Awards List

December 5, 2022

Common Abbreviations

FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS

MOHSEN AHMADIAN
Best Paper Award, Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics

JAIME BARNES
GSA Fellow

THORSTEN BECKER
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG

SHUVAJIT BHATTACHARYA
J. Clarence Karcher Award, SEG

DON BLANKENSHIP
Outstanding Research, UTIG

OLIVER DUFFY
Robert Mitchum Award, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

PETER FLEMINGS
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG

SERGEY FOMEL
Honorary Member, SEG

TIMOTHY GOUDGE
Planetary Science Early Career Award, NASA

SEAN GULICK
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG

FARZAM JAVADPOUR
Top 25 Most Cited Articles in 2018, Energy & Fuels

CHARLES KERANS
Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award, AAPG
Lifetime Membership Award, West Texas Geological Society

STEPHEN LAUBACH
Outstanding Reviewer for Reviews of Geophysics, AGU

DAPHNÉ LEMASQUERIER
L’Oreal-UNESCO International Rising Talent
Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society

CHRIS LOWERY
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG James Lee Wilson Award, SEPM

ASHLEY MATHENY
Outstanding Early Career Award, AMS

DEV NIYOGI
Helmut E. Landsberg Award, AMS

ALEXANDER SUN
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, AGU Publications

DANIELLA REMPE
Knebel Teaching Award, DGS

DEMIAN SAFFER
Francis Birch Lecture, AGU

BRIDGET SCANLON
William Bowie Lecture, AGU

JOHN SNEDDEN
Doris Malkin Curtis Medal, SEPM Gulf Coast Section

SCOTT TINKER
Ben H. Parker Memorial Distinguished Service Medal, American Institute of Professional Geologists

DANIEL TRUGMAN
Knebel Teaching Award, DGS Outstanding Reviewer for JGR: Solid Earth, AGU

LAURA WALLACE
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG

ERIC XIAOHUA XU
Outstanding Young Researcher, UTIG

ENZE ZHANG
Outstanding Postdoc, UTIG

PROMOTIONS

JOHN ANDREWS
Research Scientist Associate IV

OLIVER DUFFY
Research Scientist

KELLY HATTORI
Research Scientist Associate IV

PETER HENNINGS
Senior Research Scientist

TOTI LARSON
Research Scientist

PRIYANKA PERIWAL
Research Scientist Associate IV

ALEXANDROS SAVVAIDIS
Senior Research Scientist

ZOLTAN SYLVESTER
Senior Research Scientist

STUDENTS

JANA ALABDULLATIF
Chandler and Laura Wilhelm Grant, AAPG Foundation

RAWAN ALASAD
Student Research Grant Award, SEPM

WADE AUBIN
Veterans Memorial Scholarship, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation
2nd Place Graduate Student, R.L. Folk/E.F. McBride Petrography Contest, DGS

CLAUDIA BANKS
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT
Grants-in-Aid Fund, AAPG Foundation

LUCIA BELLINO
Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF

SARAH BROOKER
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

KRISTINA BUTLER
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Spring 2022, DGS

EVAN CARNAHAN
Graduate Fellowship, Texas Space Grant Consortium
Student Research Grant, CPSH

MICHAEL CHIAPPONE
Austin Geological Society Scholarship, AGS

EDWARD CLENNETT
1st Place, Gulf Coast Challenge Bowl, SEG

ETHAN CONRAD
Respekt & Wertschätzung Scholarship, DAAD-Stiftung (German Academic Exchange Service Foundation)
Ewing-Worzel Graduate Fellowship, UTIG Brundrett Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG
Summer Research Fellowship, UT Graduate School
Graduate Student Research Grant, GSA 1st Place, Gulf Coast Challenge Bowl, SEG

NICOLE CZWAKIEL
Honorable Mention, GSEC Student Service Award, DGS

HUDSON FINLEY DAVIS
Geophysical Society of Houston/Hugh Hardy Scholarship, SEG

SARAH DAVIS
Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG
Summer Research Fellowship, UT Graduate School
Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement, UT

ARNAB DHARA
SEG Foundation/Chevron Scholarship

JACQUELINE EPPERSON
Grants-in-Aid Fund, AAPG Foundation

SAMUEL KWUN YIP FUNG
2nd Place, Best Student Oral Presentation, AMS
Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG

HECTOR GARZA
Graduate Student Research Award, GSA Student Research Grant, CPSH

ANDREW GASE
Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU

SOPHIE GOLIBER
Ewing-Worzel Graduate Fellowship, UTIG

NICOLE GONZALEZ
Honorable Mention, Student Expo Elevator Pitch, Houston Geological Society

EVELIN GUTIERREZ
Graduate Student Research Award, GSA

JUAN GUTIERREZ
L. Austin Weeks Memorial Grant, AAPG Foundation
Charles B. and Marilyn C. Fritz Memorial Grant, AAPG Foundation
Student Research Grant, SEPM Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

ERIN HEILMAN
Ewing-Worzel Graduate Fellowship, UTIG

ERIC HIATT
Ewing-Worzel Graduate Fellowship, UTIG Student Research Grant, CPSH

EMILY HINSHAW
GSEC Student Service Award, DGS

COLLIN HOFFMAN
2nd Place Undergraduate Student, R.L. Folk/E.F. McBride Petrography Contest, DGS

SCARLETTE HSIA
Grants-in-Aid Fund, AAPG Foundation

SHUHUA HU
Dallas Geophysical Society/Karen Kellogg Shaw Memorial Scholarship, SEG
James and Ruth Harrison Scholarship, SEG
Charlie and Jean Smith Scholarship, SEG Scientific and Technological Progress Award, Chinese Geophysical Society

SARP KARAKAYA
R. Randy Ray Memorial Grant, AAPG Foundation

HARPREET KAUR
Runner-up, Graduate Student Best Paper, DGS
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

CULLEN KORTYAN
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Spring 2022, DGS

ANDREW KLEIMAN
Runner-up, Master’s Saturday Best Speaker, DGS

EDEN LAGNADO
“Every Drop Counts” Earth Science Scholarship, Ozarka Natural Spring Water
EVS Research Fellow, UT Environmental Science Institute
Earth Science/Jewelry Arts Scholarship, Houston Gem & Mineral Society

TIMOTHY EVAN LEONARD
1st Place Undergraduate Student, R.L. Folk/E.F. McBride Petrography Contest, DGS

JOSHUA MALONE
Graduate Student Research Grant, GSA Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

NAOMA MCCALL
Runner-up, Graduate Student Best Paper, DGS
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

TYSON MCKINNEY
Groundwater Field Methods Award, DGS

KEVIN MEAZELL
George C. Matson Memorial Award, AAPG
Best Technical Paper at IMAGE 2021, SEG/AAPG
Best Graduate Student Paper, DGS

NICK MESZAROS
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Fall 2021, DGS
1st Place Graduate Student, R.L. Folk/E.F. McBride Petrography Contest, DGS
Vargas Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG

CARSON MILLER
Honorable Mention, GSEC Student Service Award, DGS

ROSALIND MOREMAN
Estwing Hammer Award, DGS

JOHN A. MORETTI
1st Place, Graduate Research Award, Texas Academy of Science
Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG

NEELARUN MUKHERJEE
Best Master’s Thesis, Sengupta Memorial Award, Indian Institute of Technology
Dean’s List, Indian Institute of Technology

ZACH MURPHY
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

GRACE MUSSER
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, NSF

MARIEL NELSON
Graduate Student Seed Grant, National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping Field Outreach Grant, NSF Geo Allies Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

AMBER NGUYEN
Undergraduate Prize, Mineralogical Society of America

EIRINI POULAKI
Runner-up, Graduate Student Best Paper, DGS

SIMONE PUEL
Marshall Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG
Ogden Memorial Scholarship, JSG Outstanding Graduate Student, UTIG
Winner, 2022 Professional Networking and Portfolio Contest, JSG

SEBASTIAN RAMIRO-RAMIREZ
Equinor Fellow
Best Ph.D. Talk, DGS

VERONIKA REDENSEK
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

JIALONG REN
Student Research Grant, CPSH

FERNANDO REY
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Fall 2021, DGS
R. Randy Ray Memorial Grant, AAPG Foundation

WILLIAM REYES
Summer Research Fellowship, UT Graduate School

MATTHEW RILEY
Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU

CATHERINE ROSS
Geology Foundation Endowed Presidential Fellowship, JSG Student Research Award, CPSH Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research, Barringer Crater Company

CATHERINE SCHMIDT
Austin Geological Society Scholarship, AGS

GEORGE H SEGEE-WRIGHT
Summer Research Fellowship, UT Graduate School
Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG

AFZAL SHADAB
Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU
Student Research Grant, CPSH

BRANDON SHUCK
Runner-up, Graduate Student Best Paper, DGS

SINJINI SINHA
Short-Term Research Grant, German Academic Exchange Service University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, UT Graduate School
Off Campus Research Grant, JSG Ingerson Graduate Research Assistance Fellowship, JSG
Runner-up, Graduate Student Best Paper, DGS

DAPHNE SMITH
Groundwater Field Methods Award, DGS

TRAVIS STONE
Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT

SHADYA TALEB
Robert M. Cluff Memorial Scholarship, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation
Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration, U.S. Department of Energy

AMBER TAYLOR
Student Research Grant, CPSH

GABRIELLE VARONA
Master’s Saturday Best Talk, DGS Geology Foundation Endowed Presidential Fellowship, JSG

DIMITRI VOYTAN
Gale White Graduate Fellowship, UTIG

WARREN WEGENER
Austin Geological Society Scholarship, AGS

CLAIRE WILLIAMS
Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG
Local and Regional Outreach Award, Society for the Study of Evolution Lerner-Gray Marine Research Grant, American Museum of Natural History Graduate Student Research Grant, GSA
Student Research Grant, Paleontological Society

EBONY WILLIAMS
Graduate Student Research Grant, GSA

SHUAI YAN
Outstanding Graduate Student, UTIG

MOLLY ZEBKER
Graduate Fellowship, Texas Space Grant Consortium Sabins Summertime Fellowship for Remote Sensing, JSG

YU-CHEN ZHENG
Student Research Grant, CPSH

STAFF

MELISSA COFFMAN
Outstanding Staff Award, BEG

BEN HESTER
Eleanor Picard Excellence Award

JESSE HOUGHTON
Outstanding Support Staff, UTIG

JULIA LAKE
Staff Service Award, DGS Business Services Office

ANGELA REYES
Outstanding Support Staff, UTIG

ROSANNA D’SOUZA
Staff Service Award, DGS

MARK WIEDERSPAHN
Career Award, UTIG

OTHER

BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
Bruno Hanson Environmental Excellence Award, Permian Basin Petroleum Association

GEOFORCE TEXAS
Special Commendation, SEG