Awards
December 5, 2018
Common Abbreviations:
AAPG American Association of
Petroleum Geologists
AGS Austin Geological Society
AGU American Geophysical Union
BEG Bureau of Economic Geology
DGS Dept. of Geological Sciences
EERI Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute
GCAGS Gulf Coast Association
Geological Society
GSA Geological Society of America
GSEC Graduate Student Executive
Committee
IAS International Association of
Sedimentologists
JSG Jackson School of Geosciences
SEG Society of Exploration
Geophysicists
SEPM Society for Sedimentary
Geology
UTIG Institute for Geophysics
Faculty and Researchers
WILLIAM AMBROSE
J. C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award,
AAPG
NATHAN BANGS
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
JAIME BARNES
Knebel Teaching Award,
Undergraduate Course, DGS
THORSTEN BECKER
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
Distinguished Achievement Award, SEG
TODD CALDWELL
Excellence in Review Editor’s Citation,Vadose Zone Journal
BAYANI CARDENAS
Faculty Annual Evaluation Award Full
Professor, DGS
GINNY CATANIA
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
GAIL CHRISTESON
Outstanding Research Award, JSG
JULIA CLARKE
HHMI Professor for Innovation in
Undergraduate Education,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
DGS FEMALE FACULTY
Outstanding Service Award, JSG
PEDRO DINEZIO
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
SHIRLEY DUTTON
Thomas A. Philpott Award 2nd Place,
GCAGS
SERGEY FOMEL
First Author Award, BEG
Best Paper in Interpretation, SEG
CYRIL GRIMA
Outstanding Young Researcher Award,UTIG
MAHDI HADDAD
Cedric Ferguson Medal, SPE
MARK HELPER
Knebel Teaching Award,
Graduate Course, DGS
BRIAN HORTON
William R. Dickinson Medal, SEPM
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
Outstanding Educator Award, JSG
MICHAEL HUDEC
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
Hamilton Book Awards Finalists, UT
MARTIN JACKSON (POSTHUMOUS)
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
JOEL JOHNSON
Knebel Teaching Award,
Introductory Course, DGS
CHARLES KERANS
Honorary Membership, SEPM
RICH KETCHAM
Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
LUC LAVIER
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
TIP MECKEL
John C. Frye Award, GSA
DAVID MOHRIG
Pettijohn Medal, SEPM
YUKO OKUMURA
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
CAMILLE PARMESAN
Make Our Planet Great Again Grant,
France
ERIC POTTER
Alumnus of the Year, BEG
ELLEN RATHJE
William B. Joyner Lecture Award, EERI
KATHERINE ROMANAK
Outstanding Reviewer, International
Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
BRIDGET SCANLON
Hydrologic Sciences Award, AGU
President’s Award, International
Associations of Hydrogeologists
MRINAL SEN
Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal, SEG
JOHN SNEDDEN
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
RONALD STEEL
J. C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award, AAPG
SCOTT TINKER
Ian Campbell Medal, AGI
HARM VAN AVENDONK
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
Research Excellence Award, UTIG
XINMING WU
Best Paper Award, Geophysics
MICHAEL YOUNG
Joseph C. Walter Jr. Excellence Award, JSG
JINYU ZHANG
J. C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award, AAPG
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WILLIAM AMBROSE
Senior Research Scientist, BEG
TODD CALDWELL
Research Scientist, BEG
TIMOTHY DOOLEY
Senior Research Scientist, BEG
JOHN LASSITER
Professor, DGS
TIP MECKEL
Senior Research Scientist, BEG
YUKO OKUMURA
Research Scientist, UTIG
DUNCAN YOUNG
Research Scientist, UTIG
Students
YASER ALZAYER
Best Talk Fall Seminar, DGS
AUSTIN ARNOLD
Endowed Scholarship, AGS
SEAN BADER
Best Student Poster Paper,
2017 Annual Meeting, SEG
GRACE BEAUDOIN
2nd Place Graduate Petrography, DGS
PATRICK BOYD
Technical Sessions Best Speaker,
Fall M.S., DGS
CLARA BRENNAN
Graduate Student Research Award, GSA
TYLER CADENA
2nd Place Undergrad Petrography, DGS
AMANDA CALLE
Technical Sessions Best Speaker,
Fall Ph.D., DGS
Best Talk Spring Seminar, DGS
TOMAS CAPALDI
Muehlberger Graduate Fellowship, JSG
Postgraduate Research Grant, IAS
PETER CARLSON
Best Talk Fall Seminar, DGS
CANSU DEMIR
Fulbright Scholarship,
Turkish Fulbright Committee
THOMAS ETZEL
Global Research Fellowship,
UT Austin International Office
PEDRO ALEJANDRO GARZA
DeFord Technical Sessions Best Speaker
Spring M.S., DGS
SCOTT ECKLEY
2017 Travel Grant to Sudbury Impact
Structure Field Course, NASA/LPI
YI FANG
Elected Future Leader,
American Rock Mechanics Association
MASON FRIED
Technical Sessions Best Speaker,
Spring Ph.D., DGS
Best Talk Fall Seminar, DGS
PETER GOLD
Technical Sessions Best Speaker,
Spring Ph.D., DGS
Best Talk Fall Seminar, DGS
SOPHIE GOLIBER
Outstanding Graduate Student, UTIG
KIARA GOMEZ
NDSEG Fellowship Finalist,
Dept. of Defense
SARAH GREER
Computational Science
Graduate Fellowship, DOE
JESSE GU
Undergraduate Prize,
Mineralogical Society of America
JENNIFER HARDING
Fellowship, UTIG
JAIME HIRTZ
Endowed Scholarship, AGS
PEDRO GARZA JUAREZ
Technical Sessions Best Speaker,
Spring M.S., DGS
MICHELLE GEVEDON
Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Fall, DGS
DOMINIK KARDELL
Outstanding Graduate Student, UTIG
ALISSA KOTOWSKI
1st Place Graduate Petrography, DGS
ADAM MARSH
Best Talk Fall Seminar, DGS
EDWARD MARSHALL
Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Fall, DGS
DMITRII MERZLIKIN
Award of Merit for Best Student Paper,
2017 Annual Meeting, SEG
EMILY MIXON
Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF
SEBASTIAN MUNOZ
Groundwater Fields Methods Awards
Undergraduate, DGS
GRACE MUSSER
Stephen J. Gould Award,
The Paleontological Society
Ornithology Collection Grant,
American Museum of Natural History
ANDREA NOLTING
Technical Sessions Best Speaker,
Fall Ph.D., DGS
Best Talk Spring Seminar, DGS
Calvert Memorial Scholarship,
Houston Geological Society
MARGO ODLUM
Equinor (Statoil) Research Fellowship
STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship,
Embassy of France
Best Student Oral Presentation, 2018
International Thermochronology
Conference
ANDREW PARISI
Outstanding Teaching Assistant,
Spring, DGS
ESBEN PEDERSEN
Equinor (Statoil) Research Fellowship
AUDREY PFEIL
Repsol Student Innovation Award
ENRICA QUARTINI
Best Talk Spring Seminar, DGS
EVAN RAMOS
Outstanding Teaching Assistant,
Spring, DGS
MARK REID
Repsol Student Innovation Award
SAM ROBBINS
Estwing Hammer Award, DGS
ARISA RUANGSIRIKULCHAI
1st Place Undergraduate Petrography, DGS
AARON RUSSELL
Endowed Scholarship, AGS
COLIN SCHROEDER
Outstanding Student Chapter Award
SPWLA Foundation Grant
LILY SERACH
Student Service Award, GSEC
BRANDIN SHUCK
Outstanding Graduate Student, UTIG
SAAD SIDDIQUE
Repsol Student Innovation Award
LAURA SIGELMANN
Brumley Next Generation Fellowship
William H. Crook Fellowship
LOGAN SCHMIDT
2018 Outstanding Mention Recipient, GSA
BENJAMIN SMITH
Student Grant Award, SEPM
CAROLYN TEWKSBURY-CHRISTLE
Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Fall, DGS
KELLY THOMSON
Equinor (Statoil) Research Fellowship
Student Research Grant, SEPM
ExxonMobil/GSA Student
Geoscience Grant
CHIARA TORNABENE
Best Graduate Paper, JSG
ALISON TUNE
Groundwater Field Methods Award
Graduate, JSG
Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF
MERT UGURHAN
Student Research Grant, SEGCF
ANNA WEISS
Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Spring, DGS
JINYU ZHANG
J.C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award, AAPG
Staff
JANEICE CONNORS
Guion Library Staff Honors, DGS
KEVAUGHN EVANS
Guion Library Staff Honors, DGS
LISA GAHAGAN
Career Award, UTIG
Staff Excellence Award, JSG
ROSALIND GAMBLE
Outstanding Staff Award, UTIG
PATTY GANEY-CURRY
Career Award, UTIG
BILL GANNON
Guion Library Staff Honors, DGS
JOEY MAREZ
Guion Library Staff Honors, DGS
MATT MCGUIRE
Guion Library Staff Honors, DGS
SEAN MCKEEVER
Staff Excellence Award, DGS
PENELOPE PARR
Outstanding Staff Award, UTIG
JUDY SANSOM
Picard Excellence Award, UTIG
STEFFEN SAUSTRUP
Outstanding Staff Award, UTIG
SARA DIANE SEIBERATH
Outstanding Staff Award,
UT President’s Office
CHRIS STELLA
Guion Library Staff Honors, DGS
RAMÓN TREVIÑO
John C. Frye Award, GSA
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