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Degree defense

  • Julian Traphagan successfully defended his PhD Degree on August 26, 2025. Congratulations to Julian! Many thanks to the committee!
  • Bailey Wycoff successfully defended her Master Degree on May 6, 2025. Congratulations to Bailey! Many thanks to the committee!

Julian in his PhD final defense, August 26 2025

Community Service

  • Zhuang serves on the GSA Graduate Research Grant Committee from 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2027.

Award recipients

  • 2024-2025: Daniel Owodunni was selected as the ONLY Winner of the 2025 GeoScienceWorld Graduate Studies Award.
  • 2024-2025: Daniel Owodunni was selected as a recipient of the LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School Summer Opportunities Fellowship, supported by Shell Oil Company. 
  • 2024-2025: Daniel Owodunni was selected to receive AAPG Foundation Grants-in-Aid grant funds thanks to the Edward B. Picou, Jr. Named Grant and the Ike Crumbly Minorities in Energy Grant. 
  • 2024-2025: Daniel Owodunni was selected to participate in the 2025 IsoCamp at the University of New Mexico Center for Stable Isotopes in Albuquerque, NM.
  • 2024-2025: Daniel Owodunni was awarded an SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium (SLS) travel grant to participate in the SLS program and attend the 2025 IMAGE convention.
  • 2024-2025: Daniel Owodunni was selected to attend SM Energy’s Geoscience Outreach Day in Denver, CO, on April 15.
  • 2023-2024: Mustuque Munim was selected as a grant recipient for the 2024 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation Grants-in-Aid Program. Thanks to the Edward B. Picou, Jr. Named Grant.
  • 2022-2023: Mustuque Munim was awarded the Warren Hamilton Award, GSA annual meeting 2023, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • 2022-2023: Mustuque Munim was awarded the SHREVEPORT GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (SGS) SCHOLARSHIP 2023.
  • 2022-2023: Mustuque Munim was awarded the Southcentral section of GSA travel grant 2023.
  • 2022-2023: Mustuque Munim was awarded the GEOPATHS On To the Future Professional Development Workshop Award 2023.
  • 2021-2022: Mustuque Munim was awarded with the GSA Graduate Student Research Grant.
  • 2021-2022: Mustuque Munim participated in an NSF grant-supported paleoclimate modeling workshop at George Mason University.
  • 2021-2022: Mustuque Munim was awarded the Colorado Scientific Society’s 2022 Graduate Student Research Grant.
  • 2021-2022: Julian Traphagan was awarded the GSA Graduate Student Research Grant.
  • 2020-2021: Minghao Wu was awarded the Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) at the AGU 2020 Fall Meeting.Let’s discuss this point.