Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Secondary School Field Research Program

This field and laboratory science internship program engages high school students in authentic, rigorous research projects. The primary research site is the Piermont Marsh, which is part of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, where students conduct a wide range of environmental and ecological studies, including sediment accumulation, groundwater chemistry, nutrient cycling, bacterial levels, fish species, fish feeding patterns, invasive and native plant distributions, and more, while working in teams under the mentorship of Columbia researchers and technicians.