Eliana Perlmutter is a Geosciences major and Engineering minor at Smith College where she also focuses her studies on American Government. At Smith she studies microfossils from after the Snowball Earth global glaciations in the Neoproterozoic Era. Her other research interests include bridging geology and technology by learning more about the applications of lidar. She previously interned with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration investigating dolphin health in the coastal waters of Charleston, SC. A member of the Sigma Xi scientific research society and a 2011 winner of the FIRST Robotics World Championship, Eliana loves to share her passion for science with students through STEM outreach. Eliana is a circus arts enthusiast who came to AGI from Stow, MA.