® GSA Member Appreciation Issue Issue Issue Appreciation Appreciation Appreciation Member Member Member GSA GSA GSA A PUBLICATION OF THEA PUBLICATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMERICA OF

25–28 Sept. GSA 2016. Share your science, network, and explore Colorado. andnetwork, explore science, your Share 2016. GSA 25–28 Sept. 1815 geological map from a digital perspective a digital from map geological 1815 The development and evolution of the Smith William the of evolution and development The

JULY 2016 | VOL. 26, NO. 7

JULY 2016 | VOLUME 26, NUMBER 7 Featured Article GSA TODAY (ISSN 1052-5173 USPS 0456-530) prints news and information for more than 26,000 GSA member readers and subscribing libraries, with 11 monthly issues (March/ April is a combined issue). GSA TODAY is published by The SCIENCE Geological Society of America® Inc. (GSA) with offices at 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colorado, USA, and a mail- 4 The development and evolution of ing address of P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA. the William Smith 1815 geological GSA provides this and other forums for the presentation of diverse opinions and positions by scientists worldwide, map from a digital perspective regardless of race, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, Peter Wigley religion, or political viewpoint. Opinions presented in this publication do not reflect official positions of the Society. Cover: Digital reconstructions of maps of the © 2016 The Geological Society of America Inc. All rights English county of Somerset used by William reserved. Copyright not claimed on content prepared Smith in his geologic mapping. (A) Smith’s first wholly by U.S. government employees within the scope of geological map around the city of Bath on a base their employment. Individual scientists are hereby granted permission, without fees or request to GSA, to use a single map made by Taylor and Meyler (1799). (B) Part figure, table, and/or brief paragraph of text in subsequent of the Day and Masters (1782) map of Somerset work and to make/print unlimited copies of items in GSA known to have been used by Smith. (C) Smith’s TODAY for noncommercial use in classrooms to further geological map of Somerset based on his engraved geological lines on a map by John Cary. All maps have education and science. In addition, an author has the right to use his or her article or a portion of the article in a thesis been re-projected and overlain on part of Smith’s 1815 geological map of and Wales. (Courtesy or dissertation without requesting permission from GSA, Peter Wigley.) See related article, p. 4–10. provided the bibliographic citation and the GSA copyright credit line are given on the appropriate pages. For any other use, contact [email protected]. Subscriptions: GSA members: Contact GSA Sales & Service, GSA 2016 Annual Meeting & Exposition +1-888-443-4472; +1-303-357-1000 option 3; gsaservice@ geosociety.org for information and/or to place a claim for non-receipt or damaged copies. Nonmembers and institutions: 11 Abstracts Deadline GSA TODAY is US$92/yr; to subscribe, or for claims for non-receipt and damaged copies, contact gsaservice@ 12 Education, Mentoring, and Careers geosociety.org. Claims are honored for one year; please allow sufficient delivery time for overseas copies. Peri- 13 Feed Your Brain—Lunchtime Enlightenment and GSA and Society odicals postage paid at Boulder, Colorado, USA, and at Distinguished Lecturer: Lucile “Lucy” M. Jones additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to GSA Sales & Service, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, 14 Visit Denver Neighborhood Spotlight: RiNo (River North Art District) CO 80301-9140. GSA TODAY STAFF Executive Director and Publisher: Vicki S. McConnell Science Editors: Steven Whitmeyer, James Madison GSA News University Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science, 800 S. Main Street, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA, [email protected]; Gerald Dickens, Rice University 15 2016 GSA Medal & Award Recipients School of Science, MS-126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA, [email protected]. 16 2016 GSA Division Primary Awards Managing Editor: Kristen “Kea” Giles, [email protected], 17 2016 GSA Fellows [email protected] Graphics Production: Margo McGrew 22 GSA Celebrates 50-Year Member Anniversaries Advertising (classifieds & display): Ann Crawford, 23 2016 GSA Research Grant Recipients +1-800-472-1988 ext. 1053; +1-303-357-1053; Fax: +1-303- 357-1070; [email protected]; acrawford@ 30 2016 GSA Division & Section Student Research Awards geosociety.org GSA Online: www.geosociety.org 31 2016 Cole Awards GSA TODAY: www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/ 32 Welcome New GSA Members! Printed in the USA using pure soy inks. 46 In Memoriam 48 2015–2016 GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow Report: “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” 49 Meet Your Fiscal Year 2017 Officers & Councilors 50 Open Access 51 GSA Position Statement Revisions 52 Supporting Diverse Students to Attend GSA and SACNAS Annual Meetings 54 2015 GSA International Distinguished Lecture Tour: Lisa Ely 56 Speaking of Geoscience 59 Classified Advertising 61 GSA Foundation Update The development and evolution of the William Smith 1815 geological map from a digital perspective

Peter Wigley, Lynx Geographic Information Systems Ltd, 93-99 distance from one Market Town to another with the exact admea- Upper Richmond Road, Putney, SW15 2TG, UK surement prefixed to each from the Metropolis [London]” (Cary, 1796). Cary was aided in this task by material provided by the Post ABSTRACT Master General, but he also undertook a number of local, detailed triangulated surveys in order to complete the map. The map was William Smith’s 1815 geological map of England and Wales produced at a scale of approximately one inch to five miles is a masterpiece; the map differs from all other contemporaneous (1:316,000) and Cary was to use this map as the basis for the 1815 maps in that Smith applied the principles of stratigraphy to its Smith map. construction. The maps are extremely rare and therefore not Figure 1 illustrates how the base map was compiled; the three readily available for study and analysis; however, over the past maps are from part of the county of Wiltshire. The top map (A) decade a number of Smith geological maps have been digitally is from Cary’s 1794 New Map of England and Wales and shows scanned and some incorporated into a Geographic Information in extraordinary detail roads, canals, rivers, towns, and villages System (GIS). Early nineteenth-century maps of the United included by Cary. The middle (B) map is a de-colored Smith Kingdom (UK) present a number of difficulties when trying to 1815 map and shows how Cary and Smith simplified the road build them into a GIS, mostly related to projection problems and network, reduced the number of towns and villages located (and the fact that many pre-date the “1st Principal Triangulation” of reduced the size and style of the typeface), while at the same the UK. However, once in the GIS, they can be used with great time emphasizing topographic features. Incidentally, Cary, ever effect to show the evolution of Smith’s maps and also to compare mindful of commercial implications, ensured that the outlines his maps with modern geology. When combined with digital of the estates of wealthy landowners were always included. This terrain data, Smith’s maps can be displayed in 3D. map also shows Smith’s engraved geological lines. Map (C) is the corresponding part of the 1815 map, which was hand-colored to NINETEENTH-CENTURY MAP TECHNOLOGY show the geology. William Smith (1769–1839) was an undoubted geological Smith’s geological mapping was not limited to the great 1815 genius with an amazing eye for the countryside and an ability to map. Between 1819 and 1824, John Cary published, in six parts, think in three dimensions. He was also an expert surveyor, Smith’s geological maps of 21 English counties. The New apprenticed in his youth to Edward Webb (1751–1828) at Stow-on- Geological Atlas of England and Wales was used for its base maps. the-Wold, where he learned to measure and value land during the The large county sheets of Cary’s New English Atlas have been time of the Enclosure Acts (Torrens, 2001). This skill may have described as “remarkable for their accuracy and their clear, clean classified him as an artisan in the eyes of the gentlemen of the print brilliantly engraved, and rank with the Ordnance Survey as Geological Society of London and thus precluded his membership the finest maps of the nineteenth century” (Tooley, 1952). Smith of the Society; however, it was to prove essential in the production could not have had a finer set of topographic maps upon which to of the great map. Through use of sextant, plane table, and other draw his geological lines. surveying instruments (the high-tech of the time), Smith was able to locate outcrops on his field maps. Today with GPS, laser range- SMITH’S REPRESENTATION OF GEOLOGY ON THE MAP finders, and access to remote-sensing data, the whole process of Smith’s initial problem was how best to show the distribution of map making is very much easier than it was in Smith’s day—yet, his strata on maps. Should it be by point locations, lines, or colors? for all that, some eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maps of As we know, Smith chose a combination of both line and color. England are remarkably accurate. His colors generally had some lithological significance and indeed It is highly unlikely that Smith’s map would ever have been are still used today. Smith also used graded tints on his maps, with made were it not for the help of John Cary (1755–1835). Cary was the strongest color at the base of the bed at outcrop, lightening a mapmaker, engraver, and publisher; he probably first met Smith upward. This is what Smith says in his memoir to the map: when he engraved his plan of the Somerset Canal in 1793 The Society of Arts very wisely foresaw, in offering their (Torrens, 2007, p. 13). At that time, Cary’s maps were some of the premium for a mineralogical map (which I have just had best available. In 1794, he was commissioned by the Post Office to the honour to obtain), that one of the greatest difficul- map towns and roads on his New Map of England and Wales. At ties in understanding such an extensive branch of that time, postal charges were based on distance, and it was there- natural history arose from the want of some method of fore important to the Post Office that Cary show “the actual generalizing the information, which could only be GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY

GSA Today, v. 26, no. 7, doi: 10.1130/GSATG279A.1. 4 documented his observations; he would not have used it in the field because the scale was too small. Smith did make an early experiment using a Cary one-inch to twenty-mile (~1:1,300,000) map, but he said that the “maps were spoiled by speculating on the ranges of stratification without sufficient data” (Smith, 1815, p. 27). His memoirs also record that he colored a map in the vicinity of Bath and also used the Day and Masters County Survey of Somerset (1782) (Phillips, 1844, p. 27). In the early nineteenth century, scale adjustment was more difficult but not insurmountable. In order to scale his field maps onto the 1815 base map, Smith would almost certainly have used a pantograph. Smith was very familiar with this instrument. In his journal entry for Friday, 18 December 1789, Smith records time spent “Repairing and Setting the pentograph [pantograph]” before he “began to reduce the Plan of a Mr. C. Norton’s allot- ments” (OUMNH Archive, Diaries, WS/B0 p. 55). It is important to realize that although Smith’s final map may have been small scale, its content was derived from his large-scale field maps.

PROJECTIONS Smith would not have been overly concerned about the projec- tion of his base map; however, projections are a crucial element of any Geographic Information System (GIS). Projection informa- tion does not appear on any Cary or Smith map. The graticules around the margins of the maps show ticks of longitude and lati- tude (usually based on the Greenwich meridian), but in most cases there are no internal coordinate lines/ticks within the body of the map. On the Cary Turnpike map, the latitude degree ticks are angled to the frame, indicating that parallels may be curved lines. Meridians may or may not be straight, but in all cases are not parallel. However, although only a small-scale map, the General Index Map for Cary’s 1794 New Map of England and Wales and Part of does have internal longitude and lati- tude lines. Some information is available regarding commonly used late eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century projec- tions. John Snyder gives a good account of these projections (Snyder, 1993); his list of projections was tested on the Smith and Cary maps used in the GIS. First-order polynomial transforma- Figure 1. Stages in the compilation of William Smith’s 1815 tion (affine) was used to project map images to coordinates for Geology map by John Cary (showing part of Wiltshire). each of the tested projections. Residual (RMS) errors were calcu- lated based on the framing graticules. Typical errors ranged from supplied by a map that gives, in one view, the locality of >4,500 m (14,764 ft) to <1000 m (3281 ft). Some projections (e.g., thousands of specimens. By strong lines of colour, the Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area) achieved a good fit on the grati- principal ranges of strata are rendered conspicuous, and cule but had a considerably distorted shape. Apart from the naturally formed into classes, which may be seen and residual errors on the graticules, a judgment also had to be made understood at a distance from the map, without on the fit to places and coastlines. In this regard, it is worth distressing the eye to search for small characters. This is remembering that the maps are all about 200 years old. the advantage of colours over any other mode of repre- Essentially, they predate the 1st Principal Triangulation of the sentation. (Smith, 1815, p. 11) country, which started in 1783 and was not completed until 1853 The effect of Smith’s striking coloring technique also serves (although the first phase was complete by 1796). Although the to give added depth to the two-dimensional plane of the map: general shape of England and Wales is excellent on all maps, it the individual strata appear to have a measure of three-dimen- does differ from the modern coastline. For example, the Cary and sional relief, which makes their relationship to one another Smith maps show the position of Lands End to be >4 miles north more apparent. of its actual position; similarly, the Isle of Man is offset by ~8 miles | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday to the northeast. Bonne, Cassini, and Transverse Mercator projec- MAPPING SCALE tions all achieved relatively good results. Bonne was marginally The 1815 map measures more than eight feet by six feet and was the best fit on the Smith 1815 map, closely followed by Cassini GSA TODAY GSA printed on 15 sheets. This map was the canvas upon which Smith (used by the Ordnance Survey for the Old Series 1� maps of

5 England and Wales), which gave the best fit on the Smith County b1–b75 or possibly to b100 (Series IV); and a late unnumbered maps. One additional piece of indirect evidence is that projection series (Series V), which is divided into Va maps, similar to late tests on the small-scale General Index to Cary’s 1794 New Map of Series IV and Vb, possibly part of a second 1830s series (Sharpe, England and Wales, which does contain internal coordinate lines, 2007, and personal commun.). The early and late unnumbered give RMS errors of 1448 m (4750 ft) for Cassini against 1637 m maps are not signed by Smith, while the numbered issues are (5370 ft) for Bonne. The difference in error is too small for any usually signed. The map is dated 1st August 1815; however, two definitive statement to be made as to which projection was used, early Series I unnumbered maps were issued before this date, with but on balance it is more likely that a Cassini projection (on a a further 20 in September–October 1815. However, most maps sphere) was used for both the Smith 1815 and County maps. were not issued until after 2 November 1815, when Smith began signing and numbering his maps. Countermarks on the very late TRANSFORMATIONS Z map (which hangs in The Geological Society of London’s Burlington House) date it as 1836 or later. Smith’s memoir lists Having decided that Cassini was overall the best-fit projection, 410 subscribers for 414 copies of his 1815 map. Not all subscribers the maps were transformed to that projection. Graticules on the took their copies, and some maps went to non-subscribers; the 1815 map provided some limited information, which was supple- total production run was probably around 350, of which 120–130 mented by John Cary’s locations of towns and villages. For the may still survive (Tom Sharpe, 2014, personal commun.). county maps, some 1,800 graticule longitude and latitude points In order to demonstrate the evolution of Smith’s geological were transformed using town and village locations and RMS mapping, extracts from various maps around the city of Oxford errors obtained. In general, transformation errors were lower in have been produced from the GIS and are shown in Figure 2. All southeast England and tended to increase to the north and west. three Smith maps use the same basic scheme of colors and tinting THE 1ST PRINCIPAL TRIANGULATION technique, although there are some significant changes in geolog- ical content. All the maps show a succession of strata, oldest The 1st Principal Triangulation of the UK and Ireland was (Great Oolite) in the northwest and getting progressively younger conducted over six decades and was a remarkable achievement to the southeast (Chalk). The Smith A map at the top of the panel that significantly improved the accuracy of nineteenth-century is a very early unsigned copy and was probably the Geological maps of the country. The Principal Triangulation commenced in Society subscription copy. Tinting on the A map tends to be light, 1783 under the direction of General William Roy with the objec- almost tentative, often grading to no color. Smith himself says, “In tive of connecting the observatories of Greenwich and Paris and many cases the edge of one stratum terminating on another is so determining the difference in longitude between them. After gradual, as not to admit of any distinction or definite line” Roy’s death in 1790, the survey was extended across the UK and (Smith, 1815, p. 8). Where there is no color, the formation is Ireland under the direction of Colonel Williams, General Mudge, assumed to be intermediate between the strata above and below. General Colby, Colonel Hall, and finally Colonel Henry James. However, on early issue maps (like the A map) the Greensand is Apart from improving map accuracy, the triangulation allowed purposely shown colorless. Also, in early maps the Coral Rag is Alexander Clarke to compute a spheroid for Earth and make not shown as a separate formation, only sandstone between the density calculations. The first stage in the triangulation was the Clunch Clay and the Oaktree Clay. The later issue P map (Series measurement of an accurate baseline between Kings Arbour (now Va, possibly 1816, Tom Sharpe, 2014, personal commun.) is more the site of the Heathrow Airport car park) and the Poor House at fully and confidently colored. On this map, the Coral Rag appears Hampton. This was first achieved by iron bars and deal rods and and the Oaktree Clay is extended to the base of the Chalk. Smith’s then remeasured using glass tubes. Corrections were made for Oaktree Clay is somewhat problematic; on the 1815 map legend, and humidity and the line accurately leveled; the he shows “Blue Marl or Oak Tree Soil” beneath the Greensand and final accuracy is estimated at an amazing one inch in 27,400 ft. above the Purbeck stone. However, on his later cross sections, After completion of the line, a number of triangulations were geological tables, and the county maps, the Oaktree Clay is clearly made in a southeasterly direction toward the Kent coast. The below the Portland stone and above the Clunch/Coral Rag, triangulations were made using a specially commissioned theo­ making it the equivalent of the modern Kimmeridge Clay. The dolite constructed by Jesse Ramsden. As the triangulation changes in geological coloring are accompanied by new engraved proceeded, it become obvious that there were large inaccuracies in geological lines. The third map is a composite of parts of Smith’s existing maps of the country. In 1799, Mudge and Dalby made a geological maps of Oxfordshire and Berkshire published between number of severe criticisms of the “erroneous state of our maps.” 1819 and 1820. The topographic and cultural information shown Cary’s maps were not specifically mentioned by Mudge and Dalby is more detailed because the county sheets are at a larger scale; the and while at the local level Cary’s maps are accurate, errors geological boundaries are also more detailed. For general compar- become amplified in country-wide maps. ison, the last map illustrates a simplified version of the modern geology published by the British Geological Survey. EVOLUTION OF SMITH’S GEOLOGICAL MAPPING Smith’s 1815 map exists in at least six main variants in five GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SMITH’S MAPS series as recognized by Eyles and Eyles (1938), based on changes to William Smith did not make the first geological map. Jean- the geology, coloring, and topographic detail. These include an Étienne Guettard (1715–1786) and Philippe Buache (1700–1773) early unnumbered issue (Series I); an early issue second series published a map in 1746 containing a large amount of regional GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY numbered 1–100 (Series II); another, mostly second issue third lithological information that significantly shows an attempt at series, numbered a1 to a100 (Series III); a third issue, numbered the distribution of the chalk in France and England. Later in the 6 , Guettard and Lavoisier published a series of mineralogical maps of north- eastern France showing point locations of rocks and , but no attempt was made to map strata. Later, in 1809, the Scottish-American William Maclure (1763–1840) published a geological map of the that pre-dated Smith’s map by six years. Maclure was strongly influenced by the work of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), who had developed a theory of universal genesis based on precipitation and erosion within a receding primordial ocean (later known as Neptunism). On his 1809 map, Maclure used Werner’s rock classification, which ultimately proved to be a geological cul-de-sac. Maclure did meet Smith in 1815 and purchased a copy of his map, yet he completely failed to understand the importance of Smith’s work (Torrens, 2001), for on his 1817 version of the USA map, the classification is essentially the same as the one he had used in 1809. It is not known whether Smith was aware of Werner’s work, but if so, he was most certainly not influenced by it. Smith realized that an understanding of the “ordering of strata” was essential in geological mapping, and it was the applica- tion of his stratigraphic method that was so geologically significant. Smith first became interested in this ordering when employed as a surveyor on the Somerset Coal Canal in 1795. Through detailed study of canal sections, he managed to separate several repetitious clay formations and also to separate the Upper and Lower Oolite (Torrens, 2003, p. 161). By August 1797, Smith had made his first attempt at a more general order of strata, starting with Number 1 “Chalk Strata” and descending to Number 28 “Limestone” below the Coal Measures. In June 1799, at the home of the Rev. Joseph Townsend, Smith dictated his famous “Order of the Strata in the Bath area” to the Rev. Benjamin Richardson (Phillips, 1844, p. 29) and during the course of several iterations it evolved into the geological table, part of which is shown in Figure 3. Like others before, Smith could recog- Figure 2. Maps of the area around the city of Oxford showing the evolution of William Smith’s geological nize strata based on their lithology, some | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday mapping and a comparison with the present day geological interpretation simplified from work by the rocks (e.g., oolites) being very distinctive. British Geological Survey. (Extracts of William Smith county maps and the William Smith A map are However the problem with a purely litho- published by kind permission of the Geological Society of London and the P map by kind permission of the logical approach to stratigraphy can be the Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.) incorrect correlation of strata of differing TODAY GSA age but with similar lithology. Smith, 7 Figure 3. Composite illustration showing part of William Smith’s geological table of strata, some examples by Sowerby of stratigraphically arranged fossils from Smith’s 1816–1819 publication, “Strata Identified by Organized Fossils…,” and a modern stratigraphic sequence chart of the Jurassic (modified from Snedden and Liu, 2010).

however, realized early in his career that particular fossils were he proposed to make a reduced scale model of the Mearns associated with each strata. He was an avid collector of fossils, but colliery showing the coals and other strata (Phillips, 1844, p. 6). unlike the genteel collectors in Bath, did not see them as orna- Later, Smith made a geological model by taking one of his ments; to him, they were a key tool to identify and type specific geological maps and cutting along the edges of the strata in strata in the geological record, and he built up a huge collection order to accentuate their relationships (Phillips, 1844, p. 27). that he could relate to specific strata. Based on this, it can be fairly He continued the three-dimensional theme in his magnificent said that he founded the science of biostratigraphy. Some of stratigraphic cross sections. From 1817 on, he prepared and Smith’s fossils from his 1816–1819 publication, “Strata Identified published a series of seven cross sections across England and by Organized Fossils…,” are illustrated in Figure 3. Wales. Smith did not invent the geological cross section, for it is William Smith laid the foundation for stratigraphy in England; known that he was influenced by the pioneering work of John later, his pioneering work was to be continued by others. Of note Strachey (Strachey, 1727, Fuller, 2004, p. 15). However, Smith were Carl Albert Oppel and Alcide d’Orbigny. Oppel provided a took sections to a new level by combining a two-dimensional detailed zonation of the Jurassic by use of ammonites and was able cross section with a three-dimensional panorama. Using to subdivide the Jurassic into 33 different zones (Oppel, 1856–1858). modern digital technology, it is possible to further enhance A major revolution in the understanding of stratigraphy came in these sections. The display in Figure 4 shows Smith’s section the late twentieth century with the advent of high-resolution across the Weald of southern England, together with part of his seismic acquisition. For the first time it became possible to resolve 1815 map, which has been draped on a digital elevation model. individual stratigraphic units and to understand their architec- Also shown is a modern composite seismic section (Butler and ture; from this, the concept of sequence stratigraphy emerged. Jamieson, 2013). Smith’s cross section demonstrates the general Figure 3 includes a diagram of Jurassic sequences, coastal onlap, anticlinal structure of the Weald with the chalk dipping to the and global sea-level change (0 = present day) compared to part of north and the south. However, he wrongly interpreted the age of Smith’s Table of Strata. The science of stratigraphy has made the thick section in the core of the anticline as Jurassic (Smith significance advances during the past 200 years, yet for all these Strata Numbers 8–13). This was understandable because he had advances there is still a direct link back to William Smith’s never before encountered thick strata between the Greensand- original work. Gault and Portland-Purbeck stone. For obvious reasons, he could not have known that the Weald had been an actively STRATIGRAPHY IN THREE DIMENSIONS subsiding basin during the Mesozoic, which had subsequently

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Smith’s interest in representing geology in three dimensions been inverted and unroofed. For all this, the cross section can be traced back to his early career as a mine surveyor. In 1793, remains a remarkable achievement.

8 Figure 4. Part of William Smith’s 1819 Section of the Strata across Surrey and Sussex shown with part of his 1815 map, which has been draped on an SRTM elevation model. Also shown is a modern composite seismic section (modified from Butler and Jamieson, 2013). Green—Chalk; blue-gray—Greensand and Gault; pink-brown—Purbeck-Portland; blue—older Jurassic; orange-brown—Triassic. The locations of the seismic section (A–A´) and Smith’s section (B–B´) are shown on Smith’s county geological maps of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES CITED The Smith GIS project has been generously funded by the UK Onshore Butler, M., and Jamieson, R., 2013, Preliminary interpretation of six regional Geophysical Library (UKOGL) and is available as a free-to-all educational profiles across onshore basins of England: UK Onshore Geophysical resource at www.strata-smith.com. The author is extremely grateful to Hugh Library, http://maps.lynxinfo.co.uk/docs/images/interpretations/. Torrens, Dave Williams, Tom Sharpe, John Henry, and Malcolm Butler for Cary, J., 1796, Cary’s Reduction of his large map of England and Wales with

materials and content included in this paper. Extracts from the William part of Scotland comprehending the whole of the Turnpike Roads with | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Smith A map, county maps (Oxfordshire and Berkshire), and the William the great rivers and the course of the navigable canals: J. Cary, Engraver Smith P map are published by kind permission of the Geological Society of and Map-seller. London and the Manuscripts and Special Collections, the University of Eyles, V.A., and Eyles, J.M., 1938, On the different issues of the first geological map of England and Wales: Annals of Science, v. 3, p. 190–212. TODAY GSA Nottingham.

9 Fuller, J.G.C.M., 2004, The origins of stratigraphy 1719–1801: London: http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2010/40594snedden/ ’ Association Guide No 65, 53 p. ndx_snedden.pdf (last accessed 9 May 2016). Mudge, W., and Dalby, I., 1799, An account of the operations carried out for Snyder, J., 1993, Flattening the Earth; Two Thousand Years of Map Projections: accomplishing a Trigonometric Survey of England and Wales from the Chicago, The Press, 365 p. commencement in the year 1784, to the end of the year 1796: London, Strachey, J., 1727, Observations on the different strata of and Minerals: Philosophical Transactions, vi + 205 p. London, Walthoe. Oppel, C.A., 1856, Die Juraformation Englands: Stuttgart, Frankreichs and des Tooley, R.V., 1952, Map and Map Makers: London, B.T. Batsford, p. xii, 140 p., südwestlichen Deutschlands. 556 p. plus plates. Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) Archive and Library Torrens, H.S., 2001, Timeless order: William Smith (1769–1839) and the search Collection, William Smith (1769–1839) Collection, Diaries 1789, WS/B0 for raw materials 1800–1820, in Lewis, C.L.E., and Knell, S.J., eds., p. 55. The age of the Earth from 4004 BC to AD 2002: Geological Society of Phillips, J., 1844, Memoirs of William Smith LLD: London, John Murray, London Special Publication 190, p. 61–83. vii + 150 p. Torrens, H.S., 2003, An introduction to the life and times of William Smith Sharpe, T., 2007, Sources of Maps, sections, other documents and digital data, (1769–1839), in Memoirs of William Smith LL.D., author of the “Map of in Wigley, P., Dolan, P., Sharpe, T., and Torrens, H.S., eds., 2007, ‘Strata’ the Strata of England and Wales” by his nephew and pupil John Phillips, Smith: His two hundred year legacy. Digitally enhanced maps and sections F.R.S., first published in 1844. Reprint: Bath, Bath Royal Literary and by William Smith, George Bellas Greenough, John Cary and Richard Scientific Institution. p. xi–xxxviii. Thomas 1796–1840: London: The Geological Society, DVD. Torrens, H.S., 2007, Notes on the Maps of William Smith (1815 onwards), Smith, W., 1815, A Memoir to the Map and Delineation of the Strata of England George Bellas Greenough (1820 and 1840) and John Cary (1794 & 1796), and Wales with part of Scotland: London: Cary, facsimile reprint, History in Wigley, P., Dolan, P., Sharpe, T., and Torrens, H.S., eds., 2007, ‘Strata’ of Geology Group of the Geological Society, 2015 + 26 p. introduction. Smith: His two hundred year legacy: Digitally enhanced maps and sections Smith, W., 1816–1819, Strata Identified by Organized Fossils containing prints by William Smith, George Bellas Greenough, John Cary and Richard on colored paper of the most characteristic specimens in each stratum: Thomas 1796–1840: The Geological Society, London, DVD. London, W. Arding, 59 p. Snedden, J.W., and Liu, C., 2010, A compilation of Phanerozoic sea-level change, coastal onlaps, and recommended sequence designations: AAPG Datapages, Search and article #40594, 20 Aug. 2010, Manuscript received 18 Dec. 2015; accepted 20 Feb. 2016.

The Next Step for Your Annual Meeting Science: PENROSE CONFERENCES March 2012 Penrose Conference location: Castelvecchio Pascoli, Lucca, Italy. and THOMPSON FIELD FORUMS Penrose Conference—Snake River, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA. 9–13 September 2009. Photo by Kea Giles.

You’ll be networking with 7,000+ colleagues in Denver, and this can Thompson Field Forums are designed to capture the essence of be a great catalyst for generating intriguing scientific discussions and exciting discoveries or controversial topics via forays into the field for field study ideas. That’s what GSA’s Penrose Conferences and on-the-spot discussions of a particular geologic feature or area. This is Thompson Field Forums are for. both an opportunity to get out into the field and to bring together Penrose Conferences have a long history of bringing together multi- experts on the topic at hand to exchange knowledge, ideas, disciplinary groups of geoscientists to facilitate open and frank discus- and theories. sions of ideas in an intimate, informal atmosphere and to inspire individual and collaborative research. Learn more at: www.geosociety.org/meetings/ penrose-thompson.htm or contact Becky Sundeen at GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY [email protected].

10 GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

The abstracts deadline is fast approaching! Submit an abstract for the Annual Meeting in Denver before 11:59 p.m. (PT) on 12 July. community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/science-careers/sessions

Photo courtesy of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

Education, Mentoring, and Careers

SHORT COURSES Don’t forget to sign up for a Short Course; prices go up after 22 August. community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/science-careers/courses

l Society ica of A log m o e e r G ic a e ® h

T

ON TO THE FUTURE (OTF) Be a Part of the Movement Since 2013, GSA has helped 350 students from underrepresented groups attend their first GSA Annual Meeting. Support from members is instrumental in shaping careers, changing lives, and diversifying our profession. Join us as we look forward to another successful year by mentoring an OTF student at the meeting and/or donating to support a student (https://www.gsafweb.org/donate/#fund=on-to-the-future-initiative-fund). Learn more about this program and how you can get involved at community.geosociety.org/otf/annualmeetingprogram/mentors.

JUMPSTART YOUR CAREER AT GSA’S ANNUAL MEETING If you are interested in a career in government or industry, you won’t want to miss the GeoCareers Day on Sunday, 25 September. You can interact with professionals from government and industry sectors and ask them career-related questions. This program includes a career workshop, booths highlighting careers and career opportunities, a lunch panel of professional representatives, and 30 mentors with a variety of careers with whom you will interact in a small group setting. community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/science-careers/careers

MAKE AN IMPACT—BE A MENTOR GSA is recruiting mentors to provide real-world information and insight to students and early career professionals at GSA’s Annual Meeting. Mentoring can range from one-on-one mentor pairs for the duration of the meeting to short-term mentoring opportunities. Learn more about becoming a mentor and sign up. http://bit.ly/1Xf9yFa

community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/home GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

LUNCHTIME ENLIGHTENMENT GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecturer

Lucile “Lucy” M. Jones, “Earth Science in Public Policy: What society needs from scientists” Tues., 27 Sept., 12:15–1:15 p.m. Plan to grab your lunch to-go and join us at the Colorado Convention Center to hear Lucy Jones discuss earth science and public policy. Known globally as an expert in and resilience, Jones has dedicated her life to helping communities and leaders prepare for the inevitable. Jones retired from federal service in March 2016 after working as a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey since 1983. In a world of natural , resource limitations, and climate change, it is obvious that policy makers need results from earth science to make informed decisions. It is less obvious to see how the interchange of information can best take place and what are the appropriate roles of scientist and policy maker in that interchange. Jones spent a year working with the mayor of Los Angeles to develop policies for seismic resilience. This talk will discuss that process, how science was brought to the policy makers, and how a coalition of interested parties was able to form and create a successful adoption of the most sweeping changes of seismic policy ever seen in southern California.

GSA Today is open access online. Go to www.geosociety.org/pubs/ and click on the GSA Today cover. 5th International Follow the link on the GSA Today homepage to sign up for e-Alerts and be the fi rst to know when a new issue comes online. EarthCache Event Saturday, 24 Sept. 2016 | Denver, Colorado, USA EarthCaching gets people out in the field to learn about their planet first-hand. Participants in this annual event will learn all about EarthCaching, interact with EarthCachers from around the globe, meet EarthCache developers and reviewers, find local EarthCaches, and engage in many other exciting and educational activities. The 2016 event will be held in conjunction with the GSA Annual Meeting, which provides a unique opportunity for GSA members to connect with the EarthCaching and Geocaching communities! For details, go to www.earthcache.org, www.facebook.com/earthcache,

or contact Matt Dawson at [email protected]. | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Let the Earth be your teacher! GSA TODAY GSA

13 community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/home GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION Visit Denver Neighborhood Spotlight

RiNo (RIVER NORTH ART DISTRICT) The River North Art District “where art is made” goes by the nickname of “RiNo” and has even adopted a rhino design for its official logo, so look for creative rhinos in art and signage all around the neighborhood. The district’s interesting blend of urban charm and unique industrial revival makes it a great destination for visitors. Historic warehouses and factories now house jazz bars, restaurants, brewpubs, art galleries, and working studios. RiNo boasts a diverse mix of creative businesses ranging from visual artists, designers, and furniture makers, to craft distillers and brewers, winemakers, creators of unique outdoor gear, and small-batch coffee roasters. Learn more by following the QR code on Photo courtesy of Visit Denver. this page.

THE SOURCE Explore the converted iron foundry on Brighton Boulevard, now housing a variety of restaurants, markets, artisan shops, and a craft brewery.

Photo by Adam Larkey and Visit Denver.

CRAFT BEER, WINE, AND SPIRITS RiNo has become an incubator for Denver’s craft brewing industry. Longtime favorite Great Divide recently opened a taproom across the street from The Source. Don’t miss the rest of the breweries in the neighborhood, which are featured in the Denver Beer Trail (follow the QR code, this page). The neighborhood is also home to an urban winery, Infinite Monkey Theorem.

Photo by Adam Larkey and Visit Denver.

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Go to GSA’s Visit Denver Microsite at www.denver.org/gsa to learn more. 14 community.geosociety.org/gsa2016/home 2016 GSA Medal & Award Recipients

PRESIDENT’S MEDAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Sarah Andrews, and Author

PENROSE MEDAL John T. Andrews, University of Colorado

ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL Donald B. Dingwell, University of Munich

YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (DONATH MEDAL) Whitney M. Behr, University of Texas at Austin Claudia I. Mora

GSA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD Rex C. Buchanan, Kansas Geological Survey

RANDOLPH W. “BILL” AND CECILE T. BROMERY AWARD FOR MINORITIES Kathleen R. Johnson, University of California Irvine Show your support for our 2016 Awardees

GSA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD by attending the J. Christopher Hepburn, College GSA Presidential Address Lori L. Summa, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company & Awards Ceremony on 25 September at the DORIS M. CURTIS OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN SCIENCE AWARD 2016 GSA Annual Christine A. Regalla, Boston University Meeting & Exposition in Denver. GEOLOGIC MAPPING AWARD Marc Robert St-Onge, Geological Survey of Canada You will also have the privilege of

HONORARY FELLOW hearing GSA President Bor-Ming Jahn, Taiwan Claudia I. Mora’s Presidential Address. JOHN C. FRYE AWARD Johnson, P.S., Koning, D.J., Timmons, S.S., and Felix, B., 2016, | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Geology and Hydrology of Groundwater-Fed Springs and Wetlands at La Cienega, Santa Fe County, : New Mexico

Bureau of Geology and Resources Bulletin 161, 92 p. TODAY GSA

15 2016 GSA Division Primary Awards

RIP RAPP ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY AWARD O.E. MEINZER AWARD Archaeological Geology Division Hydrogeology Division Daniel H. Sandweiss, University of Maine Andy Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz

GILBERT H. CADY AWARD ISRAEL C. RUSSELL AWARD Energy Geology Division Limnogeology Division Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College Alan R. Carroll, University of Wisconsin–Madison

E.B. BURWELL, JR. AWARD DISTINGUISHED GEOLOGIC CAREER AWARD Environmental & Engineering Geology Division Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Division Keaton, J.R., Wartman, J., Anderson, S., Benoit, J., Donald A. Swanson, U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian de LaChapelle, J., Gilbert, R. and Montgomery, D.R., 2014, Volcano Observatory The 22 March 2014 Oso Landslide, Snohomish County, Washington: Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, G.K. GILBERT AWARD July 22, 2014, 186 p. Planetary Geology Division M. Darby Dyar, Mount Holyoke College

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD

Geoinformatics Division KIRK BRYAN AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE Betty Adrian, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Quaternary Geology and® Geomorphology Division Goldfinger, C., Nelson, C.H., Morey, A.E., Johnson, J.E., Patton, J.R., Karabanov, E., Gutiérrez-Pastor, J., Eriksson, GEORGE P. WOOLLARD AWARD A.T., Gràcia, E., Dunhill, G., Enkin, R.J., Dallimore, A., and Geophysics Division Vallier, T., 2012, Turbidite event history—Methods and implica- William J. “Bill” Hinze, Professor Emeritus Purdue University tions for Holocene paleoseismicity of the Cascadia subduction zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1661–F: U.S. BIGGS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE Geological Survey, Reston, 170 p. IN EARTH SCIENCE TEACHING Geoscience Education Division LAURENCE L. SLOSS AWARD Joshua Villalobos, El Paso Community College Sedimentary Geology Division Tim Lowenstein, State University of New York at Binghamton

MARY C. RABBITT AWARD CAREER CONTRIBUTION AWARD History and Philosophy of Geology Division Mott Greene, University of Washington Structural Geology and Tectonics Division David Pollard, GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY

16 2016 GSA Fellows

Estella A. Atekwana ( State University): Estella is Fellowship nominations are submitted recognized for her pioneering work in biogeophysics, including in the following categories: innovative applications of geoelectrical methods to understand • Publication of the results of geologic research; interactions between microbial communities and hydrocarbon • Applied research; contaminants in the subsurface; her contributions to understanding • Training of geologists; the incipient stages of continental rifting; and her valued service • Administration of geological programs; to the science profession. —Dennis Harry • Public awareness of geology; • Professional organizations; Aida A. Awad (Maine East High School, ): Aida has intro- • Editorial, bibliographic, and library responsibilities; and duced untold numbers of students to geology through exemplary • Other. instruction and has been a tireless advocate for improving K–12 earth-science education. She has held key leadership positions in the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and greatly advanced both NAGT and the education mission of GSA. Fellowship in the Geological Society of America is an honor —Roy E. Plotnick bestowed on the best of the geoscience profession by election at the spring GSA Council meeting. GSA members are nominated Jens T. Birkholzer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory): Jens by current GSA Fellows in recognition of their distinguished is recognized for his transformative scientific contributions asso- contributions to the geosciences. Learn more at www.geosociety ciated with prediction of subsurface multiphase fluid, solute, and .org/members/fellow.htm. heat transport, and to the impact that his developments have had GSA’s newly elected Fellows will be recognized at the 2016 GSA on informing U.S. decisions and regulations associated with Annual Meeting Presidential Address & Awards Ceremony on nuclear waste disposal, carbon sequestration, and the environ- 25 September in Denver, Colorado, USA. We invite you to read mental consequences of hydraulic fracturing. —Susan Hubbard some of what their nominators had to say: Gabriel J. Bowen (University of Utah): Dr. Bowen has made Gary D. Acton (Sam Houston State University): In recognition pioneering advancements on the interpretation of stable isotope of creative and insightful research applying paleomagnetic and data in a spatial context. By constructing “isoscape” maps he has other techniques to a broad range of tectonic questions and major shown the isotope effects of water transport systems. His Online contributions to the scientific community via the Ocean Drilling Isotopes in Precipitation Calculator (OIPC) has become a staple Program. —Seth Stein for research in isotope hydrology. —Douglas Solomon

Jay J. Ague (Yale University): Jay has made outstanding contribu- Mark L. Brusseau (The University of Arizona): Dr. Brusseau is tions to the fields of igneous and metamorphic geology, including nominated for fellowship in the Geological Society of America recognition and quantification of exhumation depths in ancient for his pioneering contributions to the elucidation of coupled magmatic arcs, thermal pulse durations and petrologic indicators processes that control mass transfer and reactive transport in the of ultrahigh /temperature conditions in metamorphic subsurface, and the development of innovative technologies terrains, and fluid and carbon fluxes in orogens and subduction for characterization and remediation of contaminated sites. systems. —David Evans —Qinhong Hu

Thomas J. Algeo (University of Cincinnati): Tom has unequivo- Christopher P. Carlson (USDA Forest Service): Christopher cally established himself as a leader in deep-time biogeochemistry, should become a Fellow because of his contributions to govern- paleoceanography, and geobiology. His efforts in the development mental policies on protecting the quality and sustainability of and application of geochemical proxies of paleoredox, paleopro- groundwater resources, his leadership of hydrogeological research ductivity and paleohydrography have provided key constraints programs for state and federal agencies, and his efforts in on the dynamics of ancient seas, global carbon cycling, marine expanding public awareness of the importance of geology in paleoproductivity, and extinction events. — Montanez formulating policies. —Jonathan Goodwin

Rivka Amit (Geological Survey of Israel): Dr. Amit is a superb | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday arid lands and soil geomorphologist who has made significant contributions to the geological community for many years. “Her accomplishments as a scientist and science leader represent the values In addition to her 49 scientific papers, she is the Director of the TODAY GSA Geological Survey of Israel. She is also adviser to M.S. and our society wishes to honor.” Ph.D. graduate students. —Alan Gillespie 17 2016 GSA Fellows

C. Page Chamberlain (Stanford University): Page is at the avant- James R. Ebert (State University of New York–Oneonta): Acclaimed garde of research on tectonic/climate processes. He has trans- professor, researcher, and administrator. Distinguished Teaching formed understanding of landscape development (particularly Professor, dedicated to training earth scientists. Internationally surface elevation) in relation to tectonics, sediment dispersal, and recognized stratigrapher; 35 publications on research and educa- climate, and has trained and mentored a large number of under- tion; ~half coauthored with students; 65 meeting abstracts; 82% graduate and graduate students in the use of innovative analytical for GSA. Cofounder and editor of Northeastern Geoscience online techniques. —Christian Teyssier journal. Moderates four listservs in science education with >6000 subscribers nationwide. —Arthur N. Palmer Anne Chin (University of Colorado at Denver): Chin’s research focuses on river process and form, including the geometry of Howard R. Feldman (Touro College): Howard is a top expert on step-pool bedforms in mountain rivers and river adjustments Mesozoic brachiopods, and an authority on the Mesozoic fossil to urbanization. As part of her interest in how rivers respond to faunas and of the Middle East. He has also published many natural and human induced disturbances, she has developed studies of the Ordovician and Silurian in the Hudson Valley of conceptual models that represent innovative contributions to New York, and has contributed to geoarchaeology in Israel. understanding coupled human landscape dynamics. —Mark A. Wilson —Ellen Wohl Mark P. Fischer (Northern Illinois University): Dr. Fischer is Marin K. Clark (University of Michigan): Marin is nominated for Professor and Chair of the Department of Geology and her research on how continental topography, as expressed by the Environmental Geoscience at Northern Illinois University. evolution of rivers and other landforms, relates to lithospheric Mark’s research interests are fracture mechanics, clastic injectites, deformation. She has demonstrated that these systems are a sensi- fluid-rock systems, and fault-related folding. The results of his tive record of vertical surface movement, caused by deformation research have provided new understandings of the origin of fractures deep in the Earth’s crust or uppermost mantle. —John Geissman and veins. —David Malone

Maurice Colpron (Yukon Geological Survey): For outstanding Derek C. Ford (McMaster University): Ford is nominated for his contributions to our understanding of orogenic belt evolution, decades of leadership in research in karst, in particular for particularly the tectonic, magmatic, paleogeographic, and geochronological and paleoclimatological investigations of cave metallogenic evolution of the North American Cordillera. deposits, with some of the first research done in the alpine and —Stephen Piercey subarctic regions of . —Gareth J. Davies

Carol B. de Wet (Franklin & Marshall College): For major contri- Lydia K. (University of the Pacific): Lydia is an inspirational, butions to the profession through publication of high quality innovative educator of undergraduate geoscience students. research, as an inspiring teacher and role model, effective mentor As department chair, she skillfully addressed both facilities relo- and a passionate spokesperson calling for changes to the system to cation and curricular changes. As a champion of undergraduate allow women to fully participate in the pursuit of career and research, she established an Undergraduate Research & Creativity family. —Gail M. Ashley Conference at Pacific and has directed its success for the past sixteen years. —Eugene F. Pearson Mihai N. Ducea (University of Arizona): Dr. Ducea has made fundamental contributions to understanding the relationships Baohua Gu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): Dr. Gu’s seminal among magmatic arcs, subduction zones, retroarc orogenic work on elucidating key molecular scale mechanisms that govern belts, and upper mantle processes. —Peter G. DeCelles biogeochemical cycling of contaminants, trace metals, and natural organic matter have made significant contributions to Andrea Dutton (University of Florida): Andrea displays enthu- our understanding of soil organic and metal cycling in terrestrial siasm and energy, as well as an encyclopedic knowledge of ecosystems and remediation of contaminated sites. geology. She quotes the primary geoscience literature at will both —Joel D. Blum historic as well as modern. This plus her creativity to isolate the basic mechanisms of sea level change is a rare and unbeatable Peter J. Haeussler (U.S. Geological Survey): Peter is a research combination. —Benjamin Horton geologist with the USGS. The breadth, depth, and impact of his work are demonstrated by widely cited publications on Alaskan tectonic history, regional geology, metallogeny, neotectonics, and earthquakes, and tsunami hazards. Peter makes frequent media appearances as an expert on Alaskan geology and hazards. “He has always shared his experience —Dwight C. Bradley and expertise willingly and freely with any students who sought his advice.” Arjun M. Heimsath (Arizona State University): Arjun is an accomplished geoscientist whose pioneering work on the rates and processes of the conversion of rock into colluvial soil (or “mobile GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY regolith”) and subsequent downslope transport and mixing has

18 2016 GSA Fellows been nothing short of foundational to understanding of the evolu- Donald R. Lowe (Stanford University): Dr. Lowe exemplifies the tion of soil-mantled erosional landscapes. —Kelin X. Whipple spirit, character and ethics of a GSA fellow and is one of, if not the leading, sedimentologists/Precambrian geologists in the G. Warfield Hobbs IV (Ammonite Resources Company): Skip has world. His reputation as a scholar unraveling the early Archean been an outstanding geologist for close to a half of a century. world is outstanding. His original works on the fluid mechanics of He has been active professionally in industry and has founded his sediment flows in the mid-1970s are seminal papers in the field. own successful consulting firm specializing in petroleum and —Edward L. Simpson mineral resources. He has been active at the leadership level in several professional societies including AAPG, AGI, CSSP, and GSA. William R. Lund (Utah Geological Survey): Among Utah’s best —P. Patrick Leahy geologists, Lund has served for 35 years at the Utah Geological Survey. His awards for publications (over 90) mostly on geologic Christopher H. House (Pennsylvania State University): Dr. House hazards include: 2009 Utah Governors Medal, 2010 Holdredge has produced a rich set of papers ranging from analysis of ancient (AEG), 2010 and 2016 Frye (GSA), Crawford (UGS, for 2005, 2011, fossils to whole genome-based phylogenic analysis. His body of 2014), and 2012 Hintze awards. —Peter D. Rowley work represents an innovative contribution to early life research using state-of-the-art geoanalytical, microbiological, and genomic Anna M. Martini (Amherst College): Anna is an aqueous techniques to answer both geological and biological questions. geochemist whose research has contributed to the fields of climate —Susan L. Brantley change, environmental contamination, and unconventional natural gas resources. She is widely recognized for her work Miriam E. Katz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute): Mimi is an identifying the microbial origins of economically significant shale active and highly productive researcher in both paleontology gas deposits and widely respected for her training of future geosci- and paleoceanography. She has made valuable contributions to entists. —Tekla A. Harms such wide and varied topics including Phanerozoic sea-level change, interpretation of the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Larry G. Mastin (U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Maximum, phytoplankton evolution, and geochemical cycles. Observatory): Larry is recognized for his wide ranging contribu- She is a dedicated educator, and a valued contributor to many tions to volcanology, primarily focused on the physics of magma professional organizations, including GSA. —Peter J. Sugarman ascent and eruption, and the dynamics of volcanic plumes. He has also led the development of a number of software tools used Shuhab D. Khan (University of Houston): Shuhab Khan is at the worldwide for volcanic hazards assessment and mitigation. forefront of using remote sensing for applied geoscience research. —Mark S. Ghiorso He has mentored over 36 grad level students in the last decade and has been the undergraduate advisor at the University of Houston J. Barry Maynard (University of Cincinnati): Dr. Maynard is one for the past several years. He has also offered many workshops on of the world’s leading authorities on sedimentary ore deposits and remote sensing methods to geology departments in developing participated especially in key studies on the origin of manganese countries. —Paul Mann carbonate ores. He also coauthored two milestone books on fine- grained clastics and made significant contributions in unravelling Stephen E. Laubach (The University of Texas at Austin): Dr. controls on heavy metal distributions in modern environments. Laubach is nominated for his outstanding accomplishments and —Nicolas J. Beukes research in the geosciences. His contributions to geologic research are exemplified by his publication record and citations, and espe- David A. McConnell (North Carolina State University): cially for his service, leadership, mentorship and research contri- Dr. McConnell’s research determines effective strategies for butions in fracture mechanics, diagenesis and fracture formation teaching geoscience to undergraduate students. He engages in sedimentary basins. —Scott W. Tinker faculty in pursuing collaborative research on geoscience learning across the country and uses the results of this research Charles E. Lesher (University of California, Davis): For innova- to help them improve their teaching. —Cathryn A. Manduca tive studies of the chemistry and physics of magmatic systems with particular reference to physical and transport properties Suzanne A. McEnroe (Norwegian University of Science & that impact the differentiation of Earth and the planets. Technology): Suzanne is nominated for her significant contribu- —David Walker tions and publications in paleomagnetism, magnetic mineralogy, and magnetic anomalies on Earth and other planets. Her continued Fulai Liu (Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological research on magnetic properties of hematite-ilmenite minerals Sciences): Liu has a proven record as a world-class metamorphic has introduced us to an important but previously unrecognized petrologist and is best known for his successful research in type of remanence called lamellar magnetism. —Laurie L. Brown micro-size mineral inclusions in zircons of supracrustal UHP rocks to establish a consistent P-T-time path for a collision orogen | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday of eastern China. This approach was applied to findings of two additional new UHP terranes in China. —Juhn Liou “He is a fierce defender of academic and scientific integrity & ethics.” TODAY GSA

19 2016 GSA Fellows

Carol A. Raymond (California Institute of Technology Jet “She exemplifies what a modern earth scientist Propulsion Laboratory): Carol effectively manages and leads should be.” spacecraft missions that explore the geology of other planets. Her own research, focused on the Earth’s seafloor, , and other planets, has been instrumental in our understanding of planetary magnetic fields and their relationship to crustal Peter P. McLaughlin Jr. (Delaware Geological Survey/University structures and tectonics. —Harry Y. McSween of Delaware): Peter has integrated the knowledge, tools, and tech- niques he used in private industry into his research, which has Eric M. Riggs (Texas A&M University): Eric is nominated for resulted in a landmark effort to modernize the hydrostratigraphy, his important research contributions to geoscience education water-use information, and groundwater allocations by aquifer in and to diversity in the geosciences, and for his extensive record the state of Delaware. —David R. Wunsch of service to multiple professional geoscientific organizations. —Steven C. Semken James McManus (University of Akron): In recognition of Jim’s seminal contribution to the study of biogeochemical cycling Nancy L. Ross (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University): within continental margins and lakes, sediment diagenesis, and Nancy has been a pioneer in the study of the atomic-level struc- the classification and use of metals and their isotopes as paleo- tures, physical properties, and stabilities of Earth materials under proxies within ocean and lake systems. —Charles G. Wheat the extreme and of Earth’s lower crust and mantle as well as of the thermodynamic properties of environ- Jerry X. Mitrovica (): Elected to Fellowship mental nanoparticles and their interactions with water. as the 2015 GSA Day Medal recipient. —Gordon E. Brown Jr.

Andreas Mulch (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): Andreas is a Jeffrey N. Rubin (Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue): Jeffrey is a highly creative scientist who has published influential papers on leader in bringing safety and health issues to the forefront dynamic interactions of the lithosphere, atmosphere, and of the geological profession and in bringing preparedness for biosphere through time, including links between continental geological hazards to the forefront of the emergency management paleorecords of deformation at different crustal levels, the profession and the general public. —Jonathan G. Price evolution of topography, and the co-evolution of life and the environment. —Donna L. Whitney Richard A. Schultz (The University of Texas at Austin): Dr. Schultz for his success and qualities as an internationally Christina A. Neal (U.S. Geological Survey/Hawaiian Volcano recognized educator and researcher in structural geology and Observatory): For application of volcanology to assessment geomechanics. He has produced more than 112 papers, six and eruption response and communication of science to govern- edited volumes, five book chapters, 300 abstracts, and 60 invited ment agencies and the public for 25 years at the Alaska Volcano seminars while mentoring three postdoctoral scholars, 25 Ph.D., Observatory, as well as for leadership in international North M.S. students, and three Ph.D. corporate interns. Pacific volcano monitoring and now as Scientist in Charge of the —Haakon Fossen Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. —Charles R. Bacon William H. Schulz (U.S. Geological Survey): Elected to Michael H. Ort (Northern Arizona University): Dr. Ort is a Fellowship as one of the Engineering and Environmental volcanologist with rare interdisciplinary expertise. He is an exem- Geology Division’s 2015 E.B. Burwell Jr. Award recipients. plary geological educator with a demonstrated commitment to outreach and public engagement. A leader in his research area, R. Randall Schumann (U.S. Geological Survey): Elected to he has also served his professional community through editorial Fellowship as one of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology activities, active society memberships, and leadership roles. Division’s 2015 Kirk Bryan Award recipients. —Shanaka L. de Silva Eugene S. Schweig (U.S. Geological Survey): Buddy has been a David R. Pevear (Exxon Production Research Company, retired): valuable member of the geoscience community for three decades. David is nominated for his outstanding contributions to the His contributions span basic research (paleoseismology), applied science of clay minerals, including applications of clays to research, teaching (University of Memphis and beyond), geosci- petroleum geology, burial diagenesis, and thermochronology, for ence program leadership (U.S. Geological Survey), and public his dedicated service to the Clay Mineral Society, and for his outreach. I honestly can’t think of a more deserving individual for enthusiastic outreach and mentoring of early career scientists. GSA Fellow status. —Daniel R. Muhs —Lori L. Summa Carrie E. Schweitzer (Kent State University at Stark): Dr. Schweitzer George R. Priest (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral is a preeminent scholar in paleontology. Her massive research Industry): Elected to Fellowship as one of the Engineering output on fossil decapod crustaceans ranks her as a major scholar and Environmental Geology Division’s 2015 E.B. Burwell Jr. in that field and, as a result, she has a global reputation. She trans- GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Award recipients. lates this into teaching where she instills enthusiasm for geology and research into the students. —Rodney M. Feldmann 20 2016 GSA Fellows

Jill K. Singer (State University of New York–Buffalo State): Dr. Singer is an outstanding leader who has demonstrated a “She epitomizes the passion for science, unique depth and breadth in contributions to the growth and service, and teaching that should be expected improvement of undergraduate research and geoscience educa- for GSA Fellowship.” tion. Her work has impact on her students, the Buffalo State community, the SUNY system, CUR, the geoscience community, and undergraduate geoscience education nationally. —Suzanne O’Connell.

David A. Vanko (Towson University): Dave is an exemplary Jan Smit (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): Jan has contributed geoscientist, not only as a researcher with a national and interna- more to understanding the end-Cretaceous extinction than tional reputation, but one who cares about geoscience education anyone else: co-discovery of the iridium anomaly, supporting and students as well as educating the community about basic the impact hypothesis, discovery of impact-melt spherules, principles of environmental science. He brings vision, enthusiasm, clarifying the stratigraphy of the last dinosaurs, discovery of and leadership to every aspect of his professional life. Chicxulub ejecta at the K-Pg boundary, and studies of K-Pg sites —William J. Fritz around the world. —Walter Alvarez Peter D. Wilf (Pennsylvania State University–University Park): Kristen E. St. John (James Madison University): Kristen is a Peter is a paleobotanist who has made foundational contributions nationally recognized teacher and researcher dedicated to training in the areas of plant evolution, terrestrial paleoclimatology, and geoscientists. She is well known for her research as a paleocean­ plant-insect interactions. Peter’s careful and wide-ranging work in ographer and her editorial service with the National Association South America has shone a bright light on the assembly of of Geoscience Teachers. Her contributions to ocean science Gondwanan ecosystems, a critical yet understudied area. research and education make her a role model for students and —Dana Royer professionals. —Steven J. Whitmeyer Sherwood W. Wise Jr. (Florida State University): Dr. Wise Daniel F. Stockli (University of Texas at Austin): Dr. Stockli is (Woody) has had a distinguished career as a geology professor at nominated for his contributions to our understanding of the Florida State University. He continues as leading researcher in temporal and thermal evolution of tectonic processes, petrologic calcareous nannofossils. He has been involved in DSDP/ODP systems, stratigraphy, and geomorphology, and his pioneering for many years. Woody’s students have had successful careers in research on minerals used as chronometers of low temperature academia, geological surveys, and the private sector. geological processes. —Elizabeth J. Catlos —Thomas M. Scott Ellen R. Stofan (NASA): Dr. Stofan is a leading planetary Dawn J. Wright (ESRI): Elected to Fellowship as the 2015 GSA volcanologist who has made remarkable contributions to science, Bromery Award for Minorities recipient. both in terms of her research and leadership. She currently serves as the NASA Chief Scientist, a role in which she advises the Lesley A. Wyborn (Australian National University): Elected to NASA Administrator and effectively promotes science to the Fellowship as the Geoinformatics Division 2015 Outstanding public and to lawmakers. —Louise M. Prockter Contributions in Geoinformatics Awardee. Manfred R. Strecker: Elected to Fellowship as one of the 2015 Michael H. Young (University of Texas at Austin): Dr. Young has GSA Honorary Fellow recipients. achieved distinction worthy of GSA’s Fellowship recognition for

significant research contributions on soils and related geologic Susan K. Swanson (Beloit College): Susan Karin Swanson, systems. His research has significantly advanced understanding Professor of Geology at Beloit College and Weeks Chair in of water partitioning near the land surface considering climate Physical and Human Geography, is recognized for outstanding forcing and ecosystems. He led the GSA Soils and Soil Processes applied research related to elucidating geologic and hydrologic Interdisciplinary Integration Group. —Bridget R. Scanlon controls on springs and their associated ecosystems as well as her contributions to the training of geoscientists and to profes- sional societies. —Jean M. Bahr

Jeffrey R. Unruh (Lettis Consultants International Inc.): Dr. Unruh has had a great impact on the geosciences through a “His enthusiasm is infectious.” series of over 70 applied geology studies and over 40 peer reviewed publications. His work has ranged from geologic hazards to regional tectonics and geophysics. He has also served as a mentor | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday to colleagues and students. —J. Douglas Walker GSA TODAY GSA

21 GSA Celebrates 50-Year Member Anniversaries

GSA salutes the following members and Fellows on their 50-year membership anniversaries. We appreciate their dedication and loyalty to GSA for all these years.

For a list of members who have surpassed the 50-year mark, please visit http://rock.geosociety.org/membership/50YearMembers.asp; the list of Fellows can be found at http://rock.geosociety.org/membership/50Yearfellows.asp. Asterisks (*) below indicate those members who have not yet been honored by election to GSA Fellowship. GSA Fellows: You can help maintain a dynamic, vibrant cohort by nominating these and other deserving geoscience colleagues for Fellowship. Guidelines and nomination forms are online at www.geosociety.org/members/fellow.htm. If you have questions, please e-mail [email protected].

Jeffrey T. Abbott* Harold E. Eagle* Alvin R. Leamon* Charles C. Plummer Walter Alvarez Carol L. Ekstrom* Robert E. Lingner* Benjamin N. Powell R. Ernest Anderson William J. Elliott Peter K. Link Dean C. Presnall L. Clark Arnold Jr. P. Jay Fleisher George O. Linkletter Perry H. Rahn Richard G. Baker Romeo M. Flores Ivo Lucchitta Erk Reimnitz* G. Arthur Barber Walter J. Garmoe* Richard Lung* Malcolm M. Roeber Jr.* Christopher R. Barnes Robert E. Garrison John E. Marzolf* Alan C. Samuelson* John L. Berry* Larry J. Garside Christopher C. Mathewson B. Charlotte Schreiber Edward C. Bingler Clare H. Gibbs Robert A. Matthews Holmes A. Semken Jr. David D. Blackwell Leonard C. Gilbert* Floyd W. McCoy Jr. Peter M. Sheehan Sam Boggs Richard K. Glanzman* Gregory E. McKelvey Michael F. Sheridan Arthur A. Bookstrom David L. Gross Robert Metz* John F. Shroder Jr. James A. Brown Jr.* Gilmor S. Hamill IV* Harvey J. Meyer* K. Lee Shropshire* Burke Burkart John E. Hardaway* Thomas P. Miller Melvin C. Simons* Richard L. Burroughs* Grant H. Heiken Doral S. Mills Jr.* James G. Smith* Robert J. Carson James Helwig Richard A. Mills* Judith T. Smith Keros Cartwright J. Christopher Hepburn Charles O. Morgan Richard E. Smith Charles E. Chapin David F. Hess* Frederic “Ted” B. Mullin* Robert K. Smith* Charlette Chastain* Kenneth D. Hopkins* Walter H. Munk Roger C. Steininger* Chin Chen Keith A. Howard Robert R. Murchison* Ronald W. Stingelin Ju-chin Chen Liang-Chi Hsu Arturo G. Nisperos* Wm Thomas Straw Eric S. Cheney Charles S. Hutchinson Jr. Gordon L. Nord James B. Swinehart* Kenneth F. Clark* Norman J. Hyne Larry J. Nutter* Lynn R. Sykes Gordon A. Clopine James C. Ingle Jr. Shannon A. O’Dunn* Robert E. Tepel* Harold G. Coffin* Alan M. Jacobs* John E. Parkes* Tommy B. Thompson Robert G. Corbett Gary D. Johnson* Emil F. Pashley Jr.* Othmar T. Tobisch Frank B. Couch Jr.* Gerald H. Johnson Frederick J. Pearson Jr. Garrie L. Tufford* Dennis P. Cox Stephen E. Kesler Raymond Pestrong Russell G. Tysdal* Ian W. Dalziel John D. Kiefer Zell E. Peterman Frederick J. Vine Bruno D’Argenio Edmund Kiessling* Ulrich Petersen Chester A. Wallace Richard A. Davis* Daniel B. Krinsley Frank L. Peterson Raymond H. Wallace Jr.* Kenneth J. De Nault Paul W. Lambert* David R. Pevear Peter L. Ward Richard F. Dondanville Cooper B. Land* Ralph D. Phillips* Terry R. West Wendell A. Duffield Frederick D. Larsen* John A. Philpotts Bruce H. Wilkinson Paul B. DuMontelle Robert D. Lawrence Robert A. Phinney Lee Wilson GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Thank you for your membership! 22 2016 GSA Research Grant Recipients

The 2016 GSA Committee on Research Grants awarded Hannah, Janet S. Herman, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, US$741,738 to 359 graduate students (51% of the 699 who applied), Michael T. Hren, Alexandra R. Isern, Elizabeth A. Johnson, with an average grant of US$2,038. The committee also selected Sharon L. Kanfoush, Todd A. LaMaskin, Nicholas Lancaster, 10 alternate candidates in the event that any grantees return all or Kevin H. Mahan, Andrew H. Manning, Sarah C. Penniston- part of their funds due to a change in their research project or Dorland, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Richard W. Saltus, Jacob O. Sewall, receipt of funds from another source. The GSA Graduate Student Daniel M. Sturmer, Ellen Thomas, James Vogl, Richard B. Waitt, Research Grant Program is funded by GSA, the GSA Foundation, Brent B. Wolfe, and Shuhai Xiao. GSA Divisions, and the National Science Foundation. Alternate committee members: Jonathan S. Caine, Alan R. Committee members: Thomas C. Johnson (Chair), Sarah Carroll, Ibrahim Çemen, Duane G. Froese, Steven E. Ingebritsen, Hayes (Past-Chair), Robert S. Anderson, Kristin Dorfler, Maya Kitty Milliken, Mark K. Reagan, Benjamin Schwartz, Robert D. Elrick, Joshua M. Feinberg, Rebecca M. Flowers, Martin B. Shuster, and Dylan Ward. Goldhaber, Laurel B. Goodwin, Timothy W. Grover, Judith L.

The following awards will be presented at the GSA 2016 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Outstanding Mentions (proposals having exceptional merit in conception and presentation)

Ivan Carabajal, University of Cincinnati Nicolas Roberts, University of Jeffrey Thompson, University of Southern Mitchell Dziekan, University of Toledo Wisconsin–Madison California Richard James, Montclair State University Elizabeth Rutila, Oregon State University Ted Uecker, Central Washington University Emily Judd, Syracuse University Joel Singley, University of Colorado Dustin Williams, California State Boulder University, Fullerton

ExxonMobil/GSA Student Geoscience Grants ExxonMobil has recognized 10 of the top 30 GSA student research grant proposals with grants of US$7,500 each.

David Canova, Northern Illinois Cristina Lugo Centeno, Syracuse Ani Pytlewski, California State University, University University Long Beach Gilbert Ching, Washington State Camille Mayberry, Central Washington Evan Ramos, University of Texas at Austin | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday University University Danielle Shulaker, Stanford University Aubry DeReuil, University of Utah Audrina Pryer, Northern Illinois

Ryan Gall, University of Utah University TODAY GSA

23 Specialized Awards

Sponsored by the GSA Foundation

MARLAND PRATT BILLINGS AND KATHERINE DIVERSITY AWARD FOWLER-BILLINGS RESEARCH AWARD Simon George Scarpetta, University of Texas at Austin Meghan Toft, University of Massachusetts Amherst This award is presented to the top student(s), based on applica- Undergraduate Award: Erik Divan and Audrey Wheatcroft, tion race/ethnicity status and overall quality of the research. Bates College The Marland Pratt Billings and Katherine Fowler-Billings Research Award encourages and promotes geological fieldwork ROBERT K. FAHNESTOCK AWARD and related research in New England and adjacent regions. Lauren Colliver, Purdue University The Robert K. Fahnestock Award honors the memory of Dr. Fahnestock, a former member of the Research Grants Committee, JOHN A. BLACK AWARD who died indirectly as a result of service on the committee. The Lauren Brown, University of California, Los Angeles grant is awarded for the best proposal in sediment transport or The John A. Black Award supports graduate student field-based related aspects of fluvial geomorphology, Dr. Fahnestock’s field. research on coastal processes. All field-based coastal geomor- phology research should be located in the USA, Puerto Rico, or Canada. In the event there are no worthy graduate student field- ROBERT D. HATCHER RESEARCH AWARD based research projects in coastal geomorphology, the award may Yiduo Liu, University of Houston be used to support graduate student field-based research in volca- The Robert D. Hatcher Research Award supports field-based nology. All field-based volcanology research should be located in research and geologic mapping through an annual award to an the USA, New Zealand, or . outstanding graduate student in the earth sciences to conduct research for that student’s master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation. Preference may be given to students working in the Appalachian GRETCHEN L. BLECHSCHMIDT AWARD orogeny broadly construed, but is not restricted to this region. Nina Whitney, State University The Gretchen Louise Blechschmidt Award Fund was established for women in the geological sciences who have an JOHN W. HESS RESEARCH GRANT interest in achieving a Ph.D. in the fields of biostratigraphy Isabelle Weisman, and/or paleoceanography, sequence stratigraphy analysis, The John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies particularly in conjunction with research in deep-sea supports student research involving any aspect of cave and sedimentology, and a career in academic research. karst studies aimed at providing improved understanding of how caves and karst work, including how these resources can be better managed. JOHN T. DILLON ALASKA RESEARCH AWARD Hanna Bartram, University of Wisconsin–Madison Joseph Tulenko, University at Buffalo–SUNY ROSCOE G. JACKSON II AWARD The John T. Dillon Alaska Research Award honors the memory Hamilton Goodner, The University of Kansas of Dr. Dillon who was particularly noted for his radiometric The Roscoe G. Jackson II Award funds one recipient per year in age-dating work in the Brooks Range, Alaska. Two areas that the field of sedimentology. serve as guidelines for selection of the award are field-based studies dealing with the structural and tectonic development of Alaska, and studies that include some aspect of geochronology LIPMAN RESEARCH AWARD (either paleontologic or radiometric) to provide new age control Olivia Barbee, Michigan Technological University for significant rock units in Alaska. Zoe Braden, Queens University Matthew Dunlop, University of Wyoming Joana Voigt, The University of Arizona GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY The Lipman Research Fund was established in 1993 and is supported by gifts from the Howard and Jean Lipman 24 2016 Specialized Awards

Foundation. The purpose of the fund is to promote and support PARKE D. SNAVELY, JR., CASCADIA RESEARCH AWARD student research grants in volcanology and petrology. The presi- Rebekah Lee, Boise State University dent of the Lipman Foundation, Peter W. Lipman, was the recip- The Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Cascadia Research Award Fund ient of a GSA research grant in 1965. provides support for field-oriented graduate student research that contributes to the understanding of the geologic processes and JOHN T. AND CAROL G. MCGILL AWARD history of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin, or to the evaluation of its hazard or resource potential. DeAnna Laurel, Colorado State University Dorothea Lundberg, University of Maryland The John T. and Carol G. McGill Award, which is in the memory HAROLD T. STEARNS FELLOWSHIP AWARD of John T. McGill, supports graduate student scholarships and Kirstin Washington, University of Southern California research grants in engineering geology and geomorphology. Dr. Stearns established the Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award in 1973 for student research on aspects of the geology of the Pacific JOHN MONTAGNE AWARD Islands and the circum-Pacific region. Ny Riavo Voarintsoa, The University of Georgia The John Montagne Fund is awarded annually in support of ALEXANDER & GERALDINE WANEK FUND research in the field of quaternary/geomorphology. Benjamin Barnes, University of Wisconsin–Madison The Wanek Fund was established in 2002 to support research BRUCE L. “BIFF” REED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD dealing with coal and petroleum resources, mapping, and engi- neering geology, marine resources, petroleum economics, appraisal, Tess Caswell, Brown University and evaluation, and the geology of phosphate resources. The Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Fund was established to provide research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and also LAUREN A. WRIGHT & BENNIE W. TROXEL STUDENT can fund other geologic research. RESEARCH AWARD Nur Uddin Md. Khaled Chowdhury, Texas Tech University CHARLES A. & JUNE R.P. ROSS RESEARCH AWARD Zachariah Fleming, University of Texas at El Paso The Lauren A. Wright & Bennie W. Troxel Student Research Christine Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fund supports two graduate students in masters or Ph.D. Allison Karp, Pennsylvania State University programs conducting field-based research (1) in the region Andrew Kleinberg, Florida State University broadly centered on Death Valley National Park or (2) in the Hadley Mcintosh, University of Maryland western and southern Basin and Range Tectonic Province. The Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund is awarded to This research grant is associated with GSA’s Structure and support research projects for graduate students, post-graduate Tectonics Division. students, and post-doctorate researchers in the fields of biostratig- raphy (including, but not limited to, fossil age dating and the study of evolutionary faunal successions), stratigraphy and strati- FAROUK EL-BAZ STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS graphic correlation, paleogeography and paleobiogeography, Christine Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for interpreting past environments of deposition and their biological “Reconstructing past precipitation changes from ancient significance, and the integration of these research areas into better high-altitude lakes in the Central Andes.” global understanding of (1) past plate motions (plate tectonics and Elena Favaro, University of Calgary, for “Initiation of Yardangs sea-floor spreading); (2) past sea-level events, including their in Northwestern Argentina and the Implications for Martian identification and ages; and/or (3) climate changes and effects of Surface Evolution.” those climate changes on the earth’s inhabitants through geologic This grant is to encourage and support desert studies by students time. There should be, over time, a balance of money among the world-wide either in their senior year of their undergraduate studies, awards across these various subject sub-field categories depending or at the master’s or Ph.D. level. on the merit of the annual project proposals.

ALEXANDER SISSON RESEARCH AWARD Renee Pelletier, University of North Carolina at Wilmington Family members of Alexander Sisson established a fund in his memory to promote and support research for students pursuing | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday studies in Alaska and the Caribbean. GSA TODAY GSA

25 2016 Research Grant Recipients List

(listed in alphabetical order by university)

Arizona State University California State University, Sacramento Idaho State University Emily Zawacki Michael Stephens Brandon Crawford

Auburn University Carleton University Illinois State University Drew Daymond Nawaf Nasser Joseph Miller Fisher Ryan Plath Central Washington University Baylor University Colin Bloom Indiana University Bulbul Ahmmed David Hernandez Uribe Ryan Deasy Dallin Jensen John Kearney Binghamton University Camille Mayberry Andrea Shilling Kuwanna Dyer-Pietras Conner Toth Zhiyang Li Kennie Leet Ted Uecker Emma McNulty Colorado School of Mines Diana Thatcher Boise State University Hang Deng Natalie Thompson Jacob Anderson Emilie Gentry Nina Whitney Buchanan Kerswell Dante Huff Nathan Young Rebekah Lee Shawn Lopez Megan Maksimowicz Maxwell Pommer Johns Hopkins University Aida Mendieta Timothy Wyatt Daniel Wilusz Nicholas Pollock Kristine Zellman Kansas State University Boston College Colorado State University Ian Andree Samantha Dow DeAnna Laurel Rachel Garth Andrew Pfeiffer Grant Zwiefelhofer Bowling Green State University Nikki Seymour David Mertz Evan Strickland Kent State University Kiersten Duroe Brown University Cornell University Tess Caswell Anderson Laurentian University Rachel Lupien Melanie Bouchard Dalhousie University California State University, Bakersfield Rachel Milligan Lehigh University Blake Foreshee James Carrigan Katie Jaeckel California State University, Fullerton Mackenzie Marti Dustin Williams Loma Linda University Duke University Sarah Maithel California State University, Long Beach Margaret Zimmer Kelsey Doiron Louisiana State University Ani Pytlewski Florida State University Brittney Gregory Yannick Wirtz Gary Fowler Kevin Gryger Andrew Kleinberg Chang Liu California State University, Los Angeles Edith Rojas Salazar Georgia State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Frederick Kaminer Christine Chen California State University, Northridge Emily Homan Humboldt State University

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Katherine Lewis Selin Toledo

26 2016 Research Grant Recipients List

McGill University Oregon State University Syracuse University Samantha Carruthers Heather Bervid Robin Glas Peter Crockford Anna Glueder Joseph Gonzalez Kelian Dascher-Cousineau Carolyn Gombert Emily Judd Malcolm Hodgskiss Ann Morey Cristina Lugo Centeno Rebecca Paisley Caroline Nash Noah Phillips Brendan Reilly Temple University Erik Young Elizabeth Rutila Karen Kopcznski Wesley von Dassow Michigan Technological University Kellie Wall Texas A&M University Olivia Barbee John Zunka William Ligon

Missouri State University Pennsylvania State University Texas Tech University Shannon Rentz Claire Cleveland Nur Uddin Md. Khaled Chowdhury Emily Salings Evan Greenberg Eric Friedman Wesley Weichert Beth Hoagland Allison Karp The State University Montana State University Sarah Moore George Grant Aaron Feldhaus Kendall Wnuk Casey Saup Corey Wallace Montclair State University Portland State University Richard James Tessa Carlson The University of Akron April Kelly Kristofer Hornsby Julian Grochocki Hillarie Sales National Autonomous University of The University of Alabama Mexico Purdue University Alexandra Nicosia Daniel Ruiz Arriaga Lauren Colliver Peng Shang

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Queens University The University of Arizona Technology Zoe Braden Ravindra Dwivedi Michael Wine Brendan Fenerty Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mathew Fox New Mexico State University Megan Holycross Susana Henriquez Jascha Coddington Krystyna Kornecki Barbara Lafuente Valverde Meredith Cole Gina Oliver Lucia Profeta Ryan Creitz Carson Richardson Cody Stopka Rutgers University Ethan Schaefer Vanessa Swenton Kathleen Warrell Joana Voigt

North Carolina State University San Diego State University The University of Georgia Gantulga Bayasgalan Jennifer Luscombe Kelly Cronin Julian Chesnutt Eui-jo Marquez Bolton Howes Kevin Clay Ny Riavo Voarintsoa Simon Fraser University Sarah Wright Northern Arizona University Jeff Crompton Jiaying Wu Stephen Dobbs Reuben Dandurand Rebecca Ellerbroek Cheryl Hodgson The University of Kansas Derek Field Karin Abrahamsson Joel Kane Stanford University Erich de Zoeten Rachel Krueger Jake Harrington Hamilton Goodner Sam Werner Mae Marcaida Deserae Jennings Danielle Shulaker Katherine Kuklewicz Northern Illinois University Molly Witter Bridget Pettit David Canova Andrew Philbin

Jacob Feller Stony Brook University | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Audrina Pryer Alireza Bahadori The George Reo Ann Ojeda

Marlena Rock Sul Ross State University TODAY GSA Nicholas Williams Jacob Helesic

27 2016 Research Grant Recipients List

The University of Tulsa University of Colorado Boulder Justin Ahern Brian Diehl Sarah Black Bryan Hermosillo Rachel Havranek Conor Horton Tulane University Rebekah Simon Rachel Sortor Joel Singley University of Nevada–Las Vegas Susan Hertfelder University of Alaska Anchorage University of Connecticut Lee Hess Charles Rust Han-Cheng Yu Zachary Jensen

University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Delaware University of New Hampshire John Barefoot Julia Guimond Taylor Hodgdon Nicole Knight Deirdre LaBounty University of Florida University of New Mexico Peter Chutcharavan Thomas Luckie University of Alberta Md. Samrat Alam University of Houston University of North Carolina at Mandy Krebs Yiduo Liu Chapel Hill Lei Wu Tyson Smith Elsemarie Devries Kaylyn Gootman University at Buffalo–SUNY University of Idaho Justin McNabb Andrew Harp Andrew Canada Joseph Tulenko Zachary Foster-Baril University of North Carolina at Charlotte Jordan Arey University of British Columbia University of Kentucky Faye Moser Sudip Shrestha Edward Lo Jacey Vail Kevin Walsh Benjamin Weiserbs University of California Davis Jordan Carey University of Maine University of North Carolina at Julie Griffin Dulcinea Groff Wilmington Michael Kenney Amy Kireta Charles Adams Brady O’Donnell Steven Spreitzer Robert Eisenrich Elaine Young Peter Strand Maria Frishman Konrad Grochocki University of California Los Angeles University of Maryland Robert O’Donnell Lauren Brown Nivea De Assis Magalhaes Renee Pelletier Dorothea Lundberg John Russell University of California Riverside Hadley McIntosh Scott Evans University of Oregon Christine Hall University of Massachusetts Amherst Gillean Arnoux Adriane Lam Dylan Colon University of California Santa Barbara Jessica McBeck Matthew Goslin Nina Bingham Kevin Toeneboehn Win McLaughlin William Junkin Meghan Toft Matthew Morriss Minda Monteagudo Brandon VanderBeek Alexander Wrobel University of Massachusetts Boston Julie Zurbuchen Joshua Kelly University of Pittsburgh Dervla Kumar University of California Santa Cruz University of Michigan Karen Lykkebo Petersen Alyssa Abbey University of Rochester Erin Lynch Federico Moreno University of Cincinnati Tiffany Napier Ivan Carabajal Samantha Nemkin University of Saskatchewan Jason Cesta Brittany Laing Anastasia Fries University of Minnesota Maximiliano Paz Elizabeth Orr Peter Scheuermann Wesley Parker University of South Carolina Sourav Saha University of Montana Paul Beguelin

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Yeon Jee Suh Samuel Box Erica Rubino Rachel Thornton University of Nebraska–Lincoln 28 2016 Research Grant Recipients List

University of South Florida University of Texas at San Antonio Utah State University Oana-Alexandra Dumitru John Cooper Abigail Bullard Amelia Nachbor Marquise Paige Laura Cuccio Garth Hesseltine University of Southern California University of Toledo Kenneth Kehoe Jeffrey Thompson Richard James Mitchell Emily Keller Kirstin Washington Erin Lathrop University of Utah James Mauch University of Tennessee Carl Beno Amy Moser Charles Paradis Aubry DeReuil Sarah Sheffield Ryan Gall Vanderbilt University Clay Jones Brandt Gibson University of Texas at Arlington Joao Luna Gonzalez Gregory Smith Emmanuel Higa Zackery Wistort Isabelle Weisman

University of Texas at Austin University of Victoria Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State James Biemiller Audrey Graham University Sol Cooperdock Kristin Chilton Jeffrey Cullen University of Washington Caitlin Colleary Dana Drew Charles Beightol Qing Tang Stephen Ferencz Keith Hodson Kelly Hattori Washington State University Lily Jackson University of Wisconsin–Madison Gilbert Ching Matthew Kaufman Benjamin Barnes Alissa Kotowski Hanna Bartram West Virginia University Juan Jose Munoz Charlotte Bate Sonnet Gomes Ashlyn Murphy Alexander Hammond Brittany Hupp Michael O’Connor Maureen Kahn Jonathan Knapp Evan Ramos Nicolas Roberts Simon George Scarpetta Elisabeth Schlaudt Western Michigan University Juliana Spector Matthew Rine University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee University of Texas at Dallas David Cordie Western Washington University Samuel Johnson Nicholas Fedorchuk William Cary Inoka Peiris Kathryn Pauls Darian Dixon Jonathan Stine Gunnar Speth University of Wyoming Stephanie Truitt University of Texas at El Paso Jason Alexander Zachariah Fleming Elizabeth Dilbone Yale University Matthew Dunlop Ross Anderson Devon Cole | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday GSA TODAY GSA

29 2016 GSA Division & Section Student Research Awards

GSA Divisions and GSA Sections have recognized the following research grant recipients who submitted proposals of exceptionally high merit in conception and presentation in their fields. These students will be honored at the 2016 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Colorado, USA, on 25–28 September.

DIVISION GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS Zoe Braden, Queens University Archaeological Geology Division Zachariah Fleming, University of Texas at El Paso Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Memorial Student Research Award Yiduo Liu, University of Houston Justin A. Holcomb, Boston University Camille Mayberry, Central Washington University Danielle Shulaker, Stanford University Energy Geology Division Antoinette Lierman Medlin Research Award Structural Geology and Tectonics Division & Sedimentary Qiang Wei, China University of Mining and Technology Geology Division in Beijing 2016 Stephen E. Laubach Structural Diagenesis Research Award Sebastian Cardona, Colorado School of Mines Geophysics Division Allan V. Cox Student Research Grant Rebekah Lee, Boise State University Geophysics Student Research Grant Award SECTION RESEARCH AWARDS Samuel Johnson, University of Texas at Dallas Southeastern Section Graduate Research Grants Jennifer Bauer, The University of Tennessee Hydrogeology Division Gourab Bhattacharya, The University of Alabama Hydrogeology Division Student Research Grant Awards Chelsie Bowman, Florida State University DeAnna Laurel, Colorado State University Allen Clements, Auburn University Dorothea Lundberg, University of Maryland Mustuque Munim, Auburn University Ravindra Dwivedi, The University of Arizona Elizabeth Olree, The University of Alabama Daniel Wilusz, Johns Hopkins University Nathan Rabideaux, Georgia State University Nathan Young, Iowa State University Ryan Roney, The University of Tennessee

Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, Rocky Mountain Section Undergraduate Research Grants and Volcanology Division Eirik Hunter Anderson, Rocky Mountain College MGPV Division Student Research Grant Awards Samuel Callis, University of Utah George Reo, Northern Illinois University Adam Chumley, University of Northern Colorado Nikki Seymour, Colorado State University Todd Emmenegger, University of Georgia Rebecca Paisley, McGill University Joel Spansel, Louisiana State University Andrew Harp, University at Buffalo Eric Stauffer, University of Idaho Jacob Anderson, Boise State University David Hernandez-Uribe, Central Washington University Northeastern Section Stephen G. Pollock Undergraduate Research Grants Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Jonathan Gewirtzman, Brown University Arthur D. Howard Student Research Award Christen Helou, Indiana University Adam Hawkins, University of Northern British Columbia Aaron Lin, Kingsborough Community College J. Hoover Mackin Student Research Award Alba Mar Rodriguez-Padilla, College of Helen Beeson, University of Nevada–Reno Lorin Simboli, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Marie Morisawa Research Award Jessica Wolfman, Dickinson College Joanmarie del Vecchio, Pennsylvania State University North-Central Section Undergraduate Research Grants Sedimentary Geology Division John Malone, Augustana College Sedimentary Geology Division Student Research Grant Award Jennifer McLeod, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Lauren Colliver, Purdue University Katy Reminga, Grand Valley State University

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Structural Geology and Tectonics Division South-Central Section Undergraduate Research Grants Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Sarah Kuper, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Research Travel Grant Awards Asmara Lehmann, Trinity University 30 Maryevelyn Wren, University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2016 Cole Awards

The Gladys W. Cole and W. Storrs Cole Memorial Research Awards for postdoctoral research are funded by the GSA Foundation.

GLADYS W. COLE MEMORIAL W. STORRS COLE MEMORIAL RESEARCH AWARD RESEARCH AWARD Phoebe A. Cohen, Williams College, will be awarded US$8,000 Sara L. Rathburn, Colorado State University, will be awarded from the W. Storrs Cole Fund for research in invertebrate micropale- US$8,000 from the Gladys W. Cole Fund for research in geomor- ontology for her project, “Exploring the Taxonomy and Functional phology of semiarid and arid terrains for her project, “Are All Dams Morphology of the Enigmatic ca. 800 Ma Apatitic Scale Created Equal? Implications for Carbon Storage.” The award Microfossils from Yukon, Canada.” The award will be presented will be presented at the QG&G Awards Ceremony at the 2016 at the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Awards GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Colorado, USA, Ceremony at the 2016 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in on Tues., 27 Sept. Denver, Colorado, USA, on Tues., 27 Sept. | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday GSA TODAY GSA

31 Terry House Timothy McHale Adrian Hughes V Julie McMonagle Olafur Ingolfsson Chelsea McQuaid David Iseri Steven H. Meiggs Abm Rafiqul Islam Fred Meyers James Michael Jacobsen Brandon Matthew Mijal Welcome New Luis Ricardo Jaimes Palomera Timothy M. Millen Tao Jiang Jessica Miller Stephen Johnson Stephanie Mitzman GSA Members! Daniel K. Jones Malgorzata Moczydlowska-Vidal Glenn A. Jones Shirin Mohammadiha The following individuals submitted their applications Sofi I. Jonsson Leslie Molerio-Leon for GSA membership between 1 Sept. 2015 and 13 Mar. 2016 and Bruce Rene Julian Brian J. Moorman were approved by GSA Council at its March 2016 meeting. Nadine Kabengi Paula Mouser Rajani Kalani Biswarup Mukhopadhyay PROFESSIONALS Antonio de Morais Michael A. Kaminski Radhakrishna Munukutla Alan Deino John Kamm Amin Murad Oludurotimi Adetunji Michele Faraone Dellinger Chad M. Kauffman Ralph Murphy Kathleen Affholter Priscilla Duskin Rebecca Kavage Adams Pratap Vikraman Nair Yamirka Rojas Agramonte Bradley E. Dybel Gillian Kearvell Bibhash Nath Olumuyiwa Ajibade Jan Ove R. Ebbestad Jesse Lee Keeffe Rose Chundung Ndong Taha Abdullah Al-nuaimi Vern Elarth Sev Kender Rebecca Neumann Anas Altasan Todd Douglas Ellis Joshua D. Kent Huong Van Nguyen William Althaus III Scott G. Englert Neda Rostam Khoramian Michael O’Neal Christoff Andermann George Christian Evering Hani Nicola Khoury Shane Stephen O’Reilly David Arnold Ken A. Ewers James Klaus Erik B. Olson Gail Lee Arnold Mohammad Faham Marko Komac Thomas Oommen William Parks Ball Tyler Faith Mason Kreidler Ogbadu Samuel Opaluwa Alayde Alfaia Barbosa Andrew R. Fetterman Jeremy Krimmel Cory Osaze Nilay Kanti Barman Natalie P. Flynn S.K.G. Krishnamacharyulu Jennifer Brophy Paduan Elliott Barnhart Barry G. Fordham David Kulczycki Diane Elizabeth Panaccio Laura Barnwell Stephanie R. Forstner Benjamin Michel Laeuchli Jeanette Panning Carlos Barragán Benjamin W. Fortson Joshua Landis Arturo Pena-Cardenas Jerrel Keith Belk Brenna Teresa Franchi Neil H. Landman Katherine Jean Perkins Brian C. Bird Robinson W. Fulweiler Edgardo M. Latrubesse Mark E. Petersen Terrence Blackburn Nicholas Gianni Furlin Barrett Lavergne Jeffrey David Phinisey Lisa M. Boettcher Robert Gibson Alexis Lavine Martin Randolph Pitts Colette Masucci Bos Andrew V. Goodell Thorne Lay Alexandre Poulain Lindsey Brady Larry Gordon Kristin M. Leftwich Thomas Pratt Thaddeus Jude Briones Richard Greenfield Jr. Daniel Lehrmann Robert C. Price David P. Brown Ella Ruth Griffith Keith David Lemons Benita Putlitz Abigail K. Burt David R. Grogan Kong sang Leong David Earl Putnam Christina M. Byers Jan Gunnink Sharon Lewandowski Heather Quinn Steven F. Cahill Prakash Ramchandra Gupte Russell Kristofer Lewis Dedeepya Rachakonda Jeffrey D. Campbell Benjamin Hagedorn Li Li Leonardo Ramirez Guzman David W. Caress Donald Edward Hall Yan Vivian Li Farhat Rass Masood Bill Carey Troy D. Hallmark Fred John Longstaffe Remi Rateau Carlos Aguirre Carpio Sr. Till J. Hanebuth Myra Vaag Lugsch Kyle A. Rawson James Case Kerry S. Hart Barbara Luke Michael Reason Carolina Castillo Adrian J. Hartley Craig Lundstrom Patrick Lee Redmond Christine Chandler Anne M. Hauser Seth Viets Makepeace Claire Renault Edward E. Chatelain Itai Haviv Joni Kalevi Mäkinen Donald L. Rice Abhinav Chawla Essam Heggy Jacob Makis Sergio L. Rivera Sr. Jing Chen Eileen Hemphill-Haley Soumen Mallick Sedelia Rodriguez Yang Chen Gregory Arthur Henkes Marco Giovanni Malusá Doug Rogers Murlene W. Clark Thomas A. Herbert Kristen Marchioni Juliette N. Rooney-Varga Juan Contreras Stefan John Higgins Robert Peter Mason Alexis Rosero Lawrence Paul Cook Maxwell Hire Narwhals Mating Alexander Ross Gelu Costin Bryant Hoffer Kyle McCarty Ashaki Rouff Thomas P. Cronin GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Charles W. Holmes Jeffrey R. McDonald Michael Rubinov David Culpepper Mary Anne Holmes Michael F. McGinnis Mihaela S. Ryer

32 Welcome New GSA Members

Marceliano Lago San José Linda Jean Watts Roza I. Calderon Maria Eugenia Leone Gold Jason Andrew Sapp Marion O. Weaver Justine Carstairs Pawan Govil Mitchell Thomas Sawicki Chunjing Wei Nathan Alan Carte Heather Valeah Graham Timothy A. Schildt Ram Weinberger Megan R. Carter Andy Grass Peter Schmidt Catherine Weitz Aramanda Cartwright Mark Green Jr. Ignace Schmiermann Luanne F. Whitbeck Tracey Centorbi Michael Herbert Grentzer Jeroen Schokker Gene Whitney James M. Chase Patrick J. Gunn Judy L. Schulenberg Colin J.N. Wilson Jitao Chen Bridget Elyse Haby Michael Schultz Huaichun Wu Stefan D. Christie Rose Harris Dirk Schumann Lesley Anne Wyborn John Clarke Carling Hay Caroline D. Searcy Changbing Yang Ryan Cleveland Victoria E. Heath Michael Edward Serfes D. Craig Young Kellie Corwin Marlee Henninge H. James Sewell Sherman C. Young Laura Cotton Dustin L. Herrmann Vinod Kumar Sharma Derek Zander Geoffrey Cromwell Sarah Elizabeth Himes Kevin Sharpe Zachary Zeillmann Daniel Cruz Margaret Hinkle Chuanbo Shen James Zeppieri Jennifer Cubbler Amy Hixon Licheng Shen Lijun Zhang Lauren E. Culler Ashleigh Van Smeerdijk Hood Tingting Shen Daniele D’Accardi Michelle Hoon-Starr Alyssa E. Shiel Roula Dambrink Kristina G. Hopkins Dale M. Short EARLY CAREER Aychluhim Debebe Damtew Matt Hoss Roy C. Sidle PROFESSIONALS Andreea Darden Ho-han Hsu Ginger Sigmon Austin Ray Davidson Martin David Hurst Arif M. Sikder Mohammad Alam William Porter Davidson Brandon Hyma Somraj Singh Paolo G. Albano Joshua Davies Tracy Imperato Veeru Kant Singh Josh S. Allison Heather Danielle Davis Dylan J. Irvine Kathlyn M. Smith Bryan Scott Anderson Thomas Alexander Dececchi Kent Allan Isaacson Russell Clarence Smith Victoria M. Anderson Elizabeth A. Depoy Sarah Ivory Carmen Soriano Arif Husain Ansari Jenna Dewitte Jon Jameyson Ron Spencer Dolapo Moses Apata Deepak Dhingra Jenny Johnson Drew St. Peter Christopher Armstrong Haylee Dickinson Sarah Johnson Robin Strachan Alison Rose Ashby Natasha T. Dimova Catherine Elizabeth Jones Don A. Stuart Jeffrey Astrein Melissa Ann Dinsdale Thomas Anthony Jones Polly Root Sturgeon Seren Bagcilar Zachariah R. Dobbs Giuliana Kafaf Larry James Surkan Gregory Bailey Kyle Driscoll Bobak Karimi John L. Sweezy Dean Ballotti Sharon Drummomd Jessa Eileen Karp Anna A. Szynkiewicz Robert Barnes Robert Dyer Christa Kelleher Paola Tartarotti Franc Basil Kirsty Marie Edgar Neil Patrick Kelley Adam Taylor Eric Bastarache Lauren A. Edgar Tae wan Kim Tanya Taylor Sarah Beardsley Alexander David Ekvall Sandra Kirtland Turner Kelly A. Teague Fern Beavis Leanne Elizabeth Elder Julia Grace Klinges Ryan Thigpen Barbara Beckingham Chikwelu Edward Emenike Martin Klose Jeremy Tibbs Daniel Kessler Beer Jessica Ericson Thomas Kneissl Cheng Ting Lars Beierlein Balaji Etikala Karl Koehler Michael J. Turco Sally Belasco Elizabeth Anne Eyer Robert J. Krenz III Margie Turrin Dino Bellugi Maggie E. Ferry Caleb John Kroening Mimi W. Tzeng Tamar Beridze Joseph Henry Fillingham Leah Margaret Kucera Derick Unger Falguni Bhattacharya Katie Eliz Flowers Justin A. Kuntz Riaan J. Van der Westhuizen Jared E. Blackwood Taylor Forster Elizabeth Rose Kura Stephen Van Ryswick Song Bo William Joseph Foster Nicole Kurka Matthew Varonka Kara Bogus Michaela Freedman Romain Lafay Christine Veeder Veronica Bohne Katherine French Collin Lambert Jesus M. Velador Rachel Frances Bosch Jamin Frommel Cullen W. Lapointe James F. Venendaal Samuel Bowman Maxwell Fuller Kathryn Larson-Johnson Andrew Vermilyea Owen Brenner Krzysztof R. Gaidzik Blaine Lary Herwart Alfredo Viete Lauren Darnelle Broes John P. Gannon II Jennifer S. Le Blond Bradley Wakoff Mackenzie Bromstad Sandra Jo Garren Logan A. LeBlanc-Simpson

Jack L. Waldron Remington Kirin Brooks Shannon Garvin Shirin Leclere | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Rob Wallace I. Burd Austin George Rachel J. Lee Matthew Wander Scott Burdick Rachel L. Giampa Zachary Taylor Lee Luisa Buritica Mary Warner Bryanna Gilbert Jennifer Lewis TODAY GSA Nicholas H. Warner Anastasia Burns Lori Glaspie Jiying Li Keal Byrne 33 Welcome New GSA Members

Shihu Li Skye Salganek Max Weiss Marianne Venable Shuning Li Haley Morgan Sapers Trisha Welch Robert S. Weiner Fei Liu Adam John Sax Elizabeth R. Weston Jin Liu Taryn Estelle Scharf Brittain McDuffie Whidden Biogeosciences Jill Lockard Erik Schlenker Andrew R. Whitehill Katherine N. Acosta Ashley M. Long Alyssa M. Schmid Justin R. Wood Jishnu Adhikari Emily Patricia Loo Mitchell Terrance Schneider Fahui Xiong Sr. Vikas Agrawal Jonathon David Lord Ryan Schwegman Tian Yazhou Ace Vladimir Alcantara Dylan Loss Elaine M. Scott Sreedhar Yenamala Amanda Anthony Katy Nichole Lucas Caitlin Michele Shannon Cory Yergenson Kathleen Brannen-Donnelly Jaron Joshua James Lucero Raven Sharma Caitlin Young Harrison Kennedy Brock Hongbo Ma Timothy Shaw Sarah Yun Isabella Castiglioni Zachary R. Maisch Thomas Sherman Sara Zeigler Mamta Sanam Chaudhary Alexander Malz Nathaniel Gibson Shuff Hannah Zellner Vinton David Clarke Jr. Reza Mandalzadeh Marcus E. Silva Rui Zhai Czarinna Kyly Clay Sandra G. Marek Kristen Miller Slawter Anna Zhdanova Niels de Winter Cassandra Marnocha Kristyn Smith Xue jun Zhou Travis Dennis Audrey Matteson Christophe Snoeck Aaron James Zielsdorf Sophie S. Duncan Patrick McCarthy Christopher Thomas Snow Kevin Zoller Zachary Sean Elliott Amanda R. McGee Robert Frank Snyder Jessica Fisher Sarah Paloma Medynski Amy L. Spaziani Mackenzie Renee Freeman Andres Melo Giron Jr. Anna V. Spears STUDENTS Jacqueline Gerson Abdullah Memesh Alicia Barbara Staszyc (Listed by Professional Interest) Ben Richard Haller Trevor Metz Meredith K. Steele Robert Harvey Daniel Mikalian Matthew Steele-Macinnis Archaeological Geology Bahareh Hassanpour Guilvaiee Jessica W. Moerman Koen Stein Jordan Abell Emmanuel Higa Christina Mojica Angela M. Stickle Kleanthis Nicholas Andreadakis Sarah Elizabeth Hogrefe Jessica L. Moore Mona Stockhecke Dawn Elizabeth Beamer Zhijian Jiang Ashley Gissele Amanda Stromecki Karl J. Beck Sunendra Raj Joshi Morales-Cartagena Tim Stroope Neeshell Q. Bradley-Lewis Allison Karp Kathryn Murdock Stephen Stukins Amanda Renee Breeden Katalina Kimball Ashley Marie Murray Mingjing Sun Regina Marie Brown Samantha Beth Lichtin Miranda Nelson Elizabeth R. Sylvia Aaron Dale Brunhofer Dru Lockamy Maurice Nguyen Naser Tamimi Jacqueline Buskop Shelby L. Lyons Charles Nixon Garrett W. Tate Timothy S. De Smet II Isabella Martin Akinola Edward Onisile Michelle Lauren Taylor Signe Marie Carlson Englert Tessa McGann L. Felipe Opazo Noble C. Taylor Lacey S. Fleming Hadley McIntosh Ajani Adedapo Opeyemi Emilia Teige Jonathan Michael Flood Caitlin Theresa McManimon Kathleen Ottens Heather Kathryn Tennant Daniel J. Forbes Sebastian Tobias Mergelsberg Abiezer Pagan Steven Paul Thibodeau Olivia Fry Kate M. Moore S.K. Pandey Erica L. Thieleman Andrea M. Grenga Dana A. Morgan Enric Pascual-Cebrian Benjamin Hays Timm Shane Keehn Lydia Orr Matthew T. Patton Cameron Lee Tracy Samantha Marie Krause Amanda Kavy Patrick Jordan Pelfrey Genevieve Trafelet Adrienne Jane Leavitt-Phibbs Kelden Pehr Matt Pendleton Mice Trkaleski David E. Leslie Renee Pelletier Donald E. Penman Sheila K. Tucker Mason Phillip Luster Karen Lykkebo Petersen Anniina Penttila Talin Tuestad Eva M. Mann Jacob Henry Rumschlag Joseph M. Piccolotti Ruth Leigh Tull Ryan McKay Antonio Sandoval Ryan Portner Hasan Ozer Tutulmaz Amy Elaine McLemore Harmandeep Sharma Ashleigh N. Price Frederick Offei Twumasi Christy M. Mog Kevin Singleton Peter Vincent Price Erik Peter Van der Meulen Erin Mortensen Joel Singley Anne Pyrak Megan Catherine Van dyne Amanda Namsinh Rose Marie Smith Casimir Quinlan Dylan Randolph Van rozeboom Brianna Lynn Patterson Alana Burton Spaetzel Paola Giuseppina Rachello Justin Vause Nathan Beebe Peltier Brett D. St. Pierre Tyler Randall Alberto Osmar Vite del Angel Jr. Joshua William Perez Ezgi Tok Mariel Richter Samuel George Vogt James Edward Ruehlman Selin Toledo Michael Brown Riedman David Vohra Clayton Sapp Paul A. Tosello Jeffery Austin Robinson Christopher D. Waddell Emily R. Soreghan Clay S. Tucker Natasha B. Romito Michele M. Waszgis Sydney Donohoe Steele Luis Alejandro Urrea

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Daniel Vito Russo Patricia Webber Richard Sullivan Alexis Rose Van Venrooy Matthew Safford Kenneth Darwin Weiss II Heidi Larena Van Etten Alexandra Walczak

34 Welcome New GSA Members

Anna Rose Waldeck Austin Thomas Huff Christopher K. Birchfield Austin Jameyson Li Zhang Dante Huff John Blackwell III Deserae Jennings Roman Zoss Jacob M. Hughes Andrew R. Bladen Jr. Mitchell Ryan Jennings Christopher Kelly Phillip David Blecher Mark Jensen Climatology/Meteorology Kevin J. Kidd Troy Andrew Bole Lee Jabari Johnson Sergey A. Konyshev Heather Brissey Sarah Jordan Alexander Panahy Alfano Kullamard Krueworramunee David Bruce Allison Joy Alice Alpert Afe Uoleva Langi Laura Burns Joshua Robert Kajiyama Jennifer Alspach Eric Ian Larson Kathy Bussiere John Kangas Katherine C. Bolles Ava Lazor Ryan W. Callender Ryan Taylor Keast Robert James Carroll Graham Leroux Sam Carmalt Victoria Kay Keeton Tina Chen Li Liu Natalie Castro Taylor R. Kenyon Martha Cosgrove Ty G. Magee Hsin-wei Chen Rachelle A. Kernen Zachary George Decker Francisco David Martínez Victor Cimino Alex E. Kiewit Laura Channing Dempsey Cervantes Bryan Clappe Jeff Daniel Kimber Rebecca Anne Ellerbroek Kendall Andrew Mayfield Clarke A. Clayton Edward Kirk Todd William Emmenegger Caleb A. McDaniel Erin Coleman Daniel Kirkwood Maxwell James Fortin Kyle A. McDaniel Christopher M. Cook Kyle Klitzing Sarah Gotwals Brayden McDonald Jason Lael Cotton Trey Oneal Klopfenstein Jessica Annette Harris Chad Alan Miedel Ian Cox Aleksandra Anna Kluter Rebekah D. Jones Gabriel Ribeiro Moizinho Michelle Nikolay Dafov Shawn P. Kramer Kate Kupfer Makayla K. Myers Jared S. Daniels Matthew Krueger Hung-i Lee Kristine Nagy Kyle A. Dayton Teresa Langenkamp Emma Treat Leflar Sam Vincent Nowak Sean M. Driggers Jennifer L. Larvin Scott Edward Lydon Luis Alberto Palomino Brant Patrick Dulaney Mark Leung Kara M. Mangiola Jonathan Pullum Caroline Aubrey Dunkel Ang Li Haley Elizabeth Mauriello George Anthony Reo Nicholas P. Ettinger Yejin Lim Andrew McCollum Oyungerel Sarantuya Chad Edward Fagan Rafo Linan McKenzie Jane Perry Christopher David Schuler Fazil Fayaz Zachary Ryan Lindberg Caroline Anne Quanbeck Michael J.E. Sims Ashley Nichole Filkins Zachary James Loffer Supasiri Rittiron Sarah Elisabeth Smith Connor Hughes Foley Steven Lopes Sara Schmidt Yeun Jae Song Evelynlove Fosu-duah Andrew Marietta Kellen Gifford Shaver Olivia E. Sue Eli C. Fraley Jeffrey Marks Ben Suranovic Teymoor Tahbaz Anastasia E. Fries Kyle A. Marquart Caitlyn E. Sutherlin Tadsuda Taksavasu George M. Galakpai Robert Malik Martin Anna Ternova Kimberly Talbert Xiang Ge Alex McClain Sr. Miranda R. Ulmer Philippe Gerald Eric Trudel Jayde K. Glaser Brittany Jane McManus Sara Wall Brendon G. Tucker Aimee Lee Goodell Jay Samuel Merrill Adam Wilson Rachelle B. Turnier Chris Greve Connor Mills Margaret Whipple Dylan Gruse Peter G. Moutevelis Economic Geology Joshua William Wright Sami Nakhleh Haas Megan Neary Nathaniel Huntley Adams Timothy Orion Wyatt Benjamin Hainstock James C. Nickel Elijah Olusola Adeniyi Jessica Hall Adam Nielson Kaleo Muniz Ferreira Almeida Energy Geology Lura Elayne Hardisty Joshua Aaron Novello Giovanni Alvarez Michael J. Harty III Brittany O’Brien Jaime Abregana III Brian Lee Ammon Harrison R. Hastings Eric O’Risky Mercy Achang Rocky Devon Barker Joshua Ray Hernandez Joseph Orso Logan M. Adams Alex Crockett Braun Stephen Jared Hett Santiago Otero Benjamin D. Agan Daniel Brito Sr. John M. Hill Colton Michael Palmer Seyi Ajayi Robert Buchan Oliver H. Hill Allison Katherine Patch Ahmed Al-bedhawi Michelle Campbell Chelsea Nicole Holmes Xiaowei Peng Eirik Hunter Anderson David Cheng Madeleine E. Hoopes Rowan Anthony Pinheiro Spariharijaona Andriamihaja Gilbert Ching Conor James Horton Dustin Ply Cameron Arey Ashley N. Cocciadiferro Joh Hurley Patrick D. Pominville Alexander Arita Zachary Russell Dick Micah Hutcheson Edward Harris Pritchard Thomas Joseph Armstrong Michelle Franke Bohyun Hwang Matthew Scott Quinn Erik Dale Bachman

Erica Donetta Gerweck Jack Hybza Lucian Rinke-Hardekopf | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Joshua M. Bedell Paul Sigmund Greshin Bryan Marshall Ingram Tyler Anthony Rafael Robinson Christopher Beliveau Scott J. Hill Ali Farid Jaber Shawna Le Roggow Cassidy Anne Belske

Philip Hirshman Aaron Joseph Jackson Emma Rosenthal TODAY GSA Albert Nathaniel Bertram III Jeffrey Alan Hrncir Emily Jackson Clayton Boyd Sanders Kyle Francis Bige

35 Welcome New GSA Members

Moises Santillan Abigail Athena Harrison Lina Marcela Arbelaez Moreno Anneliese Fliger Jenna Schrecengost Brendan William Hayward Kevin Arias Michael Frazier Tucker Dane Schultz Elliott Conley Helgans Victoria Elizabeth Avalos James R. Freeman IV Stephen Schwarz Ryan Holmes Dulci Avouris Maria Frishman Timothy Shane Eva Marie Hover Sarah M. Bailey Matthew T. Fryer Nolan Shula Robert Huber Crystal M. Bair Jennifer L. Fuller Maurice Michael Slinger Bobby Ikebudu Fatai Olabanji Balogun Emily Marie Furl Johanna Smith William Jacobs Fabiane Barato Mackenzie G. Gaikema Michael William Sobel Nafis Jalil Remi Bardou Laura Garcia Edwin Dale Solomon Mackenzie Jones Drew Grady Barnum Taylor Rae Garton David R. Soto Weson Jones Clayton Bean Andrew C. Geleske Robert Kent Stafford III Nirjung Karki Claire Elizabeth Bearden Maximilien Genest Eli Jacob Steinbeck Shishay Tadios Kidanu Jennifer P. Becker Shanay Lucretia George Justin Steinmann Sydney A. Lawson Aims Luette Bennett Pierre Gerard Dilyn Stevenson John Paul Ligush Stephanie Lane Bennett Jonathan Gewirtzman Dreadnaught Stubbs Aaron Lin Jonathan F. Birkel Madison Giuntoli Andrew Mitchell Tharp Xiaolong Liu Ksawery Jozef Biskup Marisa Goeppner Elijah Armstrong Turner Paul J. Louissaint Ellen Blazer Bernt Spencer Goodson Anna F. Vaculik Emma Macalister Kaitie Marie Bouch Spencer Edward Gray III Catherine Anne Valery Daniel Patrick Mallon Rebecca Nicole Britton Molly Rose Guiney Rafael Villanueva Caryn Elizabeth Martin Anna Zipporah Brooks Kirk Daniel Gulliver Aaron J. Voegtle Neal Allan Mathes Jonathan Brotsch Evelyn Paola Gutierrez Yuwei Wang Michael Everette Menafro Danielle Janine Brown Danielle K. Guttman Raymond Ward Emily Moase Trevor Ryan Brown Jalen Alexander Hairston Kent Thomas Weidlich Anthony Moraes Gabrielle Buck Anna Ruth Weston Halberstadt Heather B. White Abigail Owens Tyler Paz Burt Alexander S. Hall Nicholas James Williams Jacob Aaron Parente Allison K. Buys Zackariah Al Ameen Hamid Tengfei Wu Ethan Pinkley Adam Caligiuri John Allen Harris Ruizhe Yin Alvaro Puente Querejazu Benjamin B. Chaffin Tracie J. Harrison Lijie Zhang Branden Risso Md abu Raihan Chowdhury Victoria Jolene Havens Jesse Keen Rubin Connor Paul Christoffersen Carson Hedberg Engineering Geology Casey J. Ruiz Priscilla Emily Clark Jennifer M. Heit Mehmet Sagnak Sarah Clark Alaina Nicole Hickey Shelby M. Ahrendt Jane Saunders Elizabeth Cohen Anais Hiedra Nicole Cherie Aldrich Nicholas Schrecongost Kassandra L. Combs Mallory Hinks Brooks David Alexander Daniel R. Schwartz Zachary Cook Scott Joseph Holewinski II Yessi Ayala-Ramírez Igor Shymeilo Christine Samantha Cooler Alexandra Holland Sara Barrientos David Simmons Samuel Crane Kathryn Suzanne Holtzclaw Aaron Carl Bickel Madison Slepica Alison Taveau Cribb Margaret Louise Honig Chase Vincent Breckwoldt Mackenzie Sandoval Smith Julianna Crumlish Sam Horvath Austin Brister Riley J. Snyder Sarah E. Cryer Samuel James Howarth Tanya Brosnan Haley Anna Spencer Kacey A. Cummings Brittany Lynn Huhmann Brianna Mae Calvin Lilan Dhanushka Sri kumara Elizabeth Kelley Darnell Katherine Annette Hull Tyler James Cole Louis J. St-Pierre Jackie S. Delie Rachel Adelle Irvin Suzzanne Conover Rebecca E. Steever Daniel E. Dimascia Rehnuma Islam Zachary Cox Crit B. Stender Evan Dismukes Ryleigh H. Jacobs Anthony T. Davis Cesar Tapia Kyle Andrew Duckett Lauren N. Jendrock Adam J. Delaney Kori Lynn Taylor Emma Louise Duncan Cora B. Johnson Molly P. Diggory Ethan Tyler Truman Maigan Ansli Dunlap Luke Johnson Connor Dean Estes Aaron Weisinger Colleen R. Dunphy Mary Jane Keffer Adam Fernandez Leslie A. Williams Julia Dupree Sean Matthew Kelly Dillon Scott Fields Wilfredo Nicolas Zevallos Sr. Angela C. Dzuck Chelsey Kipper Sam Mark Fleagle Abdullah Zulfiqar Amy Jeanne Eisenstadt Ashleigh Nicole Kirker Judith Gibson-Okunieff Vianey Escobar Sarah W. Kittross Mary Hannah Giddens Gabrielle B. Evans Joseph Tom Koeske Adam Blake Goodwin Environmental Science Etienne Fang Allison Krieder Matthew Gramke Jennifer Adachi Andrew Faris Sarah Kuo Zach Grimac Amanda Adams Trevor Farrell Colton Kyro Zane William Grunewald Carrie Elizabeth Adams Aaron Feldhaus Colleen Anne Lane Ernesto Guerra Dominic Aluia

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Sarah Fitzpatrick Haven Lane Kady Hansey Elvis Andino-Nolasco Francis Michael Flanagan Johnna Lasmanis Madeline Marie Happ Louis Annino 36 Welcome New GSA Members

Michelle Lawniczak Taylor Alexander Phelps Nancy Carolina Urbano Alexander Doig Justin M. Lazaro Morgan Phillips Jonathan Valentine Rana YoussryAhmed El-Kady Brian Lenell Michelle Poletti Hannah R. Vanderkin Hillary Gray Kaitlin Lento Max Price Kelsey Vaneyl-Godin Emad Hasan Abby Whitmarsh Letts Ivan A. Prushnok John Roman Vaught John Alfred Knight II Qingyun Li Katherine G. Quimby Gollamudi Venkata Srujan Brian John Kraegenbrink Florence Ling Alon Rabinovich Caroline Verdi Angela P. Murillo Amanda Rose Livingston Marlon V. Ramlogan Roxanne Yolanda Walker Griffin Scott Adrienne Loftus Emily M. Reich Riley E. Wall Ashley Shields Jonathan Michael Ludovico Monica S. Reilly Irene Rizza Wallrich Rebecca Thomas-Maurer Margit Katherine Lund Eli Reisman Courtney Bridget Walsh Ivan Untung Quan Que Ly Zachary Richard Abigail Weibel Lisa Michelle Zoellick Joseph Mack Justin Tyler Ridge Isabelle Ellis Weisman Russell Clayton Maddrey Trevor Neal Roark Hang Wen Geology and Health Ryan Michael Maher Michael W. Robb Jonathan Ivar Weyhrauch Stephen Ager Lorena Roque Martinez Leah Robison Cody Wheeler Angela Kathleen Bittner Mary M. Masse Jared Wesley Rose Jaide Lee Wible Allyson Brady Lauren Mae Maurer Amy Elizabeth Rosebrough Emma Dale Wiggins Jacob Browell Nicholas Ray McConnell Rupsa Roy Julia Wilcots Luana Calburean Amber Lee McDonald Catherine T. Ruhm John Timothy Williams Natalie Paula Cristo Sawyer McFadden William Russo Kelsey A. Williams Gabriel James Davila Caitlin McGuire Elizabeth Clara Rutila Lara Isabella Williams Michael Dickerson Seamus Charles McLaughlin Corinn Elizabeth Rutkoski Mario Williams Michelle Marie Dionne-Vahalik John Melien Shahrzad Saffari Ghandehari Travis Aaron Wilson Mary Grace Franusich Thomas Edward Melvin Jr. Andres Saldarriaga Glenn Elizabeth Woerndle Samantha Gorley Aaron Meneghini Jordan Elise Salley Rachel Elizabeth Yesenchak Alyssa M. Graveline Ashley Meredith Alexis Jade Santiago Shiliang Zhao Jesse Greathouse Scott Mesich II Emery Hayes Saylor Alexandra Leigh Zobel Elizabeth Howard Joseph J. Miller Shelby Lynn Schettler Maria Elizabeth Zubizarreta Zachery Kihle Logan P. Miller Jennifer Ann Schoenstein Benjamin Krogmeier Tyson Andrew Miller Samantha Schonberger Geography Nicholas M. Luh Scott Mills Brandon Thomas Scott Maria Christine Carinci Benjamin James Marconi Amelia D. Mindich Kerri Scrivanos Sydney Clackett Clare Miller Heather B. Monroe Austin Vaughan Seeger Elizabeth Lefebvre Dickman Quinn A. Nutter Malcolm M. Morrin Riley Shaak Yoselin Doyle Eric Russman Laurel Ann Muldoon Mahrukh Shaikh Jean Eichhorst Justin Schneider Scout B. Munday David Simpson Jessica M. Groff Susan Margaret Stordeur Christa Murphy Caleb D. Sims Brandyn Heck Ali Wertheim Natalie Nicole Murphy Owen Sitler Ashton Micaela Johnston Dustin Lee Wilson Trevor Murray Erin Slifer Alyssa Krantz Mathieu Jean Xavier Nabil Mzee Boyoung Song Kyle Landolt Alex Nash Katherine C. Sorrows Sarmistha Mallick Rose Nash Claire Elizabeth Spangenberg Geophysics/Tectonophysics Elise Sara Mazur Kelsea Cathleen Nolan Meghan Maureen Spoth Ayoola Abimbola Morgan Michels Nathaniel Norris Kathleen Staebell Elijah A. Adedeji Dylan Murphy Audrey Caroline Northcutt Anna M. Starks Rasheed Peter Adetokunbo Spencer O’Bryan Grant William Nussbaum Michael Stefan Saad Alarifi Madison Lynn Reid William D. Oakes Alexis Jean Steffen Moamen Mohamed Almaz Derek Richards Ann Sullivan Ojeda Cameron Marcel Stewart Kousseila Amara Ronald Stuart Nickolas Augustus Orr Casey Findley Stone Gillean Arnoux Joseph W. Warth Nebechi Osia Nathan Dale Storer Jessie Bagby Jane White Daksha Patel Cora Summerfield Dylan Bailey Kelsey Anne Wilber Sierra Faye Patterson Christopher James Tafoya Isaac Bancroft Dana Marie Williams Elizabeth Peichel Daniel Thew Ines M. Barrios Galindez Robert Michael Worley Shayna Perdeck Russell Peter Thorsen Andrew Berdine Samuel Thomas Wright Leticia Pereira William R. Toth Walter Buckner Wang Xuetian Sr.

Sierra Perez Ashlee Nicole Townsend William Carl Callebert | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Malik Perry Katelyn Tresino Martina Coccia Rhonda Perry Michael Turley Geoinformatics Benjamin Paul Consolvo

Christina A. Peterson Caroline Tuttle Hayley Roxana Beitel Aren Teva Crandall-Bear TODAY GSA Jake Pfannenstiel Jennifer Um Kim-ndor Djimadoumngar Cansu Culha

37 Welcome New GSA Members

Dante Dominick Curcio Jessica Pentecost Elizabeth Johnson Brody Adrian Arvesen Haider Hassan Dahm Tamara Pico Seth Lawrence King Dillon John Bagnall Sonny J. Divita Hailey Michelle Quinnett Sophie Kirscht Emily Alyssa Baker Charles Leland Dorchester III Cole Sterling Richards Jessica Leesburg Janet Rice Barclay Qazi M. Fahad Edith C. Rojas Salazar Tiffany C. Leone Cassandra A. Bergstedt Daniel Finley Cathrene Jane Rowell Theodore Houston Lewis Jenna Nicole Biegel Ashley Fitch Claudia Alexandra Rubio Zapata Forrest William Lloyd Kyle Wayne Bogatz Wey Y. Foo Sarah Schneider Samuel Louderback Anita M. Boggs Marshall Foster Kai Hannah Selwa Alessandra Magagna Jason Bolduc Louis Garcia Clayton James Silver Haylie Marquardt Glenn Bolognese Connor Gieger Juliana Simon Fabrice N. Matata Caroline Borgini Joseph Gieger Dale Parker Sprinkle II Abubakar Mijinyawa Casey Lee Boutwell Jacob Alexander Gochenour Natalie Noel Steenken Aaron C. Musselman Julia A. Bowe Jeannot Francois Goussi Nicolas Pablo Trevino IV Allan Nolan Joseph Lonnie Broome Caleb M. Goward Evan Tucker Michael Robert Okely Garrett Brown Prasanna Mahesh Gunawardana Anisha D. Tyagi Sugandha Panwar Reid D. Brown Allison A. Haddon Zachary Van Ornam Austin James Peppers Riley Vaughn Brown Khalid Majeed Haji Omar Brandon Paul Vanderbeek Kevian Augusto Perez Valentin Margaret Butzen Catherine Elise Hanagan Bethany E. Vanderhoof Joshua Roger Peterson Victor Miguel Cabrera Jordan (J.K.) Kelsi Harding Christopher Thomas Vidic Alyssa Pfahler Darion Carden Dana L. Harper Hans Richard Voll Karina T. Redding Vincent John Carsillo John C. Hawthorn Noah A. Vriese Amy Joy Redhair Sally P. Carttar Erin Heilman Andrew Weinrich Bret Desmond Sample Nathaniel Chien Robert Hendry Zachary Willis Williams Claire Sbardella Tiff Choi Ryan Higgins Katleen Wils Sarenda D. Sewell Anna Chovanes Jordan Lee Hollenbeck Elizabeth Diane Witte Rebecca A. Siladi Kevin Clay Cody James Howard William J. Wright D.D. Smith Allen Clements Wan Hang Hui Lei Wu Kent Smith James E. Coburn Chijioke Modestus Idoko Han-cheng Yu Kimberly Francis Sowards Matthew C. Cole Sajad Jazayeri Fan Zhang Gregory Fain Steltenpohl Jansen D. Costello Mario Juan Job Sean C. Zigah Cody N. Stoll Craig C. Covell Haki Johnson Laura Tinigin Daniel Culling Ryan Johnson Geoscience Education Katherine Ann Tott Paula Cristina Neuburger Samuel Paul Johnson Morgan Eileen Treon De Oliveira Annaimee Aguilar Natalie Jones Alexandria Leigh Weaver Lenee Alexander Dedeaux Sarah Louise Anderson Shreya Jagdish Kanakiya Karyn Defranco Hannah Baggs Grant Gordon Kennis Dustin Dehm Mary Katie Bales Geothermal Jeffrey Raymond Larson Dan L. Deifenbaugh Fredric William Booth Kevin Lee Cavett Rebekah F. Lee Ambria Paige Dell’oro Bodaniel L. Bradley David Roy Harper Samuel Bradshaw Loeb Elizabeth Kathryn Dilbone Dale A. Brown Jordan M. Heath Karyn Elizabeth Mathison Graham Jones Dodge Rita Butler Clay Grant Jones Lewis Matthews Lauren Allison Dodgin Bryan Buttigieg Dillon J. Olivi Andrew Jon Mazis Mitchel Patrick Dolan Lindy Cain Alexander Mark Percy Matthew Douglas Mcclellan Jacob Donlin Haley Marie Celotti Tyler Ray Scott Matthew Scott McDaniel Samantha Sherry Elizabeth Chloe Adel Chambers Yizuo Shi Richard A. McDermott Duncan Youngwoo Cho Gillian Mcginnis Nicholas Durhman Diane D. Davidson Tate Meehan History/Philosophy of Stephanie Ann Earle Frances Defilippo Chad Aaron Melton Geology Robert Thomas Eisenrich Marissa Del Orfano Aida Lorena Mendieta Kyle Eldridge Katyhryn Durkin Alison Nicole Aungst Anna Mikheicheva Rachel Elias Pouyan Ebrahimi Paige L. Ottenfeld Mark Michael Mlella Gibson Carter Erlewein Matthew Eckle Philip C. Tunnicliff Sarah Moore Jessica E. Ewanic Madeline Mcchesney Every Vitaliy A. Morozov Stephen Bruce Ferencz Sara Victoria Farhat Hydrogeology/Hydrology Sarah Morton Jennifer Christine Fergesen Arnold Fernandes Kelci Noelle Mynhier Mabossani Mahawa-essa Akara Brennan Matthew Ferguson Wallace George Giakas Timothy Nikoley Adam Albers Samuel Fixler Patrick K. Gibbs Sarah Jaye Coros Oliva Lauren E. Allin Andrew Kehler Francis Paige E. Haney Arvind Parapuzha Mohammad Amin Amooie James Neil Fricke June Alexandra Hazewski Lisa Andes

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Kiyavash Parvar Gauthier Miranda Irene Hernandez Olivia Catherine Paschall Caitlin White Armstrong Jonathon Randall Gershon Olivia Joy Hinton Andres Arroyo Jr. 38 Welcome New GSA Members

Lauren Clare Giggy Jason Merrick Daniel Alexander Thomas Steven Eric Smitka Carolyn Gombert Marina Metes Victoria Shannon Thomas Amanda Stofan Benjamin Phillip Gooding Spencer J. Mill Sara Thurkettle Shaun Tomeff Jonathon Green John D. Miller III Nicholas J. Tobia Michael Grzybowski Brian Minkin Emily Toczek Limnogeology Melissa Ann Hackenmueller Annelisa Ehret Moe Jordan Torgunrud Marissa Elizabeth Buck Hunter Harrison Daniel Montiel Jonathon Toro Rachel Darata Tara Harvey Andrew Morgan Kathleen Torso Rebecca Doyle Azzah S. Hassan Joshua Myers Stephanie Truitt Dewey W. Dunnington Mitchell Hatfield Rosalyn Elise Nelson James Joseph Tucker IV Elise Jillian Farrington Jordan Hebert Ashley Newman Anisha Tuladhar Konrad K. Grochocki Rebecca Jean Hedges Minh Ngo Skyler K. Tulley Zijun Liu Mark Hiler Kindra Nicholaides Anna Turetcaia Yiran Lu Ginny Sue Holcomb Brandy Alicia Nisbet-Wilcox Jacey J. Vail Alexander Francis Manchuck Jordan Christopher Hollinghead Rebecca Rose Nunu Kareem Valdez Emma McNulty April Marie Holloway Selina Marie Olivera Stephen Vanhoesen Krista Falcon Myers Jackie D. Horn Amy Olson Ricardo Vargas Jr. Nora Richter Liam G. Horner Cole Payne Mackenzie Vecchio Erika Lee Smith Brandon Leslie House Alexandra Rose Pearce Jonathan M. Vitali Jacob T. Walker Christopher A. Howell Jessica L. Pendle Isabellah Victoria von Trapp Jianguo Zhang Christopher Robert Hugh Chelsea N. Peters Corey David Wallace Rebekah C. Ingram Julia Petreshen Derek C. Walling Ben Irvin IV Katherine Pfeiffer John Wyatt Walls Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Haley A. Johnson Andrew S. Platt Betty J. Walter Petrology, Volcanology Casey Jean Jones Amy K. Plechacek Nathaniel Wayne Warner Tariq Mohammed Akif Harold Jones Hem K. Pokharel Todd Richard Webb Genevieve Ca Allan Forrest S. Kalk Sofronio Catalino Propios III Jacob Christensen White Kathryn Allen Chelsea Kanaley Catherine J. Prunella William John White Jacob Anderson Sean E. Karoly Jeremy R. Rapp Catherine Elizabeth Wielgasz Shawn Evan Armstrong David G. Ketchum Nathan Rapp Tia Willens Aaron Wolfgang Ashley Rebecca M. Kickert David M. Rey Kristal Williams Tyler James Askin Paul Adam Kinunen Mikaela Rice Sharon Williams Nick Avgerinos Gabriella Dawn Kitch Elena Robertson Daniel Casey Wilusz Samantha K. Ayers Keri Klinges Anna Roseman Michael L. Wine Daniel P. Babin Kevin Knapp Brian J. Ross Savannah Wing Jeremy Thomas Babin Eli Koslofsky Sarah Anne Sansone Samuel F. Wiswell Jeffrey Aaron Baggett Jr. Evan Kotlowski Felix Luis Santiago Collazo Josh Woda Alireza Bahadori Benjamin S. Kraushaar Logan Marcos Schmidt John Charles Wohlford Melinda Bahruth Jason Kryszak Edward R. Schneider Jr. Gregory Woodward Amir Halim Zaky Bakhit Derringer Nicholas Kuriatnyk Aaron David Seidel Zhongyuan Xu Erin Ann Balch Alice Gunn Laamanen Paul Shannon Qina Yan Brandon Todd Bandy Ted Langhorst Forest Thomas Shepherd Paul Yarwood Jeneane Barber Stephanie Latour Mahmoud Sherif Emily R. Yntema Mattison Hood Barickman Ethan Lawler Shane Showalter Ryan K. Young Emmalyn Barkman Stephen Beach Leatherman Gabrielle E. Simard-Moore David John Yousavich Arturo J. Barron Valerie Alysse LeCompte Hayley Smith William Zimmerle Michael Christopher Bastien Adrien Victor Lhemann Logan M. Smith Uğur Can Bayhan Theodore C. Lim Hannah Somers Karst Scott Christopher Beard Tianqi Liu Trevor Spencer Benjamin J. Beck Beth Ackerly Brea Dawn Lund Tessa Leigh Sprague Daan Beelen Chelsea Ballard Kim Anh Luong Jasmine Nicole Stefansky Paul Beguelin Emily A. Bausher Michael Mahoney Rita Doreen Stern Jacob W. Bell Hunter James Campbell Megan Maksimowicz Julia Isil Sumer Joel Ben-Awuah Christian Evan Clark Cameron Martin Mary K. Sweeney Will Martin Bender Jason Andrew Delafield Claire P. Martin Katherine Swensen Sam E. Berkelhammer Anna-rahel Fartacek Ryan Jefferson Martin Jeffry Tahtouh Noah Taiichi Biddle Daniel J. Heins Kevin Martinez Rachel Joy Talmadge Joshua Michael Blackstock | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Caleb James Koostra Ezekiel Mcginn Arik Tashie Daniel Blakemore Anne M. Leppold Jessica Mcguire Brandt Alan Taylor Katreine Blomme Jacob W. Masslich

Kevin Richard McKenzie Sean Henry Taylor Kimberly Blum TODAY GSA Emma Grace Patterson Hugh Mcmanus Misti Marie Teinert Jeremie Joseph Boehm Kyle Qualls

39 Welcome New GSA Members

Nicolas Bompard Chukwudalu Douglas Nicholas Hood Eleanor Carmen McIntosh Estelle Bonny Fab-ukozor Ashley Hopkins Leanna Marie McLane Jessica Bozell Karol Faehnrich Kevin F. Howard Jessica Alison McLaughlin Sarah Bradley Sam Feibel Lonnie Justin Hufford Jennifer R. McLeod Elizabeth Bromm Derek Field Alexander Charles Ihle Palmer Addison Means Christina Brown Nathaniel C. Fifield Robert Andrew Jackson Alec B. Melone Magen Dawn Brown Josh K. Fletcher Darwin Janes Kara Meunier Nicoletta Christina Browne Lonnie E. Flett Joe Anthony Jayman Rachel Milligan Richard Brydon Madison K. Flint Jordan Leo Jensen Alexie Erika Geiger Millikin Tyler John Buchanan Mia Flores Jhon S. Jimenez Julianne Frances Milner Rhiannon Buchman Lizzeth Flores Urita Grady James Johnson Yujia Min Lindsay Catherine Buff Kevin Michael Fox II Maia Christine Johnson Anthony C. Mistretta William W. Bullard IV Kimberlee French Sarah Rebecca Johnson Samuel J. Mitchell Carl Gregory Burke Michael Fulton Fotios-Christos Kafantaris Luis Felipe Mitre Del Moral Samuel James Callis Dylan Christopher Gagler Frederick Cooper Kaminer Colin Patrick Modrak Caraline Grace Canning Gabrielle Galvez Patricia Kang Bridget E. Moffly Kellie Canning John Patrick Gammans Richard M. Kauffman Kaitlyn Grace-Frances Gina Marie Carney Corinne Garner Brandon Kautzman Montgomery Nathan Carpenter Hannah Elizabeth Gaston Michael A. Keever Taylor Grace Moore Dillon Lamar Carr Kaitlyn Gauvey John G. Kelley Bethany Morter Shae E. Carrender Liubomyr Igorovych Gavryliv Nikita Pavlovich Kepezhinskas Judd Mowbray Evan A. Cedor Holli Rebecca Gay Alexander Carl Kern Carly Ann Mueller Brett Alvin Chambers Brandon McKee Geddie Christopher Kightlinger Anna Murray Manjis Chanda Brittany Lynn George Christopher James Killam Rebecca Catherine Nardacci Piyali Chanda Freya Roxanne George Jesse Dalton Kimel Lily Newell Ashwini Kumar Choudhary Tithi Ghosh Kelsy Konkright William Tyler Newman Anirban Chowdhury Darbie Gibbs Amy Louise Krause Grace Ni Sarah Ann Christians Ursula Ginster Daniel Kurzweil Samuel Edwin Nilsson Adam Scott Chumley Russell Stuart Godkin Barbara Lafuente Valverde Michael J. O’Shea Jared Ciarico Erik N. Golden Hector Lamadrid Devin O’Sullivan John R. Cole Jr. Joseph Patrick Gonzalez Kenneth L. Larsen Mark Olso Olson Ryan Keith Collins William Thomas Gosnell Natalie Rose Law Rebecca Paisley Kate Connell Jacob C. Graham Sonya E. Le Brun Ruiguang Pan Becky Connolly Novella Elaine-Heath Greer Gregory J. Ledingham Euri Papanicolaou Justin Steven Cooper Kristen Speice Grein Elizabeth Irene Lee Lydia A. Pehlert Kevin M. Cottingham Kayla Griffin Seungyeol Lee Alison R. Pelletier Megan Craig Zachary Joseph Gude Mang Lin Hannah Grace Pennington Emily Allison Crispell Guolin Guo Xiang Ling Evan Petillo Megan Curiel Genevieve Gurnick Haylie Louise Lobeck Thi quan Hoang Pham Robyn Cypher Gregor Hahn Benjamin Lockwood Mary Christina Phillips Philip Dalhof Thomas Nolan Hale Jessica Lockwood Harvie Jason Pollard Sydney Day Maureen Haley Jacob William Lord Nicholas M. Pollock Austin N. Deane Andrew Wesley Hall Ainhoa Lorenzo Merino Lance R. Pompe Davis Deford Brenna Ayn Halverson Meredith Love Marie Ann Potter Amber Nicole Degon Clementine Hamelin John Scott Lowery Alexander Martijn Prent Nolan P. Dellerman Daik Han Cristina M. Lugo Centeno Audrina D. Pryer Riff Alexander Denbow Autumn Dannay Hanley Alex Lutze Laurence Pryer Brittany Depasquale Eric David Hannon Alexander S. Lyles Andrew Jacob Pugh Austin D. Dibble Sarah A. Hansen Samantha Nicole Lynch Marwan Qazzaz Garrett Diedrich Sean Hemmer Wenjing Ma Khaled Rahimi Matthew Dietel Brian Riley Henderson Jonathan Otto Magee Evan Joseph Ramos Patrick A. Direnzo Nathan Henrie Antonio Manjón-Cabeza Timothy A. Reed Autum Rae Downey Rachel Hoar Córdoba Linda J. Reitz Cody Draper Thomas R. Hobbs Casey Maracek Dustin Andrew Renninger Sabrina Elkassas Christiana Katherine Hoff Jordan David Matesic Mallory Ringham Tayler Jean Elwell Max Logan Hoffman Erin Nicole Matthys Steven Rizo Nicholas J. Emond Avery Wesley Bonham Mathew A. Mcallen Kiona Robbins Christopher R. Emproto Holderness-Roddam Ian Michael Mcbryde Jameelah Rasheed Rodriguez Caleb Engle Benjamin Holt Benjamin D. McCann Alba Mar Rodriguez Padilla

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Thomas M. Etzel Megan Holycross Anthony Jay Mccarlson Jordan Rogers Lucas L. Evart Donald R. Hood Jessica McDaniel Sarah Chandler Rouse

40 Welcome New GSA Members

Erin Sandmeyer Kevin Barry Walsh Jr. Nashaat Mazrui George Grant Amanda Santilli Kimberly A. Walsh Claudia Isabela Mazur Braden R.B. Gregory Michael James Sara Bradley Todd Walter Jatamia McCray Louis John Grimmelbein V Anna Sartell Chaoran Wang Liam McGrath Julian Lucian Grochocki Heather R. Savage Hui Wang Susannah Morey Jeffrey Donald Gunderson Peter Scheuermann James P.J. Ward Kelly Leigh Nifong Matthew Scott Harrell Stephanie V. Schimenek Lucas Andrew Weaver Robert J. O’Donnell III Gregory M. Harris W. Kirk Schleiffarth Wei Wei Franziska Anna Palm Steven Goliath Harris Hannah Elizabeth Schorr Justin Andrew Wells Molly K. Parker Samuel Hunter Hay-Roe Elisabeth Scibiorski Kevin Werts Dylan Aditya Peck Bryan Hermosillo Scott Scifres Bayne N. Westrick-Snapp Patrick Michael Peck Rainee Love Howard Patrick Scott Brett Wharton Andrew D. Pekowski Tyler Craig Hunt Catherine Sedge Daniel James Wilkes Adriana Jean Peters Holly Hurding-Jones George Segee-Wright Lauren Williams Joshua True Richards David Ryan Hurey Christopher Semler Courtney Brooke Wilson Jay Seay Ritchie III Meghan Hussey Lisa Amanda Petrovich Shantz Michael Wiltrout Lauren Roberts Mohamed Imsalem Lauren Shea Moira A. Wiora Patrick A. Robichaux Maggie Irwin Erin Shervey Molly Witter Louise Roy Savannah J. Irwin Daniel Skarzynski Erin M. Wood Jeremy Aldo Salerno Advait Mahesh Jukar Christopher Slocum Zach Yakush Kevin J. Simans Caroline Chandler Kelleher Matthew Smart Heqing Ye Simone P. Siriani Joshua Kelly Dallas Nicole Smith Wenchao Yu Leslie A. Smith Hannah Kempf Kyle Soule Mandy D. Zietz Fatima Sulaman Tyler Ulion Curry Kerr Theron Sowers Joseph Edward Thomas Zoe Kulik Natalie Marie Speaks /Marine Gemma Venuti Ben Stanley Kwiatkowski Jr. Sara Elizabeth Speetjens Geology Aleah Rose Walsh Alexandria Desirae Lagos Kaci Spooner Jiaze Wang Scott Raymond Lakeram Steven Keenan Spreitzer Charles Scott Adams IV Jane Weinstock Mirinae Lee Jared Wynn Steger Paige Anderholm Steffen Christopher Wilkinson Asmara Anne Lehrmann Rebecca Marie Steinberg Butsawan Bidorn Elizabeth Willard Anne Longar Alicia Stephan Katherine A. Byerly Kayla Wood Eric Karl Lund Scott Stephens Lena Capece Rachel Lupien Sami Li Chen Gary L. Sticht Paleo Sciences Theophan Hadrian Lyman Karra T. Stout Rachel Warren Clark Isaac Magallanes Bruno Ramiro Aguilar-Cabrera Steven Stroup Celeste Corcoran Evin Patrick Maguire Daniella A. Assing Nesyereb Susana Suarez Nieto Melissa Cote Hunter Manlove Jorge Alexander Barrera Danielle Sulthaus Claudia Deeg Basia Marcks Richard George Bayon Matt Collin Suppes Taylor A. Determan Colton Scott Mason Rudolf J. Bentlage Sarah Sutton Shannon Doherty Annie Parker McIntosh Douglas M. Beri Jr. Hadley Swartz Meghan Duffy Randall Seth Miller Nicole Brooke Biller Joshua Ronald Szall Daniel Zachary Fischer Joseph Eric Mohan Alexander Cole Bippus Ousseynou Tall Victoria Fortiz Minda Moriah Monteagudo Allyson A. Boggess Kaitlin N. Tanel Lance Mellette Foxworth Jordan Andrew Morris Schuyler Borges Gil Fils Tansman Andrew Friedrichs Nawaf Aa Nasser Shannon K. Brophy Mackenzie Taylor Michael Patrick Chappelle Fuller Nicole Neu-Yagle Wing tung Ruby Chiu Natalie Marie Thomas Emma Gaines Cherry Newsam William Barrett Clark Hayden Thompson Andrew Gillen Molly Ng Ashley Rose Costelloe Jacob Taylor Thompson Michelle Guitard Mounga Nonu Samuel Paddack Cox Scott David Thorson Devin Renee Hainje Jordan Christopher Oldham Michael Val D’ottavio Jr. William Russell Tinnell Jr. Justin Thomas Hensley Quinton Olson Randolph Glenn De La Garza Marissa Tomin Kathryn Holper Nathan Stephen Ong Matthew Decesare Marshall Trautman Kelly Koehler Johnson Ozlem Gurocak Orhun Sarah Dickson Alison Turner Heather Jones Michael Joseph Paradis Haven Ann Diehl Robert N. Ulrich Michael Tyler Kee Luke Alexander Parry Kelsey Elizabeth Doiron Brittany Van Wagenen Rachel Lauren Kelly Joseph Patterson Brian Daniel Duggan Spencer P. Vanhorn Rebecca Ann Kleinen Srilak Nilmani Perera Taylor Krolik Salvatore Dumas Manuel Rafael Vejar Stephanie M. Plaza-Torres | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Yuwan Ranjeev Epa Alex Venzke Whitney A. Lapic Ashley Ratigan Jake Anthony Ganpat Jessica Julia Villers Jonathan Leard Mhairi Lesley Reid Yuting Li Meagan Michelle Gilbert

Randall Wade William Antonio Reyes TODAY GSA Anthony Michael Gilman Anna Helena Wallace Eric A. Macleod Claudia Richbourg Maria Makarova Anna Glueder 41 Welcome New GSA Members

Elena Robakiewicz Matthew James Hendrick Policy/Regulatory Luke David Morgan Christopher Stephen Rogers David Michael Hough Juan Jose Munoz Taylor C. Brantley Ethan Alexander Rosa Julian Martin Irigoyen Caroline S. Nash George Khang Adolfina Savoretti Bridget Johnson Victoria G. Nelson Jack Edward Orloff Simon George Scarpetta Autumn Nicole Jones Sara R. Oberlander Luke Piedad Caren Shin Sierra Vivian Kaufman Collin H. Owen Rebecca Joyce Webster Andrew F. Smith Samuel Alexander Kincaid Jake Curtis Patton Nicholas Smith Katlyn Lafranca Eliana Perlmutter Wesley Park Stambaugh Cameron Lerch Quaternary Geology/ Catherine M. Peshek Meghan A. Stewart Justin Luppens Geomorphology Andrew Walker Pfeiffer Jenny Leigh Strobel William D. Mackie Kegan Kent Aldridge Andrew Philbin Kristopher Super Matt Marguglio Gantulga Bayasgalan Ryan Ransavage Kevin Surya Angela Giuliano Marusiak Michael John Behrend Brendan Thomas Reilly Aidan Sweeney Dan Mason Nina Bingham Tanner James Rickard Brian Tanis Grayson James McCrary Truxton Greye Blazek Hannah Louise Sackett Tara Templeman Morgan Caitlin McDonnell James Michael Bogart Mitzy Leigh Schaney Derek A. Trussell Jonney Luc Mitchell Samuel Box Elijah Mitchell Shields Michael Twarog Jessica Marie Mlaska Jonathan Bridgeman Perri H. Silverhart Hali Marie Vanvalkenburg Victoria M. Montgomery Luke Burkhalter Charles Timothy Slone Christopher Vito Anthony Michael Morell Kaitlin E. Burton Matthew T. Smith Alexander Samuel Walker Logan C. Mort-Jones Lorraine Kathryn Carnes Taryn Smith Jenelle Wallace Megan Mouser Allen Nicholas Castillo Matthew Sparacino Shannon Kathleen Walters Katherine Teresa Murphy Austin Chadwick Gunnar Speth Joshua Robert White Layton A. Neil Siobhan Clements Grace Marie Sutherland Joseph Loren Woodworth Barbara Anne Nibur Travis W. Clow Lauren Thompson Ethan Yackulic Jessica Noviello Amelia Coalter Matthew Trudeau Michelle Zill Samuel John Nunnikhoven Heath Samuel Davis Joseph Patrick Tulenko Bryan E. O’Reilly Kyra Delchambre Neil J. Wagner Planetary/Space Science Matthew Oates Samantha Dow Erin Elisabeth Warren Jessica Anne Packard Ben Weiserbs Cherie Achilles Marissa Jean Dudek Robert Patrick Derek Ray Williams Porsche Adams Oana-Alexandra Dumitru Reid Perkins Jane Wilson Gabriel Christian Ahrendt Mitchell Ryan Dziekan Eric Petersen Alex Harry Andronikides Riley Ebel Paula W. Phelps Mountain Yarrow Barber Karen Ecton Seismology Madeline Price Kelli W. Baxstrom Andrew Farris Shannon Nicole Allen Katie Quinn Luke Ashton Beane Emma-Dawn Ferguson Alexander M. Babb John Carleton Rarick Mathew Beattie Marzieh Foroutan Wesley James Campbell Chris Richardson Vincent Brinkmeyer Stefano A. Garcia Riefkohl Liesl Elison Jan Thomas Rowe Eric Britt Arturo Godínez Jennifer Elkins Lior Rubanenko Ryan Brown Andrew Louis Gorin Alexandra Mary Guilford Scott Leland Sage Nora Catherine Bryson Audrey Christina Graham Chau Duc Minh Ha Ethan Immanuel Schaefer Jesse Bunkers Benjamin J. Green Am Imrul Islam Jr. Doug Schoenenberger Andrew Burchwell Atinna Paramita Gunawan Lauren M. Mack Jeffrey Shaffer Cailey Ty Burnett Katherine Anna Guns John Paul Moore Lorin Nicole Simboli Justin Bush Michael L. Hale Bryce Alan Neal Marissa N. Smirnoff Asis Juan Carlos Stephen James Harrington Juliet Olsen Christopher Spalding Timothy Robert Carlson Hima J. Hassenruck-Gudipati Marlon Ramos Nicholas K. Stephan Tess E. Caswell Jaima Elizabeth Holben Victoria Rance Kaylee Thomas William A. Chapman Mariah Holloway Carole Reese Kaitlyn Ashley Torlone Heather Charles Donald Jarrin II Leah Salditch Hope Tornabene Holly Grace Cohen Daniel Jennings Christina Ashley Trovinger David Tortora Logan M. Combs Brittany Danielle Johnson Devon Verellen Diana Cecilia Trujillo Joshua Michael Cuellar Evan Kartheiser Katherine Waters Sruthi Uppalapati Sean Czarnecki Jeffrey Warren Keck Azia Watts Jorge Daniel Valdes David Michael Davis Shaina Kirchhoff Malinda Grace Zuckerman Allison M. Vance Rajani Deepak Dhingra Cara M. Lauria Joana Ruth Charlotte Voigt Patrick Torin Diez Ciera Leisenfelder Cory Adam Walker Soil Science Mary Dineen Heath Andrew Love Ken Walsh Vance W. Almquist Austin H. Fint Ryan McElroy

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Mark Yukelson John M. Canavan Emily M. Fletcher Dan Misinay II Margaret Zarlengo Edward Chew Sean Hartman Charles Thomas Mogen

42 Welcome New GSA Members

Sol Cooperdock Cole Edward Hendrickson Austin P. Poncelet Edward Q. Anlian Erika T. Damacela Catherine Elizabeth Henry Peter Michael Posedly Jr. Austin James Armstrong Nolan Richard Ebner Emilia Sakai Hernandez Mark John Potucek Ekela Aliyah Emani Autry Hannah Ruth Francis Aaron Hess Ann Bender Preston Angel Antonio Barbosa Espitia Elizabeth Gillispie Morgan Holland Xiao Qi Mary Camille Barlow Christina Hart Aaron Holmes Garrett Michael Quinn Bhuban Mohan Behera Ryan Haugh Mingqiu Hou Giancarlo Ramos Da Silva Lopes Anamika Bhardwaj Kelly Morgano Pengfei Hou James Robert Ramsdell Julian Biddle Timothy Mutty Brittny Lee Huffman Maureen Redmond Amy Taylor Borba Nicole Marie Nasta Maryam Jahangiri Sarah Nicole Ritzmann Shelby Bowden Emilio Rivera II Lisa Nicole Jakubczyk Clay Henry Robertson Patrick Driscoll Boyd Ryan Willis Richard Schroeder Elizabeth A. Johnson Naomi Joyce Rodgers Michael John Braunagel Elysia Schuurmans Matthew Johnson Ian Kane Ruttenberg Robert Briggs Yuji C. Takaba Megan Johnson Patrick Thomas Ryan Alex Brubacher Heather Upin Edgar Juárez-Arriaga Taylor Sanchez Lauren B. Burch Jaime Somers Vincent Olivia A. Koster Heather Jeannine Scofield Melanie R. Cahill Rachel Christine Krueger Chantz Sigler Clay Campbell Stratigraphy/Sedimentology Michael D. Laase Stuart Simpson-Smith Cameron Lee Carlson Brittany Laing Hanah Sloan Jason Carman Gayln Wayne Adams Adam Eldon Lane Florian Smit Nicholas Drew Carpenter Tsolmon Adiya Kennie K. Leet Jacqueline Louise Snow Breno Pinheiro Carvalho Carsyn Ames Joel Robert Lemaistre Kelly Snow Alexandra Caudill Marissa Lynn Arcuri Haipeng Li Derek Lewis Spurgeon Samuel Poki’i Clairmont Michael Raymond Arthur Wenxin Li Alli Starry Aaron Boyd Cleveland George Abdallah Baba William Walker Ligon Amanda Straw Jascha Coddington Robert Daniel Bales II Wen Lin Brittney Lynn Tamborello Aubrey Caroline Coon Nathan B. Ballard Bei Liu Hector Jesus Tapia Fernández Mikala J. Coury Nelson Charles Bandy Alex Lombardo Matthew Grant Terrell Margaret Covley Abram Barker Dawn M. Loxley Luke Riley Tetreau Brandon Michael Crawford Adam James Benfield Xinze Lu Dawn Tobey Thomas A. D’lauro Elizabeth M. Benge Caroline Martin Roberto Trotta Kelian Kaz Dascher-Cousineau Mackenzie Brown Best Edward Matheson Wesley Luke Turner Richard Trudeau Dehlinger Katherine Mae Maxine Bober Timothy R. McBride Kate Tuskes Chao Deng Justin Brown Preston Reeves Mcguire Obianuju Ivana Ugwu-Oju Samuel Elkind William Hayden Brown Nathan David McLaren Wesley Alexander Vaughan Adam Eno Tessa Carlson Erin McWilliams Emma J. Vierra Clarissa Escamilla Mary Susan Cave Miaomiao Meng Zexuan Wang Tori S. Finlay Daniel Cepero Zachary William Miller Sam Werner Michael Geoffrey Frothingham Nicole Childs Scott Thomas Milleson Lindsey John-Nicholas Logan B. Gabler Bethany Lynn Cobb Karim E. Minkara Wesolowski Emily S. Gajda Lauren Colliver Jerry Clay Mock Logan M. West Aaron James Galletly John Robert Cooper Obeyd Mohammadi Matthew A. West Brenna M. Garmon Daniel Cupertino Jacob Charles Montefusco Jennifer White Austin Scott Geiser Alexandra Nicole Davis Shawn Moore Joshua James White Carol-Anne Genereux Nadja Drabon John Morgan Charles Louis Wilson IV Julia Cowan Gordon Jing Duan Jennifer Morris Michael R. Wyatt Clay Harrison Green David DuBose Joshua Thomas Morrison Ibrahim Zallum Bari Hanafi Laura Ann Dupont Mustuque Ahmed Munim Alek Kristian Zapata Rachel Havranek Alec Nunzio Francis Md Sharif Mustaque Laiming Zhang Jacob Helesic Dziwanowski Grant W. Obenshain Dongyu Zheng Garth Hesseltine Erin Elizabeth Epperson Shawn Patrick Ohern Yu-chen Zheng Neil Patrick Hickman Maleea May Ezekiel Yuem Park Julie Zurbuchen Eben Blake Hodgin Eric Friedman Sean Robert Parry Leonard D. Hogan III Will Ganter Mollie Patzke Jenny Anne Hois Lourdes Garcia Structural Geology/ Maximiliano Paz David Horrell Leo G. Giannetta Tectonics Morgan Pellegran Robyn Howell Jacqueline Leigh Giblin Sanaa Abdulhameed James Daniel Pike Beau Timothy Howes | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Ali Ricardo Gomez Anastasia Piliouras Akinbobola Akintomide Madison Nicole Hughes Alexander Greenfield Victor Pincay Lauren Ambury Jonathan Ingram Cedric J. Hagen Brett Anchukaitis

Ryan Mark Pitcher Nathaniel Lee Johnston TODAY GSA Anne Catherine Hargreaves Maxwell Pommer Jennifer Anderson Christine Taylor Jurado Cody W. Heinze Lisa Shea Anderson 43 Welcome New GSA Members

Tamarah King Audre Sylvester Juanmanuel Hernandez Dan Torv Heather Kirkpatrick Evan Tam Anibal Hernandez-Vega Sarah Treanor Folarin Kolawole Sudheer Kumar Tiwari Steve Holland Hector Lee Valencia Michael R. Kopko Kelli Tolleson Brooke Holman Jazmin Villegas Alissa Jeanne Kotowski Meredith Townsend Kristofer Tyler Hornsby Karissa Vincent Thomas Kottler Gavin W. Turner Courtney Hunsinger Erica A. Watts Julien Y-son Kuhn De Chizelle Charles Ishong Umagu Stephen Incorvaia Jessica Wolfman Sujoy Kumbhakar David Salvatore Vanadia Hana L. Isihara Nicholas Aksel Wondolowski Max Larkin Dylan Alexander Vasey Benjamin C. Johnson Charlotte Wood Scott Leaseburge Thomas Chester Vinci Conor Kantrowitz Jianjun Li Kaylee Richele Wagner Jonathan Dennis King Nalan Lom Cebeci Trenton Walker Nalani Kito-Ho K–12 TEACHERS Erica Anne Loughner Benjamin Robert Weinmann Anand Korde Ian Mahaffey Bryce Matthew Wesh Toni Koskinen Kenneth R. Abbott Emily Marcheschi Catherine E. Wesoloski Cristian La Rosa George Bailey Adams Eui-jo Danielle Marquez Brian Weymouth Rebecca Lauzon Ann Anderson Drake A. Martin John Paul Whitmore Skylar Nicole Massey Andrew Bagley Jared Matteucci Adam Wiest Jensen McConnell Thomas H. Bakke Stevie Marie Mcdermaid Jacob Christopher Williams Drake Mccrimmon Ken Berger Elizabeth McKinnon Kenneth Edward Wolf Sanjin Mehic Devyn Brackett Cesar Mejia Alexander Wrobel Connor Mitchel Helena Kovacs Brierton William Nile Meservy Liang Xue Belen Molina Kristina B. Brody Brett R. Meyers Muge Yazici Alejandro Aminadab Mundo Margaret S. Browne Joseph William Millard Erik Young Megan Murphy Christopher R. Carlton Rajeeb Lochan Mishra Amanda M. Zietlow Kevin Quoc Nguyen Blake A. Colaianne Jacob Mulder Samuel Louis Zucker Joseph Nooger Larry B. Collins Jr. Melissa Murdock Tyler Alan Norris Mary Cudzil Colson Amer Nassri Other Professional Interests Molly Obeirne Christine Danger Blake Turner Odom Christopher Odezulu RC de Mordaigle Mitchell Aaron Adamson David Ontosari Victoria Shayla Parker Diane Evans Abdullah Musa Ali William Isaac Ormiston Ivory Paulk Charles Eyster Victoria Elizabeth Anderson George Papantoniou Emily Camille Pease Dakota France Casey Armanetti Katilyn Scott Parlier Justin Thomas Pentesco Jennifer Marie French Kimberly Baldwin Olivia G. Patick Savannah Perez Brandon L. Fritz Megan Barlow Jozi Kerry Pearson Paige Petersen Clifford Albert Hale Sr. David Ben Kaylee Pennell Samantha Popejoy Heather Ann Hall Donata Borsos Morgann Gwenva Perrot Rachel Potter Beth A. Holmes Maeve Bowdish Lucas Shawn Peters John Francis Ramirez Edith Horrell Katherine Clare Brooker Jacob Piske Grant William Reeder Shelby “Dixie” J. Houchen Shad Lemos Brooks Gayle Emma Plenderleith Michael J. Reeves Carolyn Renee Huffman Charlotte Byrd Adriaan Pretorius Hannah E. Rice Yelyzaveta Kalinichenko Macy Carter Caleb A. Quinto Sharese Roberts Darlene Frances Kehn Hunter Sarita L. Charap Muhammad Fakhruz Razi Jessica Erin Rodriguez Joy Kidd Sofia De La Sota Amy Repanich Sarah Rubin Catherine Longley-Cook Tracy Lynn Dembrowski Emily Mcmahon Richardson Grace Ruiz Francisco Geraldo Longo Jack Dingus Fabiana Richter Brooks Ryan Catherine Maenz Merritt Earle Abigail N. Ritter Thooba Samimi Deanne Maschmeyer Linda Fan Megan Ritter Ashley Sanchez Dianna McDowell Meghan A. Fisher Bryan Roberts Ananta Sarker Kerry Lynn McEwan Melanie Joy Flynn Rebecca M. Rost Nicole Schneider Celeste Michaud Aaron Frankl Daniel Ruiz Kate Rosina Scully Carla Molloy Andrew Taylor French Murat Sahin Peer Seyferman Marjorie Olt Mertz Zulema Garcia Blanco Sarah L. Smith Alexandra Shelters Susan Oltman John B. Gilbert Seulgi Son Danielle Ziva Shulaker Janet L. Payne Adam Gray Taylor J. Spiegelberg Conrad Smith Deborah Perry Spencer David Greiner Eric Alexander Stauffer Nick Solley Michelle Peterson Francis David Grondin Jake Steager Kevin K. Takashita-Bynum Malcolm S. Pringle Anjelica Ashley Guerrier Zoe Stephens Theodore Hs Theisen Robert J. Reisener Zachariya Haidar Joshua I. Stroud Suzanne Lucille Theokari Ellen Rosenshein Marlee Dale Haralson Melissa Rumsey

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Kevin L. Stuart Jr. Sarah Thurman Sandra Hardy William R. Swanger II Catalina Tome John Lawson Russell Joel Hernandez Katherine M. Santarosa 44 Welcome New GSA Members

Pamela Savage-Marr Anne B. Burnley William Adam Keele Paul Schaich Joseph Matthew Schoen John Charles Burns Brian Kennedy David Siegfried Marsha Skoczek Amanda Charobee Emily Gail Korman Michelle Ann Spofford Amy M. Smith Alvin F. Chase Robyn C. Kukura Brenton James Suer Kathleen Snelgrove Torin Clay Terry Lemons Julia Triplehorn Chris Snow Judith Coryell Georgina B. Leonard Jane Zimmer Stephanie L. Stern Frank B. Cummings John P. Lonam Michele Renee Svoboda Karen Del Giorno Sunny R. Longordo Lisa Swensen Daniel Di Marcoberardino Robert William Marsh Crystal Taylor Harvey Edber Sheils Massoni Doug Thompson Gary M. Farkas John Mcguire Alaine Tingey Michael Furtado Marji Miller Adam Dale Torbeck Harry Furukawa Hilary Miner Steven Adam Winters Sylvain Gravel Joseph Moore Kelsey Zabrusky Bob E. Gulden Leah Ash Motimaya Susan Hargus Beth Muller Robert L. Harris Shannon F. Panuska AFFILIATES Robert M. Harvey Benoit Petot Krista Herbstrith Dan Pirjol Benjamin Robert Alford Robert I. Hooks Audrey Lynn Rebstock Daniel E. Benson Frank Joseph Kaupa Paul R. Roth III Richard Braley | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday GSA TODAY GSA

45 In Memoriam The Society notes with regret the deaths of the following members (notifications received between 29 Oct. 2015 and 9 May 2016).

H.W. Allen Kenneth G. Johnson A.E. Scheidegger Richfield, Utah, USA Buskirk, New York, USA Brugg, Switzerland GSA notified: 8 Mar. 2016 Date of death: 25 Sept. 2015 GSA notified: 3 Jan. 2015

Francis D. Anderson Charles Frederick Kluth William W. Schroeder Almonte, , Canada Littleton, Colorado, USA Salida, Colorado, USA Date of death: 1 Oct. 2015 Date of death: 1 May 2015 GSA notified: 9 Nov. 2015

Robert W. Blair Jr. Don R. Mabey Thomas A. Steven Durango, Colorado, USA Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Lakewood, Colorado, USA GSA notified: 26 Feb. 2016 Date of death: 10 Oct. 2015 GSA notified: 25 Nov. 2015

Harold Bohmer Jr. Frederick Wayne Meyer George Theokritoff Tucson, Arizona, USA Palatka, Florida, USA Mount Tabor, New Jersey, USA Date of death: 29 Dec. 2014 Date of death: 31 May 2015 Date of death: 19 Dec. 2015

Jon C. Boothroyd Paul K. Morton Roderick W. Tillman Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA Costa Mesa, California, USA Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Date of death: 15 Oct. 2015 Date of death: 1 Sept. 2015 Date of death: 21 Jan. 2016

C. Wayne Burnham John Edward Moylan Georges R. Verrier Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Mission, Kansas, USA Meudon, France Date of death: 1 Aug. 2015 GSA notified: 4 May 2016 Date of death: 1 June 2015

Ben Donegan Thornton L. Neathery Frederick R. Voner Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Marietta, Ohio, USA Date of death: 1 Jan. 2016 Date of death: 4 Oct. 2015 GSA notified: 14 Apr. 2016

Eric K. Ericson Lawrence Ogden Marc B. Vuagnat Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Chelsea, Michigan, USA Dardagny, Switzerland Date of death: 24 Oct. 2015 GSA notified: 25 Feb. 2016 Date of death: 23 Mar. 2015

Aida R. Green Elizabeth F. Overstreet Charles Weiner Saranac Lake, New York, USA Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Houston, Texas, USA GSA notified: 22 Apr. 2016 GSA notified: 20 Apr. 2016 Date of death: 6 Apr. 2016

Earl W. Hart William C. Overstreet John H. Whitmer Corte Madera, California, USA Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Issaquah, Washington, USA Date of death: 6 Jan. 2016 Date of death: 14 Apr. 2016 Date of death: 1 Jan. 2016

Bernard R. Hawke Don R. Owens Herbert E. Wright Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA GSA notified: 16 Mar. 2016 Date of death: 20 Oct. 2015 Date of death: 12 Nov. 2015

Richard W. Hutchinson William G. Reay Donald H. Zenger Plympton-Wyoming, Ontario, Canada Fort Davis, Texas, USA Claremont, California, USA Date of death: 21 Feb. 2016 GSA notified: 27 Apr. 2016 GSA notified: 8 Feb. 2016

Douglas L. Inman Claire A. Richardson La Jolla, California, USA Baltimore, Maryland, USA GSA notified: 29 Feb. 2016 Date of death: 25 Dec. 2015 GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY

46

2015–2016 GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow Report Record, including a congratulatory message to the MIT LIGO gravity waves detection team. Our office used the discovery to high- light the importance of basic science research funding provided by the National Science Foundation. I also help write the Senator’s “If you’re not at the table, remarks for STEM events, including a recent event on increasing the involvement of women in STEM fields. One of my most exciting tasks has been drafting legislation. On you’re on the menu.” 18 Sept. 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Volkswagen had been using defeat devices to circumvent emission Karen Paczkowski test requirements on 500,000 U.S. vehicles. These defeat devices allowed Volkswagen (VW) vehicles to emit up to 40 times the Solving our nation’s toughest challenges requires a coordinated nitrogen oxide (NOx) allowable under U.S. law. effort between scientific knowledge, effective legislation, and In response to the VW Diesel Scandal, I helped write the sound policy. As a society, we must decide how to protect and CLEANUP Act. CLEAN-UP is an acronym for Compensating sustainably use our natural resources, how to mitigate and adapt Losses to the Environment from Automobiles with Noxious to natural hazards, and how to secure our energy supply. Undisclosed Pollution. The CLEANUP Act holds VW and other Geoscience has an important role to play in deciding the answers automakers accountable to the American public for fraudulently to these challenging questions. circumventing U.S. emissions laws. It ensures that automakers Using geoscience to inform policy has been a constant thread aren’t allowed to benefit from Corporate Average Fuel Economy through my career. As a graduate student, I participated in several (CAFE) credits awarded as a result of illegal behavior. The Geoscience and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math- CLEANUP Act denies CAFE credits to any auto manufacturer ematics) Congressional Visits Days (CVDs). CVDs are two-day that circumvents emissions control requirements and allows the events where scientists from around the county travel to D.C. to Department of Transportation to collect additional penalties from meet with their congressional representatives. In my own face-to- automakers that obtain the credits fraudulently. Penalties from face meetings with congressional offices and committees, I stressed violations are diverted to programs that clean up the air, including the importance of federally funded basic science research by empha- investments in electric vehicle fueling stations, retrofitting school sizing the societal impacts of my own research, the societal benefits buses to reduce air emissions, purchasing zero-emitting cars for of geoscience as a field, and the value of geoscience education. CVDs municipal fleets, or providing grants for projects to improve air send a powerful reminder to policymakers of the need not only to quality in low-income communities. support geoscience programs verbally, but to support them finan- The senator, my fellow staffers, and I developed the ideas behind cially as well. There’s an old saying in Washington: “If you’re not at this bill and worked with legislative counsel to formalize the bill’s the table, you’re on the menu.” language. The bill circulated with a one-page summary (referred to I believe these CVD visits had an effect on policymakers, and I as a one-pager) that explains what the bill does without the legal know they had an effect on me. I discovered that my geoscience language. We also drafted a “Dear Colleague” letter asking other background could be used to help tackle national challenges by using senators to cosponsor the bill. I dropped off the bill in the Capitol on science to develop better policy. After finishing my Ph.D. in 25 February, and it now awaits markup in the Senate’s Committee geophysics, I made the leap into science policy through the GSA on Environment and Public Works. Science Policy Fellowship. I worked as a liaison between scientists As the GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow, I now sit on the and policymakers in GSA’s Government Affairs Office in D.C. other side of the table, meeting with constituents and stakeholders Through this position, I gained valuable hands-on experience in key on topics in my portfolio. I particularly enjoy meeting with geoscien- geoscience topics and insight into the inner workings of D.C. tists during CVDs and hearing about the exciting, important I am honored to serve as the 2015–2016 GSA-USGS Congressional research in our field. I’m happy to have found my place at the table, Science Fellow. This past September, I joined 200 other scientists and and I encourage all geoscientists to participate in science policy. engineers as part of the incoming class of American Association for Together, we can tackle our nation’s toughest challenges. Please feel the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy free to contact me if you have any questions. I’m always happy to talk Fellows. The fellowship began with a two-week whirlwind orienta- about the intersection between science and policy, and am eager to tion to science policy. Senators, representatives, judges, diplomats, help scientists find their own seat at the table. and many others were brought in to impart their wisdom to the new class of fellows. After the training, I interviewed with a broad range The manuscript is submitted for publication by Karen Paczkowski, of offices, including Representatives, Senators, and committees, 2015–2016 GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow, with the under- before accepting an offer to serve in the office of Massachusetts standing that the U.S. government is authorized to reproduce and Senator Edward J. Markey. distribute reprints for governmental use. The one-year fellowship is I work for the Senator on a broad range of topics, including energy, supported by GSA and the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the the environment, and STEM research and education. I draft state- Interior, under Assistance Award No. G15AP00128. The views and ments and questions for congressional hearings in the Environment conclusions contained in this document are those of the author and and Public Works Committee and the Commerce, Science and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies,

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Transportation Committee. I accompany the Senator to these hear- either expressed or implied, of the U.S. government. Paczkowski works ings, helping him react in real-time to comments made by witnesses in the office of Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and can be and other Senators. I also draft Statements for the Congressional contacted by e-mail at [email protected]. 48 Meet Your Fiscal Year 2017 Officers & Councilors

GSA OFFICERS

Term: July 2016–June 2017

PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT Claudia I. Mora Jonathan G. Price Los Alamos National Laboratory Jonathan G. Price LLC Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA VICE PRESIDENT/ TREASURER Reno, Nevada, USA PRESIDENT-ELECT Bruce R. Clark Isabel P. Montanez The Leighton Group Inc. The University of California at Davis Irvine, California, USA Davis, California, USA GSA COUNCILORS

CURRENT GSA COUNCILORS NEWLY ELECTED GSA COUNCILORS Term: July 2013–June 2017 Term: July 2014–June 2018 Term: July 2015–June 2019 Term: July 2016–June 2020

Elizabeth J. Catlos Timothy J. Bralower Frank J. Pazzaglia F. Edwin “Ed” Harvey The University of Texas at Austin Pennsylvania State University Lehigh University Hydrogeologist Austin, Texas, USA University Park, Pennsylvania, USA Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

John J. Clague Anke Friedrich Christopher “Chuck” Bailey Mark Little Simon Fraser University Ludwig Maximilian University College of William & Mary University of North Carolina– Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada of Munich Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Chapel Hill München, Germany Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday

Neil Fishman Stephen G. Pollock Mary J. Kraus Marjorie A. Chan TODAY GSA Hess Corporation University of Southern Maine University of Colorado University of Utah Houston, Texas, USA Gorham, Maine, USA Boulder, Colorado, USA Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 49 OPEN ACCESS

Claudia Mora, GSA President ability to pay. Authors will still be able to have their papers made available to the public and worldwide geologic commu- nity immediately upon publication by paying an article n the May 2015 issue of GSA Today, GSA Council processing charge (APC) for open access of $2,500 for non- announced its commitment to making GSA journals members or $2,400 for GSA Members. No additional color (Geology, Geosphere, Lithosphere, and GSA Bulletin) open page charges will be assessed to Geology authors paying the access to the scientific community, with the intent of open access APC. The GSA Foundation is seeking endowment Ibeginning with Geology in 2017. The spring 2016 Council funds to cover required publications fees for those who cannot meeting was scheduled to be a decision point on whether to afford to pay (e.g., authors from countries and institutions implement the plan in 2017 or wait, given various budget unable to afford it). uncertainties. After careful deliberations, Council voted to delay open access to Geology for the public and the worldwide Free online access to Geology for GSA Members is likely to geologic community but instead to provide free online access reduce demand for print subscriptions, but a print option will to Geology for all GSA members beginning in January 2017. still be available in 2017 for those willing to cover the added This is a significant new membership benefit. The decision is costs of printing and shipping. also intended as a prudent approach to initiating full open We plan no changes to the rigorous peer review and editing access for GSA journals in the future. that uphold the quality of Geology and other GSA journals. The Another change for Geology papers published beginning impact factor of Geology is currently among the highest in the January 2017 is that color page-charges will be replaced with a geosciences, and it should increase as the move toward full flat fee of US$1,750, and authors will be able to publish unlim- open access makes its articles easier for the global scientific ited color figures. No article will be rejected for lack of an community to read and cite.

Geology – GSA Bulletin – Geosphere – Lithosphere Special Papers – Memoirs – Field Guides – Reviews in Engineering Geology GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY

50 Role of Government in Energy and Mineral Resources Mineral and Energy in Government of Role Research Science Earth in Investment Public Community Geosciences the in Diversity Revisions Statement Position GSA stewardship. and education, research, resource mineral and energy ment in invest more public requires knowledge that enhancing and Sustaining resources. mineral and energy of finite stewardship and exploitation, exploration, the about decisions public guide professionals. of earth-science generation next the educating and for training basis the forms research Earth-science hazards. natural and change, climate resources, water resources, mineral and energy as issues such address investments These of Earth. stewardship sound provide to and of society; security and vitality, health, the ensure to citizens; of all welfare general topromote the government of levels all from funding public in increases substantial requires research Earth-science research. earth-science criticize. and comment who those including ideas, of those of contributors group adiverse and ideas scientific diverse between connection public. general the and colleagues, students, makers, policy with interacting when tools communication geoscience as statements the touse encouraged are members GSA updated. been has Issue Critical Fracturing Hydraulic the and created was Seismicity on Induced Issue www.geosociety.org/positions/. at online are statements position all and of these versions full page, on this statements summary tothe addition In meeting. 2016 spring at its statements position tofive revisions minor GSA strongly advocates that sound scientific knowledge knowledge scientific sound that advocates strongly GSA in investments public growing and strong supports GSA the and ideas scientific of diverse value the affirms GSA approved (GSA) Council of America Society Geological The www.geosociety.org/positions/ In addition, a new Critical Critical new a addition, In - The Importance of Teaching Earth Science Science Teaching of Earth Importance The Geoscience in Education Higher and Improving Expanding the significant challenges facing the planet. the facing challenges significant the order to address in needs of society all that literacy scientific the todeveloping vital is students education higher toall sible acces is that instruction geoscience Providing environment. ahealthy tomaintain waste managing and variability, climate confronting ocean, achanging from threats and opportunities the infrastructure, resilient and supplies food secure to ensure soils managing hazards, natural from communities protecting water, of clean supplies ample guaranteeing energy, and for minerals demand rising the including challenges, planetary and issues societal crucial toaddress required literacy scientific the with students equip programs geoscience Robust learning. of higher institutions at all programs and departments schools at all levels, from kindergarten through twelfth grade. twelfth through kindergarten from levels, at all schools private and public in education of component science integral an be science of earth study the that recommends GSA tion. instruc the provide teachers earth-science qualified highly that and level, school secondary at the offerings advanced include and level kindergarten at the begin education earth-science that twenty of the limitations resource natural and challenges environmental the tomeeting essential GSA affirms the need for strong support for geoscience for geoscience support for strong need the affirms GSA GSA recognizes that basic knowledge of Earth science is is science of Earth knowledge basic that recognizes GSA ‐ first century. It is critical critical It is century. first - - 51 GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Position Statement Revisions Supporting Diverse Students to Attend GSA and SACNAS Annual Meetings

ational conferences and meetings are natural venues for bringing together diverse perspectives and unique discoveries. In support of GSA’s commitment to enhancing diversity in the geosci- ences, GSA recently partnered with the Society for Nthe Advancement of Chicanos and Native in Science (SACNAS) to support a cohort of students to attend last fall’s SACNAS and GSA national conferences that occurred consecu- tively in the Washington/Baltimore region. Supported by the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), the Incorporated Research Institute for Seismology (IRIS), the Society for Stratigraphy (SEPM), and the STEPPE Coordinating Office, 25 undergraduate and graduate students were awarded travel funds to attend these professional conferences. Students were identified as having a specific interest in geosciences and encouraged through their participation to learn about geoscience career options.

“My experiences at SACNAS and GSA were phenomenal. From now on, I plan on attending both conferences every year, if possible. Each conference has something different to offer—SACNAS ties culture with science and shows students that you can bridge the gap between indigenous knowledge and modern science, while GSA showcases research being conducted in a wide range of topics in earth science, oceanography, and climate change.” SACNAS Executive Director Dr. Antonia Franco.

The benefits for students to attend professional conferences like SACNAS and GSA are tremendous. The SACNAS National At the GSA meeting, students were integrated into On To the Conference is the largest minority scientific meeting in the Future (OTF), a GSA program that brings diverse students to their nation, with more than 3,800 attendees per year. With a broad first GSA Annual Meeting. Many OTF students were paired with a STEM focus, sessions include career-focused roundtable discus- mentor for the duration of the meeting and attended morning sions, keynote speakers, oral and poster scientific presentations, sessions during which they learned about leadership opportuni- and a variety of professional development sessions targeted at ties, such as serving on committees, the Student Advisory specific educational levels. At the meeting, collaborating part- Council, and being involved in their regional sections. Guest ners organized the session, “Geoscience Careers: Academic, presenters provided information on research grants, internships, Industry, Government and Non-Profit Opportunities,” which and other opportunities. They concluded with an invitation to the featured speakers from American Geosciences Institute (AGI), students and the community to the Diversity in the Geosciences the Department of Interior (DOI), GSA, the Incorporated and OTF Alumni Reception. This event featured SACNAS Research Institutions for Seismology, the STEPPE coordinating Executive Director Dr. Antonia Franco, who gave her personal office, the University of California Berkeley, the University of story of the challenges faced as an underrepresented minority and Colorado Boulder, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. the importance of professional societies and mentors in success. Speakers discussed their personal career tracks that led them into the geosciences. “Opportunities such as the combined travel grant can be a game changer for minority students like myself. It is crucial “I felt honored to attend both amazing conferences and walked for us to see examples of minority students and professionals away with rewarding experiences. If anything, these conferences successfully navigating the geoscience pathways ahead of reenergized my journey as a LGBTQ Native American/Chicano us. This travel experience has enriched the outlook I have for student striving to obtain an advanced degree in a field that is my future, by paving a clearer road toward the successful GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY often under-representative of minorities.” completion of my educational and career goals.”

52 As the population of the United States continues to diversify, partnerships like this one are important in encouraging students from underrepresented groups to build personal networks within their scientific and professional communities. The SACNAS 2015 GSA-SACNAS STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS National Conference provides such opportunities for students to interact with other students and professionals from across the David Ben Ruby Patterson STEM disciplines who come from similar backgrounds, whereas Sami Chen Ivory Paulk the GSA Annual Meeting is a place where students can interact with students and professionals from across the geosciences. Edward Chew Emily Pease Combined, these meetings provide a unique opportunity for Sofia de la Sota John Ramirez student participants to network, identify mentors and build a Sandra Hardy Emilio Rivera II community of support that will further enhance their academic and career success in geoscience disciplines. Anibal Hernandez-Vega Thooba Samimi For more information about OTF or to be a mentor, go to Nalani Kito-Ho Ashley Sánchez community.geosociety.org/otf/home/myhome. Information on Sanjin Mehic Diamond Tachera SACNAS is online at www.sacnas.org. You can read about a student experience at SACNAS and GSA at https://speakingofgeoscience Belen Molina Hector Valencia .org/2016/05/02/on-to-the-future-sacnas-and-gsa/. Alex Mundo Jazmin Villegas Megan Murphy Karissa Vincent “As a Native American graduate student, I am inspired to Heidi Needham Jessica Whiteaker share opportunities with others, which will help increase Victoria Parker representation of underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines. Since going through the On To the Future program, I will be eager to inform my colleagues at the University of Arizona and others about this opportunity to attend GSA and learn more about research and employment possibilities in geosciences.” “I attended a session exploring traditional knowledge and climate at SACNAS, where I listened to Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer speak about changing climate conditions in the Navajo Nation using traditional knowledge and remote sensing techniques. At GSA, I was able to learn more about hydrologic changes in the Southwest U.S. when I listened to Dr. Brian F. Thomas speak on how to identify regional ground­ water recharge episodes using remote sensing techniques at the “Satellite Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Geology” oral session. I incorporated the knowledge that I gained at SACNAS and GSA into my final project in my remote sensing class on snowpack change in the Southwest. | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday Having the opportunity to speak with and be taken seriously by leading scientists in the field was very special.” GSA TODAY GSA

53 2015 GSA International Distinguished Lecturer Tours Key Locations in Central and South America

Lisa L. Ely, Central Washington University joined the 1831–1836 expedition on The H.M.S. Beagle as “a young man of promising ability, extremely fond of As the International Lecturer from North America, I visited geology, and indeed all branches of natural history” (FitzRoy, 11 destinations in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and 1839, p. 18). Darwin and the ship’s captain, Robert FitzRoy, Puerto Rico. The tour was designed to include locations where the documented coseismic land-level changes and tsunami inunda- topic of my presentation, “Following in the Footsteps of Darwin: tion following the great Chilean of 1835 (Darwin, Combining Geological and Historical Evidence to Assess 1839; FitzRoy, 1839). My GSA lecture described the results of Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazards,” would have direct relevance. seven years of research with colleagues studying past earth- quakes and tsunamis in Chile, in which we incorporated histor- ical observations by Darwin, FitzRoy, and others into geological investigations of paleoseismic features such as tsunami deposits, microfossils, and uplifted shoreline platforms (Ely et al., 2014; Wesson et al., 2015). The lecture tour was far from a one-way communication of research results. Many of the locations on my 2015 tour contend with potentially destructive earthquakes and volcanoes, as in Costa Rica and Chile, and institutions there are at the forefront of research into the geological processes inherent to tectonically active regions. In southern Chile, I had the opportunity to accom- pany researchers and students from the Universidad Austral to an Andean lake to acquire reflection-seismic profiles and extract cores of lacustrine turbidite sequences that could reflect shaking during large interplate earthquakes (Moernaut et al., 2014). At the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, I spoke at the IV Congress of Physical Oceanography, Meteorology and Climate. The meeting Lisa Ely presents her GSA International Lecture at the Universidad Católica included for the first time an all-day session devoted to Pacific del Perú. Ocean tsunamis. This brought together researchers from a variety of fields and agencies throughout Chile to discuss the means to share their data across disciplinary and institutional boundaries. As a professor at a regional university, I am particularly inter- ested in the educational approaches of universities of various types and sizes. A recurring theme at many universities in Latin America is the expansion of the geology curriculum beyond the traditional emphasis on mining and natural resources to include environmental geology, natural hazards, and climate change. These new directions are largely grassroots efforts by faculty in response to regional needs and student opportunities, and they have generated a palpable influx of energy into the departments. At the Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima, the newly intro- duced undergraduate emphasis in geology within the major in geological engineering has attracted a crew of eager students. The Centro de Investigación en Gestión de Riesgos y Cambio Climático at the Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Mexico, was developed to investigate the management of geolog- ical hazards of direct relevance to the local region, including active volcanoes, seismicity, and flooding. Faculty members, students, and I toured field sites of student projects in fluvial and coastal processes complete with a fat alligator resting at the base of an otherwise promising stratigraphic section of flood deposits. GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY At every destination on this tour, I was impressed with the preparation and enthusiasm of the students. Two universities 54 in the annual CARIBE WAVE exercise in tsunami preparedness throughout the Caribbean. Through the persistent determination of its staff and founders, I have every reason to expect that by my next visit, the EcoExploratorio will have moved from its present quarters in a San Juan shopping mall to the modern building inspired by the DNA double helix, currently a 3D model in a display window there. What was the highlight of this GSA lecture tour? The “modern- day Darwins” I met along the way. These young researchers and students embody the promising ability and enthusiasm for geology of the young man who set off on a voyage around the world 200 years ago and whose careful observations and thoughtful syntheses led to scientific interpretations that continue to evolve into the present day.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Geological Society of America Thompson International Silvia Ramos-Hernandez of the Universidad de Ciencias y Artes Distinguished Lecture Tours are named after the former Harvard de Chiapas leads a field trip to examine fluvial and coastal Professor James B. Thompson, Jr., whose bequest to GSA contrib- stratigraphy along the Pacific coast of Chiapas, Mexico. uted to the endowment of two lecture tours. The research presented in this GSA International Lecture tour was supported organized symposia that featured student and faculty research. by National Geographic Society Grant 8577-08 and U.S. National At the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, each undergraduate Science Foundation grants EAR-1036057 and EAR-1145170. geology major completes two independent research projects, several of which were exhibited in the student poster session The Geological Society of America Thompson International Distinguished of the geology department’s 31st Annual Symposium on Lecture Tours are named after the former Harvard Professor James B. Thompson, Caribbean Geology. Jr., whose bequest to GSA contributed to the endowment of two lecture tours, one by a North American scientist to international universities and geological insti- At the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL) in tutions and a parallel tour by a non–North American scientist within North Guayaquil, Ecuador, a short course for 40 students included a day America. The goal is to send abroad established speakers on topics at the forefront of presentations followed by a two-day field trip to investigate of research to raise GSA’s visibility within the international geoscience commu- Holocene coastal stratigraphy and volcanic tephras. Many proudly nity and communicate the importance and relevance of the geosciences in a donned field vests emblazoned with the ESPOL geology logo, sold global context. Both tours are arranged under the guidance of GSA International as a fund-raiser by the student geology club. The timely impor- (see www.geosociety.org/GSA_International). tance of this type of educational program in geologic hazards was brought home by the occurrence of a devastating Mw7.8 earth- REFERENCES CITED quake that struck the same section of coastal Ecuador on 16 April Darwin, C., 1839, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships 2016, six months after our field excursion. Similar courses Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836 Describing their throughout this tectonically active region are developing the next Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle’s generation of professionals to lead public education and prepara- Circumnavigation of the Globe, in Three Volumes. Vol. III: Journal and tions for future earthquakes. Remarks. 1832–1836, by Charles Darwin, Esq, M.A.: London, Henry The general public in Latin America is, in my experience, recep- Colburn. Ely, L.L., Cisternas, M., Wesson, R.W., and Dura, T., 2014, Five centuries of tive to and interested in the earth sciences. During our fieldwork tsunamis and land-level changes in the overlapping rupture area of the in Chile, many rural residents gave detailed testimonials of their 1960 and 2010 Chilean earthquakes: Geology, v. 42, p. 995–998, doi: experiences during the 1960 and 2010 tsunamis and were 10.1130/G35830.1. intrigued by our geological investigations of those events. The FitzRoy, R.N., 1839, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships experiences recounted by the director of the Instituto de Geología Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836 Describing their at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle’s Circumnavigation of the Globe, in Three Volumes. Vol. II: Proceedings of Elena Centeno, illuminated some of the roles played by the the Second Expedition, 1831–1836 under the Command of Captain Institutes of Geology and Geography as societal resources for Robert FitzRoy, R.N.: London, Henry Colburn. solving geoscience problems. These ranged from explaining the Moernaut, J., Van Daele, M., Heirman, K., Fontijn, K., Strasser, M., Pino, sudden disappearance of a river and local water supply into a karst M., Urrutia, R., and De Batist, M., 2014, Lacustrine turbidites as a tool for sinkhole to consultation on forensic geology in legal cases. quantitative earthquake reconstruction: New evidence for a variable My final stop, the EcoExploratorio science museum in Puerto rupture mode in south central Chile: Journal of Geophysical Research, Rico, has a mission to promote the spirit of exploration in v. 119, p. 1607–1633, doi: 10.1002/2013JB010738. Wesson, R.L., Melnick, D., Cisternas, M., Moreno, M., and Ely, L.L., 2015, | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday everyone, which is resonant of the spirit of scientific curiosity Vertical deformation through a complete seismic cycle at Isla Santa María, expressed in the journals of the young Charles Darwin. Here I Chile: Nature Geoscience, v. 8, p. 547–551, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2468. gave my presentation to an eclectic group of local citizens in GSA TODAY GSA tandem with Christa von Hillebrandt, director of the Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, who encouraged public participation 55 SPEAKING OF GEOSCIENCE™

Did you know that GSA has a guest blog? Speaking of Speaking of Geoscience is a venue for those in the geoscience GeoscienceTM is a platform for giving voice to GSA members and community who do not already blog frequently to share ideas and friends in support of the Society’s global mission, including information, ask questions, and dissect issues across a broad range informing and sharing knowledge of what geology is and what of earth-science topics, including the following: geologists do. Careers: Contributors help reveal some of the unique and In its initial post (12 Aug. 2010), blog co-founder Jerry DeGraff wondrous aspects of the geoscience profession and provide career- wrote, relevant information for students and early career professionals.

I am convinced that there is not a square centimeter Education: Contributors share educational opportunities and of planet Earth that is not of interest to one or more experiences that illustrate what motivates and attracts people to geologists. Not surprisingly, we are very much part of geoscience. This is also a platform for engaging in discussions a global community. Our interests are not limited to about education policy and pedagogy. places near to our homes or places of work. Similarly, we should be interested in a broad range of geologic Fieldwork: Geology is a truly hands-on science, where being in topics. Others have noted how the greater specialized the field is often an expected and enjoyable component. Speaking knowledge needed to be an effective geologic practi- of Geoscience contributors share and discuss field experiences, tioner tends to narrow our focus and make us less exploring new scientific concepts and unique locations. aware of developments occurring in other parts of our science. It is hoped that Speaking of Geoscience becomes History of Geology: As the GSA History and Philosophy of another in countering this tendency and engages Geology Division motto notes, “Knowing where we’ve come from all of us in the science as a whole. It should be capable is part of knowing where we’re going.” In keeping with this senti- of connecting us not only with those who share our ment, Speaking of Geoscience has featured “evergreen” content particular geologic interest but also to those who find about GSA’s founders and their impact on the development of the our particular square centimeter of Earth interesting geological sciences. for wholly different reasons.

GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY Bridge over the Snake River in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA. Photo by keagiles. 1930 GSA president and benefactor R.A.F. Penrose.

56 Speaking of Geoscience continued…

Photo by Bret Webster. “What a great discussion.” [Andrew Cullen] Get Connected… “Thank you for joining in. … I believe this type of discussion is exactly what was intended by GSA for this open forum .” [Michael Tarullo] … In The Community “I would like to add to this very interesting discussion.” [Georges Pardo] Road cut along Trans-Canada Highway 1 between Banff, Alberta, and Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Photo by keagiles.

GSA International: GSA is part of a global community, and Speaking of Geoscience frequently features dispatches from GSA’s GSA Members: international lecturers, from field trips, Penrose Conferences, as well as discussions around global geoscience hot topics, meetings, Lend your voice to your community and GSA International’s activities. community.geosociety.org Public Policy: Guest contributors and GSA’s Science Policy Fellows keep Speaking of Geoscience readers up to date on issues pertaining to international, national, and regional science policy, highlighting how the geoscience community is engaged with leaders and policymakers to address important societal issues. Check out the Job Board New content is added to Speaking of Geoscience soon after it is submitted. If you aren’t following the blog, we invite you check it for the latest out at speakingofgeoscience.org and add your comments to the discussion. If you would like to contribute as a GSA guest blogger, recruitment postings. please contact [email protected].

Note: The information and opinions presented by Speaking of Geoscience guest bloggers do not necessarily represent official positions of GSA. Self- promotional content that includes links to other products and services will not be posted. | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday

www.geosociety.org/classiads GSA TODAY GSA

57

Geoscience Jobs & Opportunities

Positions Open

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST, funded, and internationally recognized research encouraged to apply. Veterans preference. Reason- DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, program involving students and supported by able accommodations provided. For additional SUNY GENESEO industry and government resources. We seek experts information, see http://www.regulations.utah.edu/ The SUNY Geneseo Department of Geological with skill sets that can be broadly applied to current humanResources/5-106.html. The University of Utah Sciences invites applicants for a staff position as an and future energy systems, including hydrocarbon values candidates who have experience working in Instructional Support Specialist. Responsibilities of and renewable energies, as well as allied fields in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, the position include operation and maintenance of carbon science measurement and mitigation such as and possess a strong commitment to improving departmental equipment (e.g. rock prep. facilities, carbon capture and storage or other geo-engineered access to higher education for students from histori- XRF, XRD, SEM, ICP-OES, etc.), training of under- . Candidates must have a completed Ph.D. cally underrepresented groups. graduate students on use of equipment, assisting with at the time of appointment and a strong record development and organization of weekly lab exer- of research and publication. The appointee will STRAT/SED, GIS, GEOMORPHOLOGY, cises, assisting with field trip logistics, and curating participate in collaborative, bridge-building efforts 1.5 YEAR FULL TIME, departmental collections (rocks, maps, fossils). The between GG and EGI and will have offices at both CASTLETON UNIVERSITY successful applicant must have at least a MS degree in locations. More information can be found online at Department of Natural Sciences: 1.5 year, full- Geosciences or a related area at the time of appoint- www.earth.utah.edu and www.egi.utah.edu. time, temporary position beginning spring of 2017 ment. Required qualifications include demonstrated To apply, upload a letter of application, curric- teaching Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Introduc- interest in and aptitude for teaching, demonstrated ulum vitae, names and contact information for three tion to GIS, Geomorphology, various introductory ability to develop laboratory exercises using current references, and statements of research and teaching level courses and/or courses in the candidate’s area of pedagogy, interest in outreach and superior organi- interests to http://utah.peopleadmin.com/post- interest. Requirements: Minimum Masters degree. zational, written and oral communication abilities. ings/52704. Review of applications will begin July ABD or PhD preferred. Castleton places a special Position opportunities include mentoring under- 15, 2016, but applications may be considered until value on the teaching role of its faculty so candidates graduate students in research and club activities, the position is filled. Questions should be addressed for this position will be evaluated on their potential teaching summer courses, and collaborating with to Cari Johnson ([email protected]) and Ray to be outstanding teachers. Application review will faculty on research grants. Must also be able to bend Levey ([email protected]). begin on August 15th. For a full position description, and lift up to 40 pounds. The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity/ including application procedures, visit http://www To apply, complete a professional application Affirmative Action employer and educator. Minori- .castleton.edu/about-castleton/faculty-jobs. at https://jobs.geneseo.edu. Applicants should be ties, women, and persons with disabilities are strongly AA/EEO Employer. prepared to upload a cover letter that addresses teaching and technical qualifications and a CV. In addition, applicants should be prepared to supply contact email address for three references. Refer- ences will be contacted and invited to submit letters of recommendation at the time of application. Review of completed applications will begin upon receipt. To be guaranteed consideration, applica- tions must be completed by August 15, 2016. The anticipated appointment for this position is as early as December 2016. SUNY Geneseo is an Equal Opportunity/Affir- mative Action employer, committed to recruiting, supporting and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ- ment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our full non-discrimination statement, see: http://www .geneseo.edu/affirmativeaction.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OR FULL PROFESSOR IN ENERGY GEOSCIENCE, JOINT APPOINTMENT: GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT AND THE ENERGY & GEOSCIENCE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH The Department of Geology and Geophysics (GG) and the Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) at the University of Utah invite applications for a posi- tion equally split between GG and EGI, to begin Fall Semester 2017. The position in GG will be at the Associate Professor or Professor level with the possi- bility of tenure at appointment; the position at EGI

will be at the level of Senior Research Scientist. The GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/classiads successful candidate will bring expertise in energy geoscience, and will develop a strong, externally 59

t has been a year and a half since I stepped into my new impact of their gifts to GSA’s mission, while increasing support to role as president of the GSA Foundation (GSAF), and GSA programs for both annual and special campaigns. Bill brings during that time, our efforts have focused on exciting relevant experience from previous roles as Director of areas inspired by a variety of initiatives within GSA. I am Membership and Annual Fund with the Denver Zoological pleased to provide an update on the GSA Foundation staff Foundation and in memberships with Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium andI the roles each of us play in our mission to develop and and the Center of Science and Industry–Toledo. provide funds to support the goals and programs of the Terry Archambeault is another new face in the Foundation. Geological Society of America. Before joining the team last summer, he held a database position As president, I continue to oversee the development goals and with the Pontifical North American College Office of operations of GSAF. Interfacing with GSA’s leadership to align Institutional Advancement in Washington, D.C. Terry is helping funding priorities remains a vital, guiding force for the us to better streamline data management and volunteer Foundation’s work, while heading a new fundraising initiative to committee coordination, and he organizes some of the propel GSA and its membership toward a strong future for the Foundation’s donor events. Terry has a master’s of Divinity from entire geoscience community. Yale University and previously held an internship in the U.S. Debbie Marcinkowski’s role has expanded to Director of House of Representatives. Development. While maintaining a corporate relations priority Many of you know both of the Foundation’s longest-serving and a reporting line to GSA’s executive director, Debbie focuses staff members. Geni Klagstad, who began as Foundation on overall development strategies and communications. She will Assistant in 2007, has been GSAF’s Office Manager for nearly five also lead increased efforts to establish foundation relationships years. In addition to maintaining all financial transactions of as funding sources to GSA. Debbie’s background is in corporate GSAF, she is the liaison in transferring funds raised in support of partnerships with the Wolf Trap Foundation for Performing GSA programs. Jo Bell, Database Administrator, has been part of Arts, Conservation International, and as Associate Director of the team for 22 years. Jo maintains database records, processes all Strategic Alliances & Global Partnerships for the Global Alliance of your generous gifts, and makes sure that donors receive tax for Vaccines and Immunization. Her master’s degree is in receipts and acknowledgments. She regularly updates record nonprofit management. information, while assisting in the preparation of revenue and Bill Tortorici joined the team this spring as Assistant Director giving reports. of Development and works primarily with individual donors. Bill The entire team will be at GSA’s Annual Meeting in Denver, and will focus on high-quality communication with donors, ensuring we look forward to meeting and talking with many of you at the that GSAF’s appreciation of all contributions is conveyed in mean- GSAF booth. ingful ways. His work will ensure that donors clearly see the | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday GSA TODAY GSA

Terry Archambeault, Debbie Marcinkowski, Jack Hess, Geni Klagstad, Joan Bell, and Bill Tortorici. 61 FREE Geology for all GSA Members While GSA has delayed its plan to make the journals open access (see Open Access, p. 50, this issue), all GSA memberships will include free online subscriptions to Geology beginning in January 2017. Print subscriptions will continue to be available for a fee. In the meantime, GSA will continue its hybrid open-access approach, which includes gold (author pays) immediate open access and 12-month green (repository) open access. For more information on publishing options and costs, go to www.geosociety.org/pubs/ openAccess.htm. To browse a list of open-access articles and book chapters, go to www.gsapubs.org/ cgi/collection/gsa-oa. In addition, GSA Today, book front matter and all Geology Research Focus, comment, and reply articles will continue to be freely accessible. If you are interested in supporting GSA’s transition to open access, please contact the GSA Foundation (gsafweb.org) to learn more about the new Author’s Fund. GSA 2016 TODAY | JULY www.gsapubs.org/cgi/collection/gsa-oa 62