Ona Underwood

Ona first joined the Estuary Partnership for the summer 2024 field season as a Research Technician, and that fall was hired full time as a Research Scientist I. She provides field, lab, and data support for the Ecosystem Monitoring Program, the Action Effectiveness Monitoring Program, and the CH4C project. Ona’s past experiences include investigating past changes in the periodicity and severity of glacial cycles using isotopic analyses of forams from Antarctic sea floor sediment cores and using satellite images and geographical data to investigate the factors that contribute to a wildfire’s burn path and severity. She graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in Geosciences.