14 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY ed for an amount of funding exceeding $2.1M. I published two articles in peer-reviewed journals and five abstracts and graduated three students (2 Ph.D. and 1 MS). I taught Seismic Interpretation, co-taught Environmental Geophysics with Dr. Camelia Knapp, and received an STE score for Instructor, averaging 4.8 / 5.0. For the first time to be awarded to OSU faculty, I received the 2022 AAPG Inspirational Geoscience Educator Award, which honors university professors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in geoscience education. I served on several departmental committees in 2022 (Safety & Ergonomics, Alumni & Industry Relations, Preliminary Exam, Student Enrichment), co-advised our Society of Exploration Geophysicists Student Chapter, and was a Fulbright Specialist on campus. I served as a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysics Scholarship Committee, an NSF panelist, a chair of a conference session, a reviewer of four peer-reviewed journals, a guest editor of a special issue of the Water Journal, and an invited speaker at several institutions. I participated in the Grandparents University program, the geoscience workshop for science teachers in Oklahoma, and serval other outreach activities. I was an active member of the College of Arts & Science Equity Advocates Committee. Dr. Jack Pashin Last year was extremely busy and featured a variety of teaching and research activities. An important new focus was developing curriculum for geologic CO2 storage, which will be incorporated into the School’s regular curriculum as well as the new Professional Science Master’s program. During the Fall Semester, I taught Basin Evolution, and the discussions in class were very insightful, and I always appreciate an enthusiastic class. Research activities included a broad range of projects involving my students, including characterizing the burial and thermal history of the Ardmore Basin to facilitate shale reservoir development, characterization of a candidate CO2 storage hub in Mississippi, geological characterization and assessment of CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery options in the offshore Central Gulf of Mexico, and characterization of the CO2 storage potential of Oklahoma sedimentary basins. The Gulf of Mexico assessment involves a next-generation machine learning and decision support system, and collaboration among the professionals, facult, and students in SAS Institute, the School of Geology, and Petroleum Engineering resulted in a best paper award. Another highlight of last year was helping organize the International Sedimentological Congress, which was held virtually in Beijing. My students have kept busy with a variety of basin analysis, 3D seismic analysis, and reservoir characterization activities, and two students (Jamar Bynum and Conn Wethington) graduated with Ph.D. degrees this Fall. This has indeed been an exciting year, and I am looking forward to discovering new frontiers this new year. Dr. Jim Puckette The past year was a step toward normalcy following COVID. Most of my research effort was dedicated to characterization of the Caney Shale in southern Oklahoma. In addition to the Caney Shale project, Mr. Wakil Balumi completed a comprehensive geochemical study of the Niobrara Formation in the Colorado portion of the D-J basin, Mr. Chase Watkins continued his work to determine the causes of abnormally thick Hunton Group carbonates and Sylvan Shale in central Oklahoma, and Ms. Autumn Graf established differences in rock properties between distal and more proximal “Granite Wash” that impact reservoir properties and ultimately oil and gas production. Two new students joined us fall 2022. Ms. Aletha Bailey is working on the relationship between bioclast orientation and distri-
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