Basement to Roof in Geosciences for the Environment (R)
Global Geophysics
Princeton Unversity
Climate and Environmental Science
Computational Modeling/Data Analysis
January 7, 2026 2:00 pm EST
Internship / Research Project Information
Populate the roof and the basement lab with geophysical (including meteorological, seismic, geodetic, radiometric, etc) instruments and analyze the incoming data stream, and render it useful for science and accessible for public consumption.
Digital data curation and analysis, simple instrumental trouble-shooting, web-based programming.
All sorts of things! They’ll learn how to acquire, manipulate, analyze state-of-the-art digital data from high-quality instruments. Depending on student background, their emphasis could become more seismic, more geodetic, more meteorological, more climatological, environmental, etc… but the point is they will be doing real science from our new Briger Hall urban science node. They will also connect to some equivalent instrumentation at the Herrontown Woods – where I’ve ran an Arable instrument for several years.
Faculty Sponsor(s) / Host Information
Frederik Simons
Geosciences (GEO)
Internship Requirements
Data Analysis Course, Geophysics or Weather and Climate Course.
Quantitative and programming skills.
Curiosity for earth and environment...
- Check out our past project – GuyotPhysics. We’re aiming to breathe new life into that from the roof to the basement of Briger Hall.
- Students are responsible for securing accommodations for the duration of their internship. On-campus summer housing is typically available the first week of June until the first week of August (details to become available in Spring 2026). If the internship falls outside of on-campus housing availability, students will need to secure alternate housing.
Internship / Project Supervisor(s)
Frederik Simons, GEO
Olivia Walbert, Postdoctoral Research Associate, GEO
Internship Dates And Funding Information
$800
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June 1, 2026 to July 24, 2026

