Since then...

Yaika Echevarría RománPhase III

Washington, DC

Other conferences

Phase II activities:American Association for the

Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting

Boston, MAFebruary 2008Science Steering Evaluation Panel

Pusan, South Korea May 2008

Other conferences

Workshop for undergraduatesSociety of Toxicology (SOT)

Undergraduate Education ProgramSeattle, WA March 2008

National meetingsSociety for Advancement of Chicanos

and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

Salt Lake City, UT October 2008AAAS

Chicago, IL February 2009

Summer 2008

Intern at THE Ohio State UniversitySummer Research Opportunities

Program (SROP) by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation

Carbon Dynamics and Chemical Weathering on Agricultural LandDr. William Berry Lyons

School of Earth Sciences

Last change Worked with soils for a second time

I enjoy it…It interests me…I have experience with it!!!

I’ll focus on soil chemistry, but with a twist:Lithosphere-atmosphere interactions

Tried to conduct research in this area back home

Finding a viable method was difficultUniversity’s library is lackingChemistry labs aren’t very well equipped

I GRADUATED!

!!

However…

Applied to four Master’s programsTwo were universities where I was an

internNew Mexico Tech (summer 2007)Ohio State University (last summer)

The others are located in cities very accessible from Puerto Rico

Florida International University – MiamiUniversity of Illinois – Chicago

Admissions notices

That’s all for this update!

THANK YOU!!!