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2020 GSA Medal & Award Recipients
                                                     Penrose Medal
                                                      James G. Moore
                                                   U.S. Geological Survey

                                                   President’s Medal
                                                       Solomon Hsiang
                                 University of California, Berkeley, Global Policy Laboratory

                                                 Arthur L. Day Medal
                                                      Ariel D. Anbar
                                                  Arizona State University

                                      Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal)
                                                    Christopher Spencer
                                                     Queen’s University

                                              GSA Public Service Award
                                                     Timothy Bechtel
                                                Franklin & Marshall College

                          Randolph W. “Bill” and Cecile T. Bromery Award for Minorities
                                                     Martha Gilmore
                                                    Wesleyan University

                              Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award
                                                     Marissa Tremblay
                                                     Purdue University

                                    Florence Bascom Geologic Mapping Award
                                                   Robert D. Hatcher Jr.
                                                   University of Tennessee

                                         GSA Distinguished Service Award
                                                       Rónadh Cox
                                                      Williams College

                                                     Margorie A. Chan
                                                     University of Utah

                                                   Honorary Fellows
                                                     Laura Giambiagi
                                                    IANIGLA/CONICET

                                                     Carlota Escutia
                                    Spanish Research Council (CSIC)–Instituto Andaluz

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2020 GSA Scientific Division Primary Awards
Engineering and Environmental Geology Division                 International
E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award                                       Distinguished Career Award
J.V. Degraff*                                                  Pinar Oya Yilmaz
California State University Fresno                             ExxonMobil Exploration Company

W.J. Burns
Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries                 Limnogeology Division
                                                               Israel C. Russell Award
V. McConnell                                                   Gail Ashley
Geological Society of America                                  Rutgers University
2016, Landslide risk reduction in the United States—Signs of
progress: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. XXII,
no. 3, p. 225–243.                                             Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
                                                               Distinguished Geologic Career Award
                                                               Cathy J. Busby
Geoarchaeology Division                                        University of California Davis
Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award
Gail Ashley
Rutgers University                                             Planetary Geology Division
                                                               G.K. Gilbert Award
                                                               Jim Zimbelman
Geoinformatics Division                                        Smithsonian Institution
M. Lee Alison Award for Geoinformatics
Erin Robinson
Earth Science Information Partners                             Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
                                                               Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence
                                                               Martha Cary Eppes
Geophysics and Geodynamics Division                            University of North Carolina at Charlotte
George P. Woollard Award
Donald Argus                                                   Russell Keanini
Jet Propulsion Laboratory                                      University of North Carolina at Charlotte
                                                               2017, Mechanical weathering and rock erosion by climate-
                                                               dependent subcritical cracking: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 55,
Geoscience Education Division                                  p. 470–508.
Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science
Teaching
Sue Ebanks                                                     Sedimentary Geology Division
Savannah State University                                      Laurence L. Sloss Award
                                                               Carlton Brett
                                                               University of Cincinnati
History and Philosophy of Geology Division
Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award
Ezio Vaccari                                                   Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
University of Insubria, Varese                                 Career Contribution Award
                                                               Robert S. Yeats
                                                               Oregon State University
Hydrogeology Division
O.E. Meinzer Award
William W. Woessner
University of Montana

*Deceased

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2020 Cole Awards
Gladys W. Cole Memorial Research Award                            W. Storrs Cole Memorial Research Award
J. Finley, Utah State University, will be awarded US$7,145 from   No award given in 2020.
the Gladys W. Cole Fund for research in geomorphology of semi-
arid and arid terrains for his project, “Late Holocene Arroyo
Dynamics and the Evolution of an Early Dryland Agricultural
Community in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.”

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

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J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship Award                      GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Excellence Award

  These 19 undergraduate students will be awarded US$2,000
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diversity, economic/financial need, and merit.

Lana Axelsen, Utah Valley University                                This field camp will receive an award of US$10,000 to assist
Abigail Axness, University of New Mexico                          with the summer field season. This award will be based on safety
Andrew Bays, San Francisco State University                       awareness, diversity, and technical excellence.
Jeremy Braun, University of Maine
Quentin Burgess, University of Nevada–Reno                        Raphael Gottardi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Yueyi Che, University of California, Berkeley
Natalea Cohen, Fort Lewis College
Stephanie Finch, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Rebecca Fish, Temple University
Emma Fuentes, Angelo State University
Selena Kimball, University of South Florida
Anna Ledeczi, Columbia University
Priscilla Martinez, California State University, Fullerton
Jessica Patrick, Miami University
Daniel Riddle, Utah Valley University
Meagan Sherry, State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Bradley Smith, West Virginia University
Maria Solis, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Art (Arepa) Willoughby, California State University, Long Beach

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     These six undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in the geosciences have been awarded US$1,500 scholarships
                     plus one-year GSA memberships and full registration for the GSA 2020 Annual Meeting.

Brittany Bray, University of Oklahoma                                                                        McKenna Riggen, University of Texas at Austin
Amanda Mayo, The University of Tennessee at Martin                                                           Alexa Terrazas, University of California, Los Angeles
Alice Morris, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology                                                    Kierra Wilk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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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. To view a full list of members who have surpassed the 50-year mark,
          go to https://rock.geosociety.org/membership/50YearFellows.asp. Asterisks indicate GSA Fellows.

Patrick Leon Abbott*          John Erwin Damuth*             David A. Link                  L. Don Ringe
Buzz Aldrin*                  William P. Dillon*             J.G. Liou*                     Brian A. Robinson
Ina B. Alterman*              Jim Alan Drahovzal*            Leon E. Long*                  Edwin S. Robinson*
Robert S. Andrews             Joe W. Fandrich                Bruce P. Luyendyk*             John Brandt Roen*
Walter Joseph Arabasz         Michael E. Field*              Richard F. Madole*             Donald D. Runnells*
Tanya M. Atwater*             Donald W. Fiesinger            Robert J. Malcuit              Douglas Smith*
Paulo F. Bahia-Guimaraes      Andrew M. Gombos Jr.*          Vincent Matthews III*          Arthur W. Snoke*
George L. Bain                Stan C. Grant                  Richard L. Mauger*             James M. Soule
Norman G. Banks               Frederick T. Graybeal*         John E. Mawby                  Daniel P. Spangler
Charles S. Bartlett Jr.       Hershel Gene Hawkins           Fred W. McDowell*              Dennis M. Sparks
Glenn Rolf Bauer              James R. Hein*                 Robert J. McLaughlin*          Douglas W. Sprague
John C. Behrendt*             Herwart Helmstaedt*            Robert G. McWilliams*          John C. Steinmetz*
Stig M. Bergstrom*            Robert H. Higgs                Calvin F. Miller*              Gary F. Stoney
Daniel Bernoulli*             Alan D. Howard*                James P. Miltimore             James M. Stroh
Richard S. Bishop*            Bryan L. Isacks*               William E. Motzer              John S. Stuckless*
Bill Bonnichsen*              Michael Jaron                  Roger A. Newell                John R. Sumner*
John Van Brahana*             Raymond L. Joesten*            Alan R. Niem*                  Don A. Sundys
Martin L. Bregman             Robert J. Kamilli*             Bruce James O’Connor           Robert Hadley Sydnor*
Bruce A. Brown                Alan E. Kehew*                 Stephen D. Olmore              Patrick T. Taylor*
David L. Campbell             Christopher G. Kendall         David M. Patrick               James T. Teller*
Kerry J. Campbell             Eva B. Kisvarsanyi Sr.*        Hans O. Pfannkuch*             Peter C. van de Kamp
William F. Cannon*            Huybert Marinus Kluijver       Hermann W. Pfefferkorn*        W. Randall Van Schmus*
Edith Andrea                  Daniel H. Knepper Jr.*         Robert Warren Pinker           John D. Vitek*
  Chasen-Cerreta              Robert L. Kovach*              J. Preston Prather             Brian White
Jon J. Clague*                Robert D. Lattanzi             G. Michael Reimer              David F. Work
Russell G. Clark Jr.*         Robert C. Laudon               Richard L. Reynolds*           Robert H. Wright
Richard L. Cooley*            David A. Lindsey*              Larry R. Rhodes*

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25-Year Member Anniversaries
              GSA salutes the following members and Fellows on their 25-year membership anniversaries.
                 We appreciate their dedication and loyalty to GSA. Asterisks indicate GSA Fellows.

Jared D. Abraham            Tracy D. Frank*                 La Rae N. Landers            Douglas M. Ryder
Kenneth D. Adams            Carl Fricke*                    P. Patrick Leahy*            Demian M. Saffer*
Gerardo J. Aguirre-Diaz     Robert R. Gaines*               Cin-Ty Aeolus Lee*           Joseph I. Satterfield
Moses L. Alcala             Stephen P. Garabedian           Peter M. Leffler             Kathryn C. Schalk
Kai S. Anderson             Roberto Stanley Molina Garza*   John Leland                  Volker Schenk
Daniel K. Asiedu            Rick E. Gerber                  Jonathan C. Lewis            Ronald I. Schindler
Aida A. Awad*               Thomas D. Gibbons               Rosaly M.C. Lopes*           Colin A. Shaw
Dirk Baron                  Casey Giordano                  Michael A. Manship           Alan M. Shiller
Ruth A. Barrett             James D. Gleason*               Jeffrey S. Marshall          Jennifer D. Shosa
Hope A. Barton              Laurent Godin                   Anna M. Martini*             John C. Sieving
Nathan C. Becker            David A. Gonzales               Maria Mastalerz*             Derek J. Sjostrom
Barbara A. Bekins*          Mark A. Gottlieb                Michael Mayhew               Linda V. Smith
Michael Bemski              John P. Graham                  Patricia A. McCrory*         Kristen E.K. St. John*
Deborah Bergfeld            Neal C. Grasso                  William F. McDonough*        Robert F. Stallard
Ed D. Bertch                Todd Halihan*                   Robin John McDowell          David V. Strand
DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl    Galen P. Halverson              Erwin A. Melis               Edward A. Sudicky*
Thomas J. Borra             David P. Harper                 Kirsten M. Menking           Susan K. Swanson*
Lisa D. Boucher             Bill D. Haworth                 Ron Metzger                  John A. Tarduno*
Daniel J. Brabander         Nicholas W. Hayman              Karen D. Meyers              Uri S. ten Brink*
Marcia L. Branstetter       Henry P. Heasler                Mitch G. Mihalynuk           Harold J. Tobin*
Brook E. Brosi              Matthew T. Heizler*             Scott R. Miller              R. Thayer Tutt Jr.
Pamela C. Burnley           Wayne G. Henderson              Thomas E. Miller             Mark D. Uhen
Diane M. Burns              Francisco Herve*                Andreas Moeller              David R. Van Alstine
Emily Burns                 Robert Hiergesell               Thomas L. Moore              Carolyn H. van der Bogert
David M. Bush               Pennilyn Higgins                Roger H. Morin               Stephen J. Van der Hoven*
Kurt T. Byanski             Sean M. Higgins                 Gregory Nadon*               Stephen R. Van Horn
Denny McLane Capps          Carol A. Hill                   Klaus Neumann                Michael A. Wacker
Yue-Gau Chen*               Kip V. Hodges*                  Robert M. Newton             Christian P. Walls
Shafiul H. Chowdhury        Joshua W. Holloman              Kimberley D. Norris-Jones    Alian Wang*
Beth A. Christensen         Ferenc Horvath*                 Thomas W. Oesleby            Laura E. Webb
Leon J. Clarke              Victoria C. Hover               Sakae O’Hara                 William A. Webster
Kurt N. Constenius          Bernard E. Hubbard              Thomas D. Olszewski          Josef P. Werne*
Michael F. Conway           Trent D. Hubbard                W. Edward Osborne            Gregory B. Westphal
Jack E. Deibert             David L. Jeffery                Maureen Padden               Christopher Waldo Wheeler
Susan L. Dougherty          David G. Jewett                 Mitchell Louis Parsons       David E. Wilkins
Mihai N. Ducea*             Karen H. Johannesson*           Sarah C. Penniston-Dorland   Kirk D. Williams
Bruce Dunkle                Steven D. Jorgensen             Shanan E. Peters             Cornelius V. Wingerden
Barbara L. EchoHawk         Lura E. Joseph                  Michael S. Petronis          James M. Wise
Kenneth S. Edgett           Shinichi Kawate                 Patricia Painter Rae         Brent B. Wolfe
Burkhard N. Eisenlohr       Daniel C. Kelly                 Michael S. Ramsey            Carla R. Woodworth
Ron C. Eng                  Byard L. Kershaw                Larry B. Randall             Sandra J. Wyld*
Douglas J. Faulkner         Markus Kienast                  J. Elmo Rawling III          Adolph Yonkee*
Michael S. Fenster          Kent C. Kirkby                  Jin-Han Ree                  Zhongbo Yu*
John J. Field               Shoichi Kiyokawa                Kevin L. Reed                Judith A. Zachariasen
Judy E. Fierstein*          Arno Kleber                     Joseph F. Reese              Sarah D. Zellers
Robert J. Finley*           Jasper Knight                   Andrew S. Reeve              Hongbin Zhan*
Tom Fitz                    Daniel J. Koning                James Repka                  Haibo Zou*
Faith A. Fitzpatrick        Andrew Kozlowski                Patrick H. Reynolds
Eric Anders Flodin          Peter A. Kukla                  Moira K. Ridley
Scott E. Foss               Michael W. Lambert              Joyanto Routh              www.geosociety.org/gsatoday 11
2020 GSA Fellows
         Society Fellowship is an honor bestowed on the best of our profession by election at the spring GSA Council meeting.
      GSA members are nominated by existing GSA Fellows in recognition of their distinguished contributions to the geosciences.
                                      Learn more at https://www.geosociety.org/fellowship.

Jeffrey M. Amato (New Mexico State University): Jeff Amato is          Mary L. Droser (University of California): Dr. Mary Droser is a pre-
being nominated for GSA Fellow for exceptional scholarship in          eminent scholar of Ediacaran fauna and trace fossils. Her paleoeco-
structural geology and tectonics through his work on Cordilleran       logical and paleobiological studies are the gold standard for analysis
tectonics, Precambrian of southwestern North America, and accre-       of early metazoan life. Droser’s work has advanced our understanding
tionary prism processes, as well as student mentoring and service      of major evolutionary events, particularly the great radiations of the
to the society. —Terry L. Pavlis                                       late Precambrian and early Paleozoic. —Paul M. Myrow

Paul A. Baker (Duke University): For fundamental research contri-      Mostafa Fayek (University of Manitoba): Mostafa Fayek’s seminal
butions that further understanding of the geochemistry of marine       work on the geochronology of uranium-ore systems has greatly
carbonates, the history and dynamics of the South American sum-        affected the exploration for uranium deposits. He has developed and
mer monsoon system, and the geologic record of biotic diversifica-     used a variety of mass spectrometry techniques and coupled these
tion in tropical South America. —Sherilyn C. Fritz                     with other spectroscopic methods to study radionuclide migration
                                                                       (e.g., U) associated with ore systems. —Frank C. Hawthorne
Kathleen Counter Benison (West Virginia University): Kathleen
Benison utilizes her training in terrestrial sedimentology and geo-    Nicole M. Gasparini (Tulane University): I nominate Dr. Nicole
chemistry to inform astrobiology studies and educate the next gen-     Gasparini for election to GSA Fellow for her outstanding and
eration of geoscientists. Her distinguished academic accomplish-       sustained contributions to the understanding of fluvial landscape
ments inform her public interactions that raise awareness of the       evolution, leadership in developing open-source software enabling
importance of the interdisciplinary nature of Earth and planetary      others to engage in landscape evolution modeling, and her efforts
systems. —Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe                                   to enhance opportunities for women and underrepresented groups
                                                                       in the geosciences. —Kelin X. Whipple
      “… among the most compelling and enthusiastic
    advocates for the value and role of geology in helping             David H. Goodwin (Denison University): Professor Dave Goodwin
             to make the world a better place.”                        is an exemplary mentor and exceptional teacher and educator. His
                                                                       excitement and commitment to training undergraduate students in
Patricia H. Cashman (University of Nevada–Reno): Pat Cashman           the geosciences is outstanding. His service to his profession and the
demonstrates sustained excellence in core contributions crossing       geosciences has been extensive, and his scholarly research in
teaching, mentoring, and research in linked disciplines crossing       sclerochronology and isotope geochemistry is creative and transfor-
tectonic, structural geology, basin analysis, and energy. She is       mative. —Alan D. Wanamaker Jr.
among the most compelling and enthusiastic advocates for the
value and role of geology in helping to make the world a better        Madeline B. Gotkowitz (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology,
place. —George Herbert Davis                                           Montana Technological University): For her outstanding applied
                                                                       research related to groundwater management and contaminant trans-
Louis A. Derry (Cornell University): Using isotopic, major, and        port, her administrative service with the Montana Bureau of Mines
trace element and modeling approaches to integrate the Earth’s         and Geology and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History
sedimentary and erosional record into robust geochemical cycles.       Survey, and her dedication to effectively communicating geologic
—Suzanne Mahlburg Kay                                                  and groundwater issues with the public. —Madeline E. Schreiber

Patrick F. Dobson (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab): Over the last          “… selfless service to professional organizations and
three decades, Dr. Patrick Dobson has made transformative scientific            mentorship of students and colleagues.”
contributions associated with the hydrogeological and geochemical
assessment of the subsurface for geothermal energy production and      Stephen E. Grasby (Geological Survey of Canada): For his inspiring
geologic nuclear waste disposal. —Jens Thomas Birkholzer               and exceptionally broad scientific curiosity; ground-breaking funda-
                                                                       mental and applied research contributions in paleohydrology, hydro-
Stephen Quinn Dornbos (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee):             geochemistry, geothermal energy, and mass extinctions; leadership
Stephen Dornbos has made extraordinary contributions to our            organizing logistically complex and scientifically successful interna-
understanding of Cambrian life, environments, and evolution.           tional Arctic field research programs; and selfless service to profes-
He is best known for his work on spectacularly preserved fossils       sional organizations and mentorship of students and colleagues.
in Asia. Steve is a professor at the UW Milwaukee, and currently       —Jennifer C. McIntosh
an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the Pentagon.
—Mark A. Wilson

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Brenda L. Hall (University of Maine): An internationally recog-            Stephen B. Mabee (University of Massachusetts): In his role as the
nized expert on the glacial and Quaternary geology of Antarctica           State Geologist of Massachusetts Stephen Mabee has led a distin-
and other glaciated areas. From long and repeated field campaigns          guished career both as an active researcher and providing important
her reports generate new ideas and move the field along. She strives       geologic services to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has
to invest in the next generation of geologists. —Thomas V. Lowell          led and championed numerous state-wide mapping initiatives and
                                                                           has contributed extensively to furthering the use of geologic infor-
 “She strives to invest in the next generation of geologists.”             mation for stakeholders. —David F. Boutt

Galen P. Halverson (McGill University): Recognized for his fore-           Helena Mitasova (North Carolina State University): For sig-
front contributions to our understanding of the sedimentary and            nificant and sustained fundamental research, teaching, and
environmental context of early eukaryotic evolution, the eventual          applied research/communication contributions to the fields of
emergence of animals, the oxygenation of the atmosphere and                geospatial science, earth surface processes, and numerical-
deep oceans, and the spectacular climatic catastrophes of the              physical modeling in the geosciences over the course of a
Proterozoic Era. —Bradley B. Sageman                                       career. —Russell S. Harmon

Nigel C. Hughes (University of California): Dr. Nigel Hughes is a                    “A model scientist-educator who spreads
leader in the study of trilobites, applying cutting-edge biological               her knowledge to important groups not typically
concepts to analyze past arthropod development. His studies of                          reached by University professors.”
Himalayan strata have led to an orogen-wide stratigraphic architec-
ture, which has been used to address major questions of the tectonic       Jennifer L. Pierce (Boise State University): Dr. Jennifer Pierce
and paleogeographic evolution of South Asia. —Brian R. Pratt               is recognized for her outstanding record of public outreach and
                                                                           education to raise awareness of climate change and environmental
Robert D. Jacobi (University at Buffalo): Dr. Robert D. Jacobi is a        impacts. She is a model scientist-educator who spreads her knowl-
dedicated, enthusiastic geologist with diverse expertise and extensive     edge to important groups not typically reached by university
publication record in structure, tectonics, sedimentology, stratigraphy,   professors. —Tammy M. Rittenour
seismic interpretation, and seismicity in the Appalachian Basin as
well as their balanced application to meeting the needs of society.        Nicholas Pinter (University of California): Professor Dr.
He has also been a strong supporter of GSA. —Charles E. Mitchell           Nicholas Pinter of the University of California at Davis is an
                                                                           excellent geologist with many publications in geology, has been
Darrell S. Kaufman (Northern Arizona University): Darrell                  a GSA member for 30 years, and has extensive internal service
Kaufman is nominated for Fellowship for his leadership in inter-           to GSA on the GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee.
national syntheses of Arctic climate, but equally important are his        —Robert Hadley Sydnor
basic research on the glacial and climate history of Alaska, and
his development of novel approaches in the applications of amino           Sara B. Pruss (Smith College): Sara is a productive and influen-
acid biogeochemistry to a wide array of compelling questions.              tial scholar, known for her innovative ideas in paleobiology. She
—Gifford H. Miller                                                         is an extraordinarily energetic mentor, and her lab at Smith is a
                                                                           model for what undergraduate-involved research can achieve,
Meredith A. Kelly (Dartmouth College): Professor Meredith                  training young women, publishing with them, and putting them
Kelly is nominated as a 2020 GSA Fellow for her contributions to           on the path to successful careers. And she is sought after as a
glacial geology, understanding climate change in the Arctic and            colleague and leader, raising awareness of geology outside the
high-altitude tropics using field mapping, lake cores, and radiocar-       professional community. —Rónadh Cox
bon and Be-10 chronologies, and her contribution to improving the
methodology of Be-10 dating using in-situ cosmogenic nuclides.                         “… extraordinarily energetic mentor.”
—Xiahong Feng
                                                                           Anne Raymond (Texas A&M): Anne Raymond exemplifies the
Venkataraman Lakshmi (University of Virginia): Dr. Lakshmi is              balance between service to students, university, and professional
nominated for his research into the key processes that control the         societies, and in refereed publications. She brings out the best in
physics of the land surface and the vadose zone, a vital area of the       her colleagues, not just in research contributions, but also in her
geological sciences that influences climate modeling, critical zone        critical questions and comments, focusing their attention on
processes, surface runoff, etc., and his broad contributions to student    critical, but otherwise overlooked aspects of the problem.
training and science communication. —Michael Howard Young                  —James Clyde Hower

Mitchell W. Lyle (Oregon State University): Mitch Lyle is nomi-            Tracy A. Rushmer (Maquarie University): Dr. Tracy Rushmer is
nated as a GSA Fellow for his published contributions to geologic          a recognized global leader in her research area, experimental
research that document his broad and deep insights into process-           petrology of the earth and planetary interiors. She has served her
based geochemistry, geophysical survey methods informed by                 professional community through leadership in professional soci-
understanding sedimentary systems, and leadership in designing             eties and editorial activities. She is an exemplary geological edu-
and implementing innovative experiments to reconstruct the his-            cator, with a demonstrated record of student engagement and
tory and drivers of Earth’s climate. —Marta E. Torres                      mentoring. —Shanaka L. de Silva

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Katherine Scharer (U.S. Geological Survey): Dr. Scharer’s com-           Michael H. Taylor (University of Kansas): Dr. Michael H. Taylor
prehensive research on San Andreas fault paleoseismology, appli-         has made outstanding contributions to our current understanding of
cation of novel Quaternary geochronology methods to estimate             continental deformation through creative integration of detailed
earthquake timing, and commitment to earthquake hazards out-             field mapping with cutting-edge analytical methods in the fields of
reach and education will have lasting impacts in the field of paleo-     remote sensing, digital-topographic-data analysis, space geodesy,
seismology. Her leadership distinguishes her as one of the best in       thermochronology, seismology, and evolutionary biology. —An Yin
our profession. —Robert C. Witter
                                                                         Ashraf Uddin (Auburn University): Professor Ashraf is nomi-
             “… one of the best in our profession.”                      nated for Fellow of the Geological Society of America for his
                                                                         extensive research on the geology of the Bengal basin, including
Marcia K. Schulmeister (Emporia State University): Dr. Marcia            the geochemistry of arsenic enriched sediments in the basin, as
Schulmeister excels at educating geoscientists. At Emporia State         well as his studies of the Carboniferous history of the southern
University, she co-founded an online M.S. program, established a         Appalachians. —John W. Geissman
research station, and connects to industry to give students experi-
ence and research opportunities. She’s provided leadership for           Sally E. Walker (University of Georgia): Sally Walker’s contribu-
GSA’s South-Central Section, including serving as chair for its          tions include outstanding research in paleobiology and taphonomy
very successful 2010 meeting. —Susan Stover                              in settings from Antarctica to Ecuador to Iceland; spectacular
                                                                         efforts in teaching, including memorable annual field trips to
Richard L. Smith (U.S. Geological Survey): Dr. Smith is an emi-          Sapelo Island; extensive outreach to the public at all levels; and
nent microbiologist who reaches across disciplines to explore hydro-     dedicated service in editing journals and books and organizing
geologic controls on microbial communities and biogeochemical            scholarly meetings. —L. Bruce Railsback
processes in aquifers, rivers, and lakes. His expertise, creativity,
leadership, and collaborative approach have resulted in new holistic     Ray J. Weldon II (University of Oregon): Ray Weldon has made
approaches to quantifying transport and reaction of nutrients and        significant contributions to neotectonics and paleoseismology by
contaminants in aquatic systems. —John Karl F.P. Bohlke                  combining detailed field studies of recently active faults with ana-
                                                                         lytical work. Much of his research success stems from his excep-
David B. Spears (Virginia Dept. of Mines, Minerals, and Energy):         tional skill at training and mentoring geologists over at least the
David Spears has had a significant impact on the field of geology as     past 30 years. —Marli B. Miller
a researcher, advocate, and member of the GSA community. He is
directly sought for his involvement and expertise, with the ability to   Julia Smith Wellner (University of Houston): Dr. Wellner is an
translate the complexities of science and make them understandable       internationally recognized marine geologist, having participated
to policy makers and the public. —Joe Gillman                            in eleven Antarctic expeditions, including as co-chief scientist on
                                                                         IODP Expedition 379 to the Amundsen Sea, off West Antarctica,
Robin Strachan (University of Portsmouth): For outstanding               and chief scientist for the THOR (Thwaites Glacier) Expedition.
contributions to structural geology, to understanding the geology        She is also recognized as an innovative educator and mentor.
of the Appalachian-Caledonide-Variscan orogen and to the geosci-         —Suzanne O’Connell
ence community as science editor of several journals including
Geological Society of America Bulletin and the Journal of the            Andrew C. Wilcox (University of Montana): Andrew Wilcox’s
Geological Society of London. —J. Brendan Murphy                         applied research in fluvial geomorphology builds from fundamental
                                                                         research on hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment dynamics to exam-
Donna Surge (University of North Carolina): Dr. Surge is an              ine questions relevant to societal management of rivers, including
internationally renowned sclerochronologist and a dedicated edu-         dam removal, environmental flows, the effects of mining contami-
cator who blends paleontology, low-temperature geochemistry,             nants, and numerical modeling of vegetation-sediment interactions
paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and archaeology to understand            in the context of changing river flows. —Ellen E. Wohl
past climates. She has a strong commitment to training the next
generation of geoscientists. —David P. Gillikin

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Welcome New GSA Members
       The following new members joined 25 July 2019–17 Feb. 2020 and were approved by GSA Council at its spring meeting.

PROFESSIONALS                  Tim P. Dooley                   John R. Kane                     Billy Morris
Claudia Maria Adam             Frances Drescher                Alexander Karrasch               Scott Muggleton
Shawn Adamson                  Nicholas P. Dunning             Ryan Joseph Kassak               Arpita Nandi
Khaled Khalil Alhindi          Mike Eldredge                   Sheila A. Kazar                  Meghan Newman
Reginald Archer                Yvette Eley                     Brian Kelley                     Lawrence R. Newton
James Warren Ashley            Claudio Faccenna                John Kemeny                      Brent Cheung Ngai
Amrg Athapaththu               Maureen Feineman                Richard Craig Kennedy            Mark T. Noonan
Ibrahim Attia Sr.              Federica Ferrarini              Amanda L. Kern                   Jingmai O’Connor
Xiaohuan Bao                   John Fioroni                    Stephen W. Kirby                 Abiodun Omotola Ogunjobi
Carlos M. Baquero              Adriano Fiorucci                David L. Kirschner               James D. Olson
Arthur Greer Barriault         Jason Flaum                     Randal Kissling                  Anita Elena Otal
Mary E. Baxter                 Christopher J. Flis             Steve Knowles                    Emmanuel Owusu
Keir Becker                    Alejandro N. Flores             Daniel Koning                    Audrey Parnell
Jerrel Keith Belk              Cory T. Forbes                  Venkata Suresh Kopalle           Alma Hale Paty
Brad Bennett                   Tyler Matthew Foster            Mike Krawczynski                 Stephanie Pfirman
Nathaniel C. Bennett           Cary Foulk                      Matthew John Kulow               John Kelvin Phibbs
Ashutosh Bhardwaj              Peter Fox                       Eric Kussman                     Cynthia H. Pilskaln
Tesfaye Kidane Birke           Robert Daniel Francis           Jayme L. Laber                   Aileen Pogran
Bryan A. Black                 Russ J. Franklin                Caitlin G. Lauback               Boling Pu
Linda Bockoven                 Sarah M. Gaines                 Kurt Leinenwebr                  Tracy Pursell
Russell Boulding               Willam Payton Gardner IV        Xiao Li                          Richard R. Redfern
Charles Kevin Boyce            John A. Garrison Jr.            Bin Lian                         Andrew John Rich
Josh Brewer                    Theresa Geijer                  Ruohan Liu                       John A. Ring
Nic Brissette                  Matthew Ginder-Vogel            Xuan Liu                         Edward Robeck
Kevin Brooks                   Tesfaye Tessema Tessema         Graeme T. Lloyd                  John D. Rockhill III
Maryjo Brounce                    Gintamo                      Yongchao Lu                      Juan Rojo
William Paul Burgess           Nathaniel Goter Goki            Miranda Lucas                    William Alan Rowe
Justin Patrick Camp            Richard J. Goldfarb             Carissa Lundquist                Randy Michael Russell
Wyatt Jackson Canady II        Martyn Golding                  Anthony Joseph Chinenyeze        Joseph Anthony Sabo III
Marco Capodivacca              Margaret Linden Gooding           Madu                           Erinanne Saffell
Melanie E. Carden-Jessen       Sean Greeney                    Syed Amer Mahmooid               Subrota Kumar Saha
Minna Carey                    Aryeh Grossman                  Sergey Mamedov                   David A. Scheer
Brett M. Carpenter             Jian Guo                        Ron Mart                         Eric Schmidtke
Gustavo E. Carpio              Qianqian Guo                    Fernando Martinez                Russell A. Schreiner
Lynn Carter                    Deepak Gupta                    Ramiro Matos                     Jan L. Schultz
Alexandre Medeiros de          Melida L. Gutierrez             John May                         Nicole W. Scroggins-Boyer
  Carvalho                     Sam Hampton                     Thomas V. McCaffrey              Branimir Segvic
Jan Cempirek                   Fang Hao                        Brian McConnell                  Katy Sementelli
Dan Leonard Chadwick           Dabney G. Hart                  Garrett Robert McElhenny         Christopher Seong
Emily Chin                     Muhammad Qumrul Hassan          Amy Melissa McKay                Walter J. Sexton
Karan Christopher              Isaac Esau Haule                Kendra McLauchlan                Graham Anthony Shields
Jesse M. Clark                 Bizhu He                        Matthew R. McMackin              Manoochehr Shirzaei
Amanda B. Clarke               Trystan M. Herriott             Nicholas Jarrad McMillan         Boris Shmagin
Judi Brown Clarke              Jon Hil                         Bernard Klaus Means              Holly Cheyenne Simon
Charles B. Connor              Rex Holmlin                     Carrie Bruno Meisner             Rod Simon
Brian David Conway             Janice Lee Hornburg             Rualdo Menegat                   Saurabh Singh
Caleb Cope                     Susan Hough                     R. Brittany Merola               Anouar N. Skhiri Sr.
Julie G. Cosmidis              Arne Hultquist                  Michael Michaud                  Tyler Sproule
Susan M. Cunningham            Kevin Dwight Hutchenson         David Miller                     Bernie R. Stannus
Joshua Davies                  Roy David Hyndman               Meghan Samantha Miller           John Strang
Abe Dayani                     Aphrodite Daphne Indares        Nancy Eileen Moll                Christina Sullivan
Richard E. Deery               Darwin Janes                    Luiz F.G. Morales                Colleen Ann Sullivan
Edward B. Dolan                Nishanth Kalyanaraman           Louis Moresi                     Bruce Tanner

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David Porter Temple          Katherine Castagno
                                                                           New members by member type
Christy Till                 Michael Andrew Chen
Craig Tobias                 Jun Cheng                    1,500
Michael Toomey               Sreejith Chettootty                   1,275
Marguerite A. Toscano        Melissa Clutter
Bill Tracy                   Nick Cunetta
                                                          1,000
Ralph H. Tulis               John C. Curry
Stephen Alexander Tzikas     Jonathan Delph
Kimberly Vagner              Jennifer R. Dierauer Brand
Brian Valukonis              Joep Van Dijk                 500
Miguel Angel Vazquez         Alex Dill
Michael James Vendrasco      Scott Dimmit                                      246
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Bret Watkins                 Valerie K. Fox
Eileen Webb                  Andrew Francis               Melissa K. Macias                Dustin James Ray
Oliver Weidlich              Reagan Francisco             Matthew Malkowski                Michael Taylor Read
James H. Whitcomb            Mitchell Vann Freyermuth     Muammar Mansor                   Uriel Reveles
Benjamin N. White            Rory Paul Gallagher          Julieta Martinelli               Aaron K. Rice
William Timothy Whitehead    Byron Garcia                 James R. Mason III               Kayla Rini
Sugeng Widodo                Anne Elizabeth Garnar        Sara McBride                     Treece N. Roach
Michael Williams             Freya George                 Kelly McCarthy                   Graham Patrick Robinson
Nathan Robert Williams       Daniel Gilford               Douglas James McCarty            Julie Rueckheim
Lindsay Worthington          Christen Grettenberger       Rachel McQuiggan                 Mrutyunjaya Sahoo
Jun Wu                       George Guice                 Nezha Mejjad                     Kim Schmid
Huifang Xu                   Bo Guo                       Mauro Andres Mingo               Jamie C. Seguerra
Jianhong Xu                  Ryan J. Hamkins              Brent Moeller                    Yutong Shu
Jianwen Yang                 Wyatt J. Harness             Kevin Aussie Moran               Christine Rosa Sproviero
Jin-Hui Yang                 Roseline Hartz               Dustin Trevor Morgan             Zachary Stanko
Yanna Yang                   Brandy B. Hawkins            Sophia Morrill                   Kristen Steele
Samuel Ybarra                Greta A. Henderson           Jonah Morris                     Jennifer Leigh Stephenson
Natalie Man Chi Yim          Evan C. Hirsh                Alexis M. Mychajliw              Michael L. Strong II
Claire Louise Zucker         Corinne Hite                 Bailey Coleen Nash               Ryan K. Stubits
                             Enamul Hoque                 Elise Nguyen                     Yang-Yi Sun
EARLY CAREER                 Joshua Aaron Humpherys       Jia Nie                          Ziheng Sun
PROFESSIONALS                Emily Elizabeth Jainarain    Jonathan Reid Noles              Shahzal Tariq
Antoinette Abeyta            Andrew Ettore Januzzi        Santiago Nullo                   Santiago Tassara
Kayode Agboola               Shujuan Jiao                 Fernando Nunez                   Mark Andrew Tennyson
John E. Allogio              Trevor Jones                 Soni Osazee Omontese             Sara Nicole Thompson
Bella Almillategui           Pradeepika Kaushik           Ehitua Julius Oziegbe            Mackenzie Timbel
Brian Christopher Anderson   Chinbat Khishgee             Ana María Patiño Acevedo         Matthew Tolles
John Andreoni                Nathanael Kilburg            Sarah Nicole Patterson           Alexandra Trahan
Aamir Asghar                 Kristina King                Victorien Paumard                Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert
Svetlana F. Babaeva          Katherine Ko                 Matthew Pendleton                Antoine Triantafyllou
Tali Lea Babila              Nawaz Lalani                 Adriana E. Perez                 Chukwuemeka Oluwaseun
Mark Bascope                 Jared Michael Lankford       Matthew Perry                      Umunna
Kathryn Bateman              Robert Lowell Lebshier III   Tyler Petty                      Raul Sebastian Velarde
Sydney Alexis Beim           Benjamin Adam Legg           Anthony Pirro IV                 Amelia Villasenor
Hannes Bernhardt             Yihe Li                      Ana-Catalina Plesa               Ce Wang
Ted Bibby                    Hao Liang                    Kathryn Powell                   Chun-Jing Wang
Benjamin Thomas Bittner      Kai Liu                      Karlee Prince                    Heng Wang
Nicholas Arthur Blubaugh     Ashley L. Locum              Lara Quetin                      Zhong Nan Wang
Shawn Bolker                 Christopher Lowery           Merouane Rachidi                 Patrick Warfel
Carolyn Boulton              Dawei Lv                     Erika Rader                      Kevin Webster
Sean Robert Carlson          Zhengyi Lyu                  Morgan Reed Raven                Hunter Whitehead

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Michael Whittaker                   Layla Ghazi                    Nicole Barlow
                                                                                                Top three reasons for
Errol A. Wiles                      Adit Ghosh                     Paige Bauer
                                                                                                joining GSA:
Cristina Wilson                     Morgan Lee Gillis              Kaitlin H. Boren
Troy Wolff                          Kathryn Grace Graham           Eytan Bos Orent                  1. GSA Meetings
Elina Victoria Wright               Zoë Havlena                    Brett Capps
Rachel Wright                       Anna Hermes                    Vivian Cho                       2. Career Development
Jianghai Yang                       Victoria Kathleen Johnsey      Orlando Cordero
Peng Yang                           Gary Len Johnson III                                            3. Research Grants
                                                                   William Deluca
Laurel Ryan Yohe                    Eva Nur Jorn                   Josh Elkington
Fateme Yousefi Lalimi               Joshua E. Kuether              Vanessa Melodie Elongo      Francis Chidi Nwachukwu
Inessa Yurchenko                    Luis Lepe                      Anthony J. Florez           Shouxu Pan
Hui Zhang                           Abby Lunstrum                  Tyler Grumelot              Joseph Phillips
Jianhua Zhao                        Kinsley Laine Mason            Nicholas Harrison           Liam Thomas Pittenger
Lijun Zhou                          Brianna Reine McMaster Smith   Tim A. Howell               Sara Katherine Puff
Valentin Zuchuat                    Aniket Mitra                   Jarrett James Humpula       Yiqian Qu
                                    Shannon Motley                 James Mitchell Lightner     Tony Queiros
STUDENTS                            Ezekiel O’Callaghan            Jaenell Macrae Manchester   Devon Robb
(listed by professional interest)   Kalen Rasmussen                David Edward Muller         William Andrew Salchert
                                    Dalton John Renner             Laura Cole Mulrooney        Marcus Schneider
Archaeological Geology              Maya Dee Samuels-Fair          Victoria Pavlovics          Elizabeth Smith
Blaine K. Burgess                   Claire Santa                   Nathan Daniel Pirovane      Charles E. Tompkins II
Adam Michael Burke                  Naomi Schulberg                Christopher Patrick Pluff   Noah Underwood
Joseph E. Clemens                   Christopher Schuler            Julio Quijas de Lara        Craig Nolan Van Demark
R.P.D. Cromwell                     Raymond William Scott          Rosalie T. Recchia          Penny VanOstrich
Katherine Dowling                   Cathryn Dawn Sephus            Daniel D. Riddle            Matthew Allan Villante
Kaitlyn Victoria Fitzgerald         Sara Marie Smith               Andrew Isaac Stearns        Samuel Walker
Christopher Franklin George         Pilar Carmela Vergeli          Jonas Toupal                Xin Wang
  Hebda                             Frank J. Vitiello III                                      Brandon Weaver
Jessica Hiatt                       Ruimin Wang                    Energy Geology              Adrian Alan Wiggins
Debbra Jeane Jansen                 Kaikea Welsh                   Marlie Kate Adams           Bailey Revere Wild
Mehak F. Kazi                       Jess Whitmore                  Ali Al Janabi               Cierra Nicole Wilson
Sarah D. Kuehn                      Lingqun Zeng                   Christian Dow Bourgeois     Zhuoya Wu
Samuel Austin Martin                Deron Zierer                   Ryan Michael Brummet        Binqian Yin
Delaney Leigh McCarthy              Peter Konrad Zimmermann        Jacob S. Carrara            Yuchen Zhang
John C. Moore                                                      Yijun Chen                  Yunzhao Zhang
Kiera M. Mulvehill                  Climatology/Meteorology        Kaelie Contreras
John Mark Powell                    Jordan T. Abell                Lorna Craft                 Engineering Geology
Seth Price                          Jillyan Baskin                 Zhezhi Cui                  Ali Abdullah M. Alzahrani
Clément Recq                        Jackson Carter                 Chad Cummings               Dalton Curtis Anderson
Janelle Sadarananda                 Stephen D. Casper              Alexander Faux              Kevin D. Andrade Sr.
Borislava Simova                    Alice Chapman                  Jordan Foote                Hugo E. Angeles-Huaringa
Priscilla C. Vos                    Felix Edwards                  Marci Gabrielse             Jackson Armstrong
Jacob Warner                        Charles Garrison Gertler       Troy Gamble                 Tristan Lee Bates
Jason Dean Windingstad              Lydia Gilbert                  Jianwen Gao                 Erin Bessette-Kirton
Stuart Bruce Wright                 Khyla Haddock                  Zijie Gao                   Suman Bhardwaj
                                    Daianne Francis Hofig          Benjamin T. Garza           Imene Bouchakour
Biogeosciences                      Debadrita Jana                 Ryan Gates                  Colin Campbell
Chase Ballas                        Dalton Brent Kesner            Tanner Grant                Catherine M. Collins
Sayoni Banerjee                     Jonathan Moch                  Yang Han                    David John Daly
Eva Baransky                        Katy Moore                     Jesse Hensley               John Nicholas Economou
Jonathan Behrens                    Evvan Morton                   Riley Thomas Henson         Sam Fire
Raymond Cai                         Jessica Marie Mueller          Kevin Hiss                  Jack Foran
Mingfei Chen                        Alexander J. Thomson           Karelia La Marca            Emma Larue Fuentes
Zhaozhe Chen                        Veronica Padilla Vriesman      Joshua Kelly Lee            Paul Geimer
Stewart Cook                                                       Zhen Li                     Guglielmo Grechi
Isamar Cortes                       Economic Geology               Fei Liu                     Adegboye Olalekan Habeeb Sr.
Melanie Croft                       Colin Aldis                    Jacob Murchek               Hayden Heinrich
Sarah Nicole Davis                  Marisa Barefoot                Alexander Michael Navarra   James Greyson Hoelzel
John Anthony Fulginiti              Anmol Barla                    Catherine Nield             Chantel Jensen

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Asha Lang                      Kaitland Filbert              Jackson H. Smith                  Amanda Hall
Chunxiao Li                    Zowie Fox                     Aidan Smithvail                   Jacquelin Lee
Edward Martin                  Gina Michelle Gerlich         Jonathan Smolen                   Mikkel Shanice Louis
Jared William McAvoy           Kelly Jean Gotham             Matthew Burg Strickler            Isheka S. Orr
Baylee McGinnis                Zoe Niovi Hecht               Darian Sugarman                   Victoria Lynn Parga
Laura Maria Victoria Navarro   Megan Shannon Heenan          Emma M. Tatge                     Justin S. Showalter
  Moreno                       Andrew James Hernandez        Ryan Tevis                        Lynn A. Thomas
Nnaemeka Christopher Ngobidi   Mckinnley K. Higby            Thien Tran                        Eric Tutterow
Jenna Petty                    Kristen Nicole Holbrook       David Wesley Vanderheyden
Tomsen Reed                    Matthew Hong                  Analeah Vaughn                    Geophysics/Tectonophysics
Bethany M. Reeves              Sophia Hopp                   Jordan C. Vest                    Mojahid Abdelaziz
Gabriel Neil Shotton           Casey Idzikowski              Caroline Elizabeth Vickery        Kingsley Anyim
Sarah Smart                    Ihuoma Catherine Igwe         Thuy Trang Trang Vo               Tyler Baker
Tong Wang                      Aliah Lauae Irvine            Katlyn Anne Ward                  Gina Marie Belair
Kevin J. Woodard               Kori Cachet John              Christopher David Wilson          Em Blackwell
                               Chelsey D. Johnson            Natalie Renee Young               Carolyn Bland
Environmental Science          Skylar Alexander Kaspar Sr.   Nina Zamanialavijeh               Chloe Boucher
Obadare Kolawole Abel          Audrey Kettelberger           Kenzie Elizabeth Zaph             Russell D. Brigham
Cecilia Albert-Black           Saidya Kistow                 Lucas Zeller                      William B. Cathey
Alexandra Evan Almaguer        Alena Koval                                                     Madeline Churchill
Esther Claire Badon            Tarun Kumar                   Geography                         Mikayla Lee Clark
Ruslana E. Baker               Amy Lam                       Jennifer A. Bollschweiler         Dionel Mendoza Colmenero
Jazlyn Jo Beeck                Trevor Lambert                Brett Daily                       Lucy A.M. Dyer
Samuel E. Belding              Sam Laveson                   Anderson Ribeiro de Figueiredo    Ryan Eden
Dana S. Berg                   Natasha Leclerc               Hunter Delikowski                 Max Allen Evans
Shubhra Bhattacharjee          Takara A. Leornas             Taber L. Friedel                  Michael Fan Chiang
Alyssa Bieber                  Kyra Jade Liedtke             Daniel James Gardner              Taylor Grandfield
Brooke A. Birkett              Anna Lockwood                 Madison L. Heffentrager           Austin Patrick Green
Timothy Chantz Black           Juan Gabriel Lopez II         Sean Hickey                       Michael Owen Hadden
Riley Scot Blanchard           Melissa Macheras              Ann M. Hill                       Heidi Harwick
Robert Boyce                   Kaliann Magalhaes             Evan Koncewicz                    Yu-Huan Hsieh
Shelby Rose Brandt             Miranda Marie Maliszka        Sarah Grace Lott                  Nicole Kennedy
Brylee Elizabeth Brasher       Seth Mangini                  Daniel J. Melnick                 James Enoch Lawrence
Trista Brophy-Duron            Julia Ann Manobianco          Mony Sea                          Ethan L. Lopes
Lauren E. Brown                Afsheen Maryam                Leanna Anastasia Stackhouse       Joshua Michael Marquardt
Madison Bruns                  Clara McQuage                 Nathan Steddom                    Emily Ann Marsch
Grace Buechner                 Brandy Moore                  Nicoletta Stork                   Clay Stefan Martin
Debbie Burks                   Hannah Cheyanne Morse         Sarah Tilley                      Laura Jakeline Martins
Abigail Canela                 Austin Mossbarger             Cora Van Hazinga                  Maxwell M. Miller
Richard John Cappiello         Carolyn Nichole Mullins       Jenavieve L. Weiss                Benjamin Osias
Kimberly Carroll Steward       Brian Mulroy                                                    Sara Elizabeth Patton
Adrianna Marie Chapa           Kelsey Paige Murphy           Geoinformatics                    Dana Peterson
Amanda Joy Chavez              Mikailla Nolasco              Alexandria Michelle Bales         Rebecca Randall
Shuo Chen                      Stine Ornes                   Mikhayla Beste                    Thomas Rapstine
Raina Chinitz                  Westly Owings                 Jeremy Braun                      Jessica Andrews Reid
Nolan Clark                    Alyssa Rose Palermo           Vishnu Chakrapani Lekha           Thomas McNamara Reilly
Hayden David Clason            Hannah Park                   Mohamed El Jarmouni               Brittany Caitlyn Rickey
Kortney A. Cole                Edna Luz Pedraza Garzon       Jose Israel Figueiredo            Erin Rigney
Isabel Cossío Dülmer           Javier Peralta                Rosbeidy Ariana Hernandez         Ashley Rivera
Jordan Dahle                   Camden Rainwater              Erika Ito                         Gabriela E. Roat
Phillip D. Dallas              Emily Reed                    Eric C. Leu                       Annie Paige Robison
Caroline Eleanor Davock        Faith Anne Renner             Shweta Narkar                     Shaparak Salek
Claudia R. Dawson              Nicole Rinaldi                Brenda L. Thomson                 Meghan Sharp
Chloe Dente                    Jordan Romero                 Zachary Wilkerson                 Madison Smith
Jermaine Roxann Descartes      Emily Saurette                                                  William J. Swanson
Yasemin Alexandra Dinibutun    Weston Robert Sherrill        Geology and Health                Christopher J. Terra
Lauren J. Doepke               Olivia Rose Shipley           Allison Beckett                   Timothy S. Williams
Margaret S. Dunkelberger       Jessica Leigh Shulman         Colin Hunter Combes               Nate Wire
Brennan Ferguson               Brendan Joseph Smith          Brigid Bryant Ferris              Jiaming Yang

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Jonathan Chadwick Yelton        Faith Burkett               Kelsey Luke                 Ryan Strickland
Haozhe Zhang                    Wynne M. Casteel III        Lauren Kimberly Mancewicz
Yiming Zhang                    Makayla D. Chandler         Nolan Marshall              Limnogeology
                                Derek Cheung                Brett James McClinton       Haley Brumberger
Geoscience Education            Nick Chohan                 Jeffery Tyler McGarr        Kurt Lindberg
Sarah Elizabeth Alexander       Jacob Clyne                 Christina Anne Meadows
Daniella Balassa                Marina Lauren Collins       Cullen Meurer               Mineralogy/Geochemistry/
Anahi Carrera                   Emma Elizabeth Cook         Max Meyers                  Petrology/Volcanology
Lorenzo Mateo Cebreros          Allison Cormican            Aaron Mickelson             Alexander M. Abramov
Michael A. Coluzzi              Carolina Cossío Dülmer      Alec William Musick         Shannon Ahern
Isabelle Juliette Cristescu     Jonathan Jay Criner         Abdullah al Nahian          Sydney Marie Allen
Catherine Cullicott             Debora Cruz                 Joel Padgett                Hunter Ramon Alvarez
Tess Drauschak                  Madison Louise Culver       Michelle Pedrazas           Molly K. Anderson
Emma K. Falk                    Abigail Marie Dalton        Christopher Perra           Mauricio Avila Jr.
Nadia Fuentes                   Thomas Doyle                Joseph Petralia             Xueyin Bai
Rachel Golas                    Joseph Alan Durst           Michael Scott Phelan        Lydia Bailey
Cheyenne Hibbitts               Trevor Ryan Dwyer           James Alton Phillips        Aboulyakdane Bakelli
Joseph Gregory Hurst            Hozhoo Emerson              Cara Piske                  Forest Balemian-Spencer
Jonathan Gershon Jacobson       Ian E. Enders               Katrina Poling              Anca Barla
Tumaini Mutungi Kamulali        Alicia Brooke Fischer       Andrew Raidle               Luke C. Basler
Ari Katz                        Joy Foluso                  Garrett Rapp                Caitlin Anne Bates
Megan Kopp                      Brett Roger Francis         Kirstie Elizabeth Rascon    Ana Leticia Batista
Noelle Lewis                    Chelsey A. Gallagher        Joshua C. Ray               Debora Berti
Luz Lim                         Ian J. Gambill              Sarah Elaine Reuter         Janine Birnbaum
Alana Marie Luppino             Matthew J. Garee            David Forest Richards IV    Greg Blachly
Nicole Mejia-Mendoza            Kendall Gibson              Katherine Emily Richart     Elizabeth Ellen Block
Gabrielle Moro                  Cameron Ashton Greenwood    Margaret Grace Roquemore    Robert Rusmore Bogue
Alice G. Morris                 Jocelin Gregorio-Alarcon    Luis Salo                   Loren Ashley Bohannon
Ellis Wayne Peet                Nigel C. Groce-Wright       Leslie Soto Sanchez         Priyanka Bose
Isabelle Macy Rein              John Paul Hager             Bethany Marie Schram        Adlin Botkin
Lauren Sankovitch               Meilin Christina Haidl      Elijah Schukow              Xenia Mary Boyes
Amie Sueann Sommers             Nicholas Walker Hammond     Shelby L. Sckittone         Lydia Bradley
Emma Stone                      Jessica Hartman             Sonam Futi Sherpa           Ryan Dean Briggs
Brady Paxton Tumblin            Jiyan Hatami                Helen Siegel                Ryan James Brooks
Katharine Young                 Brianda Nayeli Hernandez    Kathryn Smith               Sophia Brooks-Randall
Ahmadyar Zakhil                 Bryan Heyer                 Jennifer Lynn Souza         Virginia Lee Brown
Eduardo Lee Zuniga              Elizabeth Rose Hill         Claire Starke               Bailey Cake
                                Erika Danielle Hiwiller     Daniel Stevens              Jake K. Calloway
Geothermal                      Will Hodges                 Michael T. Sullivan         Twyla Jean Capurro
Sharon M. Best                  Amanda Howery               Melissa Thaw                Ryan R. Caskey
Amr Shaban Abdallah Fahil       Yao Huang                   Maxwell J. Thyer            Joshua Aaron Childress
Syeda I. Hassan                 Audrey Illig                Kai Trobisch                Shelby Clark
Vasey Stephens                  Keegan Jellicoe             Thomas Scott Varner         William Daniel Colgan
                                Natalie A. Jones            Cheryl Vincent              Cristopher Alexander Colon
History/Philosophy of Geology   Lauren Kaehler              Samantha Joy Volz           Charlotte Connop
Kirke Elsass                    Karam Kayasseh              Kira Waldman                Joshua Alan Cope
Mariana Ferrari Waligora        Zachary Theodore Keller     Jack Thomas Wassik          Sam Wyatt Couch
Claire C. Sabel                 Minji Kim                   Elijah James Werlyklein     Adam Nelson Couldridge
                                Mercedes Kindler            Spencer Whitman             Catherine Crotty
Hydrogeology/Hydrology          Madeline P. Kollegger       Karl John Wilhelmsen        Desireè Cunningham
Lisabeth Nicole Arellano        Madeline Konopinski         Caroline Wolcott            Sean Taylor Curran
Robert S. Armstrong             Travis Kornegay             Qian Zhang                  Michael Wesley Davis
Clovis Khan Azuhchum            Brayden M. Kuester          Xinyu Zhang                 Julie Michelle Deen
Steffan Becker                  Kyungwon Kwak                                           Jesse Dieterle
Hannah Behar                    Susan Lamb                  Karst                       Jacqueline Dodd
Taylor Bienvenue                Jeron Leblanc               Christian Tucker Decelle    Natashia Drage
Chad T. Brandon                 Susan Lederer               Matthew Hartung             Ethan Ducken
Alejandra I. Briseno            Noah S. Lindberg            Megan Renee Renard          Chanel Leigh Dvorak
Sara J. Burch                   Reynaldo Albert Lopez Jr.   Dylan Salam                 Robert Burgess Edris

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