17 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY Spotlight on Undergraduates Clayton Hedges Purdie Research Scholar Clayton Hedges is a junior undergraduate student majoring in environmental geology and a minor in environmental sciences. He has received numerous scholarships and fellowships including the OERB Petroleum Scholarship in 2022. Clayton is a second-time Purdie undergraduate research scholar and an OSU Udall selective, investigating anthropogenic heavy metal contamination of deep-sea sediments in the western South Atlantic. His studies involve the microscopic and geochemical analyses of deep-marine sediments, and the application of a geographical information system for spatial distribution evaluation. Besides his strong research involvement, Clayton is active in the Oklahoma State University Geological Society (OSUGS) as vice president, and he is involved in the Society of Exploration Geologist (SEG) and American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) student organizations. In addition, Clayton has also been involved in various outreach events such as the Into the Streets Community Outreach. After graduation, Clayton plans to attend graduate school to receive a higher degree before joining the environmental or petroleum workforce. Clayton Hedges presenting research results at the OSU Wentz research symposium in April 2022 (photo source: Lauren Haygood). Izabelle Buentello Izabelle Buentello is a senior in the BPSoG who will be graduating in May of this year. She is one of the inaugural cadre of students who have been accepted into our new Accelerated Master’s Degree Program. Izabelle started doing research for her M.S. project this past Fall working on the Caney Shale project funded by DOE and industry partners. She is looking at the porosity and permeability relationships of different nano-meter scale pore systems in the Caney and tying them back to distinct facies identified in core and wireline logs. Coupled with laboratory-measured sonic velocity tied to the pore system architecture, this should lead to enhanced prediction of reservoir units within the Caney Shale, and a better understanding of what the reservoir geometry is likely to be based upon the various interpreted depositional environments. Izabelle is continuing to work as a Research Assistant and is also assisting with the GEOL 3034 (Sed/Strat) labs this semester.
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