April 16, 2026
Announcing the 2026 Summer Research Scholars
Congratulations to the 2026 Summer Research Scholars!
Ten Earth Science majors will receive scholarships to pursue research projects over the summer under the supervision of SES faculty. They will present the results of their research at a poster session on August 27th. Funding is provided by the Jessup Endowment in Earth Sciences.
Thank you to the Friends of Orton Hall Committee (Steven Lower (Chair), Melisa Diaz and Motomu Ibaraki) for conducting proposal reviews.
| Name | Project Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Aiden Fuller | Supraglacial Sediment Mineralogy and Its Role in Sustaining Microbial Activity | Dr. Alex Michaud |
| Alfonso Aguirre | Devonian-age fish fossils from the Old Red Sandstone, Scotland | Dr. Loren Babcock |
| Hailey Williams | Does UZELA accelerate wound healing in Red Sea corals? | Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
| Christopher Hulse | Evaluating Budyko-Based Runoff Sensitivity in the Mississippi River Basin Using Streamflow Observations and CORDEX Climate Projections | Dr. Michael Durand |
| Jonah Smith | Calcium isotopic compositions in karst hydrology on San Salvador Island, The Bahamas | Dr. Elizabeth Griffith |
| Lily Stark | Calibration and Validation of Reef3D for Coral Morphology Measurements | Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
| Claire Loeffler | Mapping the Geochemical Transition Between Scioto Sublobe Till Assemblages in Fairfield County, Ohio | Dr. Bryan Mark |
| Morgan Leeson | Investigating Body Size Changes in Fossil Bivalves of Panama | Dr. Jill Leonard-Pingel |
| Lilly Dria | Effect of UZELA enhanced feeding on coral biomass and pigmentation of the mounding coral Oribicella faveolata. | Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
| Evan Miller | Distribution of seafloor pockmarks in Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. | Dr. Ann Cook |