Alex Mehta is one of EarthScope’s 2025 Science Communication Interns, working with Scott Johnson and Emily Zawacki on a variety of visual media, including videos and infographics. She is currently a senior at the University of Georgia, where she is majoring in Marine Science. She is very passionate about science communication, particularly in the area of climate change.

Beck Hufstetler is one of EarthScope’s 2025 Science Communication Interns, working with Scott Johnson and Emily Zawacki. She’s working on creating videos and articles about how scientists locate materials deep underground, and why these materials are so important.

Yurong “Riley” Zhang (she/her) is EarthScope’s Summer 2025 Instrumentation Intern, working with Chris Calvelage. She is currently a PhD candidate at Michigan State University, working the seismic structure of Tonga and Pampean subduction zones and mantle wedges, with a particular emphasis on seismic attenuation, velocity tomography, and stress drop analysis. Previously, she earned her bachelor’s in geophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Viridis Miranda (she/her) is from Puerto Rico, and is currently a master’s student at the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus. She is one of three of EarthScope’s Summer 2025 Science Communication Career Interns, working with Scott Johnson and Emily Zawacki.

Summer Czarnowski is entering their last semester at North Dakota State University for their degree in geology. They are one of EarthScope’s Summer 2024 RESESS Interns at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque.

Dulaney Boonsue and Izzy Twomey are two RESESS interns working with the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks this summer.

Juan Cruz is a geophysics senior at University of Houston. He is one of the 2024 Summer RESESS interns working in Boulder, Colorado.

Hayley Bricker and Davie Loria are EarthScope’s Summer 2024 Science Communication Career Interns. They chatted about their academic careers, their passion for science communications, and their futures.

Marc Garcia is entering his third year at University of Texas at El Paso for his Ph.D. in geoscience and seismology. He is EarthScope’s Summer 2024 Cloud On-Ramp Career Intern.