COHORT 4
Angel Armena, UTEP
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Nora Cuvelier, UTEP
Environmental Science and Engineering
Enrique Garcia, UTEP
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jose Hernandez, UTEP
Biological Sciences
Richard Monge, CCNY
Physics
Laura Rivas, CCNY
Geography/Earth and Environmental Science
COHORT 3
Maribel Baeza, UTEP
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Juan Fernandez, UTEP
Environmental Science and Engineering
Jorge Guerrero, CCNY
Electrical Engineering
Rose Jimenez, CCNY
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Kathleen Schaeffer, UTEP
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Olga Soto, UTEP
Biological Sciences
COHORT 2
Victor M Garcia, UTEP
Civil Engineering
Jane K Martinez, UTEP
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Katalina Salas, UTEP
Environmental Science and Engineering
Ashley N Payan, UTEP
Biological Sciences
Joan Gomez, UTEP
Mechanical Engineering
Eder Herrera, UTEP
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Alana Menendez, UTEP
Earth and Environmental Sciences
COHORT 1
Biology
PhD doctoral student, 3rd year
Research Advisor: Dr. Ana Carnaval
Research title: Climate change effects on the reproductive phenology of Amazonian flora
Adrian Diaz Fortich, CCNY
Electrical Engineering
PhD doctoral student, 3rd year
Research Advisor: Dr. Fred Moshary
Research title: High Resolution Remote Sensing of Pollution and Emissions in Urban areas
David Melecio-Vazquez, CCNY
Mechanical Engineering
PhD doctoral student, 4rd year
Research Advisor: Dr. Jorge E. Gonzalez
Research title: Development of Improved Boundary-Layer Parameterizations for High-Resolution Weather Forecasting for New York City
Anna Piña, UTEP
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
PhD doctoral student, 2nd year
Research Advisor: Dr. Vanessa Lougheed – Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences
Research title: Advancing wetland restoration and education using aquatic macroinvertebrates
Joanne Moyer, UTEP
Civil Engineering
PhD doctoral student, 3rd year
Research Advisor: Dr. Adeeba Raheem – Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering
Research title: Assessing El Paso’s Infrastructure Sustainability Through Calculating Indices Using Study Areas That Represent Various Needs and Characteristics of the City and Displaying the Results in a GIS Mapping System to Be Used as a Decision-Making Tool
