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Summer Fellows
HEI is pleased to announce the 2024 cohort of summer fellows.
Alejandro Jimenez: Exploring the Role of Urban Planning and Development on Environmental Exposure Disparities
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of California, Los Angeles
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of California, Los Angeles
Mentor: Daniel Carrión, Yale University
Avery Matthews: Predictions of Air Pollutant Concentrations from Multiple Existing Emission Sources in Mebane, NC and Added Impact of a New Mega-Service Station
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mentor: Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, North Carolina State University
Julia Godinez: Developing the Leimert Park Community Air Monitoring Network
Summer Fellow / 2024
San Diego State University
Summer Fellow / 2024
San Diego State University
Mentor: Regan Patterson, University of California, Los Angeles
Marta Symkowick: Community Severance Index Expansion
Summer Fellow / 2024
Williams College
Summer Fellow / 2024
Williams College
Mentor: Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Columbia University
Vivian McNally: Serving our Communities through Open Air Quality Data
Summer Fellow / 2024
California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo
Summer Fellow / 2024
California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo
Mentor: Colleen Rosales, OpenAQ
Ava Grace Carfaro: Identity and Hair Care Product Choices: Evaluating Brand Preferences and Potential Chemical Exposures
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mentor: Robin Dodson, Silent Spring Institute
Melissa Retana: Data Collection and Community Engagement Integration in Santa Ana, CA
Summer Fellow / 2024
Wellesley College
Summer Fellow / 2024
Wellesley College
Mentor: Jun Wu, University of California, Irvine
Chelsea Lam: Evaluating Health Exposures and Impact of Emission Sources Using Air Quality Data
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of California, Berkeley
Summer Fellow / 2024
University of California, Berkeley
Mentor: Ted Russell, Georgia Institute of Technology
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
