Student Awards and Honors


Antoniette Abeyta, BS Student in Earth Science (Advisor: Campbell)

  • NMGS Lucille H. Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2008

Jaron Andrews, MS Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Bowman)

  • NMGS Lucille H. Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2004-2005
  • NMT Scholar, 2005
  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarships, 2006
  • Estwing Award, 2007
  • New Mexico Geological Society Grants in Aid, 2008
  • Geological Society of America Research Grant, 2008

Doug Berlier, BS Student in Geology (Advisor: Spinelli)

  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2007

Colin Cikoski, MS Student in Earth Science (Advisor: Campbell)

  • NMGS Lucille H. Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2004
  • NMGS Lucille H. Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2005
  • New Mexico Tech Scholar, 2005
  • Road Runner Gem and Mineral Society Scholarship, 2007
  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2007
  • Robert Wellnitz Memorial Scholarship, 2008
  • Outstanding EES Teaching Assistant, 2008

Megan Curry, MS Geology August 2009 (Advisor: Boston)

Aaron Curtis, MS Student Geology (Advisor: Kyle)

Whitney Defoor, BS in Environmental Science August 2009; MS Student Hydrology (Advisors: Harrison (BS); Person (MS))

  • Jerry and Cynthia Durtsche Scholarship, 2008

Melissa Dimeo, MS Geochemistry August 2008 (Advisor: Kyle)

Ravindra Dwivedi, MS Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Wilson)

  • Mahdi Hantush Memorial Fellowship, 2007-2008

Emily Engle, MS Geology Auigust 2009 (Advisor: Phillips)

  • Graduate Student Association Matusezski Grant, 2007
  • New Mexico Geological Society Grants in Aid, 2007, for "Variations of Water Partitioning on the North and South Facing Hillslopes at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge"
  • First Place Poster Award in Geology/Hydrology at NMT Graduate Student Association's Break the Mold Student Conference, September 21-22, 2007

Andrew Fargo, MS Geochemistry August 2009 (Advisor: McIntosh)

  • Outstanding EES Teaching Assistant - G3, 2006-2007

Josh Feldman, MS Student in Geology (Advisor: Kyle)

  • Outstanding EES Teaching Assistant, 2008

Shaun Finn, BS Student in Earth Science (Advisor: Spinelli)

  • NMGS Lucille H. Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2008

Christina Forbes, MS Student Geology (Advisor: Kyle)

  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2007
  • Outstanding EES Teaching Assistant, 2008

Marty Frisbee, PhD Candidate in Hydrology (Advisor: Phillips)

Jesus Gomez Velez, PhD Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Wilson)

Hugo Gutierrez-Jurado, PhD Candidate Hydrology (Advisor: Vivoni)

  • NCALM Award for proposal "Can ALSM Quantify the Impact of Vegetation Dynamics on Semiarid Landscape Form?," 2007
  • Selected to attend MYRES 2008: Dynamic Interactions of Life and its Landscape
  • New Mexico Geological Society Grants in Aid, 2008

Jestina Hansen Gonzales, BS Student in Environmental Science (Advisor: Harrison)

  • New Mexico Tech Scholar, 2007
  • NMGS Lucille H. Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2007-2008

Shari Houston, BS Student in Geology (Advisor: Mozley)

Joanna Johnston, BS Student in Earth Science and Physics (Advisor: Boston)

  • Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2004
  • Road Runner Gem and Mineral Society Scholarship, 2007

Kyle Jones, MS Student in Geophysics (Advisor: Aster)

  • NMT Student Appreciation Award, 2005
  • Kruppenbach-Harrison Scholarship, 2005-2006

Katrina Koski, PhD Student in Geology (Advisor: Boston)

Taufique Mahmood, PhD Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Vivoni)

Lisa Majkowski-Taylor, MS Geology 2009 (Advisor: Harrison)

Shasta (McGee) Marrero, MS Hydrology 2009; PhD Candidate in Hydrology(Advisor: Phillips)

  • Best Student Poster Presentation, NMGS Spring Conference, 2007
  • First Place Oral Presentation in Natural Science Award at NMT Graduate Student Association's Break the Mold Student Conference, September 21-22, 2007
  • Founder's Award, May 2009

Katherine Mason-Barton, MS Student Geology (Advisor: D. Johnson)

  • Honorable Mention, Outstanding EES Teaching Assistant, 2005-2006
  • Beverly Wellnitz Memorial Scholarship, 2005

Luis Mendez-Barroso, MS Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Vivoni)

Hernan Moreno, PhD Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Vivoni)

  • EEPPM Academic Excellence Graduate Fellowship, Medellin, Columbia, 2003
  • NCAR Visitor Fellowship, Advanced Study Program Award, 2009

Vyoma Nenuji, PhD Student in Hydrology (Advisor: Bowman)

  • Mahdi Hantush Memorial Fellowship, 2008-2009

Jane Overton, BS Student in Geology (Advisor: Harrison)

Lara Owens, PhD Candidate in Geochemistry (Advisor: Kyle)

  • Geological Society of America Research Grant, 2009
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists Student Research Grant, 2009
  • Association of Women Geoscientists Outstanding Female Scientist Award, 2009
  • Outstanding EES Teaching Assistant, 2008-2009
  • Los Alamos Geological Society Scholarship, 2008
  • Richard A. Matuszeski Research Grant, 2006 & 2009
  • Intercontinental Drilling Program Invitation and Travel Scholarship, 2008

Alex Rinehart, MS Hydrology August 2008, PhD Student Geology (Advisor: Harrison)

Laura Rosales Lagarde, PhD Candidate in Geochemistry (Advisor: Boston)

  • Los Alamos Geological Society - NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2006
  • Anton and Anita Budding Geoscience Research Award, 2006

Kym Samuels, MS Geochemistry December 2008 (Advisor: Campbell)

  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2006
  • Robert Wellnitz Memorial Scholarship, 2007

Paul Slezak, BS Student in Earth Science-Geology (Advisor: Harrison)

  • Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2007
  • NMGS Pipkin Senior Scholarship, 2008

Jana Stankova-Pursley, BS Geophysics 2006, MS Geophysics 2009 (Advisor: Bilek)

  • NMGS Pipkin Book Scholarship, 2004
  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2004
  • Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club Scholarship, 2005
  • Anton and Anita Budding Geoscience Research Award 2006
  • Second Place Oral Presentation Award in Engineering at NMT Graduate Student Association's Break the Mold Student Conference, September 21-22, 2007
  • AGU Outstanding Student Paper, Fall 2008. Details.

Kinwai "Bill" Tai, MS Hydrology August 2008 (Advisor: Vivoni)

  • Ivanhoe Foundation Fellowship, 2007
  • Second Place Poster Award in Geology/Hydrology at NMT Graduate Student Association's Break the Mold Student Conference, September 21-22, 2007

Fred Tapaha, BS Student in Earth Science-Geology (Advisor: Harrison)

Jesus Velador, PhD Student in Geochemistry (Advisor: Campbell)

  • Eula B. and Charles F. Park Fellowship, 2007

Cheryl Whitney, BS Student in Earth Science (Advisor: Mozley)

  • Kruppenbach-Harrison Scholarship, 2005-2006

Matt Zimmerer, MS Student in Geology (Advisor: Axen)

  • NMGS Fall Field Conference Scholarship, 2005
  • Richard A. Matuszeski Research Grant, 2007
  • Los Alamos Geological Society Scholarship, 2007
  • NMGS Kottlowski Fellowship, 2009 Details

Home | Geology | Geochemistry | Hydrology | Geophysics | Site Map | Search

Last Updated: September 4, 2009
Please contact Webmaster to have items added to this page.