As we reflect on the past 125 years of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences it is clear that the success and reputation of the college is defined substantially by the achievements of our graduates. In appreciation, we aspire to recognize their achievements by selection of 125th Anniversary Fellows, to join the august group of alumni previously selected as Centennial Fellows in 1996.
Fellows shall be graduates who are at the prime of their careers in academia, the private sector, government, and public service. Of particular attention are those graduates who have demonstrated strong leadership in their respective communities, who have been pioneers in diversity, and who have contributed substantially to the welfare of humanity using the skills and knowledge the college equipped them with upon graduation.
Fellows will be honored at the Celebration of Accomplishment: 125 Years of Earth and Mineral Sciences banquet on October 30, 2021.
125th Anniversary Fellows
- Angelique Adams
CEO, Angelique Adams Media Solutions, LLC - James Adegoke
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City - Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi
Minister of Energy, Qatar - Susan Altman
Hydrologist, Sandia National Laboratories - M. Susan Barger
M. Susan Barger Consulting - Raul Benavides
Board of Directors, Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. Lima, Peru - Margaret Benoit
Program Director, Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation - Jerry Berkebile
Founding Partner, Augustin Exploration, LLC - Jamil Bey
President and Chief Executive Officer, UrbanKind Institute - Ashis Bhattacherjee
Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India - Jennifer Biddle
Associate Professor, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware - Gale Blackmer
Director, Bureau of Topographic & Geologic Survey, Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Kristen Brosnan
Technology Director, Superior Technical Ceramics - David Brown
Executive Director, Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation - George Bryan
Senior Scientist and Section Head, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research - James Bryja
President, Gimme Foundation, Inc. - Darryl Butt
Dean, College of Mines and Earth Sciences, and Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah - Barton Cahir
President of XTO Inc and Senior Vice President for Unconventionals, ExxonMobil - Andrew Campbell
Commander of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan - David Cann
Professor of Materials Science, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University - Chris Cappelli
Corporate Director, Esri - Julianne Carlson
R&D Chemist, Thibiant International, Los Angeles, CA - William Cermignani
Executive Director, Pratt & Whitney - Elana Chapman
Senior Fuels and Biofuels Engineer, General Motors - Shuyi Chen
Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Washington - Mark Clemans
President and Chief Executive Officer, Carrier Energy Partners - Matt Coleman
Director, Strategic Partnerships, Nephila Climate - María Del Carmen Cazorla Andrade
Professor, College of Sciences and Engineering, and Director of the Institute for Atmospheric Research, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Ecuador - Martin Craighead
President and Chief Executive Officer, Baker Hughes, (retired) - Jody Crampo Mcdaniels
MQ-9 Pilot Instructor, Crew Training International, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico - Kurt Cuffey
Professor of Geography, and Martin Distinguished Chair in Ocean, Earth and Climate Science, University of California, Berkeley - Ben De Angelo
Deputy Director, NOAA Climate Program Office and Vice Chair, Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Program - Ankur Desai
Reid Bryson Professor of Climate, People, and Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Tabbetha Dobbins
Interim Vice President for Research, Dean of the School of Graduate School, Rowan University - Shawn Domagal-Goldman
Branch Chief, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Lisa Edge
Senior Program Manager, IR Program Office, HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, California - Jennifer Eigenbrode
Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Mary Erickson
Deputy Director, National Weather Service, NOAA - Turgay Ertekin
Professor Emeritus of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Penn State - Michael Farrar
Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA - Trisha Fehlinger Mikita
Vice President of Digital Media Strategy, AccuWeather, Inc. - Marilyn Fogel
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Geo-Ecology, University of California, Riverside - Kirk Goldsberry
Lecturer in Management and Associate Director of Center for Leadership and Ethics, University of Texas at Austin - Chris Goranson
Distinguished Service Professor, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University - Erica Grow
Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and Owner & Principal Consultant, Weather Elevate, LLC - Kelly Hamilton
Environmental Manager, NRG Energy Inc. - Robert Hart
Professor of Meteorology, Florida State University - Guangwei Haung
Principal Owner and Chief Executive Officer, HJI Group Corporation, Orange County, California - Sue Ellen Haupt
Senior Scientist and Deputy Director, Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research - Elisabeth Hausrath
Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Jamison Hawkins
Director, Civil Space and Environmental Programs, Lockheed Martin (retired) - Gavin Hayes
Senior Science Adviser for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards, USGS - Keith Heasley
Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering, West Virginia University - Eunnyeong Heo
Professor, Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University - Janet Herman
Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia - Michael Hermann
Founder and Lead Cartographer, Purple Lizard Maps - Jacqueline Huntoon
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michigan Technical University - Anthony Hutchinson
Director, Government and Industry Relations, Freddie Mac - Christopher Jablonowski
Principal Technical Expert for Cost Engineering and Analytics, Shell Exploration and Production Company - Linda Jones
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Western New England University - Takeshi Kakegawa
Professor of Geoschemistry, Tohoku University - Jeffery Kohler
Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering, Penn State - Sarah Korman
General Council, Absci, Vancouver, Washington - Arlene Laing
Coordinating Director, Caribbean Meteorological Organization - Jennifer Langer Jacobs
New Jersey State Medicaid Director - Trevor Lauer
President and Chief Operating Officer, DTE Energy - Robin Leichenko
Professor of Geography, Rutgers University - Carlos Leon y Leon
Lead, Materials Science Team, Morgan Advanced Materials - Christina Lopano
Research Physical Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory - Mark Losego
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology - Edward Mansouri
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, WeatherSTEM - Christopher Mark
Principal Roof Control Specialist, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Melissa Marshall
Vice President, Global Internal Audit, Westinghouse Electric Company - David Mazyck
Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Director of Electronic Delivery of Gator Engineering (EDGE), University of Florida - Jennifer Carfagno McGillis
On-Camera Meteorologist, The Weather Channel - David Meyer
Head, Electromagnetic Technology Branch, Naval Research Laboratory - Don Mitchell
Professor of Cultural Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden; and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography, Syracuse University - Aravind Mohanram
Vice President, Innovation and External Ventures, Mott Corporation - Alexis Navarre-Sitchler
Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering and Ben Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence, Colorado School of Mines - Shuhei Ono
Associate Professor of Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Stu Ostro
Senior Director of Weather Communications, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel - Wilfredo Otaño Rivera
Professor of Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Cayey - Glen Ottinger
President, ThermoFusion Inc., Hayward, California - Richard Pancost
Head of School and Professor of Biogeochemistry, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom - David Payne
Vice President Health, Safety and Environment, Chevron Corporation - Frank Pazzaglia
Professor of Geology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - Stephanie Petrina Boyce
Principal Investigator and Aerospace Materials Engineer, Paragon Space Development Corporation - Emery Petrof III
Chief Operation Officer, Silver Energy Partners LLC - Nicholas Pinter
Professor and Roy J. Shlemon Chair in Applied Geosciences, University California Davis - Ronald Polcawich
Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - Colin Polsky
Professor of Geosciences and Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University - Raja Ramani
Professor Emeritus of Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Penn State - Mark Read
Professor and Head, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, U.S. Military Academy at West Point - Erica Redline
Principal Research and Development Chemist, Sandia National Laboratory - Nicole Reed Fry
Associate Director, Guidehouse - Carolyn Reynolds
Lead Scientist, Probabilistic Prediction Research Office, Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory - Christie Rogers
Technical Team Lead, Structural Geology and Hydrocarbon Systems, ExxonMobil - Gary Rowe
Manager, EarthMAP Program, United States Geologic Survey - Megan Ruffe
Co-producer, Florentine Films, Ken Burns’ documentary company - Nancy Ryan Gray
President and Chief Executive Officer, Gordon Research Conferences - Roland Sauermann
President, SGV International, LLC, Houston, Texas - Heather Savage
Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz - Lori Schell
Founder and President, Empowered Energy - Michael Schmitt
Chief Executive Officer and Senior Research Scientist, HAMR Industries LLC, Houston, Texas - Martin Schoonen
Professor of Geosciences, Stony Brook University; and Associate Laboratory Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory - Addison Sears-Collins
Founder and Roboticist, Automatic Addison - Lawrence Shadle
Director, Thermal Sciences Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory - Raymond Shaw
Distinguished Professor of Physics, Michigan Technological University - Todd Sikora
Professor of Meteorology, Millersville University - Nuntawan (Lynn) Silpngarmlers
Reservoir Characterization Section Leader, Chevron Nigeria - Shyam Singh
President and Chief Marketing Officer, Thermoplastec Inc. - Beth Stump
Upstream Capability Geologic and Geophysical Technical Assurance Team Lead, Chevron - Astrid Suarez-Mullins
Senior Meteorologist and Branch Chief, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base - James Szybist
Head, Propulsion Science Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Gregory Tucker
Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder - Laurentius Verburg
Geochemist, Golder Associates - Shree Vikas
Director, Market Intelligence and Business Analysis, ConocoPhillips - Richard Wagner Jr.
Director, Bureau of Mine Safety, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection - Judy Wakhungu
First woman geologist in the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Regional Development, the first woman petroleum geologist in the National Oil Corporation of Kenya, first woman faculty member in the Department of Geology at the University of Nairobi, and current Kenyan Ambassador to France. - Xuguang Wang
Robert Lowry Chair and Presidential Research Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma - John Washington
Research Chemist, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Elizabeth Wentz
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate College and Interim Director for the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University - Jessica Whitehead
Joan P. Brock Endowed Executive Director, Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience, Old Dominion University - James Whitehorne
Chief, Redistricting and Voting Rights Data Office, U.S. Census Bureau - Jennifer Whitnack Hesterman
Vice President, Education Services, Watermark Risk Management International, LLC - Rick Wilkin
Senior Research Scientist, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA - Andre Wilson
Senior Metallurgical Engineer, Aluminum Specialist, Scot Forge - Rebecca Lea Wolfrom
Methods Compliance Specialist, Particle Technology Labs - Bernadette Woods Placky
Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Program Director, Climate Central - Augustus Wright
Senior Geospatial Engineering Technician, U.S. Army GEOINT Battalion - Nsakala ya Nsakala
Project Leader, ALSTOM Power Inc. (Retired) - Charles Zebula
Executive Vice President, Portfolio Optimization, American Electric Power - Aubrey Zerkle
Reader, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews - Chidong Zhang
Supervisory Oceanographer, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory