Three Students Receive Funding Awards in Spring 2022
The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) made the second awards in a new program for students to apply for research funding directly, independently of their advisors.
Three students are being recognized for their excellent proposals this semester and provided with funding.
Recipients
Kamil Qureshi (who works with Dr. Shuhab Khan)
Proposal: 鈥淪tructural Geology, Tectonic Geomorphology, and Neotectonics of the Western Himalayas:
A case study from the Northern Kirthar Ranges, Pakistan鈥�
Award: $2,000
Nina Zamanialavijeh (who works with Dr. Michael Murphy)
Proposal: 鈥淪train rates and timing of Plio-Pleistocene deformation along major faults of the
Yellowstone 鈥� Snake River Plain province鈥�
Award: $1,500
Ruby Patterson (who works with Dr. Tom Lapen)
Proposal: 鈥淩hyolitic Prestahn煤kur Volcano, Iceland: Analog for Siliceous Sediments on Mars鈥�
Award: $1,500
Funding for these research grants has been made possible by the EAS department endowment. Awards will be made again in the fall semester in this continuing program.
Congratulations to Kamil, Ruby, and Nina.