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Congratulations to Bethan Lodge, Winner of the Cave Conservancy Foundation’s Charles W. Maus Fellowship in Cave and Karst Studies, PhD Level,
Aug. 20, 2026—Congratulations to: Bethan Lodge Winner of the Cave Conservancy Foundation’s Charles W. Maus Fellowship in Cave and Karst Studies, PhD Level, For her project: A multi-proxy speleothem record of Late Holocene hydroclimate variability from the Rocky Mountains, Utah, USA
EES PhD Candidate Mahir Tajwar Receives 2026 GSA Graduate Student Research Grant
Aug. 3, 2026—Congratulations to EES PhD candidate Mahir Tajwar on receiving the 2026 Graduate Student Research Grant from the Geological Society of America (GSA). Mahir’s doctoral research investigates the biogeochemical processes that regulate freshwater lake ecosystems, with a particular focus on carbon cycling, nutrient dynamics, and ecosystem metabolism. His dissertation examines how contrasting trophic conditions influence lake...
EES PhD Candidate Mahir Tajwar Receives First Place Award at the 2026 Tennessee Water Resources Symposium!
Apr. 27, 2026—Mahir Tajwar, a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Earth Sciences at Vanderbilt University, was awarded First Place in the Doctoral Division Poster Competition at the 2026 Tennessee Water Resources Symposium. Mahir presented his research titled “Coupled Carbonate Equilibrium and Metabolic Fractionation Drive δ¹³C-DIC Variability in Freshwater Ecosystems,” which focuses on understanding diel and seasonal biogeochemical dynamics...