Graduate Student Awards and Scholarships

2024

  • Lastner, Alexander - Green Fellowship
  • Pedersen, Matthew - Dean's Fellowship
  • Raith, Madeline
    • Dean's Fellowship
    • Mars Exploration Program Student Travel Grant
    • NASA FINESST
  • Sun, Jiayang - Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

2023

  • Almas, Kiran
    • Dean's Fellowship
    • ESSIC Travel Award
  • Andrews, Lucas - NASA FINESST
  • Bader, James - Graduate School’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
  • Chiappe, Emily - Dean's Fellowship
  • Desikamani, Sumedha
    • Dean's Fellowship
    • NASA FINESST
  • Doerrler, Andrew - Dean's Fellowship
  • Faison, Tytrice - Deans Fellowship
  • Gansler, Kathryn - Department Graduate Award for Excellence in Outreach
  • Hanna, Ashley - Scholarship to attend the 2023 NASA/ESA Josep Comas i Solà International Astrobiology Summer School in Santander, Spain
  • Hoff, Christiana - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Candidate
  • Jaross, Elaine
    • AGU Outstanding Student Presentation
    • Goldhaber Travel Award
    • ESSIC Travel Award
  • Lastner, Alexander
    • Dean's Fellowship
    • ORISE Fellowship (USACE)
  • Lindsay-Kaufman, Amelia - Campus-wide 3 Minute Thesis Winner, Ph.D. Candidate
  • Moyer, Benjamin
    • Dean's Fellowship
    • U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
  • Pedersen, Matthew - Dean's Fellowship
  • Peterson, Liam
  • Raith, Madeline - Dean's Fellowship
  • Shelton, Sydney
  • Sun, Jiayang - ESSIC Travel Award
  • Shubham, Sourabh
  • Udell-Lopez, Kathrine - Dr. Richard Payne Graduate Fellowship
  • Varah-Sikes, Cosmo - NASA FINESST
  • Vig, Zachary - Dean's Fellowship

2022

2021

2020

2019

  • Bell, Ernie - Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
  • Butcher, Rebecca - GRAD Research Appreciation Day Award - 1st prize
  • Crossley, Samuel - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Candidate
  • Dottin III, James
    • Goldhaber Travel support
    • GRC Carl Storm Minority Fellowship
  • Harvey, Kayleigh - ESSIC Travel Award
  • Hoover, William - ESSIC Travel Grant
  • Izquierdo, Kristel
    • Foreign studies scholarship, 2019, CONACyT, Mexican government
    • Outstanding Student Presentation Award, 2019, American Geophysical Union
  • Marusiak, Angela - Seismological Society of America Travel Grant
  • Nicklas, Robert
  • Pearson, Karen
    • Southern Regional Education Board Dissertation Fellowship
    • Best Student Presentation Award at Seismology of the Americas SSA 2018 Annual Conference
    • Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award. University of Maryland College Park. AY 2018-2019
  • Sammon, Laura- Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
  • Tornabene, Hope - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Master's Student
  • Willhite, Lori
    • Dean's Fellowship
    • ESSIC Travel Award
  • Wipperfurth, Scott
    • University of Maryland Graduate School All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship
    • University of Maryland Dean's Fellowship
    • ESSIC Travel Award

2018

  • Butcher, Rebecca
  • Dottin III, James - Travel Grant from Geochemical Society
  • Galella, Joseph - Green Fellowship in Global Climate Change
  • Gion, Austin - ESSIC Travel Award
  • Goodling, Phillip - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Paper
  • Harvey, Kayleigh
    • ESSIC Travel Award
    • GSA Graduate Research Grant
  • Hilton, Connor - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
  • Hoover, William - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Candidate
  • Marusiak, Angela - NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (2018-2020)
  • Sammon, Laura
    • ESSIC Travel Award
    • GSA Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Schobelock, Jessica - ESSIC Student Travel Award
  • Schools, Joe - University of Maryland Dean's Fellowship
  • Wood, Kelsey - ESSIC Student Travel Award
  • Xing, Tiange - Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

2017

  • Galella, Joseph - University of Maryland Dean's Fellowship
  • Gao, Chao - Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
  • Goodling, Phillip - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Master's Student
  • Huang, Quancheng
    • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award
    • International Conference Student Support Award
    • ESSIC Travel Award
  • Magalhaes, Nivea - Dean's Fellowship, University of Maryland
  • Marusiak, Angela
  • Morel, Carol - University of Maryland Dean's Fellowship
  • Nicklas, Robert
  • Schools, Joe
    • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
    • University of Maryland Merit Award
  • Worsham, Emily - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Paper
  • Xing, Tiange - Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship

2016

  • Bai, Hailong
  • Greaney, Allison - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
  • Huang, Quancheng - ESSIC Travel Award
  • Kibikas, William - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Master's Student
  • Lopatka, Alex - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Candidate
  • Magalhaes, Nivea - Science Without Borders Fellowship, Brazilian Government
  • Nicklas, Robert - ESSIC Travel Award
  • Pearson, Karen
    • CMNS Dean's Fellowship
    • Best student poster award, Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America
  • Schools, Joe
    • Geology Department Merit Fellowship
    • ESSIC Travel Grant
  • Tang, Ming - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Paper
  • Wipperfurth, Scott
    • Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
    • DOE-INFN Summer Exchange Program Fellowship
  • Xing, Tiange - Green Fellowship in Global Climate Change

2015

  • Cunningham, Erin - ESSIC Travel Award
  • Gao, Chao - Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
  • Greaney, Allison - University of Maryland Flagship Fellowship
  • Huang, Quancheng - Deans Fellowship (2015-2017)
  • Lisabeth, Harry
  • Lopatka, Alex
    • University of Maryland Flagship Fellowship
    • National Science Foundation EAPSI Fellow
  • Nicklas, Willie - International Conference Student Support Award (ICSSA) Grant
  • Tang, Ming
    • Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
    • Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship
    • Goldschmidt Student Grant
    • Goldhaber Travel Grant
    • International Conference Student Support Award (ICSSA) Grant
  • Xing, Tiange - Dean's Fellowship
  • Zhelezinskaya, Iadviga - University of Maryland Graduate School All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship

2014

  • Archer, Gregory - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
  • Bai, Hailong - Dean’s Fellowship, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Maryland
  • Cui, Huan - Dean's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, College of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Maryland
  • Cunningham, Erin
    • ESSIC Travel Award, Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
    • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention
    • Dean's Fellowship, University of Maryland
  • Dottin, James - Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship
  • Gao, Chao - University of Maryland CTE-Graduate School International Teaching Fellow
  • Greaney, Allison - University of Maryland Flagship Fellowship
  • Jarboe, Palma - The Green Fellowship in Global Climate Change for the Spring 2014 Semester
  • Larson, Mark - JSPS-Summer Program/NSF-EAPSI 2014 Fellow
  • Lopatka, Alex
    • University of Maryland Flagship Fellowship
    • University of Maryland International Graduate Research Fellowship
    • 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
  • Miller, Kevin
  • Plank, Carolyn - University of Maryland Graduate School Student Summer Research Fellowship
  • Schools, Joe - University of Maryland Dean's Fellowship
  • Sharp, Miriam - NASA Harriett Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award
  • Smith, Rose
    • Summer Graduate Fellowship, Maryland Water Resources Research Center
    • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant
  • Statkiewicz, Anna - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. Candidate
  • Tang, Ming - GSA Graduate Research Grant
  • Yakymchuk, Chris - National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post Doctoral Fellowship

2013

  • Antonelli, Michael
    • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Post-Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral)
    • Mineralogical Association of Canada Travel Grant
  • Bai, Hailong
    • Dean’s Fellowship, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Maryland
    • Best Talk Award, Department of Geology, University of Maryland
  • Botterell, Palma
  • Brown, Caitlin
    • Student Poster Award awarded by the Geochemical Society at Goldschmidt
    • Geological Society of America graduate student research grant
    • University of Maryland, International Conference Student Support Award for attendance/participation at the 2013 Goldschmidt conference
  • Cui, Huan - University of Maryland Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
  • Harms, Brian – Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland
  • Larson, Mark - CMNS Dean's Fellowship
  • Lopatka, Alex - The Green Fellowship in Global Climate Change
  • Magalhaes, Nivea
    • Dean's Fellowship, University of Maryland
    • Science Without Borders Fellowship, Brazilian Government
  • Pennino, Michael
    • ESA Joan Ehrenfeld Award for Best Student Presentation in Urban Ecology
    • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Sharp, Miriam - NASA Harriett Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award- Year 3
  • Smith, Rose - University of Maryland College Park Graduate School, Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship
  • Statkiewicz, Anna - Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grant
  • Yakymchuk, Chris
    • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland
    • Geochemical Society Goldschmidt Travel Grant
    • Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland. Declined
    • Geological Society of America Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division student research award (supplement to the GSA Graduate Research Grant)
    • Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grant. Recognized for exceptional merit
    • Explorers Club Washington Group Graduate Student Exploration and Field Research Grant

2012

  • Antonelli, Michael - Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Post-Graduate Scholarship (Masters)
  • Bai, Hailong - Dean’s Fellowship, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Maryland
  • Botterell, Palma - ACS PRF New Directions Grant
  • Eldridge, Daniel - NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
  • Gorman, Julia - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. Pre-Candidate
  • Liu, Xiaoming
    • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland
    • International Conference Student Support Award, University of Maryland
  • Long, Kristy - Society of Economic Geologists Canada Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship Award
  • Lopatka, Alex
    • University of Maryland Flagship Fellowship
    • University of Maryland Dean's Fellowship in Geology
    • University of Maryland Geology Award
  • Miller, Kevin
    • Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Pre-Candidate
    • Scholarship from the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
  • Newcomer, Tamara
    • University of Maryland, College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences Dean’s Award
    • University of Maryland, Bioscience Day Poster Award in the category of "Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Sciences - Water Quality and Management"
  • Peek, Sara - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. Candidate
  • Roble, Leigh - Dean’s fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic year
  • Smith, Rose - University of Maryland College Park, Graduate School, Dean’s Fellowship
  • Yakymchuk, Chris - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. Candidate

2011

  • Arevalo, Jr., Ricardo - University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Award (which recognizes original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline)
  • Eldridge, Daniel L. - University of Maryland, College Park, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences: Dean's Fellowship
  • Galenas, Miriam
    • NASA Graduate Student Fellowship (awarded but not accepted)
    • NASA-Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship (next three years)
  • Gribbin, Jill - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (First Prize)
  • Jenner, Brittany - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (Runner-up)
  • Liu, Jingao
    • Goldschmidt Travel Grant (for attendance/participation at the 2011 Goldschmidt Conference)
    • Goldhaber Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Maryland
    • International Conference Student Support Award, University of Maryland Graduate School
  • Liu, Xiaoming - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (Runner-up)
  • Miller, Kristen - Green Fellowship in Global Climate Change
  • Newcomer, Tamara A.
    • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Network for Environmental Management Studies
    • National Science Foundation STEM K-12 Education Graduate Fellowship
  • Pennino, Michael
    • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Network for Environmental Management Studies Graduate Fellowship
    • D.C. Water Internship
    • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Seldomridge, Emily
    • National Science Foundation Student Conference Grant for attendance/participation in International Critical Zone Student Symposium, University of Colorado at Boulder
    • National Science Foundation Student Conference Grant for attendance/participation in Ninth International Symposium on Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface
    • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award for attendance/participation at International Symposium on Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface
    • President Loh International Conference Student Support Award for attendance/participation in joint meeting of Society of Wetland Scientists, WETPOL, and Wetland Biogeochemistry symposium
  • Shofner, Gregory A. - NASA GSRP Fellowship (Graduate Student Researchers Program; 3rd year renewal awarded)
  • Tattitch, Brian - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (First Prize)
  • Walsh, Lisa
    • Smithsonian institution short term visiting researcher fellowship
    • UMD Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
    • Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting Travel Grant
    • UMD Graduate Student Spotlight
  • Yakymchuk, Chris- NSF Polar Programs Travel Grant (for attendance/participation at the 11th International Symposium for Antarctic Earth Sciences)

2010

  • Arevalo, Jr., Ricardo - Goldschmidt Travel Grant (for attendance/participation at 2010 Goldschmidt Conference)
  • Bellucci, Jeremy
  • Fischer, Rebecca - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (First Prize)
  • Galenas, Miriam - American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Scholarship
  • Gava, Nicholas - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (First Prize)
  • Gribbin, Jill
    • Maryland State Senatorial Scholarship
    • Gordon Research Conference Funds (funding for participation in the 2010 GRC on Rock Deformation)
  • Harms, Brian - Marie Curie Travel Grant (for attendance/participation at 2010 INTRAMIF Summer School)
  • Klochko, Kateryna - Geological Society of America SUBARU Outstanding Woman in Science Award
  • Liu, Xiaoming - Goldschmidt Travel Grant (for attendance/participation at 2010 Goldschmidt Conference)
  • Occhi, Marcie - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (Runner-up)
  • Pennino, Michael
    • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2010 – 2013)
    • Member of UMBC Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society (for demonstrating leadership in the academic community - May 2010-Present)
    • Member of UMBC Golden Key International Honour Society (for Academic Excellence and Leadership - November 2009- Present)
  • Qiu, Lin
  • Seldomridge, Emily
    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship
    • National Science Foundation-sponsored National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics short course on rivers and vegetation participant, St. Anthony’s Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota
  • Tattitch, Brian - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (Runner-up)
  • Yakymchuk, Christopher A.
    • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Post-Graduates Scholarship (Doctoral)
    • University of Maryland, College Park University Fellowship
    • University of Maryland, College Park Special Fellowship

2009

  • Arevalo, Jr., Ricardo D.
  • Fisher, Rebecca - National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  • Galenas, Miriam - American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Scholarship
  • Gribbin, Jill - Maryland State Senatorial Scholarship
  • Harms, Brian - Green Fellowship in Global Climate Change
  • Liu, Xiaoming
    • Association for Women Geoscientists Sand Student Research Presentation Travel Award
    • Geological Society of America Student Travel Grant
  • Miller, Kristen
    • Distinguished TA Award (Center for Teaching Excellence, the Dean for Undergraduate Studies, and the Dean of the Graduate School)
    • Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (Runner-up)
  • Mitchell, Garrett
    • Society of Exploration Geophysicists P.C. Havens/Seismic Exchange Inc. Scholarship
    • Society of Exploration Geophysicists Donald and Nancy Frye Scholarship
    • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship
  • Oduro, Harry D. - Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship
  • Potter, Rachel - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (First Prize)
  • Seldomridge, Emily
    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship
    • Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Student Conference Grant (for attendance/participation in Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting)
  • Scheiderich, Kathleen D.
  • Shofner, Gregory A. - NASA GSRP Internship (Graduate Student Researchers Program; up to 3 years)
  • Walsh, Lisa
    • Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (Runner-up)
    • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award
    • GSA Photo Contest & Exhibition, 2nd place in Pacific Northwest category
    • GSA Northeastern Conference Student Travel Grant
  • Wu, Nanping - Goldschmidt Travel Grant (for attendance/participation at 2009 Goldschmidt Conference)

2008

  • Kerrigan, Ryan - CMPS Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
  • Klochko, Kateryna - Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
  • Liu, Jingao - Travel award to attend the Ninth International Kimberlite Conference (Frankfurt, Germany)
  • Liu, Xiaoming - GSA graduate student research grant
  • Oduro, Harry D. - Goldhaber Travel Grant Award
  • Reno, Barry L.
  • Scheiderich, Kathleen D. - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (Runner-up)

2007

  • Arevalo, Jr., Ricardo D.
    • Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (First Prize)
    • Travel Award to attend the V.M. Goldschmidt Conference (Cologne, Germany)
  • Centorbi, Tracey - Science adviser for the book "Raging Forces: Life on a Violent Planet" by George W. Stone (National Geographic Society)
  • Hankin, Erik - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (Runner-up)
  • Klochko, Kateryna- Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, Ph.D. (Runner-up)
  • Liu, Xiaoming - Geological Society of America Student Travel Grant
  • Mengason, Michael - Department of Geology, Best Graduate Student Talk, M.S. (First Prize)
  • Oduro, Harry D. - The PRIME Fellowship Award
  • Potter, Rachel - Geological Society of America Grants in Aid recipient
  • Reno, Barry L. - COE 21 Award Recipient to perform research at the Institute for the Study of the Earth's Interior (Misasa, Japan)

2006

2005

  • Cooney, Katherine S. - Partial funding of graduate research by Maryland Water Resources Research Center
  • Honesto, Jenise M. - Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Scholarship Award
  • Jamieson, John - Jacob K. Goldhaber travel grant from UMD Graduate School for the GACMAC Conference in Halifax, NS
  • Johnston, David T. - International school of Aquatic Sciences (SOAS) Graduate Scholarship
  • Scheiderich, Kathleen D. - Center for Teaching Excellence Distinguished TA Award

2004

  • Baker, Margaret Anne - Recipient of a Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Brabson, Elizabeth - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth System Science Fellowship
  • Brody, Kristina Bartlett - Recipient of a 2004 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Cooney, Katherine S. - Partial funding of graduate research by Maryland Water Resources Research Center
  • France (Missell), Christine - Geological Society of America Student Grant. "Nitrogen and carbon isotopic evidence of the trophic structure in the Miocene Calvert Cliffs (Maryland, USA) fauna"
  • Gangopadhyay, Amitava
    • Ilene H. Nagel Travel Grant
    • International Association of Geoanalysts (IAG) Travel Grant Award
  • Honesto, Jenise M. - Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Scholarship Award
  • Ireland, Thomas
    • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post-Graduate Scholarship
    • University of Maryland Graduate School Fellowship
  • Johnston, David T.
    • University of Maryland, Department of Geology, Field Scholarship
    • NASA NAI Research Scholarship
  • Scheiderich, Kathleen D. - College of CMPS Scholarship
  • Teerlink, Jennifer - Geological Society of America Grant

2003

  • Brabson, Elizabeth - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth System Science Fellowship
  • Cooney, Katherine S. - partial funding of graduate research by Maryland Water Resources Research Center
  • Ireland, Thomas
    • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post-Graduate Scholarship
    • University of Maryland Graduate School Fellowship
  • Jamieson, John - Post-Graduate Scholarship from NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada) - "Application of sulfur multiple isotopes to formation processes of Archean Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits."
  • Johnston, David T. - International school of Aquatic Sciences (SOAS) Graduate Scholarship
  • Teerlink, Jennifer - Geological Society of America Grant

2002

  • Cooney, Katherine S. - Partial funding of graduate research by Maryland Water Resources Research Center
  • Gangopadhyay, Amitava - Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, UMD Graduate School

2001

  • Mann, Jacqueline
    • EPA STAR Fellowship
    • Sigma Xi Grant
    • Geological Society of America Grant

2000

  • Rhodes, Gwendolyn - 2-year Graduate School Fellowship

1998

  • Mann, Jacqueline - EPA STAR Fellowship