Degree defense
- Mustuque Munim successfully defended his master’s thesis on October 13, 2026! Congratulations to Mustuque on his wonderful achievement! Many thanks to the committee members (Dr. Warny and Dr. Snow) for their time, support, and valuable contributions!
- Julian Traphagan successfully defended his Ph.D. degree on August 26, 2025. Congratulations to Julian on his wonderful achievement! Many thanks to the committee members (Dr. Forte, Dr. Warny, and Dr. Richards) for their time, support, and valuable contributions!
- Bailey Wycoff successfully defended her master’s thesis on May 6, 2025. Congratulations to Bailey on this wonderful achievement! Many thanks to the committee members (Dr. Clift and Dr. Wilson) for their time, support, and valuable contributions!
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
- 2025-2026: Dailun Wang was awarded the GSA Graduate Student Research Grant.
- 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.
