19 SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS Georgina (Gina) Lukoczi (PhD Candidate) Dissertation Title: Multi‐phase dolomitization and recrystallization of Middle Triassic shallow marine–peritidal carbonates of southwestern Hungary I am a second year PhD Student at the Boone Pickens School of Geology working under the supervision of Dr. Jay M. Gregg. I am studying dolomitization and dolomite recrystallization processes of Middle Triassic carbonates of the Mecsek Mountains and Villány Hills, in southwest Hungary. My research goal is to develop a generally applicable system of criteria for recognizing dolomite recrystallization, a common problem when studying dolomite hosted hydrocarbon reservoirs. Aspects of dolomitization have been the focus of my work for several years. I have gained experience as a research assistant in the Analytical Chemistry and Geoanalytical Research Group at the Szentágothai Research Centre of the University of Pécs (Pécs, Hungary), and later at the Geological, Geophysical and Space Science Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University (Budapest, Hungary). I also received a research award in 2013 from the Campus Hungary Scholarship Program for a research fellowship at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. I started studying the dolomites of the Mecsek Mountains and Villány Hills in 2011, in Hungary; however, making progress has been difficult due to a lack of funding. Nevertheless, I have been strongly committed to completing this research. I joined the PhD program of Oklahoma State University in January 2016. Here I was given the opportunity to continue working on the ‘Mecsek Dolomite Project’. I plan to apply a novel approach to the problem of dolomite recrystallization using state‐of‐the‐art analytical tools that are available for the research community in the US, including synchrotron x‐ray and neutron diffractometry, as well as the excellent research facilities of the Boone Pickens School of Geology. During my Master’s thesis research at the University of Szeged, in Hungary, I studied hydrocarbon migration as preserved in fluid inclusions in the calcite‐filled fracture system of Jurassic calcareous marls in the Mecsek Mountains of Hungary. The results of this research were published in the Bulletin of the Hungarian Geological Society. Since the completion of my Master’s degree, I have been actively involved in further study of hydrocarbon migration in the Mecsek, which resulted in a second publication in the same journal, and a third article is in preparation for publication in an international journal. I also published a critical review about some paleogeographical problems in the area of the Mecsek Mountains in the regional journal ‘Central European Geology’, and co‐authored two articles about the dolomitization history of Triassic carbonates in the Transdanubian Range, which were published in internationally recognized journals (Facies, International Journal of Earth Sciences). Since finishing my Master’s program, I have presented the results of my MS thesis research and the preliminary results of my on‐ going research on the dolomites of the Mecsek Mountains and Villány Hills at nine regional and international conferences. In addition, I presented the results of an OSU class project at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. After earning my PhD degree, I intend to pursue career in academia in a renowned university preferably either in North America or in Europe. I am indebted to the Alumni of the Boone Pickens School of Geology for their financial support provided as conference travel support from the Student Enrichment Fund, and as scholarships from the Skinner Scholarship and Martin Family Foundation for the current academic year. Paul Charbonneau (MS Candidate) I still remember the day when I was in class on September 11, 2001 and our professor told all of us to stop what we were doing and turn on the news. What I saw before my eyes was both heartbreaking and enraging to me. I graduated 2 years later from military school, and enlisted into the United States Marine Corps infantry shortly thereafter. I am both humbled and thankful for all the life lessons and friendships that were made during my time with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines. Two combat deployments later, and after obtaining the rank of E‐5, I decided that it was time to go home. The first few months home was a completely new experience for me, and I missed a sense of comradery. My next life experience led me straight back to the same austere conditions I had left behind in the Marines. Working private security contracts for the United States State Department at embassies in the Middle
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