2025 Scholarship Winners Announcement

Congratulations to the 2025 RMS-SEPM scholarship winners!

Winner of the Donald L. Smith Award:

Samantha Khatri-PhD student, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT), (Dr. Sarah Keenan, Advisor

A novel archive for the Eocene–Oligocene Transition using intercontinental lacustrine carbonates

Khatri proposal
 

Winner of the Fluvial Sedimentology Award:

Luke Gezovich-PhD Student, Colorado School of Mines (Piret Plink-Bjorklund-Advisor)

Quantifying Stratal Geometries: Evidence for a Fluvial Fan Origin of the Jezero Landform Compared to Fluvial Deposits in the Rocky Mountains

Gezovich Proposal
 

Winner of the Edwin D. McKee Award:

Sylvia Hoyt, Colorado School of Mines (Zane Jobe-Advisor)

Plastic as a Sediment: Comparing microplastic contamination in pristine and recreational lakes in the Intermountain West

HOYT PROPOSAL

We owe a huge shout out to every sponsor who transferred their sponsorship of the cancelled Grain Size Gala to Student Scholarship donations. Your generosity and understanding is greatly appreciated!