Laura is a rising junior at Lafayette College in Easton, PA and is studying Geology. Though she entered college as a pre-med biology major, Laura changed her major after taking field courses in Utah and Hawaii. Laura is interested in all issues surrounding the environment and geosciences, but she is especially interested in energy and climate change policy. At school, Laura has begun collaborative research with her Paleoclimatology professor on the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation at the Plio-Pleistocene boundary. She has also been working with her hometown’s municipal Environmental Advisory Committee. Laura enjoys hiking, photography, and a good geology pun. She hails from the Pennsylvania suburbs and is excited about spending the summer in Washington, DC.

Publications while at AGI:
Bochner, L. Climate Change Legislation: Coming Soon? The Professional Geologist, Nov/Dec 2008

Bochner, L. Halfway Up the Hill: Six Weeks Into My
AIPG/AGI Internship Connecting Geoscience to Policy. The Professional Geologist, Nov/Dec 2008, pp. 46

Laura is graduating from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania in the spring of 2010 and will head to Santa Fe NM for a Geological Society of America GeoCorps internship. (8/09)