Program: Student Career Program

Position Student Assistant in Geodetic Data Services About Rachel Rachel received her M.Sc in Geological Sciences from the University of California at Riverside (UCR) in March 2019. The focus of Rachel’s research at UCR was to better understand the relationship between geothermal power production and surface deformation at The Geysers geothermal field in northern California. … Continued

Position Student Assistant in Geodetic Data Services About Lisa Lisa is currently working on a PhD in Geosciences from the University of Arizona and earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Environmental Science from University of Maryland – Baltimore in 2015. During a 2014 Southern California Earthquake Center Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SCEC SURE) internship, she … Continued

Position Student Assistant in Geodetic Data Services About Sara (she/her) Sara is a Ph.D. candidate in Geoscience studying at the University of Miami. She is originally from Iran and came to the US in 2017. She completed her bachelor as a Geomatics engineer and studied Remote Sensing as her master in Iran. She found her … Continued

Position Data Technician Intern – OpenTopography About Nat (he/him) Nat has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Studio Art from The Colorado College, and a masters degree in Data Visualization and Analysis from Pratt Institute. This summer during his time with OpenTopography, he worked on a new user tool to generate contour lines from … Continued

Position Data Technician Intern About Jordan (she/her) Jordan recently returned to her hometown of Santa Fe, NM after completing her Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science at Skidmore College. As an avid rock climber, hiker, and general outdoor enthusiast, she hopes to use her academic skillset to understand, protect, and preserve the Earth. After … Continued

Position Data Technician Intern (2021), Student Assistant in Geodetic Data Services (2020) About Cassie (she/her) Cassie graduated in 2019 with a BS in Geosciences from her hometown university, Penn State, and is currently a PhD candidate in Geophysics at the University of Arizona. Her unfailing interest in the world around her aptly explains her choice … Continued

Position Software Developer Intern About Levi (he/him) Levi is a Junior at Colorado State University, studying Computer Science. He grew up in Colorado, and moved back after 4 years in the US Army. Levi is helping update the State-of-Heath system and migrating it to new hardware. He spends his free time with his cat, biking, … Continued

Position Communications Intern About Courtenay (she/her) Courtenay is in an M.S program at University of Montana for Geophysics and Seismology. She grew up in a small town in North Idaho before obtaining her B.S in Environmental Sciences at Oregon State University. She hopes to pursue her Ph.D in Volcanology at the University of Alaska after … Continued

Position Data Technician Intern About Ian (he/him) Ian is an undergraduate student at Union College majoring in computer engineering and minoring in embedded machine learning. This summer Ian is working with the UNAVCO web services team to lift current infrastructure into the cloud. Ian is responsible for transitioning the image database used by field engineers … Continued

Position Data Science Intern – OpenTopography About Cole (he/him) Cole is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Quantitative Clastics Laboratory at the Bureau of Economic Geology. He uses a variety of remote sensing methods and field data to … Continued