Three EAS Students Awarded Funds for Research

Each semester, the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Research Grants Program awards funds to students to perform and publish research. Students can earn up to $2,500 each, with $5,000 available. This spring, three students are recognized. All three are M.S. students in their first year. Those students not selected in a given round are given feedback on their proposals and encouraged to resubmit in a future round.

Spring 2025 Recipients

Robby Reyna
Impact of Fault-Controlled Brine Upwelling on Contamination of a Sand Aquifer Associated with the Occurrence of Leakage from a Natural CO₂ Reservoir in Eastern-Central Utah
Advisor: Dr. Regina Capuano
$2,500

Makenna Harris

How do Charcoals Record Grassland Fires in the Stratigraphic Record: A Case Study from the 2024 Windy Deuce Fire in the Texas Panhandle
Advisor: Dr. Brandee Carlson
$1,047

Breno Goldenberg Araujo
Differentiating Turbidites and Contourites in a Miocene-Pleistocene Deep-Water Drift Deposit, Offshore West Antarctica
Advisor: Dr. Julia Wellner
$1,453

The selection committee is made up of five faculty members, including Drs. Regina Capuano, Dan Hauptvogel, Xun Jiang, Shuhab Khan, and Julia Wellner (chair). The EAS student grant program is made possible by generous donations from alumni and friends of the department.

- Ashley Byers, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics