudes as the H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow.

	Angel Mojarro (Grayce B. Kerr Fellow) is a third-year PhD student in the Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology program co-advised by Roger Summons and Maria Zuber. His research is focused on biomarker preservation and life detection with an emphasis on understanding the origins of life and the search for life beyond Earth. Mojarro received his bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences from Brown University in 2011. He later spent time on the research staff at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to starting at EAPS.

	Prajwal Niraula (Grayce B. Kerr Fellow, James Elliot Fellow) completed his undergraduate in physics and mathematics from Saint Peter's University, NJ. He then went on to his masters from Wesleyan University, CT in Astronomy with planetary science concentration. At MIT his search revolves around finding planets around late M Dwarfs as well as studying the atmosphere of these discovered planets using spectroscopy and through time series data.

	Meghana Ranganathan (Sven Treitel [1953] Fellow) is a third-year PhD student in Climate Science working with Dr. Brent Minchew. Her work focuses on how ice moves in ice streams (fast-flowing regions of ice that is responsible for most of the mass loss in Antarctica). She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2017 with a degree in mathematics and has a passion for science communication, reading fiction, and writing.

	Jeemin Rhim (Callahan-Dee Fellow) is a fifth year graduate student in the MIT EAPS Geobiology program, working with Professor Shuhei Ono. She studies the patterns and distribution of atoms in methane molecules produced by microorganisms. This information can be used to identify the source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and potential biomarker on Earth (as well as other planets). Jeemin recieved her B.A. in environmental earth science from UC at Berkeley.

	Cassandra Seltzer (Professor Patrick M. Hurley Fellow) joined EAPS in the Fall of 2018 to work with Matěj Peč on rock physics and deformation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Earth Science and History from the University of Michigan, and is interested in the seismic and rheologic properties of Earth materials under stress.

	Emilie Skoog (Warren Klein Fellow) is a PhD student in Professor Tanja Bosak’s lab and received her bachelor’s degrees in Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. Skoog is working on metagenomic and physiological analysis of extant cyanobacteria from ancient stromatolites.

	Catherine Wilka (Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow) is a PhD student in Climate Physics and Chemistry. Her work focuses on chemical changes in the stratosphere due to the monsoon and the influences of volcanoes. In her free time, Catherine is learning to sail on the Charles River and enjoys sampling the local Cambridge culinary scene.

2018-2019 EAPS FELLOWS
Caue Borlina - Robert R. Shrock Fellow MIchaela Fendrock - Whiteman Fellow Manuel Florez Torres - Sven Treitel Fellow Lesley Franco - Norman C. RasmussenFellow James Hall - Patrick M. Hurley Fellow Matthieu Kohl - Warren G. Klein Fellow Donald Martocello - Callahan-Dee Fellow Kasturi Shah - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Tyker Tamasi - Whiteman Fellow Meghana Ranganathan - Callahan-Dee Fellow Tajana Schneiderman - James L. Elliot Fellow Joanna Millstein - Theodore R. Madden Fellow Cassandra Seltzer- M. Nafi Toksoz Fellow Emilie Skoog - John H. Carlson Fellow Prajwal Niraula - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow

2017-2018 EAPS FELLOWS
Tristan Abbott - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Eric Beauce - Theodore R. Madden Fellow Patrick Beaudry - Sven Treitel Fellow Ekaterina Bolotskaya - M. Nafi Toksöz Fellow Caue Borlina - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Michaela Fendrock - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Manuel Flores-Torrez - Shrock Fellow Sam Goldberg - Patrick Hurley Fellow Ziwei Li - Warren G. Klein Fellow Megan Lickley - Callahan-Dee Fellow John Lin - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Clara Maurel - Whiteman Fellow Meghana Ranganathan - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Raphael Rousseu-Rizzi - J.H. and E.V. Wade Fellow Tajana Schneiderman - Whiteman Fellow Kasturi Shah - Frederick Middleton Fellow Catherine Wilka - John H. Carlson Fellow Jeehyun Yang - Whiteman Fellow

2016-2017 EAPS FELLOWS
Tristan Abbott - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Ekaterina Bolotskaya - Theodore R. Madden Fellow Marjorie Cantine - Whiteman Fellow Margaret Duffy - Whiteman Fellow Tao Feng - Callahan-Dee Fellow Manuel Flores- Torrez - M. Nafi Toksöz Fellow Mukund Gupta - John H. Carlson Fellow Tianyi Huang - Frederick Middleton Fellow Ziwei Li - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Jeemin Rhim - Shrock Fellow Raphael Rousseau-Rizzi - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Eric Stansifer - Shrock Fellow Catherine Wilka - Warren G. Klein Fellow Martin Wolf - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Maria Zawadowicz - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow

2015-2016 EAPS FELLOWS
Josimar Alves da Silva - Theodore R. Madden Fellow John Biersteker - Whiteman Fellow Christine Chen - Callahan-Dee Fellow Margaret Duffy - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Tao Feng - Warren G. Klein Fellow Charles Gertler - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Mukund Gupta - Frederick Middleton Fellow Niraj Inamdar - Robert R. Shrock Fellow Shujuan Mao - M. Nafi Toksöz Fellow Harry Matchette-Downs - Schlumberger Fellow Jamie Potter - Theodore Madden Fellow Jeemin Rhim - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Catherine Wilka - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Martin Wolf - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow Madeline Youngs - Norman C. Rasmussen Fellow

2014-2015 EAPS FELLOWS
Jared Atkinson - Whiteman Fellow Tom Beucler - Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellow Katie Castagno - Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellow Christine Chen - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Manuel Flores Torrez - Theodore Madden Fellow Chen Gu - M. Nafi Toksöz Fellow Niraj Inamdar - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Christopher Kinsley - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Mingwei Li - Whiteman Fellow Diamilet Perez-Betancourt - Warren G. Klein Fellow Sandra Shedd - Whiteman Fellow Elena Steponaitis - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Haoyue Wang - Theodore Madden Fellow

2013-2014 EAPS FELLOWS
Mike Byrne - Frank Fellow Danielle Gruen - Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellow Ben Klein - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Emily Matys - Whiteman Fellow Michael McClellan - Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellow Sharon Newman - Frank Fellow Shaojie Song - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow Elena Steponaitis - Warren G. Klein Fellow Matthew Webber - Whiteman Fellow Lucas Willemsen - M. Nafi Toksöz Fellow Maria Zawadowicz - Grayce B. Kerr Fellow