Basement to Roof in Geosciences for the Environment (R)

Organization / Research Group

Global Geophysics

Location of Internship

Princeton Unversity

Research Topic

Climate and Environmental Science

Research Activity

Computational Modeling/Data Analysis

Deadline

January 7, 2026 2:00 pm EST

Internship / Research Project Information

Internship / Project Description

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.

Student's role and responsibilities

Digital data curation and analysis, simple instrumental trouble-shooting, web-based programming.

Internship / project learning objectives

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

Faculty Name

Frederik Simons

Host Unit(s)

Geosciences (GEO)

Website(s)

www.frederik.net

Internship Requirements

Academic background and any course prerequisites

Data Analysis Course, Geophysics or Weather and Climate Course.

Technical skills

Quantitative and programming skills.

Equipment

Curiosity for earth and environment...

Additional information about the internship / project
  • 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)

Primary supervisor

Frederik Simons, GEO

Additional supervisor

Olivia Walbert, Postdoctoral Research Associate, GEO

Internship Dates And Funding Information

Weekly stipend

$800

Number of positions available

2

Number of weeks

8

Tentative dates

June 1, 2026 to July 24, 2026

Application Information

Deadline

January 7, 2026 2:00 pm EST

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