Graduate Students
EES Ph.D. Student Morgan Harris Receives 2026 Lipman Student Research Grant
Sep. 28, 2026—Congratulations to Morgan Harris on receiving a Lipman Student Research Grant for her project, Ejected fragments of magma mush in the Fish Canyon Tuff (Colorado, USA), from the Geological Society of America (GSA)! On the impact of this funding for her research: “The Lipman Research Award from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation will provide...
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 Ph.D. Student Tom Ulrich Receives 2025 Claude C. Albritton, Jr. Award
Nov. 18, 2025—Tom Ulrich 2025 Claude C. Albritton, Jr. Award Geological Society of America – Geoarchaeology Division The Albritton Award Fund provides scholarships and fellowships for graduate students in the Earth sciences and archaeology for research.
Dr. Susannah Morey is Recruiting Students for Two Projects
Oct. 29, 2025—Sediment in Mountain Landscapes Project Descriptions Decadal impacts of an extreme precipitation event in the Front Range, Colorado In 2013, the Front Range of Colorado experienced an intense storm event that triggered >1200 debris flows and landslides. We aim to assess the decadal impact of this extreme event, identifying where sediment from this event is...
New article, Peccaries are on important conservation tool!
Apr. 29, 2025—This article comes from Vanderbilt alumni, Michaela Peterson, who has completed her Ph.D. in the Spring 2024. Michaela has worked alongside Dr. Malu Jorge and has written several articles addressing conservation threats currently affecting the Neotropics. This study explores how deforestation and habitat fragmentation impact forest ecosystems, not only by causing species loss but also...
Rebekah Stanton awarded the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award
Apr. 22, 2025—Congratulations to our very own, Rebekah Stanton, who has been selected as the recipient of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) Award for the Southeastern section! Her dedication, passion, and innovative teaching methods in Earth Science have left a lasting impact on students and peers alike. The Outstanding Earth Science...
Cameron de Wet wins 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award
Nov. 15, 2021—Congratulations to EES PhD Candidate Cameron de Wet for winning the 2021 Virtual Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (vOSPP) Award from the European Geosciences Union for his poster/PICO entitled: North American rainfall patterns during past warm states: A proxy network-model comparison for the Last Interglacial and the mid-Holocene (de Wet, C.; Oster, J.; Ibarra, D.;...
Vanderbilt EES Winners at 2021 GSA Conference
Oct. 25, 2021—Congratulations to EES PhD student Kat Turk and undergraduate student Andrei Olaru for winning awards at the 2021 GSA Conference in Portland, Oregon. Kat won a best oral presentation award for her project titled “”Priapulid trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of Namibia.” Andrei’s poster presentation titled “”Functional morphology of the Ediacaran organism Tribrachidiium heraldicum...
EES Ph.D. Candidate Kat Turk wins DAAD Foundation Respekt & Wertschätzung Scholarship
Aug. 27, 2021—Congratulations to EES Ph.D. Candidate Kat Turk for being awarded the “Respekt & Wertschätzung” Scholarship from the DAAD Foundation in Germany! The scholarship allows American physics students to conduct research in Germany. Kat will be working with the Division of Actuopalaeontology at Senckenberg am Meer in Wilhelmshaven from May-August 2022 to run experiments studying the...