Internship opportunities in spring 2022
The Earth Institute is providing the following opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students and doctoral students: intern Served various administrative, communication and research roles in various departments and research centers. Interns work on various sustainability-focused projects at the Earth Institute. These projects provide interns with hands-on workplace experience, enabling them to grow professionally, and the Earth Institute Center benefits from their meaningful contributions.
Positions in the spring of 2022 include:
- Web-based dashboard for microbiological observatories
- Development of a portable electrochemical sensor for the retention of heavy metals and water poisons (GRA)
- Columbia Climate Dialogue
- The value of resilience
- Simulate population migration due to conflict and food insecurity in East Africa (GRA)
Apply:
Complete the available online application here By 11:30 PM Eastern Time on Sunday, December 26. Although you can apply for multiple positions, you must submit separate applications for each position.
Only full-time Colombian students are eligible to apply for internships. Positions marked “GRA” are only open to full-time graduate students. The funding fee for all internships is $18 per hour (up to 120 hours in this semester). The decision will be made shortly after the deadline.
Students selected for the position are expected to participate in the Earth Institute Student Research Exhibition in the spring of 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact David Morales-Miranda (dmiranda@ei.columbia.edu).
1. EI Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Network
Department: Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory
Expect students: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected tasks: The intern will work with PI and his colleagues in Kotzebue, Alaska to design a web-based data visualization and display tool. The interns will develop the required HTML code and will participate in a Zoom dialogue with members of the Kotzebue community to get feedback on the design and implementation of the website.
Required skills: Interns should be familiar with HTML programming and web development skills.
2. Development of a portable electrochemical sensor for heavy metal retention And water poison (GRA)
Department: Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory
Expect students: Postgraduate/PhD only
Expected tasks: The project involves the training of interns so that they can carry out relevant laboratory work and collect measurements on site. Fusion design sensor system, optimize it to the best performance, collect data and verify the system through standard methods. Students will receive some training in instrumental analysis to meet the needs of the job. Some data collection may also be required. The participation of students will greatly improve our ability to design detection methods that can be implemented in the field of water poisonous species monitoring.
Required skills:
- Chemistry or environmental engineering, chemistry and statistics courses are desirable
- Proficiency and interest in instrumental analysis
- Experience drawing and visualizing data in R
3. Columbia Climate Dialogue
Department: Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory
Expect students: Undergraduate
Expected tasks: The interns will be responsible for planning and executing three group activities, including brainstorming, reaching out to potential group members, managing the payment of honorariums, and maintaining an active network presence on the Columbia Climate Dialogue website. In addition, interns will work hard to identify and obtain resources to support the face-to-face Environmental Justice Summit (May 2022). The support of interns is essential to make this dynamic and visionary activity a reality by helping to secure campus space and raising funds to support advertising, catering, and programming. In addition, interns will have an in-depth understanding of how to best engage the Columbia University undergraduate community in this flagship program, many of whom are interested in environmental justice and sustainability topics. This will simultaneously leverage the existing interests and expertise of the Columbia University undergraduate community and promote the Earth Institute/Climate Institute into an institution that promotes environmental justice for CU undergraduates.
Required skills:
- Organized and motivated
- Some grant writing experience
- Understand social media principles and best practices
- Gain a background in sustainability and racial justice through coursework, work experience, advocacy and/or life experience
4. The value of resilience
Department: National Disaster Preparedness Center
Expect students: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected tasks: The interns will be responsible for making meeting records, managing and maintaining project resources, coordinating with team members in a distributed hybrid environment, and assisting the project director in overall project coordination. The interns will be the key support to improve the early management ability of the project, which is crucial for future success, and will have the opportunity to innovate the resource system to systematize the process.
Required skills:
Interns must be able to communicate in a mixed environment and be proficient in using Slack and Zoom. Office skills must include Google Drive and Google Professional Tool Suite, Microsoft Office Suite and online equivalent tools (SharePoint, etc.). It is encouraged but not required to have experience in using task managers such as ToDoist. If you are not yet proficient in meeting minutes, coordinating schedules, and creating file systems, you must be willing to learn. If there is additional interest (not required), interns can participate in research collection, data analysis or report writing. Encourage the ability to read and understand research-oriented letters and presentations.
5. Simulate population migration to the east due to conflict and food insecurity Africa (GRA)
Department: Columbia Climate School, Partner Alliance Program
Preferred student: Graduate
Expected tasks:
Interns will assist senior staff in assembling and presenting quarterly climate school research updates for member affiliates. The incumbent will consult with all units of the Climatological Institute and its Colombian partners to plan recently published research, ongoing research, and forward-looking research, and will develop written summaries and annotated bibliography. He/she/they will also assist the climate school leadership in organizing quarterly research updates by providing basic resources such as slide presentations and other review materials. Sometimes, interns will be asked to provide a more detailed summary of specific topics upon request. Interns should be able to meet weekly with senior advisors to discuss activities that support other partner affiliate programs, including round tables and occasional discussions with external partners.
Required skills:
- Excellent writing and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and before deadline
- Interested in familiarizing with major climate research literature and other academic resources
- The ability to organize research resources within a higher-level summary framework
