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Amgen Scholars: Announcements of Opportunity

Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty for the Amgen Scholars program.

Announcements of Opportunity are posted as they are received. Please check back regularly for new AO submissions! Remember: This is just one way that you can go about identifying a suitable project and/or mentor. For additional tips on identifying a mentor click here.

Please remember:

  • Students pursuing Amgen must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or students with DACA status.
  • Students pursuing Amgen must complete the 10-week program from June 18 - August 23, 2024. Students must commit to these dates. No exceptions will be made.
  • Accepted students must live in provided Caltech housing.


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Project:  Mass spectrometer signal processing for diagnosis of air quality in Southeast Asia
Disciplines:  Data Science, Chemistry
Mentor:  Paul Wennberg, R Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, (EAS), wennberg@caltech.edu
Mentor URL:  https://wennberglab.caltech.edu/  (opens in new window)
Background:  Caltech mass spectrometers will obtain data on air chemistry across southeast Asia during the NASA ASIA-AQ campaign in spring 2024. See: https://espo.nasa.gov/asia-aq . This project involves improving the signal processing from the Caltech instruments from this mission.
Description:  Data science project to develop new signal processing code to analyze mass spectra obtained from the Caltech Airborne instrument during ASIA-AQ. Project will involve retrieval of chemical information from 5000 M/delta(M) resolution mass spectra. Initial steps include mass alignment, evaluation of lineshape, and development of procedures for removing background ion signals from the spectra.
References:  examples of data and its use in environmental science: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021JD035701

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl3648
Student Requirements:  Working knowledge of MATLAB and/or JULIA scripting language; data structures; linear algebra.
Programs:  This AO can be done under the following programs:

  Program    Available To
       SURF    Caltech students only 

Click on a program name for program info and application requirements.


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