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e Universi of Texas at Austin
MAY 2024
CELEBRATE UTIG
STAFF AND STUDENT AWARDS
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THEY’RE HERE
e Universi of Texas at Austin
NEW (& REFURBISHED) FACES
Fixes things, right now
TERRI MUIR
April 2024
Chief Communications
Officer, USS Texas Space
Grant
NINA MARTINEZ
Feb. 2024
Ocean worlds, planetary
habitability, space
research policy
ELIZABETH SPIERS
Feb. 2023
Mainframes and whizz-bits
RON O’NEILL
June 2023
Sunshine and happiness,
getting stuff done
JJ DUPONT
June 2023
Problem solving,
multimeters, electrical tape
DALLAS SHERMAN
March 2024
Earthquake rupture
experiments, machine
learning
CHAS BOLTON
May 2024
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THEY’RE ALSO HERE
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ABDO ELMELIEGY PERIANNE JOHNSON
SHUAI YAN
CHUANMING LIU
NEW POSTDOCS
KAIXUAN KANG
SHUO ZHANG
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WE WON THERE
e Universi of Texas at Austin
UTIG TRIUMPHS!
ROB DOMEYKO
AGU 2023
Outstanding Student
Presentation Award
ERIC HIATT
NAGT Outstanding
Teaching Assistant
Award 2024
DEMIAN SAFFER
Fellow of the
American
Geophysical Union
JOHN SNEDDEN
GCAG Don R.
Boyd Medal for
Excellence
PETER FLEMINGS
AAPG Robert R.
Berg Outstanding
Research Award
MRINAL SEN
SEG DISC
Instructor
2024
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WE’RE HERE
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A SEISMIC SHIFT FOR
EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE!
A new annual gathering of earthquake researchers from
the U.S., Chile, Germany and Japan.
FEBRUARY 14-16, 2024
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WE’RE HERE
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APRIL 9-12, 2024.
University of Houston,
Houston, Texas, USA
A NEW WAVE OF GULF COAST
SEA LEVEL RISE RESEARCH
A week-long scientific
workshop for experts
from across Texas
and the U.S.
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THEY’RE HERE TOO
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WE’RE THERE
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WE’RE THERE
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Nathan Bangs
Co-Chief
Scientist
AUGUST 2023. A UTIG-led seismic
expedition to investigate seafloor
spreading off the coast of Florida.
EXPLORING THE
BLAKE PLATEAU
Sabrina
Reichert
Graduate
Research
Assistant,
blog lead
Harm Van
Avendonk
Chief
Scientist
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WE’RE THERE
e Universi of Texas at Austin
Charles
Jackson
Director
Atmospheric
Perils Modeling,
Verisk
Danielle
Touma
Research
Assistant
Professor
Yuko
Okumura
Principal
Investigator
Investigation of Weather
Extremes in a Super-Large
Ensemble of CAM4 Simulations
UTIG-VERISK RESEARCH
COLLABORATION
- 100,000-year atmospheric
simulations
- 2,500-member ensemble
- Most comprehensive
dataset of extreme weather
occurrence
Dunyu Liu
Computational
Geoscientist
Geeta Persad
Assistant
Professor
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WE’RE EVERYWHERE
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WE WERE ON THE TELLY!
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STAFF SERVICE AWARDS
The University of Texas at Austin Staff Service Awards program
celebrates and recognizes the contributions of committed staff
who are responsible for transforming lives for the benefit of society.
Sara Sieberath
15 YEARS
Rosalind Gamble
20 YEARS
Ron O’Neill
20 YEARS
Tim Urban
25 YEARS
Fran Peña
15 YEARS
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UTIG AWARDS
2024 AWARDEES
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DIRECTOR’S
CIRCLE OF
EXCELLENCE
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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE
PETER FLEMINGS
BRIAN HORTON
ALEJANDRO CARDONA
CYRIL GRIMA
GINNY CATANIA
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OUTSTANDING
GRADUATE
STUDENT
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EDWARD CLENNETT
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENTS
CARSON MILLER
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OUTSTANDING
POSTDOC
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ALICE TURNER
OUTSTANDING POSTDOC
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OUTSTANDING
YOUNG
RESEARCHER
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KEHUA YOU
OUTSTANDING YOUNG RESEARCHER
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OUTSTANDING
RESEARCHER
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KRISTA SODERLUND
OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER
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OUTSTANDING
SUPPORT
STAFF
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ANGELA REYES
OUTSTANDING SUPPORT STAFF
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ELEANOR
PICARD
AWARD
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DANIEL DUNCAN
ELEANOR PICARD AWARD
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CONGRATULATIONS!
NOW GO CELEBRATE!