Research Opportunities
As an earth and environmental sciences student at 糖心logo入口 State, you鈥檒l have access to state-of-the-art research facilities like the Watershed Studies Institute, Mapping Applications and Resource Center (MARC), and Archaeology Lab.
You鈥檒l also have opportunities to gain hands-on experience by working with faculty mentors to pursue research about topics you鈥檙e interested in learning more about. Break ground. Find solutions. It鈥檚 all there for you to discover.
Recent Student Awards
- Skylar Ross
Received 2023 KentuckyView Graduate Fellowship Award - Madalyn Hake
Received 2023 KentuckyView Undergraduate Fellowship Award - Lacy Risner
Received 2022 Outstanding Student Research Award
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcie Venter - Clint Cornelison
Received 2021 KentuckyView Undergraduate Fellowship Award - Skylar Ross
Recipient of 2023 JCSET Travel Grant Award - Kyle Klass
Outstanding Graduate Poster, 2021 糖心logo入口 Sigma-Xi Poster Competition
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robin Zhang - Lacy Risner
Received a JCSET Graduate Research Grant
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcie Venter - Alex Cline
Received an AIPG-Kentucky Student Scholarship Award - Kevin Wann
Received an ORCA research grant for research in Jamaica and an ORCA travel grant to present at the 2019 Annual meeting of the Sociey for American Archaeology in Albuquerque
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcie Venter - Lacy Risner
Received an ORCA research grant and a Gilman scholarship for research in Jamaica, and an ORCA travel grant to present at the 2019 Annual meeting of the Sociey for American Archaeology in Albuquerque
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcie Venter - Matt Meyer
Received an ORCA travel grant to present at the 2019 Midwest Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnohistory in Lexington
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcie Venter - Nolan Whitt
Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award, 2019 Sigma Xi Poster Competition
Faculty Advisor: Haluk Cetin - Javus Yandal
Outstanding Graduate Poster Award, 2019 Sigma Xi Poster Competition
Faculty Advisor: Haluk Cetin - Kevin Takashita-Bynum
Received a $10,000 Early Career Grant from National Geographic for research in East Africa
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Stinchcomb - Marie White
Second place undergraduate poster presentation - geology, 2018 Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Casey - Molly Karnes
First place poster presentation in the geology category at the 2017 annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Casey - Mallory Gerzan
Second place poster presentation in the geology category at the 2017 annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Stinchcomb - Garner Hancock
First place poster presentation in the geography category at the 2017 annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robin Zhang - Phil Roberson
First place graduate oral presentation in the geology category at the 2017 annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Casey - Steven Collett
Recipient of a fellowship from the Office of Research and Creative Activity for research on water quality
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haluk Cetin - Travis West
Second place poster presentation at the 2017 Memphis Area Geographic Information Council (MAGIC) & American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Mid-South Conference
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haluk Cetin and Dr. Kate He - Jacob Pease
Second place poster presentation in the ecology and environmental science category at the 103rd meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haluk Cetin - Travis West
Recipient of the NASA Kentucky Space Grant Consortium Fellowship
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haluk Cetin - Ashley Casselberry
First place undergraduate poster presentation in the geology category at the 2016 annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haluk Cetin - Abby Glass
Recipient of a fellowship from the Office of Research and Creative Activity for research on the inner-ear structure of whales
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Casey - Rachel Hendricks
Received funding from the Office of Research and Creative Activity for her research and forensic analysis of human remains
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony Ortmann - Caitlyn Housley
Recipient of a grant from the Office of Research and Creative Activity
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcie Venter - Hongli Yang
Third place graduate oral presentation in the geography category at the 2016 annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robin Zhang
Recent Faculty Awards
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- Dr. Bassil El Masri
Awarded the NSF EPSCoR NASA Research Fellowship
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- Dr. Gary Stinchcomb
2021 糖心logo入口 Distinguished Researcher Award - Dr. Marcie Vernter
2020 糖心logo入口 Emerging Scholar Award
2020 Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award - Dr. Bassil El Masri
2019 JCSET Outstanding Researcher Award - Dr. Michelle Casey
2019 Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award - Dr. Gary Stinchcomb
Named the 2018 Geologist of the Year by the Kentucky section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists - Dr. Haluk Cetin
Received the 2017 USGS-NASA William T. Pecora Team Award for his work as project manager on the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters Team - Dr. Gary Stinchcomb
Named the 2017 chair-elect of the Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group of the Geological Society of America - Dr. Marcie Venter
Named the program editor for the archaeology division of the American Anthropological Association - Dr. Haluk Cetin
Awarded the NASA Kentucky Space Undergraduate Fellowship Grant - Dr. Bassil El Masri
Awarded the NASA Kentucky EPSCoR Program Research Infrastructure Development Grant - Dr. Gary Stinchcomb
Awarded the Electric Power Research Institute Grant - Dr. Gary Stinchcomb
Named the Outstanding Researcher of the Year for the Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology at 糖心logo入口 State - Dr. Haluk Cetin
Awarded the Bring Learning to Life Grant - Dr. Bassil El Masri
Awarded the Bring Learning to Life Grant - Dr. Gary Stinchcomb
Awarded the GSIS Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Word Award in 2016 for the Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods
- Dr. Gary Stinchcomb