Previous Awards

2020
GSA Karst Division John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies:
Keegan Donovan, Northern Arizona University for his proposal entitled "Characterization of Karstic Groundwater Flow in the Semi-Arid Southwestern United States through Spring Analysis"

GSA Karst Division Distinguished Service Award:
John W. "Jack" Hess, GSA

GSA Karst Division Meritorious Contribution Award:
Dr. John and Joan Mylroie, Mississippi State University 

GSA Karst Division Young Scientist
Award: Dr. Angel Garcia, James Madison University 


2019
GSA Karst Division John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies:
  Jonathan Wilson, University of Kentucky for his proposal entitled "Using δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon and dissolved organic carbon as tracers to characterize karst spring systems of the Shivwitz Plateau at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

GSA Karst Division Distinguished Service Award: Dr. Calvin Alexander, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota


GSA Karst Division Meritorious Contribution Award:
Dr. Will and Bette White, Penn State University 

GSA Karst Division Young Scientist Award:
Dr. Erik Larson, Shawnee State University 


2018

GSA Karst Division John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies:
 Jenny NiMcGill University for her proposal entitled "Mineral-organic mapping of speleothems in basaltic lava tubes from Lava Beds National Monument, California" 

GSA Karst Division Meritorious Contribution Award:
Dr. Art Palmer, Professor Emeritus SUNY Oneonta

GSA Karst Division Young Scientist Award: Casey Jones (USGS)


2017
GSA Karst Division John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies: 
James Shelley, Western Kentucky University for his proposal entitled "Modeling Class V Injection Well Influences on Urban Karst Flooding"


GSA Karst Division Meritorious Contribution Award:
 Dr. Nick Crawford, Professor Emeritus of Western Kentucky University 

GSA Karst Division Distinguished Service Award: Cory W. BlackEagle, University of Kentucky

GSA Karst Division Young ScientistJohannes Mattes, University of Vienna


2016

GSA Karst Division John W. Hess Research Grant in Karst Research Studies: Isabelle Weisman, Vanderbilt University for her proposal entitled “Investigating California precipitation: A high-resolution speleothem study at Lake Shasta Caverns, Lakehead, California.” 


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