ABOUT ARIA CARRERAS PEREIRA
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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
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2024- Incite Institute Dissertation Grant
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2024- Provost Diversity Fellows Small Grant
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2023, 2024- David Redden Conservation Science Fund
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2021- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program- Honorable Mention
2020 - Provost Diversity Fellowship - Columbia University
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EDUCATION
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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
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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
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TEACHING & MENTORSHIP
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Teaching Assistant at Columbia University
Spring 2022 Conservation Biology, EEEBUN3087
Fall 2021 Science for Sustainable Development, EESCUN2330
Spring 2021 Ethnobotany, EEEBGU4086
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2023-2025 Senior Thesis Mentor
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2023-2024 Summer Research Institute Mentor
Barnard College
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2021-2022 DEI High School Mentor
Columbia University, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
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2022 Independent Study Course Lead
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2021 Field Assistant Mentor
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WORK EXPERIENCE
E3B Research Lab, Dr. Duncan Menge – Columbia University, New York, NY
Lab Technician
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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
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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.
