ABOUT ARIA CARRERAS PEREIRA
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
I actively participate in the environmental justice initiatives with Columbia University's student-run Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion outreach program Environmental Justice and Urban Ecology Summer Research Program. We collaborate with a local high school in Washington Heights NYC, the New York Restoration Project, and the Earth Institute.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024- Incite Institute Dissertation Grant
2024- Provost Diversity Fellows Small Grant
2023, 2024- David Redden Conservation Science Fund
2021- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program- Honorable Mention
2020 - Provost Diversity Fellowship - Columbia University
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, NY Present
Doctorate of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
MPhil., Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
MA., Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with a Piano Concentration
Minor in French Language
Summa cum laude with Honors
TEACHING & MENTORSHIP
Teaching Assistant at Columbia University
Spring 2022 Conservation Biology, EEEBUN3087
Fall 2021 Science for Sustainable Development, EESCUN2330
Spring 2021 Ethnobotany, EEEBGU4086
2023-2025 Senior Thesis Mentor
2023-2024 Summer Research Institute Mentor
Barnard College
2021-2022 DEI High School Mentor
Columbia University, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
2022 Independent Study Course Lead
2021 Field Assistant Mentor
WORK EXPERIENCE
E3B Research Lab, Dr. Duncan Menge – Columbia University, New York, NY
Lab Technician
Tree Ring Lab, Dr. Brendan Buckley – Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
Research Assistant
Neurobiology Research Lab, Dr. Darcy Kelley – Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Assistant
FUN FACTS
I love to weightlift, sing, and make crafts in my spare time. I speak Spanish, Portuguese and French and dabble in Italian and German. I moonlight as an opera singer and aspire to be an amateur ceramicist.
