Undergraduate Thesis + Capstone Presentations 2026
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 4:30pmPlease join us!
In preparation for commencement, our bachelor’s degree candidates will each present the results of their senior year research projects.
We encourage everyone in the community to attend and support our students as they present on a range of topics spanning the spectrum of EAPS research. Presentations will be followed by a reception in celebration.
Questions: Contact eaps-ed-office@mit.edu
Presentation Schedule
Session 1: Environmental Science and Systems
1:00 p.m. — Victoria Martens
“Observing, modeling and interpreting the seasonal succession of phytoplankton in the lower Charles River”
1:20 p.m. — Paola Namphy
“Anaerobic Methane Oxidation across the Last Glacial Cycle: Clumped Isotope Constraints from Atlantic Margin Seep Carbonates”
1:40 p.m. — Hannah Rose
“Bayesian tectonic subsidence model for Morocco constrains age of the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary”
2:00 p.m. — Vela Velazquez
“Differential impacts of elevated CO2 on C3 and C4 crop model species”
2:20 p.m. — Isabella Yeung
“Evaluating the Sub-Seasonal Variability in Coastal Waters in Shellfisheries in Massachusetts, USA”
10 Minute Break
Session 2: Climate, Atmospheres, and Oceans
2:50 p.m. — Vidya Ranjan
“Quantifying quasi-equilibrium breakdown in climate emulators”
Session 3: Planetary Science and Astronomy
3:10 p.m. — Kaylee Barrera
“Evaluating Parametric Models of the Edge-on Protoplanetary Disk Gomez’s Hamburger”
3:30 p.m. — lan Jimenez Moncion
“Modeling Threat Assessment Capacity for Next-Generation Planetary Defense”
3:50 p.m. — Jan Toomlaid
“Constraining Starspot Sizes on TRAPPIST-1 with JWST Observations of TRAPPIST-1b and c”