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Staff Updates
Pacific Hydrographic Branch (PHB) welcomes four summer Pathways interns to the team!
Top Row: Xavier Daschner (L) and Scarlett Duncan (R)
Bottom Row: Hannah Berkimer (L) and Adrian Biesel (R)
Xavier Daschner is a cartography and remote sensing major at the University of Maryland, graduating in Spring 2021. Xavier will also receive minors in history and physics. Hydrography is a new field for Xavier, having mostly worked with GIS and satellite image analysis, but he already he has enjoyed learning so much with NOAA. He enjoys fishing, skiing (water and snow) and is a lifelong Maryland resident, go Baltimore Orioles!
Scarlett Duncan is a junior at the College of Charleston, majoring in marine biology and geology and minoring in geoinformatics with a focus on hydrography. Scarlett was introduced to mapping through the BEAMS (BEnthic Acoustic Mapping and Survey) program at College of Charleston and fell in love with the field. She spent a week last summer off the coast of Georgia mapping a part of the Southern Blake Plateau and is very excited to spend this summer with NOAA. Scarlett enjoys SCUBA diving, traveling, and exploring the food scene in Charleston.
Originally a Seattle native,
Hannah Berkimer is thrilled to join the PHB team as a Pathways intern, while now calling Charleston home. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the beauty of the Puget Sound and surrounding mountains instilled a deep appreciation for the natural world. As a marine biology major with a geology minor at the College of Charleston, Hannah was introduced to the field of bathymetry through the college’s BEAMS program. While Hannah continues to balance her academic pursuits with exploring the East coast, she enjoys checking out the craft cocktail scene and performing vocals in a local band.
Growing up with a parent in the Navy,
Adrian Biesel always had a fascination with the ocean, which led her to move out to Seattle to study oceanography at the University of Washington. Although falling love with all things ocean, her real passion from a young age is learning more about the seafloor and mapping, which led her to Coast Survey! This is Adrian's second year as a Pathways intern at PHB and she is quite thankful and excited for the opportunity to learn more and really become integrated in the field of hydrography. Her current goal is to attend the graduate program in ocean mapping at the University of New Hampshire after graduation. When not in quarantine, she likes to travel and try new things, as well as go rock climbing, hiking, or just relaxing in the backyard with friends.
Coast Survey welcomes our ERT summer interns:
Alan Kohler
Alan Kohler is a physical science intern with ERT, working with Alex Kurapov in CSDL's modeling branch. Alan is returning as an intern for his second summer at ERT, having worked with Alex last summer as well. In the fall, Alan will start his third year at Georgia Tech, where he is studying physics as an undergraduate. This summer, Alan has been assessing the potential for assimilating satellite salinity data into the WCOFS model. In his free time, Alan enjoys watching and playing sports, especially baseball.
Brian Mbogo is working this summer as an ERT intern with Alex Kurapov in CSDL to expand the capabilities of WCOFS with tracer tracking for scientific and rescue purposes. Brian has experience with scientific computing in biological imaging and analysis. He is currently entering the second year of computer science at the University of Virginia. Brian lives in the Silver Spring metro area and loves distance running, gaming, and reading.
Rear Admiral Shepard M. Smith
