Student/Faculty awards 2023-2024:

Featured Undergraduates:

Olivia Key

• Award: Undergrad Outstanding Poster Presentation from the Research Symposium (1st Place)

Kristy Blough

• Award: Undergrad Honorable Mention, Outstanding Poster Presentation

Connor Bassett

• Award: Undergrad Oral Presentation from the Research Symposium (1st Place)

Riley Moran

• Award: Undergrad Honorable Mention, Oral Presentation from the Research Symposium

David Go

• Award: Undergrad Student, Op White Award from the Research Symposium

Casimir Szupica

• Award: Undergrad Student, Op White Award from the Research Symposium

Graduate Awards:

Tyler O’Keefe, Ph.D. Student

Advisor: F. Joel Fodrie

Awards: Graduate student: Morrow Award for Research

Meredith Meyer, Ph.D. Student

Awards: Graduate student Morrow Award for Research

Lina Koschick, Ph.D. Student

Awards: Graduate student: Wheeler Award for Excellence in Teaching

Colin Medlin, Ph.D. Student

Awards: Graduate student: Wheeler Award for Excellence in Teaching

Damián Donoso-Tapia

Awards: Graduate student: Ingram Award for Excellence in Graduate Research

Outstanding Poster Presentation Award: Graduate Honorable Mention

Dylan Morrison, Ph.D. Student

Awards: Graduate student: Butler Award

William Hefner, Ph.D. Student

Awards: Graduate Student: Outstanding Poster Presentation, 1st Place

Jianxing Wang, Ph.D. Student

Awards: Graduate Student; Outstanding Poster Presentation, Honorable Mention

Student/Faculty awards 2021-2022:

Featured Undergraduates:

Emma Rudy Srebnik (IMS)

• Award: NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship

Eli Bird

• Award: Op White Award for Undergraduate Scholarly Achievement in Geological Sciences

Jenna Haynes

• Award: Undergrad Oral Presentation from the PerkinElmer Symposium (1st Place)

Zachary Hudspeth

• Award: Undergrad Oral Presentation from the PerkinElmer Symposium (2nd Place)

David Go

• Award: Undergrad Poster Presentation from the PerkinElmer Symposium (1st Place)

Prisca Lim

• Award: Undergrad Poster Presentation from the PerkinElmer Symposium (2nd Place)

Graduate Awards:

Xikai Wang, Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Dr. Xiaoming Liu

Awards: Graduate Poster Presentation from the PerkinElmer Symposium (1st Place), 2021 GSA Graduate Student Research Grant

Hunter Quintal, MSc Student

Advisor: Dr. Antonia Sebastian

Award: Honourable mentions for the GRFP, WWRI / USGS Graduate Student Fellowship

Marissa Dudek, Ph.D. student

Advisor: Drs. Mill & Pavelsky

Award: Outstanding Student Presenter Award (OSPA)

Haley Plaas, Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Dr. Hans Paerl

Award: Morrow Award for Teaching Excellence in Marine Sciences

Ileana Fenwick, Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Dr. Janet Nye

Award: NSF GRFP

Jana Haddad, Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Dr. Rick Luettich

Award: 3-Minute Thesis UNC System Award Winner, Royster’s Fellowship, Best Student Talk Award (CERF 2021) 

Wayana Dolan, Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky

Award: NASA FINESST fellowship

Faculty:

Professor Michelle Haskin

Assistant Teaching Professor

Award: Wheeler Award for Excellence in Teaching GEOL 101

Dr. Megan Plenge

Teaching Associate Professor

Award: Wheeler Award for Excellence in Teaching GEOL 101, Co-Chair Earth Educators Rendezvous National Conference

Dr. Antonia Sebastian

Assistant Professor

Award: NSF Enabling

Dr. Xiaoming Liu

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Admissions

Award: Early Geological Career Award, Geological Society of America (GSA), NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Award