Summer Internship Series 2012

Welcome to the summer internship series of 2012! Follow 9 Scientista bloggers through their summer internships to catch a glimpse of what it is like to be a scientista^TM. 

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Meet the Bloggers!

Using the Hubble Telescope to Discover Elements of Interest
Blogger Rabeea Ahmed 

The Internship: Astrophysics
Join Rabeea as she assesses the fascinating data accumulated over the years by the Hubble Legacy Archive. Her duties are to focus on data-quality assessment and incorporate her loves of astrophysics and computer science.  
Meet the Scientista
Rabeea Ahmed is an Astrophysics and Computer Science major at Harvard College. 

You Think What You Eat: Link between malnutrition, DNA and mental health
Blogger Riana Balahadia

The internship: Global/Public Health
Riana is researching the link between malnutrition and epigenetics to mental health under Dr. Janina R. Galler of the Barbados Nutrition Study (BNS) the SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) Program hosted by the Global Health Institute. Read her blog!
Meet the Scientista:
Riana Balahadia is a rising junior and pre-med studying Human Evolutionary Biology with a secondary in Global Health & Health Policy at Harvard University. 

India Presents: A "New World Symphony" 
Blogger Shaira Bhanji

The internship: Global/Public Health
Join Shaira during her research fellowship at St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore, India. The internship’s focus: malnutrition. Shaira’s main interest is the cross-section between science and business...so follow her adventures in India as she creates her “new world symphony”!
Meet the Scientista:
Shaira Bhanji is a junior at Harvard, where she is the Scientista Foundation Harvard Chapter Director and is concentrating in Economics with a secondary in Global Health/Health Policy.

Science Heals: A Summer of Global Health Research
Blogger Nzuekoh Nchinda 

The Internship: Global Health
Through the Harvard Global Health Institute, Nzuekoh Nchinda will study diseases that afflict many third world countries with the goal of using the information to work in hospitals in her native Cameroon upon graduation. Join her in the lab as she investigates these diseases at the molecular level by reading her blog!

Meet the Scientista 
Nzuekoh Nchinda is a rising junior at Harvard College, majoring in chemistry and working towards a secondary field in Global Health. This summer, she is interning at Dr. Sarah Fortune's tuberculosis laboratory at the Harvard School of Public Health.

18.085: My Summer at MIT
Amy Beth Prager

The Internship: Mathematics/ Summer Coursework
Amy Beth Prager is spending her summer in the mathematics department of MIT. She is pursuing coursework in applied numerical methods, taking a class known as 18.085, Computational Science and Engineering. The course teaches methods of applied mathematics useful in engineering and science.
Meet the Scientista 
Amy is a a mathematics educator interested in outreach efforts. She is currently expanding my knowledge of mathematics, computer science and engineering at MIT

Using Unusual Animals to Study Human Disease
Blogger Natalie Punt

The Internship: Veterinary Medicine
Natalie submitted a grant proposal to Merial/Merck and successfully received funding to spend her summer identifying proteins responsible for the anti-cancer phenotype in animals by comparing the cancer associated proteins to similar proteins found in humans. Follow this Scientist’s blog as she strives to find a cure!
Meet the Scientista:
Natalie Punt majored in microbiology major at UC Davis and is currently a veterinarian student in California.

Through the lens: the intricacies of Diabetes
Blogger Juliet Snyder

The Internship: Neuroscience
Juliet is working in a neuropathy lab at UCSD working on nerve degeneration in diabetes. Look out for posts about the new research occurring in diabetes and my work (including triumphs, failures, humorous stories and hopefully discoveries!).
Meet the Scientista
Juliet is a rising sophomore at Harvard College who is in love with science in and out of school – whether it is in science classes or in the lab. She loves combining her passions in life: science, journalism and theatre.

Experimenting with the Life of a Scientist(a)
Blogger Stephanie Wang

The Internship: Biology
Stephanie is participating in PRISE, The Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering, which is in its seventh summer and will use her blog to give Scientistas exclusive firsthand knowledge of her day-to-day. Read her blog!
Meet the Scientista:
Stephanie is a rising senior at Harvard College majoring in Chemical and Physical Biology.

Light's affect on Nanoparticles
Blogger Pin-Wen Wang

The Internship: Physics
Pin-Wen has the wonderful opportunity to study light’s affect/effect on Nanoparticles at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Tune into her blog to learn more about her travels in Deutschland (Germany)  and how she incorporates her love of science into her summer!
Meet the Scientista
Pin-Wen Wang is majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Harvard College.