Written by: Kanchanak Khat, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow Across the vast Pacific Ocean, at a distance of about 8746 miles from the United States of America lies Cambodia, my home …
A Journey to Atmospheric Chemistry
Written by: Vanessa Valdez, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow I am a fourth year B.S. Biochemistry major set to graduate in the fall. I have previous research experience in an atmospheric …
Connecting Aerosol Particle Fluorescence to Life Extension
Written by: Farah Bharambeygui, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow I come from a family of doctors where education and productivity is very important. I have 4 Associates from Imperial Valley College in …
Ice Cloud Formation in an Evolving Climate
Written by: Samantha Greeney, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow Growing up I have always been curious of the earth around me, especially the weather. Actually, I was kind of afraid of …
Measuring Carbon Dioxide to Tackle Environmental Pollution
Written by: Antonio Arreguin, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow Initially, as a community college student at Santa Ana College, my goal was to pursue pharmaceuticals/medical engineering as a career path. As …
Piecing Together Chemical Compounds and Climate Change
Written by: Jena Herbst, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow Growing up, I was always intrigued by puzzles and how challenging they can be when trying to fit all the right pieces …
Looking to m-DOM as a Trap for Greenhouse Gases
Written by: Mauricio Agurcia, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow I’ve always been interested in helping the world become a safe and enjoyable place for people to live in and I realized …
Moving from the Deep Sea to the Marine Boundary Layer
Written by: Claire Andrade, CAICE 2022 Science Communication Fellow If someone had told me a few years ago that I would end up working on a creative science communication project …
Finding an Affinity for Chemistry
Written by: Elizabeth Pogue, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow My academic journey began 16 years ago when I went to Cal State University San Marcos after high school to study psychology. …
Life, Research and Delicious Ambiguity
Written by: Julia Niehoff, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow “I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a …