Winners of Spring 2025 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Awards
April 23, 2025
Boyd Auditorium erupted in intermittent cheers on Tuesday afternoon as students, staff members, researchers, and faculty members celebrated the winners of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences annual awards.
Department Chair Danny Stockli presented the winners, which were based on nominations from students and peers. The Petrography Contest winners were decided based on their ability to correctly describe and classify rocks in a timed test.
Congratulations to the nominees and winners of each category!
Graduate Student Executive Committee Student Service Award
Isabelle Lambert
EPS Staff Excellence Award
Jessica Yeager
EPS Staff Service Awards
10 Years of Service: Brandon Minton, Jason Visser
15 Years of Service: Georgia Sanders
20 Years of Service: Veronica Vasquez, Jessie Maisano, Jeff Stuenkel
Groundwater Field Methods Award: Undergraduate
Austin Barthel
Groundwater Field Methods Award: Graduate
Fernando Pagan Gonzales
Knebel Teaching Award: Introductory Course
Daniella Rempe, GEO 416W: Climate, Water, and the Environment
Knebel Teaching Award: Undergraduate Upper Division Course
Craig Martin, GEO 428: Structural Geology
Knebel Teaching Award: Graduate Course
Mrinal Sen, GEO 398D 5-Machine Learning Research
Knebel Teaching Award: Teaching Innovation
Peter Flemings and Thorsten Becker, GEO 315L: Earth from Lab to Planet
Knebel Teaching Award: Field/Experiential Education
Charles Kerans
Petrography Contest, Graduate Students
First Place: Quinn Johnson
Second Place: Lucia Bellino
Third Place: Max Ehrenfels
Petrography Contest, Undergraduate Students
First Place: Tori Burnette
Second Place: Julie Hammons
Third Place: Fiona Gallice
Masters Friday Best Speaker
First Place: Riley Garrett
Second Place: Cameron Cummins
Best PhD Talk, 2024-2025
Xinxin Sui
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant: Fall
Ashlee Siddall
Abby Harper
Izzy Muller
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant: Spring
Olivia Wachob
Kyle Fouke
Nicole Czwakiel
South Texas Geological Society Scholarship Recipients
Abby Trevino
Anna Vu
Josh Jennings