USGS Internship by Science Moab|Published July 25, 2022-at dimensions 2560 × 1920 Images navigation Previous Next 12th grade student, Brendan, and mentor, biogeochemist Robin Reibold (with support from Dr. Sasha Reed and Dr. Erika Geiger), developed and carried out fieldwork for an experiment of Brendan's design. Brendan chose to study how aspect and angle affect the abundance of different rock lichen communities, and was able to continue his internship even after graduating.