Southeastern Section

Awards

2022 Awardees

Abigale O’Connor, Miami University, Graduate Oral Presentation
Geochemistry and mineralogy of a soil chronosequence on fluvial terraces, Four Mile Creek, southwestern Ohio

Naomi Becker, Graduate Oral Presentation
Evidence of subduction initiation recorded in the Dadeville Complex of Alabama

Cole Farnam, University of Cincinnati, Graduate Oral Presentation
Reexamining the δ13CCARB chemostratigraphy of the uppermost Ordovician strata in Ohio

Ryan Dapkus, University of West Georgia, Graduate Oral Presentation
Variability in E. coli and tryptophan-like fluorescence in two karst basins, Inner Bluegrass region, Kentucky

Terri Zach, Thomas Nelson Community College, Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Structural geology and geochronology of the Shores Mélange: Polyphase deformation across the Taconian suture in the Piedmont, Virginia

Shamindri Tennakoon, Hendrix College, Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Morphological disparity and variability of the fossil gastropod Hystrivasum (family Turbinellidae)

Ian Forsythe, University of Cincinnati, Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Quantifying the biotic response to the Clarksville phase of the Richmondian invasion

Jillian Herlinger, Calvin University, Undergraduate Oral Presentation
GPR-based model of a dune paleosol: An example from Holland, Michigan, USA

Ariel Martin, Graduate Poster Presentation
The link between cation ordering and oxygen isotope fractionation in experimental dolomites

Ezekiel King Phillips, University of Cincinnati, Graduate Poster Presentation
Assessing carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation between land snail tissues and diet under laboratory conditions

Jennifer Crowell, Graduate Poster Presentation
Climate-induced changes in fluvial ichnofossil assemblages of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Appalachian Basin

Peter Haber, Graduate Poster Presentation
Early Mississippian calcium isotope stratigraphy and implications for conditions of carbonate deposition

Katie Cullen, College of William & Mary, Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Geology of the Schuyler 7.5’ quadrangle: Understanding Iapetan rifting, sedimentation, and magmatism in the Eastern Blue Ridge, Virginia

Ian Goan, University of British Columbia, Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Using the geochemistry of sulfides to understand the genesis of Ti-rich Fe-oxide ultramafic intrusions within the Duluth Complex

Madelyn Young, James Madison University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation
A non-destructive technique for assessing fossil wood decay using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Michala A. Puckett, Appalachian State University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Using shallow geophysics to reconstruct historic infrastructure at Benjamin Hubbard House, Wilkes County, North Carolina

2016 Outstanding Undergradate Student Poster Winners

First Place:
Jonathan Jones, Coastal Carolina University
Stratigraphy and Geochronology of the Pleistocene Paleostrand Plain in the Coast of Northeastern South Carolina

Second Place:
Benjamin Weinmann, College of William & Mary
Deformation and Magmatism in the Ivy Creek Natural Area, Eastern Blue Ridge, Central Virginia

Honorable Mentions:
Kayla Wood, Coastal Carolina University
GPR Stratigraphy of Paleo-Strand Plain Deposits within Hobcaw Barony of Northeastern South Carolina

Tyler Hansen, James Madison University
Using Google Earth to Investigate Plate Tectonics and the Breakup of Pangaea

Shelby Bowden, College of Charleston
Morphodynamics of Captain Sam’s Inlet, SC from 1989 To 2014

Gina Marie Carney, Appalachian State University
Provenance of Ice Rafted Debris along the Alaskan Margin over the Last 50 Ka

Elijah Wolfe, Eastern Kentucky University
Patterns and Sources of Anthropogenic Contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky

2015 Awardees

Alexander D. Garcia, Florida Atlantic University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Temporal variability of biogenic gasses in peat soils from the Everglades using capacitance moisture probes

Audra N. Reagan, Davidson College, Honorable Mention
Geomorphic and climatic implications from sub-alpine tree cores in Devil’s Canyon, Idaho

Timothy Warren Land, Eastern Tennessee State University, Honorable Mention
Is post-dam removal stream channel adjustment a scale independent process?

Devin K. Hoffman, Appalachian State University, Honorable Mention
Variation in phytosaur (diapsida:archosauriformes) tooth enamel microstructure and possible implications for phytosaur ecology