23 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY New Alumni Highlights Dr. Estefanny Dávalos Elizondo Estefanny grew up in Monterrey, Mexico. After graduating with a Bachelor of Geological Engineering from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, she worked for 5 years in the geothermal industry for the National Institute of Electricity and Clean Energies in Mexico. She then began graduate studies under the supervision of Dr. Laó-Dávila. Estefanny published 3 papers in Geothermics, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, and in the Journal of African Earth Sciences as part of a dissertation titled: “Assessing Fracture Networks and Geochemistry of Geothermal Systems in Magma-Poor Continental Rifts: An Example from the Malawi Rifted Zone”. She won awards in research such as the 1st Place Poster Award for her presentation at the Geothermal Rising Conference 2021, the 2nd Place Baker Hughes/OSU Decarbonization Prize 2021, and the Geology Graduate Student Association OSU Autumn Research Symposium Graduate Best Poster Award 2018. Estefanny graduated in May of 2022 and is currently working as a Reseacher III for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Dr. Conn Wethington Conn Wethington received his Ph.D. from the BPSoG in December 2022 where he was a research associate within the Basin Analysis and Unconventional Reservoir research group under Dr. Jack Pashin. His academic career at OSU began as a transfer from the University of New Mexico. As an undergraduate, he completed two research projects on 1) San Juan Basin Cretaceous Mancos shale sedimentology and facies succession, a project worked under Dr. Jim Puckette and 2) Anadarko and Arkoma Basin Devonian Woodford shale outcrop description and lithologic facies distribution. Conn started his graduate program as a Master of Science student with a thesis on stacked reservoir characterization and confinement of a proposed hub scale anthropogenic carbon capture and sequestration facility in east central Mississippi. For his doctoral degree, he continued his research and subsequent publications on reservoir architecture and characterization for sequestration complexes in the gulf coast as well as research on the Midcontinent Caney shale as a viable unconventional resource that can be paired with CCUS. Conn will continue his work on applications of CCS and CCUS on federal lands as a Petroleum Geologist for the Department of the Interior. His role will include resource evaluation and efficacy of development promoting stewardship of our shared resources. Conn Wethington who attained three degrees from the Boone Pickens School of Geology is the first to do so and is slated to become a Super Cowboy!
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