Awards List
December 8, 2024
Common Abbreviations
AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
AAPG | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
AGS | Austin Geological Society |
AGU | American Geophysical Union |
AMS | American Meteorological Society |
BEG | Bureau of Economic Geology |
CPSH | Center for Planetary Systems Habitability |
EPS | Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
GSA | Geological Society of America |
GSEC | Graduate Student Executive Committee |
JSG | Jackson School of Geosciences |
SEG | Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
SEPM | Society for Sedimentary Geology |
UTIG | Institute for Geophysics |
FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS
SAHAR BAKHSHIAN
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
JAY BANNER
Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Baylor University
SHUVAJIT BHATTACHARYA
A.I. Levorsen Memorial Award — Best Oral Presentation, AAPG Gulf Coast Section
DANIEL BREECKER
Fellow, GSA
ALEX BUMP
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
BAYANI CARDENAS
Knebel Teaching Award: Field/Experiential Education, EPS Birdsall-Dreiss and LaMoreaux International Distinguished Lecturer, GSA
ALEJANDRO CARDONA
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
GINNY CATANIA
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
YANGKANG CHEN
AETA Earthquake Prediction AI Algorithm Competition, 1st Place, AETA & Peking University Top Cited Article Award, JGR: Solid Earth, AGU
DANIEL DUNCAN
Eleanor Picard Excellence Award, UTIG
DALLAS DUNLAP
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
PETER FLEMINGS
Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award, AAPG Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
SERGEY FOMEL
Best Paper, Interpretation, SEG
CYRIL GRIMA
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
MARK HELPER
Fellow, GSA
BRIAN HORTON
Director’s Circle of Excellence, UTIG
SEYYED HOSSEINI
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
SUSAN HOVORKA
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
STEPHEN LAUBACH
Honorary Member, AAPG Fellow, Albert W. & Alice M. Weeks Centennial Professorship in Geological Sciences, JSG
BOB LOUCKS
President’s Award for Outstanding Paper, AAPG Gulf Coast Section
MATT MALKOWSKI
Knebel Teaching Award: Intro Course, EPS
ROWAN MARTINDALE
Knebel Teaching Award: Undergraduate Upper Division, EPS
ASHLEY MATHENY
Demonstration State, XPRIZE Wildfire Challenge, XPRIZE Foundation
TIP MECKEL
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
KITTY MILLIKEN
Francis J. Pettijohn Medal, SEPM
CLAUDIA MORA
President-Elect, American Geosciences Institute
HAILUN NI
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
DEV NIYOGI
Future Horizons in Climate Science-Turco Lectureship, AGU
CORNEL OLARIU
William R. Dickinson Medal, SEPM
IULIA OLARIU
Tinker Family Publication Award, BEG
GEETA PERSAD
Knebel Teaching Award: Teaching Innovation, EPS
ROB REED
President’s Award for Outstanding Paper, AAPG Gulf Coast Section
DANIELLA REMPE
Early Career Award in Hydrologic Sciences, AGU
DEMIAN SAFFER
Fellow, AGU
BRIDGET SCANLON
Fellow, AAAS
MRINAL SEN
Distinguished Instructor Short Course, SEG
KRISTA SODERLUND
Outstanding Researcher Award, UTIG
KYLE SPIKES
Knebel Teaching Award: Intro Course, EPS
DANNY STOCKLI
Knebel Teaching Award: Graduate, EPS
JAMES THOMPSON
Demonstration State, XPRIZE Wildfire Challenge, XPRIZE Foundation
ALICE TURNER
Outstanding Postdoc Award, UTIG
LEAH TURNER
Women in Energy Pinnacle Award, Hart Energy
ZONG-LIANG YANG
Fellow, AMS
QIQI WANG
Jackson School Best Graduate Paper, Runner-up, EPS
KEHUA YOU
Outstanding Young Researcher Award, UTIG
MICHAEL YOUNG
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy
STUDENTS
LEENA ABDULQADER
Al-Masri Fellowship, JSG
TAUFIK AL AMIN
Charles A. Caughey Graduate Fellowship, JSG
RAWAN ALASAD
Best Ph.D. Talk, Spring 2024, EPS
ABDULKARIM AL-HUSSAINI
Robert K. Goldhammer Memorial Grant, AAPG Foundation
PREVINA ARUMUGAM
Outstanding Student, 16th International CCS Summer School, International Energy Agency Green House Gas Go Further Fund Award, JSG Energy & Earth Resources Fellowship Award, JSG TEX-E Fellow, Texas Exchange for Energy & Climate Entrepreneurship
SOPHIA BAUTISTA
Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU Travel Grant, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
SARAH BROOKER
Lipman Student Research Grant, GSA Ronald K. DeFord Field Scholarship, JSG
TREVOR BROOKS
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
GRACIELA LOPEZ CAMPOS
Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UTIG
EDWARD CLENNETT
Dorothy Ogden Carsey Fellowship, JSG William R. Muehlberger Graduate Fellowship in Structural Geology/Tectonics, JSG Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UTIG Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UTIG
ETHAN CONRAD
Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UTIG
SUSAN COOK
Estwing Hammer Award, Runner-up, EPS
ROBERT DOMEYKO
Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU
WILLIAM EAGLE
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, Udall Foundation
SHUANG GAO
Best Paper, Interpretation, SEG Chevron Energy Graduate Fellow, UT Austin Energy Institute
ERIC HIATT
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
COLLIN HOFFMAN
Undergraduate Petrography Contest, 2nd Place, EPS
SHUHUA HU
Student Scholarship, Geophysical Society of Oklahoma City 75th Anniversary Scholarship, SEG David R. Lammlein Scholarship, SEG ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. Scholarship, SEG
QUINN JOHNSON
Graduate Petrography Contest, 3rd Place, EPS
XANDER KELLY
Undergraduate Groundwater Field Methods Award, EPS
NATTHAKORN KONGUTHAITHIP
William Dow Hamm Memorial Grant, AAPG Foundation
RODRIGO LEAL
Graduate Fellowship, AMS
LANDON LOCKHART
Jackson School Best Graduate Paper, Runner-up, EPS Student Paper Contest, 1st Place, UT Austin Student Chapter, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UTIG
JOSHUA MALONE
Outstanding Student Poster, Sedimentary Geology Division, SEPM
CARSON MILLER
GSEC Student Service Award, EPS Scholarship, The Hydrographic Society of America Houston Chapter Endowed Presidential Scholarship, UT Austin Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UTIG Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UTIG
RUSSELL MILLER
Jackson School Best Graduate Paper, Runner-up, EPS
SUMMER MONTOYA
Undergraduate Groundwater Field Methods Award, EPS
EMILY MOORE
James and Ruth Harrison Scholarship, SEG
JOHN MORETTI
Honorary Award Winner, American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
PAUL MORRIS
Jackson School Best Graduate Paper, EPS
NEELARUN MUKHERJEE
Off Campus Research Grant, JSG Workshop Travel Grant, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories/Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Travel Grant, Environmental System Science, U.S. Department of Energy
IZZY MULLER
Graduate Petrography Contest, 2nd Place, EPS
JOSHUA MUNRO
Lipman Student Research Grant, GSA
CLAUDIU NISTOR
Graduate Petrography Contest, 1st Place, EPS
LIAM NORRIS
Graduate Student Research Grant, GSA Graduate Student Research Grant, Jurassic Foundation Steven Cohen Award for Student Research, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
SAWYER PARKER
Undergraduate Petrography Contest, 3rd Place, EPS
MEDHA PRAKASH
Planetary Habitability Student Award, CPSH John C. Bianchi Jr. and John L. Boone Endowed Presidential Fellowship, JSG NASA Planetary Sciences Division Travel Grant, Meteoritical Society
MADISON PREECE
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall, EPS
BERIT HUDSON-RASMUSSEN
Graduate Groundwater Field Methods Award, EPS
NICHOLAS REGIER
Master’s Friday Best Speaker, 1st Place, EPS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring, EPS Endowed Presidential Scholarship, JSG
ANGELICA REYES
Undergraduate Petrography Contest, 1st Place, EPS
KAITLIN SCHAIBLE
Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship, U.S. Science Support Program Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UTIG
ASHLEE SIDDALL
Meckel Family Named Grant, AAPG Foundation
ADAN SILVA
Eastern Section Paul Potter Memorial Field Geology Grant, AAPG Foundation
SINJINI SINHA
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards, National Association of Geoscience Teachers Positive Mental Health in the Geosciences Workshop Award, Science Education Resource Centre/GSA Endowed Presidential Fellowship, UT Austin Graduate Teaching Showcase Presenter, UT Austin Center for Teaching and Learning
DAPHNE SMITH
Master’s Friday Best Speaker, 2nd Place, EPS
TRAVIS STONE
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
SAGE TUREK
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall, EPS
VANESSA WEBER
Estwing Hammer Award, EPS
EBONY WILLIAMS
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring, EPS
STAFF
TODD BEAUDREAU
Consider it Done Award, EPS
JJ DUPONT
Chief Happiness Officer Award, UTIG
PHILIP GUERRERO
Lifetime Service Award, Texas Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals
EMMA HARDIN
Chief Happiness Officer Award, Dean’s Staff
ELIZABETH KELTON
Consider it Done Award, UTIG
ADAM KIRK
Shining Star Award, BEG
DIDEY MONTOYA
Outstanding Staff Award, UT Austin
CONSTANTINO PANAGOPULOS
Shining Star Award, UTIG
JENN RAYMOND
Staff Excellence Award, EPS
ANGELA REYES
Outstanding Support Staff Award, UTIG
GEORGIA SANDERS
Shining Star Award, Dean’s Staff
RICK SIERRA
Chief Happiness Officer Award, BEG
LEE SPARKS
Chief Happiness Officer Award, EPS
NINA STAEBEN
Consider it Done Award, Dean’s Staff
MICHAEL WANG
Consider it Done Award, BEG
JESSICA WOOLLARD-ADAIR
Shining Star Award, EPS
SERVICE AWARDS
VICKIE AMIDON
20 Years
MELISSA ARMSTRONG
10 Years
MATTHEW BROWN
15 Years
ANTON CAPUTO
10 Years
DAVID CHAPMAN
15 Years
ROXANA DARVARI
10 Years
ROBIN DOMMISSE
10 Years
DALLAS DUNLAP
25 Years
DAVID EDEY
10 Years
KENNETH EDWARDS
15 Years
ROSALIND GAMBLE
20 Years
LAURA HERNANDEZ
10 Years
ADRIAN HUH
15 Years
NATHAN IVICIC
20 Years
JAY KIPPER
20 Years
STACI LOEWY
15 Years
ADAM MENA
10 Years
RONALD O’NEILL
20 Years
VINCENT O’SULLIVAN
10 Years
DESMOND PATTERSON
10 Years
FRAN PEÑA
15 Years
ROBERT REED
25 Years
YI JIN SHI
20 Years
SARA SIEBERATH
15 Years
CHRISTOPHER STELLA
15 Years
TIMOTHY URBAN
25 Years
EDWARD VIZY
15 Years
BRIAN ZAVALA
20 Years