1 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY College of Arts and Sciences Banquet Awards Saturday,May 3, 2025
Dr. Jim Puckette Lanny Holman Rick Ely John Brett Larry Gerken Mike Kuykendall Gary Ford Lawrence Walker Dr. Daniel Lao Davila Good Earth Rocks (Dave Clupper) Thank You! Silent auction mineral donors Brett Exploration Conoco/Phillips Devon Energy Gary & Sue Ford Bart Gaskill Mike & Valorie Kuykendall Patty & Lawrence Walker Jim & Carolyn McGhay Mike & Sue Gaskins Greystone Environmental Boone Pickens School of Geology Endowed Chairs Table sponsors
Program Reception & Announcement of Silent Auction and Raffle Kelsey Bufford Opening Remarks Todd Halihan Welcome to “Jurassic Luau” 2025 Mike Kuykendall Staff & Faculty Acknowledgement Todd Halihan In Memoriam Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam and Montasir Abdelsalam Todd Halihan and Hiam Abdel-Salam Student Awards Todd Halihan and Mike Kuykendall Keynote Speaker Miranda Childress, introduced by Mike Kuykendall Jurassic Luau Awards Lauren Haygood and Hudson Moseby Benediction Mary Hileman Closing Remarks Mike Kuykendall and John Brett Post-Banquet Reception & Silent Auction Pickup
Table of Contents 5 ��������������Undergraduate Awards 9 ��������������Graduate Awards 12 ������������School of Geology Awards 11 ������������Student Awards From Outside the School of Geology 15 ������������Faculty Awards 16 ������������Fundraising Numbers 17 ������������List of Students 36 ������������List of Faculty 41 ������������List of Staff 42 ������������ Alumni Advisory Board
5 Undergraduates V. Brown Monnett Presidential Scholarship Jade Hart Hebert G. & Shirley A. Davis Presidential Scholarship Zechari Schooley John & Mildred Naff Presidential Scholarship Andrew Buss Donald G. & Julia A. Weinkauf Presidential Scholarship Eric Lebar Alumni Geology Scholarship Jacqueline MacGregor Arthur W. Cleaves Field Camp Scholarship Jacqueline MacGregor
6 C.W. Mizell Family Endowed Scholarship for OSU Geology Field Camp Victoria Huges Ian Kallenberg Hudson Moseby Bryston Smith Ally Swafford Sydney Swisher Dale Shipley Memorial Scholarship Samuel Willis David Murphy Endowed Scholarship Arielle Alsup Denton Biggs Ophelia Bryant McKinly Louellen Clem Collin DeHay Sophia Hunt Joseph Korte Don Miller Scholarship in Geology Ryler Hunter Maren Lahita Emily Tompkins Frost Trussell Geology Scholarship Eric Lebar Hudson Mosby Jim Higgins Memorial Fund Shalom Elliott
7 John W. Day Memorial Scholarship Fund Steven Cotton Jacqueline MacGregor Brancen Redman Hanna Stevens Kuykendall Family Endowed Scholarship Aiden Combs Maverick Lee Galster Rylee Hunter Kolton Keylon Jacqueline MacGregor William Morrison Matthew Pittman Emily Tompkins Michael & Susan Gaskins Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship Glory Wilson OCGS Field Camp Scholarships Alexis Bacon Steven Cotton Maxwell Hasler Rylee Hunter Frost Trussell Ariel White Outstanding Geology Senior Steven Cotton
8 OERB Scholarship Arielle Alsup Colin DeHay Shalom Elliott Travis Klein Jacqueline MacGregor Hudson Mosby Bracen Redman Emily Tompkins Skinner Geology Scholarship Addyson Choate Caden Garcia Jade Hart Kamille Robinson Zechari Schooley SM Energy Endowed Excellence Fund in Geology Hudson Moseby Undergraduate Research Award Hudson Moseby Undergraduate Service Award Sophia Hunt
9 Graduates BP America Endowed Scholarship for Geology Marwa Elslbli Decker Dawson Fellowship in Geophysics Adedokun Adeleye Jacob Archer Daniel Duah-Boakye Evelyn Nsarful Devon Energy Graduate Fellowships in Geology William Glathar Lauren Haygood Erick Mason Graduate Fellowship in Geology Sydney Swisher Gary F. Stewart Scholarship Joshua Deen Geology Advisory Board Graduate Fellowship Yanyi Yang John W. Shelton Graduate Fellowship Yanyi Yang Graduate Reaearch Award Ian Cox
10 Martin Family Graduate Fellowship Fund in Geology Rasheed Adetokunbo, AKM Emranul Chowdhury, Monica Hinson, Oghalomeno Ononeme, Debarpita Paul Michael & Susan Gaskins Geology Graduate Fellowship Kehinde Egunjobi Patricia & Lawrence Walker Geology Scholars Endowed Fund Amanda Harding Presidential Petroleum Scholarship Joshua Deen Rick & Sharrie Ely Endowed Fellowship Melina Lazar Sydney Swisher Skinner Geology Fellowship Olivia Glavez Melina Lazar Emma Shook Solid Rock Graduate Fellowship Bryston Smith Graduate Service Award Magnolia McLaughlin GTA Teaching Award Abed Chehadeh
11 Student Awards From outside the School of Geology GSA Research Grant Lauren Haygood Kehinde Egunjobi West Texas Geological Foundation: Adams Scholarship Joshua Ademilola Chinanu Unigwe Maxwell Bawa Marwa Elshebli Adeleye Adedokun Women in GeoScience Scholarship (WinGS) Marwa Elshebli Geoscience Foundation of Tulsa Outstanding Geoscience Student Award Megan Brown, Joshua Ademilola, Magnolia McLaughlin, Chinanu Unigwe, Oghalomeno Ononeme, Shaluka Senevirathna Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research: Loeblich & Tappan Student Research Grant Joshua Deen
12 Oklahoma Geological Foundation Fellowship Izabelle Buentello, Debarpita Paul, Emranul Chowdhury, Joshua Ademilola, Oghale Ononeme, Chinanu Unigwe, Lauren Haygood, Magnolia McLaughlin, Shaluka Rajantha Senevirathna American Association of Petroleum Geologists Grant: Wallace EW. Pratt Memorial Grant Izabelle Buentello AAPG Foundation Grant Lauren Haygood Oklahoma Geological Foundation Suzanne Takken Memorial Fellowship Lauren Haygood South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America Chinanu Unigwe RMAG Foundation’s Michael S. Johnson Scholarship Izabelle Buentello Women for OSU Council Scholarship Lauren Haygood
13 OSU Fall Public Audience Abstract Contest (2nd place) Lauren Haygood Letters to a Pre-Scientist Lauren Haygood SEG David Bartel Scholarship Peter Adetokunbo WAAIME Scholarship Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Oghalomeno Ononeme Maxwell Bawa Joshua Ademilola West Texas Geological Foundation: Lloyd Scholarship Oghalomeno Ononeme Lincoln S. and Sarah W. Hollister Graduate Student Research Grant Ahmed Abdelrahman Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Love of Learning Award Ahmed El Belasy OERB Geosciences Fellowship Scholarship Izabelle Buentello Roger Planalp Award Izabelle Buentello
14 Oklahoma Geological Foundation Black Field Camp Grant Alexis Bacon Ariel White Oklahoma Geological Foundation Davis Geology Fellowship Maxwell Bawa Kehinde Egunjobi Oklahoma Geological Foundation Frederick H. and Lois M. Kate Fellowship Evelyn Brakoa Nsarful Oklahoma Geological Foundation Field Camp Grant Ophelia Bryant Steven Cotton Maxwell Hasler Rylee Hunter Frost Trussel
15 Faculty Awards Good Citizen Award Brandon Spencer Teaching Innovation Award Ashley Burkett Community Engagement Award Camelia Knapp BPSoG Impact Award Mike Grammer Staff Dedication Award Blake Kirby
16 FundraisingTotal $57,672 2021 $22,012 2022 $10,550 2023 $7,500 2024 $17,610 Total $141,000 2022 $20,000 2023 $71,000 2024 $50,000
17 Students Oluwasegun Abbey oabbey@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/oluwasegun-abbey Ahmed Abdelrahman ahmed.abdelrahman@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ahmed-abdelrahman-bb2247133 Worlanyo Ablordeppey worlanyo.ablordeppey@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/worlanyo-ablordeppey-8b309411 Adeleye Adedokun aadedok@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/adeleye-adedokun-146759150 Joshua Ademilola joshua.ademilola@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/joshua-ademilola-m-sc-62ab1043
18 Peter Adetokunbo radetok@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/rasheed-p-adetokunbo-1007b925b Ali Al Janabi ali.al-janabi@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ali-q-aljanabi Abather Al-Hallaf abather.alhallaf@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/abather-alhallaf-a44991219 Kubra Albayrak kubra.albayrak@okstate.edu Arielle Alsup Arielle.alsup@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/arielle-alsup-4192802b9 Alex Arrobio alexander.arrobio@okstate.edu
19 Maryam Azari Rad maryam.azari_rad@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/maryam-azari-rad-8a535a6a Alexis Bacon bacona2216@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/alexis-bacon-635419270 Aletha Bailey Maxwell Bawa maxwell.bawa@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/maxwell-bawa-3131034a/ Steve Beresh steve.beresh@okstate.edu Wade Blackburn wade.blackburn@okstate.edu
20 Alexandria Bradley alexandria.j.bradley@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/alexandria-bradley-git-41868051/ Megan Brown megan.garrett@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/megan-garrett-6144421b4 Ophelia Bryant ophelia.bryant@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ophelia-bryant-a17a72318 Izabelle Buentello izabelle.buentello@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/izabelle-buentello Andrew Buss andrew.buss@okstate.edu Ripley Cantrell Ripley.cantrell@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ripley-cantrell-17285a29a
21 Souryadeep Chakrabarty souryadeep.chakrabarty@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/souryadeep-chakrabarty-375477128 Steven Cotton Steven.cotton@okstate.edu None Ian Cox iancox@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ian-cox-591971191/ Lillian Davis lildavi@okstate.com Nicolas De Los Santos Nicdelo@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/NickSantos1336 Joshua Deen joshuadeen02@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/joshua-deen-8775b12ab/
22 Holly Dickens holly.dickens@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/holly-dickens-ba374116b Mack Ditmore Mackey.ditmore@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/mackey-ditmore-9472212b9 Courtney Doyal Daniel Duah-Boakye dduahbo@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-a3318791 Kehinde Egunjobi kehinde.egunjobi@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/kehinde-egunjobi-00b04889 Ahmed El Belasy
23 Shalom Elliott shalom.elliott10@okstate.edu Marwa Elshebli melsheb@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/marwa-sh Ben Emmert Bemmert@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ben-emmert-b4a0912b8 Jon Fields Jon.fields@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jonjfieldsjr Hannah Frazier Olivia Galvez ogalvez@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/olivia-galvez-8a7a12291
24 Caden Garcia caden.garcia@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/caden-garcia-599081296 David Gee david.c.gee@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/david-gee-396927355/ Will Glathar will.glathar@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/william-glathar-ab48a226b Patrick Gordon Psgordon@okstate.ed Amanda Harding amahard@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/akharding1/ Jade Hart jade.hart@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jade-hart-650565242
25 Maxwell Hasler mhasler@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/maxwell-hasler-9a6672284 Lauren Haygood Lauren.haygood@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/lauren-haygood-7a5aa8170 Clayton Hedges clayton.hedges@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/clayton-hedges Kloe Hendricks Alexander Herron Monica Hinson monica.hinson@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/monica-a-hinson
26 Lori Huck lhuck@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/loriehuck Sophia Hunt Sophia.r.hunt@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sophia-hunt-95270b337 Ian Kallenberg ikallen@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ian-kallenberg-305565255 Kolton Keylon Travis Klein Travis.klein@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/travis-klein-6ba352218 Joseph Korte joseph.korte@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/joseph-korte-a6
27 Maren Lahita Maren.lahita@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/maren-lahita Addyson Lamar Choate alamarc@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/addyson-lamar-choate-9ab086356 Ally Lambdin Melina Lazar Melina.lazar@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/melina-lazar-b5a4711b1 Eric Lebar elebar@okstate.edu Jacqueline MacGregor jacqueline.macgregor@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-macgregor-bb70b4229
28 Sunita Magar sunita.magar@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sunita-magar Lucas Martinez lmart45@okstate.edu Jordon Massey jordon.p.massey@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jordon-massey-70436b103 Marcus McEnroe marcus.mcenroe@okstate.edu Magnolia McLaughlin magnolia.mclaughlin@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/magnolia-mclaughlinSabela Mershon samersh@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sabela-mershon-938191329
29 Jerrod Monroe jerrod.monroe@okstate.edu WIll Morrison wilmorr@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/william-morrison-1738562b9 Hudson Moseby hudson.moseby@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/hudson-moseby Avery Nelson avery.nelson@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/avery-nelson-63bb4b176 Alisara Ngamlurdwongsakul alisara.ngamlurdwongsakul@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/alisara-ngamlurdwongsakul-07b91811b/ Faustino Nsansi fnsansi@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/faustino-david-nsansi-279b3024a
30 Evelyn Nsarful eb.nsarful@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/evelyn-brakoa-nsarful-b7ba3663 Oyewande Ojo oyewande.ojo@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/oyewandeojo Oghalomeno Ononeme oghalomeno.evih.ononeme@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/oghale-ononeme-2402b949 Tyler Padden Debarpita Paul debarpita.paul@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/debarpita-paul-875883117 Brancen Redman brancen.redman@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/brancen-redman-153630244
31 Kamille Robinson kamille.robinson@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/kamille-robinson-836296356 Jackson Roush 0518jackson@gmail.com Silas Samuel samuel.silas.a@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/silas-adeoluwa-samuel Zechari Schooley zechari.schooley@okstate.edu Jaren Schuette jaren.schuette@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jaren-schuette-510140210 Noah Scorsone noah.scorsone@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/noah-scorsone-319968267
32 Elizabeth Scrudder escrudd@okstate.edu Shaluka Senevirathna shaluka.senevirathna@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/shaluka-senevirathna Michael Shepherd Michael.shepherd10@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/michaelshepherd-1205 Ethan Siders ethan.siders@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ethan-siders-91704531b Tyler Skopak tyler.skopak@okstate.edu Kaleb Smith ksmit83@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/kaleb-smith-10a997256
33 Bryston Smith bryston.smith@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/bryston-smith-ba3954237/ Skyler Stiles skyler.stiles@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/skyler-stiles-b25329265 Mark Sutcliffe Ally Swafford ally.n.swafford@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ally-swafford-0121942b8 Sydney Swisher Sydney.swisher@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sydney-swisher-3a9384299 Emily Tompkins
34 Frost Trussell Frost.trussell@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/frost-trussell-4b80602b2 Chinanu Unigwe chinanu.unigwe@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/unigwe-chinanu-8b08b72a2/ Sreejesh Venmarathil Sreedhar svenmar@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sreejesh-63367125 Chase Watkins chase.watkins@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/chase-watkins-869578a Ariel White arielwh@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ariel-white-7275902b2 Samuel Willis
35 Glory Wilson glowils@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/glory-wilson-6a89032b6 Mengran Xin mxin@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/mengran-xin-815ba32b9 Yanyi Yang yanyi.yang@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/yanyi-yang-b90b86224 Abed Yassine Hajj Chehadeh ayassin@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/abed-chehadeh-71912078 Wei Ren weren@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/wei-ren-754437235 Ndubuisi Godstime Igwebuike ndubuisi.igwebuike@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ndubuisi-godstime-igwebuike Post Docs
36 Faculty Rob Agnew Caitlin Barnes Caitlin.barnes@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/caitlin-b-311590241 Sabrina Beckmann sabrina.beckmann@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sabrina-beckmann-56014714b/ Ashley Burkett ashley.burkett@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/ashley-burkett-b83b124b/
37 Xiaofeng Chen xiaofeng.chen@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/xiaofeng-chen-75a158189/ Carlos Cordova Babu Fathepure Trenity Ford trenity.ford@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/trenity/ Michael Grammer michael.grammer@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/michael-grammer-722aa519/ Todd Halihan todd.halihan@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/todd-halihan-77223771
38 Mary Hileman mary.hileman@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/hileman-mary-79317a169/ Ahmed Ismail Priyank Jaiswal priyank.jaiswal@okstate.edu Katumwehe Katumwehe andrew.katumwehe@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/andrew-katumwehe-31043716/ Camelia Knapp camelia.knapp@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/camelia-knapp-56376718/ James Knapp james.knapp@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/james-knapp-9a95a32a/
39 Daniel Lao Davila daniel.lao_davila@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/daniel-la%C3%B3d%C3%A1vila-51275647/ Jack Pashin jack.pashin@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jack-pashin-692a9b88/ Jim Puckette jim.puckette@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jim-puckette-a38b9538/ Tracy Quan tracy.quan@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/tracy-m-quan-b0596a1a Mileva Radonjic Natascha Riedinger natascha.riedinger@okstate.edu
40 Brandon Spencer spbr@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/brandon-spencer-okstategeology/ Javier Vilcaez Perez vilcaez@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/javier-vilc%C3%A1ez-08018840/ Tingying Xu tingying.xu@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/tingying-xu-a7019184 Yipeng Zhang yipeng.zhang@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/yipeng-zhang-geofluid/
41 Sandy Earls sandy.earls@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/sandy-earls-12b42baa Jennifer Koch jennifer.koch@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/jennifer-koch-90018925a/ Tim Sickbert Babita Xavier babita.xavier@okstate.edu www.linkedin.com/in/babita-xavier-811b1b2b4 Staff Blake Kirby abkirby@okstate.edu linkedin.com/in/aaron-blake-kirby
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