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Intern Spotlight: Dylan Bond (Geo-Launchpad)

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Dylan Bond is one of EarthScope’s Summer 2025 Geo-Launchpad interns. Working at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology, his project focuses on researching seismic background noise in southeastern New Mexico.

Intern Spotlight: Nini Markhvashvili (RESESS)

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Nini Markhvashvili is one of EarthScope’s Summer 2025 RESESS interns. She is a recent graduate of Binghamton University, graduating with a degree in Environmental Geology. She is currently studying station data to observe crustal structures in the Alaska region.

Intern Spotlight: Danielle Kinkel (Student Careers)

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Danielle Kinkel is EarthScope’s Summer 2025 Education and Data Resources Intern, and is currently a PhD candidate in geophysics at the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada-Reno. Her work focuses on exploring existing educational materials and enhancing it for educators.

Intern Spotlight: Aurora Byrd (Geo-Launchpad)

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Aurora Byrd is one of EarthScope’s Summer 2025 Geo-Launchpad Interns. Her project focuses on Lake Cretaceous heavy mineral beach deposits in northern New Mexico. She is currently a rising sophomore at Austin Community College.

Intern Spotlight: Rebecca Merber (RESESS)

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Rebecca Merber is one of EarthScope’s Summer 2025 RESESS Interns. Her project focuses on using machine learning to locate the magma chamber of the Akutan volcano. She is currently a rising senior at Michigan State University.

Intern Spotlight: James Genero (RESESS)

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James Genero is one of EarthScope’s Summer 2025 RESESS Interns, working with Dr. Kellie Wall. He’s interning at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory studying volcanology and geochemistry.

Intern Spotlight: Erfan Horeh (Student Careers)

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Erfan Horeh is a Ph.D. student in Oceanography at the University of Washington, specializing in underwater acoustics and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). His research focuses on using fiber-optic sensing to investigate ocean noise and marine environments. He holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran.

Intern Spotlight: Asif Ashraf (Student Careers)

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Asif Ashraf (he/him) is the Summer 2025 Cloud On-Ramp intern at EarthScope, working with Tammy Bravo and Sarah Wilson. He is currently pursuing a PhD in geophysics at the University of Oregon, where his primary research focuses on high-resolution seismic tomography imaging of the Cascadia subduction zone.

Intern Spotlight: Alex Mehta (Student Careers)

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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.