People

Our group regularly has opportunities for research positions at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels.  Undergraduate opportunities are available through the Lamont Summer Internship and the EI Research Assistantship programs.  We accept graduate students through the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (apply here).  Postdoctoral opportunities are available through the Lamont Postdoctoral Fellowship and the EI Postdoctoral Fellowship programs.  Our group and the OCP Division also regularly host NOAA and NSF Postdoctoral Fellows.  Contact Prof. Jason Smerdon if you have questions about applying for one of these specific programs or would like to inquire generally about our current research opportunities.

Current Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Jason E. Smerdon

Graduate Student

Hannah Byrne

Graduate Student

Shane Russett

Graduate Student

Aandishah Samara

Graduate Student

Ibuki Sugiura

Postdoctoral Scientist

Hunter Hughes

Postdoctoral Scientist

Yelin Jiang

Affiliated Colleague

Ben Cook

Affiliated Colleague

Edward R. Cook

Affiliated Colleague

Justin Mankin

Affiliated Colleague

Richard Seager

Alumni

Graduate Students

Arianna Varuolo-Clarke

Graduate Students
Ph.D. 2023. Now an Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College

Hun Baek

Graduate Students
Ph.D. 2020. Now a Postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Sloan Coats

Graduate Students
Ph.D. 2015. Now an Assistant Professor at U. of Hawaii

Postdoc Fellows

Anson Cheung

Postdoc Fellows
Lamont Postdoctoral Fellow 2023-25. Now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University at Albany

Gijs de Cort

Postdoc Fellows
Postdoctoral fellow 2018. Now a Research Scientist at Ghent University

Justin Mankin

Postdoc Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2018. Now an Associate Professor at Dartmouth College.

Nathan Steiger

Postdoc Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2018 Now an Assistant Professor at Hebrew University

Undergraduate Students

Tehreem Qureshi

Undergraduate Students
2024 Summer intern and 2025 Senior Thesis ('CC 25)

Jacob Genek Naimark

Undergraduate Students
2018-19 Undergraduate Research Intern

Costin Dobrin

Undergraduate Students
2017 Columbia University Science Research Fellow

Meredith Fish

Undergraduate Students
2014 Summer Intern (PSU '15)

Stephanie Goldstein

Undergraduate Students
2014 Summer Intern (BC '15)

Ryan Creedon

Undergraduate Students
2014 Summer Intern (PSU '16)

Seung Hun Baek

Undergraduate Students
2014 Senior Thesis (CC '14)

Dan Amrhein

Undergraduate Students
2009-10 Research Assistant (CC '09)

Diana Chang

Undergraduate Students
2007 Hughes Science Pipeline Intern and 2008 Senior Thesis (BC '08)

A.J. Carver

Undergraduate Students
2006 NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Intern (UW-Madison, '07)