Projects – 2023

Proposed Research Projects

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Microscale Pollution Measurements from India

Building, Troubleshooting and Installing Weather Stations in the 5 Boroughs

New York City Living Shorelines-An Ecosystem- and Community-based Learning Approach

Controlling Cone Cell Subtype Ratios (Red vs. Green. vs. Blue Opsin Expression), by Mutating Cis-Regulators of the Thrb Gen

Understanding Sever Precipitation Characteristics in Puerto Rico Using Historical Data

Examining Air Quality and Poverty in New York City (NYC)

Aerial Drone Image Processing for Wildlife (Turtle) Counting

Machine Learning on Lidar 3D Points Cloud

Functional Investigation of Five Semi-Conserved “CANNTG” Putative bHLH-Binding Motifs in the ThrbICR Retinal Enhancer Element

Water Quality and Phytoplankton Monitoring: A Citizen Science Approach

Using Satellite Imagery to estimate Vegetation loss in Mangroves Due to Hurricane Maria

The Effects of Ocean Heat Content and Sea Level Height on Hurricanes in a Warming Climate

Urban Climate, Remote Sensing, Ground Observations and Community

Monitoring Water Quality of Inland Lakes using Remote Sensing

A Nature-based Hybrid Green infrastructure Solution for Reducing Phosphate Loads and Offsetting Microcystis Blooms in Prospect Park Lake, Brooklyn New York

Research Projects and Posters

Research Project	HIRES Students	REU/IUSE/ CUNY VSURF Students	Faculty Advisors	Student Mentors	Other Mentors	Poster
Study of Micro Pollution in India	Ileana Vasquez Virginia Lima Aishwari Paul Jai Shah	Jake Ortiz Yeshi Dolma	Dr. Brian Vant Hull, CCNY Dr. Neal Phillip, BCC Paramita Sen, BCC			Download
NYC Integrated Water Management & Arts	Kublai Ash Daren Mceachin Keila Nicolas Priscilla Osei Vasily Zaharakis		Dr. Shakila Merchant, CCNY	Sarah Maria Dos Santos		Download
Living Shorelines in Urban Settings: Promoting Ecological Restoration and Community Well- Being	Chelgis Dabashi Ida Pilozo	Anais Ortega Lesly Munoz Rokhaya Ndiaye	Dr. Shakila Merchant, CCNY	Ashley Bailey Kenneth Arguedas Adriana Lenarczy	Nicole Bartlett, NOAA	Downl oad
Analyzing the Precursors to Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Caribbean and the Main Developing Region under Climate Change	Angela Greer Danilo Evangelista	Sor Angel Bello Meléndez Giovanni Rosario	Dr. Nir Krakauer, CCNY	Keneshia Hibbert		Download
Examining Air Quality and Poverty in NYC	Natalia Huesa	Ezzeldin Moussa	Dr. Nir Krakauer, CCNY	Kevin Rodriguez	Arjuman Hossain (HIRES Ambas-sador)	Download
Weather Analysis and Visualization for Everyone (WAVE)	Hope Menachery Grace Lee Kelly Huang Benjamin Kreitzer	Charith Jayasekerage Arhum Aamir Joseph Moise Kester Todd	Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, CCNY Dr. Shakila Merchant, CCNY	Richard Rivera		Download
Elucidating the Role NeuroD1 Plays in Trans-Regulating ThrbICR via Cross- Species Bioinformatic Analysis and Experimental Evaluation	Amanda Chen Sumama Haque Angelina Ashie Adib Ummy (Past HIRES Intern)	Tassadit lounes	Dr. Mark Emerson, CCNY	Mykel G. Barrett		Download
Comparing Citizen Science with Real Time Data on Water Quality and Phytoplankton in the Gowanus Harbor	Nataly Mendez Rachel Gaylord Faith McMurren	Dr. Jenniffer Cherrier, CCNY Dr. Shakila Merchant, CCNY	Timothy (Tiaamé) Medina Carolina Perez	Nia Rene (NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)		Download