Awards

2023 Awards

Award Winners 

• "Indomitable Speaker" Award for best overall talk: Tamara Aranguiz

• "Indomitable Poster" Award for best overall poster: Liam Kirkpatrick

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate talk: Jinqi Wu

• Runner Up's for best undergraduate talk: Vigash Ravi  and Amanda Syamsul

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate poster: Tin Yan (Jessie) So

Session Awards: 

• "All Things Life" Award for best geobiology talk: Ben Lloyd

• "Golden Pipette" Award for best geochemistry talk: Autum Downey

• "Ice World Hoth" Award for best glaciology talk: Benjamin Hills

• "Where in the World?" Award for best geophysics talk: Jess Ghent

•  "Some like it Hot" Award for best petrology/volcanology talk: Peter Lindquist 

• "The Final Frontier" Award for best astrobiology talk: Trent Thomas

• "Shakes, Quakes, and Breaks" Award for best structure and tectonics talk: Anna Ledeczi

• "A River Runs Through It" Award for best geomorphology talk: Paul Morgan

• "Quick, Quick, Do Tell Me" Award for best UpGoer 5 talk: Tamara Aranguiz

• "New Ideas, Educative Horizions "Award for best DEI talk: Brody Hovatter, Madeleine Lucas & Nicole Aikin

Special Awards:

• The Adam Campbell Award for best poster figure: Madeleine Lucas

• "Why Do We Care" Award for best explanation of the relevance of the research: Jensen DeGrande

• "Is This Real Life?" Award for best talk relating to a real-world problem or application: Nicole Aikin

• The award for best graphics in a presentation: Nick Wogan

• "Elevator Pitch-er" Award for best poster spiel: Anna Pearson

• "Golden Heckler" Award for best audience member: Simon Hans Edasi

• Geoclub Spring Break Trip Donation for 2024: Geoclub 2023 presenters

• Photo Contest - first place: Jonathan Gates

• Photo Contest - second place: John-Morgan Manos

• Photo Contest - third place: Fangzhen Teng

Faculty and Postdoc Judges:

Alison Duvall, Darrel Cowan, Ken Creager, Audrey Dunham, Harold Tobin, Fangzhen Teng, Will Hoover, Eirini Poulaki, George Bergantz, Bruce Nelson, Akshay Mehra, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Brian Atwater, Brendan Crowell, John DeSanto, Kathy Troost, Mira Berdahl, Eric Steig, Ed Waddington, Juliet Crider, David Schmidt, Baptiste Journaux, Josh Krissansen-Totton, Dominik Graeff, and Jody Bourgeois. 

We appreciate all of your help!!!!

Thank you to all who contributed to the Gala Awards fund this year!!

Your 2023 Gala Committee:

Nicole Aikin, Tristian Bench, Jensen DeGrande, Jason Ott, Margot Shaya, and Jonathan Gates

2022

Award Winners 

• "Indomitable Speaker" Award for best overall talk: Jessica Ghent

• "Indomitable Poster" Award for best overall poster: Anna Ledeczi

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate poster/talk: Francisco Nares

Session Awards: 

• "All Things Life" Award for best geobiology talk: Brody Hovatter

• "Golden Pipette" Award for best geochemistry talk: Autum Downey

• "Ice World Hoth" Award for best glaciology talk: John-Morgan Manos

• "Where in the World?" Award for best geodesy talk: Tamara Aranguiz

• "The Final Frontier" Award for best planetary and space science talk: Andrew Shumway

• "Shakes, Quakes, and Breaks" Award for best structure and tectonics talk: Madeleine Lucas

• "A River Runs Through It" Award for best geomorphology talk: Susannah Morey

• "Quick, Quick, Do Tell Me" Award for best UpGoer 5 talk: Tamara Aranguiz

• "New Ideas, Educative Horizions "Award for best DEI talk: Max Needle

Special Awards:

• The Adam Campbell Award for best poster figure: Alysa Fintel

• "Why Do We Care" Award for best explanation of the relevance of the research: Addien Wray

• "Is This Real Life?" Award for best talk relating to a real-world problem or application: Jensen DeGrande

• "Elevator Pitch-er" Award for best poster spiel: Virginia Davidson

• "Golden Heckler" Award for best audience member: Susannah Morey

• Photo Contest - first place: Paul Morgan 

• Photo Contest - second place: Mira Berdahl

• Photo Contest - third place: Nicole Aikin

Faculty and Postdoc Judges:

Alana Semple, David Schmidt, Kathy Troost, Kevin Kwong, Ken Creager, Laura Ermert, Fang-Zhen Teng, Drew Gorman-Lewis, John DeSanto, T.J. Fudge, Bruce Nelson, Baptiste Journaux, and Juilet Crider. We appreciate your help!

Thank you to all who contributed to the Gala awards fund!

Gala Committee:

Nicole Aikin, Tristian Bench, Jensen DeGrande, Paul Morgan, and Jason Ott

2019

Award Winners

• "Indomitable Speaker" Award for best overall talk: Ian Stone

• "Indomitable Poster" Award for best overall poster: Brita Horlings

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate talk: Jordan Wang

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate poster: Bing Yu Lee

• "All Things Life" Award for best astrobiology talk: Michael Kipp

• "Some Like It Hot" Award for best geochemistry and paleoclimate talk: Julia Kelson

• "Ice World Hoth" Award for best glaciology talk: John Christian

• "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" Award for best seismology talk: Kelley Hall

• "The Final Frontier" Award for best Planetary and Space Science talk: Sarah King

• "Afternoon Allochthons" Award for best structure and tectonics talk: Carolyn Nuyen

• "Quick, Quick, Do Tell Me" Award for best UpGoer 5 talk: Lindsey Davidge

• The Adam Campbell Award for best poster figure: Cassandra Brigham

• "Why Do We Care" Award for best explanation of the relevance of the research: Kelsay Stanton and Fred Bradley

• "Is This Real Life?" Award for best talk relating to a real-world problem or application: Mary Alice Benson

• "I'm Going Places" Award for an undergraduate to travel and present at a professional conference: Jason Ott

• "Elevator Pitch-er" Award for best poster spiel: Megan Mueller

• "Golden Heckler" Award for best audience member: Joel Gombiner

• Photo Contest - first place : Emily Wilbur

• Photo Contest - second place (tie): John Christian and Sean LaHusen

Faculty and Postdoc Judges

Kate Huntington, Gerard Roe, Darrel Cowan, Michael McCarthy, Sarah Schanz, Kenzie Day, Ken Creager, Peter Neff, John Stone, Allison Pfeiffer, Nick Holschuh, Alison Duvall, T.J. Fudge, Ed Waddington, George Bergantz. We appreciate your help!

Donors

Thank you to all who contributed to the Gala: Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Ed Waddington, Knut Christianson, Ken Creager, Al Frank, Juliet Crider, Mike Brown, Darrel Cowen, Drew Gorman-Lewis, John Stone, Robert Winglee, TJ Fudge, George Bergantz, Kate Huntington, Alexis Licht, David Schmidt, Ron Sletten, Harold Tobin, and Gerard Roe.

Committee:

Andrew Hoffman, Lucas Fifer, Brody Hovatter, Tristan Bench

2018

Award Winners

• "Indomitable Speaker" Award for best overall talk: Jana Meixnerová

• "Indomitable Poster" Award for best overall poster: Addien Wray

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate talk: Brett Smith

• "Rising Rockstar" Award for best undergraduate poster: Jacqueline Sherburne

• "Don't Panic" Award for best astrobiology talk: Chloe Hart

• "Incisive Orator" Award for best geomorphology talk: Sarah Schanz

• "Storyteller" Award for best geochemistry and paleoclimate talk: Julia Kelson

• "Seattle Freeze" Award for best glaciology talk: David Lilien

• "M9" Award for best seismology talk: Kelley Hall and Emma Myers

• "Subduction Artist" Award for best structure and tectonics talk: Megan Mueller

• "Human Thesaurus" Award for best UpGoer 5 talk: Erik Goosmann

• "Crystal Clear" Award for easiest to follow UpGoer 5 talk: Max Needle

• The Adam Campbell Award for best poster figure: Susannah Morey

• "Why Do We Care" Award for best explanation of the relevance of the research: Ian Stone

• "Is This Real Life?" Award for best talk relating to a real-world problem or application: Hannah Karlsson

• "I'm Going Places" Award for an undergraduate to travel and present at a professional conference: Jason Ott

• "Elevator Pitch-er" Award for best poster spiel: Susannah Morey

• "Golden Heckler" Award for best audience member: Sean LaHusen

• Photo Contest - first place (three-way tie): Jana Meixnerová, David Lilien, Susannah  Morey

Faculty and Postdoc Judges

Kate Huntington, Gerard Roe, Darrel Cowan, Michael McCarthy, Sarah Schanz, Kenzie Day, Ken Creager, Peter Neff, John Stone, Allison Pfeiffer, Nick Holschuh, Alison Duvall, T.J. Fudge, Ed Waddington, George Bergantz. We appreciate your help!

Donors

Juliet Crider, Knut Christianson, T.J. Fudge, George Bergantz, Gerard Roe, Darrel Cowan, Ken Creager, John Stone, and Ed Waddington donated money to support the awards. Thank you to all who contributed to the Gala.

2017

Award Winners

• Best Overall Talk: Shelley Chestler

• Best Overall Poster: Zack McIntire

• Best Undergrad Talk/Poster: Ari Newman

• Best Proposal Talk/Poster: Erik Goosmann

• Best Geochemistry Talk/Poster: Jana Meixnerova

• Best Glaciology Talk/Poster: Brad Markle

• Best Geomorphology Talk/Poster: Sarah Harbert

• Best Tectonics, Volcanology or Hazards Talk/Poster: Ian Stone

• Best Space and Planetary Science Talk/Poster: Owen Lehmer

• The “Why do we care?” Award: Steven Sholes

• Best Question Fielder: Joshua Krissansen-Totton

• The Adam Campbell Award for Best Poster Figure: Paige Wilson

• Photo contest: (1) Sean LaHusen; (2) Alyssa Tunnelle; (3) Addien Wray

• Engaged Audience Award (for a student): Jillian Schleicher

Faculty and Postdoc Judges

Drew Gorman-Lewis, Alexis Licht, Feng-Zhen Tang, Nick Holschuh, T.J. Fudge, Ken Creager, Ed Waddington, Erin Wirth, Kate Huntington, David Schmidt, Knut Christianson, Jon Toner, Darrel Cowen, David Catling. We really appreciate your help.

Donors

John Vidale, David Catling, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Elizabeth Nesbitt, and T.J. Fudge donated money to support the awards. Thank you to all who contributed to the Gala.

2016

Award Winners

• The Indomitable Speaker award for best overall talk: Brad Markle

• The Indomitable Poster award for best overall poster: Linnea McCann

• The All-Star Prospective award for best undergrad poster/talk: Virginia Littell

• The Smooth Talker award for best oral presenter: Max Stevens

• The Adam Campbell Figure award for best poster figure: Katherine Hotchkin

• The Golden Tripod award for the photo contest: Michael Kipp

• The Golden Glove award for best question fielder: Julia Kelson

• The Teamwork Makes the Dream Work award for most interdisciplinary: Brianna Hunt

• The On the Surface award for best talk/poster on an earth/planetary surface project: Trevor Hillebrand

• The It's What's Inside That Counts award for best talk/poster on an earth/planetary interior project: Shelley Chestler

• The Space Jam award for best talk/poster on a space science project: Elena Amador

• The Kenny Loggins (Danger Zone) Award for best hazard talk/poster: Zi Xian Leong 

• The Times They Are-A-Changin' award for best climate talk/poster: Landon Burgener

• The Golden Pipette award for best geochemistry talk: Emma (Yan) Hu

Faculty judges

Brian Atwater, David Catling, Ken Creager, Alison Duvall, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Michelle Koutnik, John Stone, Fang-Zhen Tang, and Ed Waddington served as faculty judges. Thank you! 

Donors

Brian Atwater, T.J. Fudge, Fangzhen Tang, John Vidale, Ed Waddington and the ESS department donated money to support the awards. Thank you! 

2015

Award Winners

• Best Overall Talk: Kristin Poinar

• Best Overall Poster: Laura Kehrl

• Best Oral Presenter: Sarah Schanz

• Space/Planetary Talk: Steven Sholes

• Surface Processes Talk: Sean LaHusen

• Hazards Talk: Shelley Chestler

• Geobio Talk/Poster: Susan Wisehart

• Sedimentology Talk/Poster: Carrie Garrison-Laney

• Glaciology & Paleoclimate Talk: Adam Campbell

• Best Undergrad Poster/Talk: Nicolas Gutierrez

• Best Presentation of Poster: Kelley Hall

• Best Poster Figure: Camille Collett 

Donors

The ESS department, Chevron Corporation, Brian Atwater, Jody Bourgeois, TJ Fudge, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Kate Huntington, Liz Nesbitt, B. Charlotte Schreiber, John Vidale, Ed Waddington, Steve Warren, Donna Whitney, and Robert Winglee donated money to support the Gala. Thank you!

2014

Donors

Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil Corporation, Ed Waddington, John Vidale, Brian Atwater, Kate Huntington, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Robert Winglee

2013

Award Winners

• Best Oral Presentation: Elena Amador

• Best Poster: Kate Allstadt

• Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation: Dan Scott

• Best Undergraduate Poster: Charles Johnson

• Best Space Physics Oral Presentation: Michael Hutchins

• Best Geobiology Oral Presentation: Zoe Harrold

• Best Seismology Oral Presentation: Alicia Hotovec-Ellis

• Best "Crust-to-Core" Oral Presentation: Isaac Larsen

• Best Glaciology Oral Presentation: Kristin Poinar

• Best Poster on Modern Processes: Jon Bapst

• Best Poster on Past Processes: Adam Barker

• Best Presenter: Kelly Hillbun

Donors

Department of Earth and Space Sciences, ExxonMobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation, Edwin Waddington, Brian Atwater, Charlotte Schreiber, John Vidale, Robert Winglee, Harvey Greenberg, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Liz Nesbitt, Kate Huntington

2011

Donors

Department of Earth and Space Sciences, ExxonMobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation, Aspect Consulting, Brian Atwater, John Booker, Darrel Cowan, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Katharine Huntington, Liz Nesbitt, Ed Waddington, Steve Warren, Robert Winglee

2010

Donors

UW Department of Earth and Space Sciences, ExxonMobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation, UW Quaternary Research Center (donation for invitation of keynote speaker Dr. Noah Finnegan), Robert Winglee (donation for an award in Space Sciences), Olivier Bachmann (donation for an award in Mineralogy/Petrology/Volcanology), Edwin Waddington (donation for an award in Surface Processes), darrel cowan, Drew Gorman-Lewis, Katharine Huntington, Jerome paros/Paroscientific Inc., John Vidale, Laura Gilson, Brian Atwater