Dr. Nahid Gani is the 2026 recipient of the University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.
Undergraduate research assistant, Natalie Strader, was awarded AAPG Foundation Field Camp Scholarship in support of her University of St. Andrews Geology field camp in Scotland this summer.
Graduate student, Samir Pahari, successfully defended his M.S. thesis.
Graduate student, Sujan Adhikari, successfully defended his M.S. thesis proposal.
M.S. Candidate, Samir Pahari, is attending funded Ph.D. program at Ohio State University.
Undergraduate research assistant, Owen Blaylock, was elected as the Geology Club President.
LeGo reserach Team presented papers at the annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase.
M.S. Candidate, Samir Pahari, is the winner of 2026 Outstanding Geoscience Graduate Student.
Maysn Hughes is the winner of the 2026 Judson Roy Griffin Outstanding Senior in Geological Sciences Award.
Maysn Hughes is one of the recepients for the 2026 TA recognition certificate in Geological Sciences.
Original research paper accepted in the Journal of Sedimentary Environment, "Integrated LiDAR, Sentinel-2, and Petrographic Analysis for Mapping Paleozoic Strata: Insights from the McDaniels Quadrangle, Kentucky." Co-authors- Madeline Brosky, Mason Wade & Niroj Shrestha (LeGo alum). Funding - USGS EDMAP.
Dr. Nahid Gani was the 2025-26 winner of the OCSE Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.
M.S. student, Sujan Adhikai and undergraduate student, Owen Blaylock, successfully completed CLIMBS NSF EPSCoR earthquake project fieldwork in western Kentucky.
Undergraduate research assistant, Natalie Strader, was the winner of Dr. Shelby Rader Scholarship.
M.S. student, Sujan Adhikai , attended funded ESRI 2026 Developer & Technology Summit in Palm Springs, California, March 9-13.
Undergraduate research assistants Maysn Hughes, Owen Blaylock, successfully presented CLIMBS NSF EPSCoR research paper at GSA joint meeting in Memphis Tennessee.
Original research paper published in the International Journal of Image and Data Fusion, "Multi-sensor remote sensing and machine learning data fusion for high-resolution geologic mapping in vegetated karst terrain of Kentucky, United States." Lead author- John Lunday (LeGo alum). Funding - USGS EDMAP.
Original research paper published in the Discover Minerals, "Mineralogical and Deformational Signatures of the Neogene Surma Group Sandstones in the Bengal Basin: A High-Resolution Petrographic and Provenance Study ." Coauthors - John Lunday & Ron Waterburry (LeGo alumni).
Sujan Adhikari was selected as an Esri Student Assistant for the 2026 Developer & Technology Summit in Palm Springs, California.
Undergraduate research assistants, Charlie Lowman and Maysn Hughes, successfully completed CLIMBS NSF EPSCoR landslide project fieldwork and data collection in Appalachian Kentucky.