2015 Internships and Research

2015 Internships and Research (as of June 8, 2015)

Masters students at F&ES are required to undertake an internship or independent research project between the first and second years of their degree program. Our students work all over the world every summer in a range of sectors and practice areas.

Business and Industry

• Adidas Group, Sustainability Intern, MA
• Adidas Group, Sustainability Intern, MA
• BASF, The Chemical Company, Summer Associate, NC
• Behavioural Insights Team, Summer Fellow, New York and UK
• California Environmental Associates, Packard Environmental Fellow, CA
• Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), Summer Intern, NY
• Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow, Legrand, CA and Mexico                                
• Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow, Adidas Group, Shanghai, China
• Elevation Workshop (ELEV), Architectural Intern, Beijing, China
• Herman Miller Inc, Sustainability Intern, MI
• ICF International, Energy Advisory and Solutions, VA
• Innosight, Summer Associate, MA
• New Belgium Brewing Company, Sustainability and Strategic Development Intern, CO
• Oasys Water, Supply Chain Intern, MA
• Pacific Gas and Electric, MBA Summer Intern, CA
• Pacific Gas and Electric, Summer Intern, CA
• Patagonia, Corporate Development Intern, CA
• Rabobank, Renewable Energy Project Finance, NY
• Royal Caribbean, Environmental Stewardship Intern, FL
• SustainAbility, Research Intern, CA
• Terrapin Bright Green, Intern, NY
• The Forestland Group, Charles Collins Conservation Forestry Intern, NC and Belize
• Unilever, MBA Summer Internship: Associate Brand Manager, NJ
• UNIQUE Forestry & Land Use GmbH, Climate Division Intern, Freiburg, Germany and Changsha, China
• Urban Green Energy (UGE), Business Development Intern Beijing, China
• Water Smart Software, Product Development Intern, CA
• Yale Investments Office, Summer Research Associate, CT
• ZS Associates, Business Analyst Intern, Tokyo, Japan

Education

• Ceridwen Farm in Devon, Volunteer Farmer, Shutesbury
• Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow, Vassar College, NY
• Indian Institute of Technology, Research Assistant, New Delhi, India
• Malewa Trust, Voi, Kenya
• Yale University, Research Assistant, CT
• Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Research Assistant, CT
• Yale Center of Environmental Law and Policy, Intern, CT
• Yale School Forests, School Forest Apprentice, CT

Government and Public Sector

• Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, Intern, MT
• Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Climate Policy Intern, CT
• Council on Environmental Quality, Intern in Office of Land & Water Ecosystems, DC
• Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow, City of Palo Alto Municipal Commission, CA
• Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, CA
• Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, NY
• National Parks Business Plan Internship, OH
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Summer intern, NY
• New York Green Bank, Investment Associate, NY
• San Francisco Planning Department, Urban Forestry & the Nature Economy Intern, CA
• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program     Summer Intern, Apia, Samoa
• United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy International Team Intern, D.C.
• United States House Committee on Natural Resources, Intern, DC
• United States Environmental Protection Agency, Intern, DC
• The World Bank Group, Intern, DC
• Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails, Natural Resource Management Intern, WY

Law

• Beveridge and Diamond, Summer Associate, DC
• Cuddy & Feder, LLC, Summer Associate, NY
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Intern, NY

NGOs and Other Non-Profits

• Agricultural Stewardship Association, Intern, NY
• American Farmland Trust, Intern, MA
• Beijing Forestry Society, Intern, Beijng, China
• Burrenbeo Trust, Intern, Kinvara, Ireland
• Conservation International, Intern, DC
• Conservation Society of Pohnpei, Intern, Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia
• Continental Divide Trail Coalition, Trail Gap Management Coordinator, CO
• FAO, Summer intern, Ciudad de Panama, Panama
• IMAZON, Research Intern, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• CIFOR, Research Intern, Goias and Java, Indonesia
• Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments (ICTE), Researcher in Land Conservation, Ranomafana, Madagascar
• International Food and Policy Research Institute, Intern, DC              
• LA Waterkeeper, Intern, CA
• Mexican Civil Council for Sustainable Forestry (CCMSS), Intern, Mexico City, Mexico
• National Audubon Society, Social Media Intern, NY
• National Parks Conservation Association, Research Intern, AK         
• Natural Resource Defense Council, International Climate Policy and India Climate Policy Intern, DC
• New Canaan Land Trust, Summer Stewardship Program Coordinator and Legal Intern, CT
• New Haven Land Trust, Education/Outreach Coordinator, CT
• Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Project Manager, WY
• Rocky Mountain Institute, Energy Practice Intern, CO
• Sierra Business Council Project Associate, CA
• SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environmental Programme), Climate Finance and Adaptation Intern, Apia, Samoa
• The Nature Conservancy, Colorado River Program Intern, CO
• Sheridan Community Land Trust, Water Resources and Land Use Planning Researcher/Intern, WY
• United Nations Development Program, Intern, Georgetown, Guyana
• United Nations Development Program, Intern, Paramaribo, Suriname
• United Nations Development Program, Social and Environmental Standards/Development Impact Unit Intern, NY
• United Nations Development Program, Intern, Hastings, Barbados
• United Nations Development Program, Intern, Geneva, Switzerland
• United Nations Development Program, Intern, Bangkok, Thailand
• United Nations Environment Program, Intern, Montreal, Canada
• United Nations Post-2015 Strategy Intern, NY
• Urban Resources Initiative, Community Forester, CT
• Wildlife Conservation Society, Gisakura, Rwanda
• Wildlife Conservation Society, Researcher in Payment for Ecosystem Services, Gisakura, Rwanda
• WOCAN, intern, Bangkok, Thailand
• World Resources Institute, Program Intern, DC
• World Resources Institute, Intern, Beijing, China
• WWF, Marine Protected Area Intern, DC
• WWF, Australia, Summer Associate, Sydney, Australia

Non U.S. Independent Research

• Climate Change Adaptation in Crop Centers of Origin, Cusco, Peru
• Comparison of European and US Green Building Practices, London, UK
• Cross-Scale Interactions in Community Forestry, Lima, Peru
• Estimating the economic cost of sea level rise on coastal settlements Accra, Ghana
• Ethnographic research in social ecology within a forest community, Samboja, Indonesia
• Exploring Climate Change Communication Strategies, Bariloche, Argentina
• Identify the socio-economic and ecological indicators utilized in the Heirloom Rice Project, Los Banos, Philippines
• Research on implementing sustainable agriculture development policy, Nadi, Fiji
• Research in Forest Ecology and Climate Change, Dehradun, India
• Research in Mangrove Ecosystem Carbon Stocks for the Asia-Pacific, Thailand and Vietnam
• Research in forest ecology and physiology by conducting field work- gathering leaf and tree core samples and processing them in the laboratory, Barcelona, Spain
• Research in Plant Diversity in Tropical Systems Mediated by Mycorrhizal Fungi, Loja, Ecuador
• Obstacles and Opportunities for Oil Palm Smallholders in Zero Deforestation Supply Chains, Bogor, Indonesia
• Women’s Inclusion and Empowerment in REDD+ projects, Colombo, Sri Lanka

 
U.S. Independent Research

• Analyze water samples in Yale's stable isotope analysis lab, CT
• Appraise outcomes of US Forest Service collaborative groups in the Western United States, CA &MT
• Biochar Research, CT
• Geospatial analysis on property land across the Southeast for land conservation, GA
• Network analysis, inverse modeling, and GIS analysis of dissolved organic matter dynamics in the Connecticut River macrosystem, CT
• Qualitative research to study the aftermath of the recent northern shrimp moratoriums, MA
• Research on utilizing a custom ArcGIS extension for sustainability metrics, CT
• Research on green infrastructure (bioswales) to determine how effectively they are in reducing stormwater runoff, CT
• Research in Amphibian Disease, CT
• Research project on the climate and atmospheric effects of urbanization, CT
• Research on the wood frog to determine how sex ratios changes over time on a land use gradient, CT
• Research on the impact of assumption changes in the DICE model on social cost of carbon estimates, CT
• Study aquaponic projects in the Urban Ecology Lab, CT
• Surveying floodplains and ground-truthing remotely sensed land cover classifications after quantifying the movement of sediment and nutrients, CT