Rocky Mountain Section

Awards

2025 Awardees

Nikita Krivka, Natural History Museum of Utah, Poster Presentation First Place
An articulated hindlimb of Dromomeron romeri (Lagerpetidae) and its implications for interpreting dinosauromorph footprints

Nathan Martin, Southern Utah University, Poster Presentation First Place
Lithostratigraphic correlations and vertebrate paleontology of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation in southwestern Utah

Kaya Frazier, Utah Valley University, Poster Presentation Second Place
Field sampling to validate satellite measurements of dust-on-snow impacts in northern Utah

Hayley Karns, Utah Valley University, Poster Presentation Second Place
Deformation-enhanced diffusive loss of titanium in quartz during greenschist-facies crystal-plastic deformation, Wasatch Fault Zone, Utah

2024 Awardees

Tage Young, Montana Technological University, Graduate Poster Presentation
Fenitization of mafic wallrock associated with emplacement of REE-rich carbonatites of Sheep Creek, southern Ravalli Co., Montana

Haley Dietz, Idaho State University, Graduate Poster Presentation, Runner up
Quantifying pre-eruptive magmatic water content of eastern Snake River Plain basaltic melts using olivine and plagioclase hygrometry with implications for magmatic differentiation

Juliana Karl, University of Iowa, Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Provenance of the Paleocene Turlock Member using detrital garnet and apatite, Fort Union Formation, Powder River basin

Hannah Sulas, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation, Runner up
Source delineation of arsenic contamination in drinking water in southeastern Utah

2022 Awardees

Victoria Arnold, San Jose State University, Graduate Poster Presentation

Genevieve Kidman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Graduate Poster Presentation, Runner up

Luis Velderrain Rojas, Universidad de Sonora, Graduate Poster Presentation, Runner up

William McCormick, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Jaycee Chango, Oregon State University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation, Runner up

Jack Tingwall, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation, Runner up

2019 Awardees

Jessica Welch, Western Washington University, Graduate Poster Presentation

Connor Broaddus, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

2015 Awardees

Ashley M. Leger, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Graduate Oral Presentation

Nathan Spencer, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate Oral Presentation

Colter R. Davis, Utah State University, Graduate Poster Presentation

Laura J. Wiltshire, Westminster College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

2014 Awardees

Sarah A. Vitale, University of Connecticut, Graduate Poster Presentation

Dominick M. Ciruzzi, University at Buffalo, Graduate Poster Presentation

Benjamin Campanaro, Binghamton University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Joseph Solly, Lehigh University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Tracey Smith, Bucknell University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Karina May Heffernan, University of Vermont, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Jeremy Louisos, Salem State University, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Bryan T. Barry, The College of Saint Rose, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Nancy M. Chen, Allegheny College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Clarke A Knight, Smith College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation

Hannah M. Kowalski, Lafayette College, Undergraduate Poster Presentation