Congratulations to the following students who received awards and special recognition for their efforts in 2020-21 and to the students who graduated.
Awards, Recognition, and Service
- Carl F. Aquino - EMS Graduate Fellows for Science Advocacy and Diversity (EMS-GFSAD)
- Adam Benfield - LacCore Visiting Graduate Student Program
- Adam Benfield - R. J. Cuffey Fund for Paleontology
- Julia Carr - George Schenck Teaching Assistant Award
- Fai Chanchai – On to the Future Award (GSA)
- Si Chen - Mineralogical Society of America Grant in Crystallography from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Fund
- Katie Horisk - Honorable Mention NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Katie Horisk - Elsevier Organic Geochemistry Research Scholarship
- Kirsty Mckenzie - Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) at AGU 2021
- Esther Munoz - SACNAS received the Outstanding Marketing award for the 2021 Student Org Awards from the school (https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/involvement-student-life/student-awards-r...) along with several nominations. As president of SACNAS, and having Victor R. Garcia on the executive board.
- Karen Pham – Fulbright Research Grant (Oslo, Norway)
- Kirsten Stephens - Penn State ICDS Virtual Symposium 2020, 1st place Virtual Poster, Fall 2020
- Kirsten Stephens - vVMSG Annual Meeting 2021, 2nd place Talk presentation, Spring 2021
Degrees awarded 2020-21
Summer 2020
Allison Fox, Ph.D
Heather Jones, Ph.D
Shelby Lyons, Ph.D
Alexander Neely, Ph.D
Jeffrey Leeburn, MS
Dorivaldo Santos, MS
Fall 2020
Gregory Wong, Ph.D
Rebecca Payne, Ph.D
Oluwaseyi Ajayi, Ph.D
Clarissa Crist, MS
Jennifer Estrada, MS
Lisa Ma, MS
Sierra Melton, MS
Colin Oborn, MS
Mary Reinthal, MS
Spring 2021
Shrishraran Shreedharan, Ph.D.
(No M.S. graduates)