Staff Spotlight
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Staff Spotlight: Chandler Precht, Program Manager
Chandler’s perspective as both a student and staff member helps her serve as a mentor for future sustainability leaders at Columbia.
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Staff Spotlight: David Phelan, Business Manager
As the business manager on the Earth Institute communications team, David keeps the department running smoothly and is always ready to help a colleague in need.
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Staff Spotlight: Jeremy Hinsdale, Senior Web Producer
He helps to translate the amazing breadth of Earth Institute research to the web via interactive data visualizations, photo essays, and more.
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Staff Spotlight: Elisabeth Sydor, Communications Coordinator
Elisabeth works with the Center for International Earth Science Information Network on the Lamont campus.
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Staff Spotlight: Mariví Perdomo Caba
Mariví is the program manager for our graduate programs in Sustainability Management and Sustainability Science.
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Staff Spotlight: Marian Mellin, Development Associate at Lamont-Doherty
She likes to go hiking during her lunch break and enjoys weekly Zoom calls with her sisters during the pandemic.
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Staff Spotlight: Judy Jamal, Coordinator in the Earth Institute Director’s Office
For this month’s spotlight, we turn the tables and interview the incredible woman who makes the Staff Spotlight series possible.
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Staff Spotlight: Nichole Anest, Core Repository Curator
She takes care of hundreds of kilometers of deep-sea sediments that are invaluable to science, and recently received a mentorship award.
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Staff Member Spotlight: Linette Sandoval-Rzepka
She is a division administrator at Lamont and one of the 2020 recipients of the Earth Institute Distinguished Staff Award.
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