Dr. Shakila Merchant serves as a Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF funded GEO REU Network, along with NCAR PI, Dr. Valerie Sloan and Co-PI Dr. Samaiyah Farid

Dr. Shakila Merchant, CUNY CREST HIRES Director and NCAR members, Dr. Valerie Sloan, Director of REU-GEO Network and Dr. Samayiah Farid, Scientist, UCAR, received the NSF REU GeoNetwork funding (2023-2026). Funded by NSF for several years, the new funding aims to continue providing valuable resources to the GEO REU PIs and particularly new REU PIs and organize an annual GEO REU workshop in 2024. This NCAR initiative/network produces resources that help in effective execution of the REU internship in STEM and thus providing students a rich research experience.  

In her role, Dr. Merchant looks forward to working with Dr. Sloan and Dr. Farid, in further supporting and strengthening the GEO REU PI community network and conducting the annual GEO REU PI workshop in  Fall 2024.