First Week!

The first week of the internship is over!

I had no idea what to expect going into the first day, and so when we arrived at the lab, I was very glad that they gave us another tour and explained the basics of what they do.

We were given several readings to do to introduce us to the mass spectrometers and other equipment that is used in the lab, and after we had worked our way through those, we were tasked with labeling tubes for future experiments. I think we labeled over 150 tubes in total!

My favorite part of this week, though, was a mini field trip that we took to the field site in Guilford! After renting a Zipcar for a few hours, we drove up to the beautiful place on the water where the trailer with all the machinery that measures the different components of the air is located. We calibrated some machines and learned about the various elements in the air and what they do.

I'm looking forward to conducting jar experiments and (hopefully!) visiting the field site again in the next couple weeks!