Cohort : 2
Level: PhD
Expect Graduation Date: December 2026
Campus: CUNY – Graduate Center
Biography
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Keneshia is a NOAA EPP Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing-II Scholar in Cohort 2 at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her research looks at the adverse affects of warming sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean and northern Atlantic. Keneshia was the GFP recipient in 2024 which involves a year long engagement at NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service’s Center for Satellite Applications and Research (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR) in College Park, MD, under the mentorship of Dr. Tom Smith, a NOAA Research Scientist.
Research
Adverse affects of warming sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean and northern Atlantic
Academic Mentor: Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz, Ph.D.
NOAA Mentor: Thomas Smith
NERTO
GFP Title: Examine sea surface temperature warming trends and extremes, and their implications, in the Wider Caribbean Region.
Year: 2024
NOAA Mentor: Thomas Smith, Ph.D. (NESDIS/STAR)
NOAA Location: NESDIS


