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Summer Fellows

HEI is pleased to announce the 2024 cohort of summer fellows.

Alejandro Jimenez:
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentor: Daniel Carrión, Yale University

Nikki Capinpin:
Summer Fellow / 2024
Boston University

Mentor: Jon Levy, Boston University

Nikki Capinpin
Julia Godinez:
Summer Fellow / 2024
San Diego State University

Mentor: Regan Patterson, University of California, Los Angeles

Julia Godinez
Marta Symkowick:
Summer Fellow / 2024
Williams College

Mentor: Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Columbia University

Marta Symkowick
Vivian McNally:
Summer Fellow / 2024
California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo

Mentor: Colleen Rosales, OpenAQ

Vivian McNally
Ava Grace Carfaro:
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mentor: Robin Dodson, Silent Spring Institute

Ava Grace Carfaro
Melissa Retana:
Summer Fellow / 2024
Wellesley College

Mentor: Jun Wu, University of California, Irvine

Melissa Retana
Chelsea Lam:
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of California, Berkeley

Mentor: Ted Russell, Georgia Institute of Technology

Chelsea Lam

2023 Fellows

Diana Abigail Cantoran-Perez: Santa Ana Children’s Lead Exposure Study and Air Quality in Merced, CA
University of California, Berkeley
Mentor: Jun Wu, University of California, Irvine

Thomas Elijah Ealey: Excessive Heat in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia
Savannah State University
Mentor: Yang Liu, Emory University

Andrew Gallego: Characterizing Sources of Air Pollution via Enhancement Ratios
Boston University
Mentor: Sally Pusede, University of Virginia

Alyssa Aminata Kamara: Contra Costa Air Pollution Pregnancy Study and the Central California Environmental Justice Network
University at Albany
Mentor: Yanelli Nunez, PSE Healthy Energy

Kai Kibilko: Indoor Air Pollution Disparities in Low-income Housing and Redlining-based Exposure Disparities
Brandeis University
Mentor: Jon Levy, Boston University

Kyara Ralliford: Evaluating Intimate Care Products
Columbia University
Mentor: Robin Dodson, Silent Spring Institute

Lawrence Tran: Spatial Distribution of Microplastics and Socioeconomic Status
University of California, Los Angeles
Mentor: Regan Patterson University of California, Los Angeles

The HEI Summer Fellowship is presented in partnership with

With support from individual donors and