2019 GSA Research Grant Recipients 2019 Outstanding Mentions 2019 Exxonmobil/GSA Student Geoscience Grants
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2019 GSA Research Grant Recipients The 2019 GSA Committee on Research Grants awarded D. Hawkes, Ellen K. Herman, Miquela Ingalls, Alexandra R. US$812,000 to 392 graduate students (~52% of the 748 who Isern, Brian R. Jicha, Rebecca A. Lange, Andrew Leier, applied), with an average grant of US$2071. The committee Michelle M. Lorah, Peter J. Modreski, Nathan A. Niemi, Bryan also selected 10 alternate candidates in the event that any grant- A. Oakley, Cindy Palinkas, Stephen J. Piercey, Christopher J. ees return all or part of their funds due to a change in their Potter, William Ian Ridley, Michael R. Rosen, Randall J. research project or receipt of funds from another source. The Schaetzl, Jennifer A. Thomson, Ben van der Pluijm, Gary S. GSA Graduate Student Research Grant Program is funded by Weissmann, Mark A. Wilson, and James D. Wright. GSA, the GSA Foundation, GSA Divisions, and the National Alternate committee members: Zeynep Oner Baran, Science Foundation (award no. 1712071). Whitney M. Behr, John Bershaw, Mark J. Caddick, Michelle L. Committee members: William Ian Ridley, Lyndsay B. Ball, Coombs, Martin B. Goldhaber, Judith L. Hannah, Qinhong Hu, James V. Browning, William C. Burton, Cathy J. Busby, Gwen Sharon L. Kanfoush, Gregory Nadon, Mohammad Hassan M. Daley, Timothy M. Demko, Stephanie DeSisto, Besim Rezaie-Boroon, and Ellen Thomas. Dragovic, James E. Faulds, Julie C. Fosdick, David L. Fox, Josh The following awards will be presented at the 2019 GSA C. Galster, Andrew M. Gombos, Jr., Steven J. Hageman, Andrea Annual Meeting & Exposition in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 2019 Outstanding Mentions (Proposals having exceptional merit in conception and presentation.) Adele Conde Trista Mckenzie Christopher Svoboda University of Vermont University of Hawaii at Mānoa Michigan State University Malcolm Hodgskiss Catherine Ross Chia Pei Teoh Stanford University The University of Texas at Austin Texas A&M University Iva Lihter Claire Ruggles Sara Warix University of British Columbia Okanagan Iowa State University Idaho State University Corrie Lucchesi Northern Illinois University 2019 ExxonMobil/GSA Student Geoscience Grants ExxonMobil recognized 10 of the top 30 GSA student research grant proposals with a grant of US$5,000 each. Kyle Henderson Claire Ruggles Liannie Velazquez Santana McGill University Iowa State University Miami University Siyan Liu Ben Suranovic Sara Warix University of Kansas University of Alaska Anchorage Idaho State University Scott Pantaleone Logan Tegler Joshua Zimmt University of Alaska Anchorage Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California Berkeley Catherine Ross The University of Texas at Austin 26 GSA Today | July 2019 2019 Specialized Awards Sponsored by the GSA Foundation Michele Aldrich History and Philosophy of Allan V. Cox Research Award Geology Student Research Award Ogochukwu Ozotta, University of North Dakota Joseph Moffitt, Mississippi State University The Allan V. Cox Research Award supports research grants in The Michele Aldrich History and Philosophy of Geology geophysics. The recipient is determined by the GSA Geophysics Student Research Award Fund supports research grants through and Geodynamics Division. the History and Philosophy of Geology Division for students who conduct historical research within the geosciences. John T. Dillon Alaska Research Award Preference will be given first to doctoral then master’s-level Joseph Biasi, California Institute of Technology students. Graduates who received their Ph.D. in the previous Caitlin Meadows, The University of Chicago five years may also be considered. The recipient is determined Scott Pantaleone, University of Alaska Anchorage by the GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division. Ben Suranovic, University of Alaska Anchorage Matthew Trembath, University of Iowa Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler- The John T. Dillon Alaska Research Award honors the mem- Billings Research Award ory of Dr. Dillon, who was particularly noted for his radiometric Ian Hillenbrand, University of Massachusetts Amherst age-dating work in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA. Two areas Joshua Zimmt, University of California Berkeley that serve as guidelines for selection of the award are field-based The Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-Billings studies dealing with the structural and tectonic development of Research Award encourages and promotes geological fieldwork Alaska and studies that include some aspect of geochronology and related research in New England and adjacent regions. (either paleontologic or radiometric) to provide new age control for significant rock units in Alaska. John A. Black Award Katya Jay, Oregon State University Robert K. Fahnestock Award The John A. Black Award supports graduate student field- Ian Armstrong, Indiana University Bloomington based research on coastal processes. All field-based coastal The Robert K. Fahnestock Award honors the memory of Dr. geomorphology research should be located in the United Fahnestock, a former member of the Research Grants Committee, States, Puerto Rico, or Canada. In the event there are no wor- who died indirectly as a result of service on the committee. The thy graduate student field-based research projects in coastal grant is awarded for the best proposal in sediment transport or geomorphology, the award may be used to support graduate related aspects of fluvial geomorphology, Dr. Fahnestock’s field. student field-based research in volcanology. All field-based volcanology research should be located in the United States, Gould Research Grant New Zealand, or Iceland. Alan Seltzer, University of California San Diego–Scripps Institution of Oceanography Gretchen L. Blechschmidt Award Michelle Valkanas, Duquesne University Rebecca Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Gould Research Grant supports graduate student research The Gretchen Louise Blechschmidt Award Fund was estab- in the geosciences. lished for women in the geological sciences who have an interest in achieving a Ph.D. in the fields of biostratigraphy and/or paleo- Robert D. Hatcher Research Award ceanography, sequence stratigraphy analysis, particularly in con- Michael Say, University of Nevada, Reno junction with research in deep-sea sedimentology, and a career The Robert D. Hatcher Research Award supports field-based in academic research. research and geologic mapping through an annual award to an outstanding graduate student in the earth sciences to conduct Ian S.E. Carmichael Research Award research for that student’s master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation. Allison Pease, University of Michigan Preference may be given to students working in the Appalachian The Ian S.E. Carmichael Research Award supports graduate orogeny broadly construed, but it is not restricted to this region. student research and related activities in the fields of igneous petrology and volcanology. The recipient is determined by the William B. & Dorothy Heroy Research Grant GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Michael Frothingham, University of Colorado Boulder Division. Megan Saalfeld, Montana State University www.geosociety.org/gsatoday 27 Christina Seeger, Western Washington University addresses GSA’s overall strategic commitment to building a Rachelle Turnier, University of Wisconsin–Madison diverse geoscience community by engaging groups traditionally The William B. & Dorothy Heroy Research Grant supports underrepresented in the geosciences. The student chosen for this graduate student research in the geosciences. grant will be invited to participate in the On To the Future pro- gram and receive a partial travel award, full meeting registra- John W. Hess Research Grant tion, and be recognized at the Diversity in the Geosciences Jonathan Wilson, University of Kentucky Reception at the GSA Annual Meeting. The John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies supports student research involving any aspect of cave and karst Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Award studies aimed at providing improved understanding of how caves Michael Hudak, University of Oregon and karst work, including how these resources can be better The Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Fund was established managed. The recipient is determined by the GSA Karst Division. to provide research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and Roscoe G. Jackson II Award also can fund other geologic research. Adrian Broz, University of Oregon The Roscoe G. Jackson II Award funds one recipient per year Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Award in the field of sedimentology. Troy Ferland, Pennsylvania State University Scarlette Hsia, The University of Texas at Austin Lipman Research Award Elena Robakiewicz, University of Connecticut Kirkland Broadwell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Jesus Robles, California State University, Bakersfield University Logan Tegler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard Chow, Dalhousie University Tyler Winkler, Texas A&M University Seth Coursey, Northern Illinois University Boyang Zhao, University of Massachusetts Amherst Rose Gallo, Northern Arizona University The Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund is awarded to Brenna Halverson, University of Missouri Columbia support research projects for graduate students, post-graduate stu- Coleman Hiett, Utah State University dents, and post-doctorate researchers in the fields of biostratigra- Jordan Lubbers, Oregon State University phy (including, but not limited to, fossil age dating and the