The mentor's research concerns a wide range of chemical reactions that occur in the environment, especially those that contribute to the fate, effects, or remediation of pollutants. The motivations for this research are both fundamental (i.e., to better understand the biogeochemical processes that affect water and sediment quality) and practical (i.e., developing methods to avoid or clean-up contamination problems).
This year, the intern will assist in mining and curation of data on the rates of pollutant degradation under various conditions, with the main goal of preparing a database that can be used to train machine-learning models for predicting pollutant lifetimes in the environment. Some preliminary modeling of the data will be performed using R and other data analysis software. This is a part-time internship, with the expectation that the intern will work at least 200 hours over the course of the summer.
To learn more about the mentor's work, visit his lab website.
Students must be minimum age specified by June 16. These age requirements are strictly enforced by the mentoring organization, and there are no exceptions. Applicants should be aware that on-site parking may be limited and/or unavailable throughout the summer; interns may be required to rely on public transit or alternative transportation.
We strongly encourage students to apply who are from one or more systemically and historically excluded group, including but not limited to, non-cis-gendered students, girls, BIPOC, first-generation college bound students, low-income/low-resourced students, students with disabilities, who are neurodivergent, and those who speak a primary language other than English.
This internship will be taking place in-person, as permitted by Federal/State/Local/OHSU guidelines. To reduce the risks of coronavirus exposure, mentors and interns will act in accordance with applicable COVID guidelines and procedures. Selected applicants will be required to review and sign a waiver agreement.
Please note: OHSU policy states that applicants must have received current and up-to-date vaccines for both Flu and COVID-19 (given after September 12, 2023) and have them recorded in Enterprise Health, or they must submit a declination form for the Flu or COVID vaccines in Enterprise Health. Applicants receive access to Enterprise Health during their onboarding. Applicants who decline to receive Covid-Flu vaccines must adhere to OHSU guidelines for the prevention of infectious disease.
If you have any questions about the application, website technical issues and/or this position description, please contact Saturday Academy at ase@saturdayacademy.org. Do not contact the mentor directly. Contacting the mentor directly is grounds for disqualification of your ASE application.