Awards List

December 8, 2024

Common Abbreviations

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