Congratulations Abby Varona (MSc), Kevin Meazell (PhD), and Sebastian Ramiro-Ramirez (PhD) who took three of the top nine student research awards at the UT Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Geological Sciences 2022 Departmental Awards!
The annual awards recognize extraordinary efforts in the 2021-2022 academic year. The awards were presented by department chair Daniel Stockli, at an in person ceremony on May 3, 2022.
Varona, Meazell and Ramiro-Ramirez are all graduate research assistants at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and colleagues in the Flemings Research Group. Other UTIG student research winners included: Carson Miller (GSEC Student Service, honorable mention), Naoma McCall and Brandon Shuck (both runners-up, Best Graduate Student Paper).
For a full list of winners, visit: Announcing the 2022 Departmental Awards.
Here are the UTIG first place winners.
Abby Varona
Best Masters Student Presentation Award
Masters Saturday: Paleogeographic Evolution of the Orange and Green Sands in WR 313, Deep-water Gulf of Mexico
First Place!
Kevin Meazell
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Earth and Planetary Science Letters: The evolution of seafloor venting from hydrate-sealed gas reservoirs
Best Paper!
Sebastian Ramiro-Ramirez
Best Graduate Student Presentation Awards
PhD Defense: Integrated Stratigraphic and Petrophysical Analysis of the Wolfcamp at Delaware Basin, West Texas, USA
Best Talk!
Congratulations to all the winners at the 2022 Departmental Awards!