Winners of 14th Annual Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium

Undergraduate 

1st Danielle Zaleski: Temporal Microplastics Analysis of Lady Bird Lake, Austin Sediments: A Reflection of Austin’s Urban Growth 

2nd Caroline Mackin: Using Laser Grain Size Analysis to Investigate Changes in Surface Carbonate Producers in the Southeastern Atlantic (Walvis Ridge) across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition 

3rd Joseph Sennello: Assessment of Factors Affecting the Development of Pyrite Disease in Devonian Chondrichthyan Fossils from the Cleveland Shale in the CMNH Collection 

Master’s Students & Ph.D. Aspirants 

1st Cassandra Guzman: Preliminary Observations of Rapid Sediment Reworking of a New Inlet: Hurricane Beryl, July 2024, Texas 

2nd Jonathan Amendola: A Geophysical Analysis of Kangerlussuup Sermia and Kangerluarsuup Sermia Glacimarine Sediments, Central West Greenland 

3rd Alex Bonilla Franco: Weathering of the Archean Continents: Effect on the Lithium Isotope Composition of the Ancient Ocean 

Ph.D. Candidates 

Co-First Place Winners 

1st Madison Preece: Investigating the Structural and Topographic Evolution of the Himalayas through Landscape Analysis and Thermokinematic Modelling 

1st Harsh Kamath: Assessing Heat Stress Along the Paris 2024 Olympics Marathon Route 

Third Place 

3rd Jennifer Kohn: Siliciclastic Sediment Routing Driving Basin-Margin Evolution in Arid Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Systems, Northern Delaware Basin