2009-2010 Dean’s Desk
June 1, 2010
Welcome to the Dean’s Desk, which celebrates accomplishments of members of the Jackson School community. With this many honors, there is always a risk of overlooking some. Please accept the editors’ apologies and send along any omitted material, which we will place on the Web site. You can send information to J.B. Bird in the Dean’s Office. Enjoy reading about these distinctions and keep them coming.
| Recipient | Award | Division/Organization |
| William Ambrose | Distinguished Service Award | Energy Minerals Division of AAPG |
| Atilla Aydi | Most Cited Article of the Last 5 Years (co-author) | Journal of Structural Geology |
| Jaime Barnes | Outstanding Woman in Science Award | Subaru & Geological Society of America |
| Frank Brown | Sidney Powers Memorial Award | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Bayani Cardenas | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
| Kerry Cook | Fellow | American Meteorological Society |
| Bruce Cutright | Phoenix Award | Midtown Miami Project |
| Peter Eichhubl | Most Cited Article of the Last 5 Years (co-author) | Journal of Structural Geology |
| Bill Fisher | 2010 Colonel Edwin L. Drake Legendary Oilman Award | Petroleum History Institute |
| Sergey Fomel | One of the top 30 presentations at SEG’s annual meeting | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
| William Galloway | Twenhofel Medal | SEPM |
| Bob Hardage | Distinguished Service Award | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Bob Hardage | Honorary Lecturer | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
| Bob Hardage | Award of Appreciation | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
| Martin Jackson | Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Farzam Javadpour | Best Paper Award | Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology |
| Steve Laubach | Award of Appreciation as Outstanding Technical Editor | Society of Petroleum Engineers |
| Steve Laubach | Certificate of Appreciation | Geological Society of America |
| Steve Laubach | Creation of the Stephen E. Laubach Structural Diagenesis Research Award Fund | Structural Geology & Tectonics Division of the Geological Society of America |
| Ernie Lundelius | April 25, 2010 issue dedicated to him | Quaternary International |
| Amanda Masterson | Certificate of Appreciation | Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies |
| Recipient | Award | Division/Organization |
| Mead Allison | Walter Excellence Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Angela Angelo | Outstanding Staff Award | UT Austin |
| Jay Banner | JSG Outstanding Educator Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Jaime Barnes | G. Moses and Carolyn G. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award (Intro to Geology) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Bayani Cardenas | G. Moses and Carolyn G. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award (Undergraduate) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| William Carlson | Professor of the Month (Jan. 2010) | Senate of College Councils |
| Julie Duiker | JSG Staff Excellence Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Shirley P. Dutton | JSG Research Excellence Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Jeffrey Horowitz | 30 Years of Service Award | UT Austin |
| Jennifer Lee | Thelma Lynn Guion Library Staff Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Jessica Maisano | 10 Years of Service Award | UT Austin |
| David Melanson | Thelma Lynn Guion Library Staff Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Lorena Moscardelli | BEG Publication Award (2010) | Bureau of Economic Geology/Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Bob Reedy | BEG Publication Award (2009) | Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG)/Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Bridget Scanlon | BEG Publication Award (2009) | Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG)/Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Ron Steel | G. Moses and Carolyn G. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award (Graduate) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Greg Thompson | 20 Years of Service Award | UT Austin |
| Renee Waters | JSG Outstanding Service Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Lesli Wood | BEG Publication Award (2010) | Bureau of Economic Geology/Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Recipient | Position |
| Chris Bell | Professor |
| Don Blankenship | Senior Research Scientist |
| Gail Christeson | Senior Research Scientist |
| Xavier Janson | Research Scientist |
| Leader | Position | Division/Organization |
| Ruarri Day-Stirrat | Editor | SEPM Sedimentary Record |
| Bob Hardage | First Vice President of the Executive Committee | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
| Xavier Janson | Editor | SEPM Sedimentary Record |
| Steve Laubach | Associate Editor and Editorial Review Committee member for SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering | Society of Petroleum Engineers |
| Wayne Wright | Editor | SEPM Sedimentary Record |
| Student | Award | Division/Organization |
| Tricia Alvarez | Third Place Student Poster Session 2010 AAPG Annual Mtg. | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Kenny Befus | Petrography Contest (2nd place grad) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Rebecca Comeaux | Tech Sessions Best Speaker | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Gareth Cross | Austin Geological Society Speaker | Austin Geological Society |
| Anmar Davila-Chacon | Day 2, 1st Place Team | 2010 BP Energy Play at UT Competition |
| Kathryn Dianiska | Petrography Contest 1st place undergrad) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| John Hooker | Recognition award at AMGP Simposio: Nuevas Tendencias en la Caracterizacion y Explotacion de Yacimientos Fracturados | AMGP |
| David Hull | IBA second place GCAGS sectional | GCAGS |
| Caleb Jacobs | Petrography Contest (2nd place undergrad) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Jamie Levine | Outstanding Teaching Assistant | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Vishal Maharaj | One of only 15 students selected to present at the 2009 AAPG Student Oral Awards Competition | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Vishal T Maharaj | Thomas A. Philpott Excellence of Presentation Award (2009) | GCAGS |
| Vishal T Maharaj | 2nd Place – AAPG Imperial Barrel Regional Competition (March 2010) | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Kylara Martin | Outstanding Teaching Assistant | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Jessica Morgan | Selection to participate in Oral Presentation competition at AAPG 2010 | AAPG |
| Jeffrey Nittrouer | Tech Sessions Best Speaker | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| John Nowinski | Tech Sessions Best Speaker | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Rocio del Pilar Bernal Olaya | Day 2, 3rd Place Team | 2010 BP Energy Play at UT Competition |
| Toby Powell | Outstanding Teaching Assistant | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Sarika Ramnarine | Day 1, 2nd Place Team | 2010 BP Energy Play at UT Competition |
| Bobby Reece | Day 1, 1st Place Team | 2010 BP Energy Play at UT Competition |
| Bobby Reece | Outstanding Student Paper Award | American Geophysical Union |
| Derek Sawyer | Tech Sessions Best Speaker | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Julia Schneider | Outstanding Teaching Assistant | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Isaac Smith | Outstanding Student Paper Award | American Geophysical Union |
| Evan Strickland | Estwing Hammer Award | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Travis Swanson | Tech Sessions Best Speaker | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Lindsay Szramek | Petrography Contest (1st place grad) | Jackson School of Geosciences |
| Dolores van der Kolk | Day 1, 2nd Place Team | 2010 BP Energy Play at UT Competition |
| Kyle Womack | Student Service Award | JSG Graduate Student Executive Committee |
These students earned external grants and those that applied also received matching funds from the Jackson School to complement their external grants. If this list is incomplete, please email additions. Thanks.
| Student | Award | External Agency |
| Tricia Alvarez | Noble Energy Scholarship | Noble Energy |
| Alejandro Bande | ConocoPhilips Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| Paul Betka | ConocoPhilips Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| Michael Braunscheidel | Noble Energy Scholarship | Noble Energy |
| Will Burnett | ConocoPhilips Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| Darren Burto | Grants-in-Aid Research Award | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Ben Byerly | Devon Energy Scholarship | Devon Energy |
| Richard Casteel | Devon Energy Scholarship | Devon Energy |
| Richard Casteel | Graduate Student Grant (Spring 2010) | GSA |
| Kerin M Claeson | Predoctoral Fellowship (Sep. 2009) | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
| Rebecca Comeaux | AFMSF Scholarship | American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Foundation |
| Gareth Cross | Devon Energy Scholarship | Devon Energy |
| Gareth Cross | Student Travel Grant to attend Oct. 2009 Annual Meeting | GSA |
| Erin N. Eastwood | SPIRIT Scholarship (enewed for 2010-11) | ConocoPhillips |
| Emily Graham | SEG Scholarship | SEG |
| Emily Grubert | Harrington Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Charles Harman | Marathon Oil Scholarship | Marathon Oil |
| Lei Huang | JPL Graduate Program Internship (Summer 2009) | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| David Hull | Grant | Encana |
| Lauren Jacob | NSF IRES grant- International Experience | NSF IRES |
| Corey Joy | Exploration Geophysics Scholarship | JSG Geology Foundation |
| Brian Kiel | BP Scholarship | BP America |
| Molly Kent | Personal Development Award | Shell Oil |
| Ryan Lester | Devon Energy Scholarship | Devon Energy |
| James I Lyons | Award for additional zircon U/Pb age dating | MAG Silver Corporation |
| Vishal Maharaj | SPIRIT Scholarship Award | ConocoPhillips |
| Vishal Maharaj | Student Grant (June 2009) | GCAGS |
| Kristen Massey | AGS Field Camp Scholarship | Austin Geological Society |
| Jessica Morgan | SPIRIT Scholar Award | ConocoPhillips |
| Jessica Morgan | ConocoPhillips Scholarship | ConocoPhillips |
| Jeff Nittrouer | NSF Post-doctoral Research Fund | National Science Foundation |
| John Nowinski | Student Research Grant | Geological Society of America |
| Aysen Ozkan | ConocoPhilips Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| Peter Polito | BP Scholarship | BP America |
| Bobby Reece | Marathon Oil Scholarship | Marathon Oil |
| Anthony Rodriguez | LOFT ExxonMobil Fellowship (Summer/Fall 2009) | Hispanic Heritage Fund |
| Carla M. Sanchez | ConocoPhillips Scholarship | ConocoPhillips |
| Audrey Sawyer | Horton Research Grant | American Geophysical Union – Hydrology Section |
| Julia Schneider | Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship | Consortium for Ocean Leadership |
| Na Shan | ConocoPhilips Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| Tim Shin | AGS Award | Austin Geological Society |
| Sylvia Solano | AIPN Scholarship | Association of International Petroleum Negotiators |
| Travis Swanson | Hess Scholarship | Hess Corporation |
| Travis Swanson | Student Grant 2009-10 | Geological Society of America |
| Travis Swanson | Spirit Scholar Award | ConocoPhillips |
| Yi Tao | ConocoPhilips Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| Marissa Vara | Transition to College Award | BP |
| Bryce Hedrick Wagner III | SEG Foundation Scholarship (Dallas Geophysical Society Scholarship) | Dallas Geophysical Society |
| Bryce Hedrick Wagner III | SPIRIT Scholarship | ConocoPhilips |
| William Woodruff | BP Scholarship | BP America |
| William Woodruff | GSA Research Grant | GSA |
| Kurtus Woolf | Hess Scholarship | Hess Corporation |
| Kurtus Woolf | SIPES Scholarship | SIPES Foundation |
| Lindsay Lowe Worthington | Devon Fellowship | Devon Energy |