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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...
EES PhD Student Mahir Tajwar Receives People’s Choice Award
Apr. 11, 2025—Congratulations to one of our graduate students, Mahir Tajwar, for receiving the People’s Choice Award in the Student Poster Competition at the 2025 Tennessee Water Resources Symposium (TWRS), held in Montgomery Bell State Park, Tennessee! Mahir’s research poster, titled “Understanding Seasonal and Diel Carbon and Oxygen Dynamics in an Oligotrophic Freshwater Lake,” was selected...
Search for Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Critical Zone Science
Oct. 8, 2024—Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Critical Zone Science Unit: Earth & Environmental Sciences Position Type: Faculty Location: Nashville, Tennessee URL http://apply.interfolio.com/155051 Open Date: Sep 18, 2024 Close Date: No date set Description The Vanderbilt University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences invites applications for a Tenure Track position in the broad field of Critical Zone...
Congrats to EES Undergraduate and Alumni- Maya, Joyce, and Bea!
Sep. 30, 2024—Congrats Maya, Joyce & Bea! The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences would like to highlight some cool achievements of recent and former EES undergrads in the past couple of months: Current EES senior Maya Maciel-Seidman (EES ’25) recently published her work with Dr. Z Tzankova (Climate Studies): “Mobilizing carbon offsetting to reduce energy cost...
EES PhD Student Mahir Tajwar, Recipient of the Gould Research Grant Award!
Jun. 25, 2024—Congratulations to one of our graduate students, Mahir Tajwar, for receiving the GSA Research Grant and being named as the Gould Research Grant Recipient! Mahir has been invited to attend the Penrose Circle & Student Awards Reception at GSA Connects 2024 in Anaheim, California to be recognized as the recipient of the Gould Research Grant....
EES PhD Student Kelly Tingle Receives NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award
Jun. 20, 2024—Congrats Kelly! This specific grant will provide Kelly with sufficient funding to spend 5 weeks at Oxford. While at Oxford, she will be working on a research project that will test some controversial hypotheses surrounding the very earliest eukaryotes, and thus some of the earliest evidence for ‘complex’ life on this planet. The title of...
Congratulations to Dr. Lily Claiborne, recipient of the Mary Jane Werthan Award!!
Apr. 16, 2024—The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center has announced the 2024 recipients of their annual awards to recognize extraordinary member’s of the Vanderbilt community. This year, our very own Dr. Lily Claiborne is the recipient of the Mary Jane Werthan Award. According to the Women’s Center’s press release, “the Mary Jane Werthan Award is presented...
EES Graduate Student Liam Kelly Recipient of Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award
Mar. 8, 2024—The EES department is thrilled to congratulate our very own Liam Kelly for being recognized as a recipient of the Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award. This award recognizes doctoral students who exhibit exceptional academic excellence in areas such as publications, awards, patents, and other forms of national/international distinction. Liam was nominated for this award for his...
EES PhD Candidate Michaela Peterson announced as Finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship
Feb. 13, 2024—Our very own Michaela Peterson has been announced as a Finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) Program! The PMF Program is considered the federal government’s premier leadership development program and only 825 Finalists were selected from over 7,000 global applicants. For more information on the PMF Fellows Class of 2024, see the official press...
EES Graduate Greg Smith wins 2023 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award
Feb. 1, 2024—Congratulations to one of our former PhD students, Greg Smith, for winning the Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award for Tennessee! According to the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), “the Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (OEST) awards are given for “exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences at the pre-college level.” Any...