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e Universi of Texas at Austin JUNE 2025 CELEBRATE UTIG STAFF AND STUDENT AWARDS

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THEY’RE HERE e Universi of Texas at Austin NEW FACES GBDS program director, biostratigraphy, mudstones RICHARD DENNE March 2025 Planetary interiors, magnetic fields, dynamos CHI YAN May 2024 Pre- and post-award research administration management MICHELLE HARPER May 2025 Proposals, proposals, award management, proposals ADRIANA ALVARADO May 2025 Europa Clipper mission, Texas Space Grant Consortium JESSE HOUGHTON April 2017 July 2025 NEW AGAIN FACE Old Facies

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THEY’RE HERE ALSO e Universi of Texas at Austin TANNER ACQUISTO LEOPOLD DESAGE ZHEN LI DUYI LI NEW POSTDOCS & RESEARCH FELLOWS AREFE GHAZI NEZAMI SARA OLIVEIRA SANTOS CHASE J. SHYU CHAO SONG JINSIL HONG YUJIANG XIE

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WE WON THERE e Universi of Texas at Austin DISTINCTIONS DANIELLE TOUMA 2024 Women in Science Incentive Prize CHRIS LOWERY AGU’s Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize 2024 REASON TEAM, EUROPA CLIPPER Astro Awards: Most Innovative, Inspiring and Important Missions 2024 DANIELLE ZALESKI UT President’s Student Employee of the Year

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WE BID FAREWELL e Universi of Texas at Austin EXTINCTIONS MARK WIEDERSPAHN IT Lead The Beginning – 2025 ANGELA REYES Monies & Finance 2021 – 2025 JESSICA KOLSTAD KIM Grants and contracts 2016 – 2025 JOHN SNEDDEN GBDS Director 2011 – 2025 Bonus cameo: Patty Ganey-Curry

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WE’RE HERE e Universi of Texas at Austin THREE DECADES OF SUPERBASIN SUCCESS The Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) program turns 30! JANUARY 14-15, 2025

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WE’RE HERE e Universi of Texas at Austin October 14, 2024 NASA Kennedy Space Center EUROPA CLIPPER LAUNCH Day one of a nearly 6-year, 1.8-billion-mile journey From Ice Sheets on Earth to Icy Ocean Worlds Around Jupiter

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WE’RE THERE e Universi of Texas at Austin The “Bumblebee”

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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. Ian Dalziel 40 YEARS Gregory Ng 15 YEARS Talia Jurgens 30 YEARS Dillon Buhl 10 YEARS* *actually 20 but who’s counting?

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UTIG AWARDS 2025 AWARDEES

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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE

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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE CORNELIA RASMUSSEN KRISTA SODERLUND BRIAN HORTON SEAN GULICK CHRIS LOWERY

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OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT

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SOHINI DASGUPTA OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENTS KAITLIN SCHAIBLE

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OUTSTANDING POSTDOC

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PERIANNE JOHNSON OUTSTANDING POSTDOC

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OUTSTANDING EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER

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DOUG HEMINGWAY OUTSTANDING YOUNG EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER

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OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER

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CYRIL GRIMA OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER

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OUTSTANDING SUPPORT STAFF

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PHYLLIS GESCH & JJ DUPONT OUTSTANDING SUPPORT STAFF

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ELEANOR PICARD AWARD

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SUSANNE MORRISON ELEANOR PICARD AWARD

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CONGRATULATIONS! NOW GO CELEBRATE!