University of Oklahoma | School of Meteorology

SoM Student Awards

Each year the School of Meteorology faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff are asked to nominate students for awards to acknowledge academic performance, leadership, and service. Once a student has been nominated for an award, the student will be contacted for additional information to aid the selection committee in making a decision. Typically, nominations are made by early February and award decisions are made by early March. Awards are presented at the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences Student Awards Ceremony, typically held in April. Each student receives a certificate and monetary award, as well as a place on the School of Meteorology recognition plaque.

Faculty Recognition for Outstanding Performance as a Graduate Student

This award is based on GPA, leadership, service, and scholarly publications.

1999	Paul Markowski	2004	Robin Tanamachi	2009	Melissa Bukovsky
2000	Jerry Brotzge	2005	Brad Barrett	2010	Corey Potvin
2001	Jerry Brotzge	2006	Kodi Nemunaitis	2011	Jennifer Newman
2002	Curtis Alexander	2007	Ryan May
2003	Matt Haugland	2008	Matt Kumjian David Bodine

SoM Director's Recognition for Outstanding Service to the Department as a Graduate Student

As with the undergraduate award, this award is presented to a graduate student who has given freely of his or her time and talents to departmental services. This may include a student very actively involved in groups such as the Student Affairs Committee, OUSCAMS, OWL, or giving tours.

1999	Brian Fehrn	2004	Brad Barrett	2009	Therese Thompson Angelyn Kolodziej
2000	Dan Dixon	2005	Ming Hu	2010	Renee Curry
2001	Janet Martinez	2006	Sean Arms	2011	Patrick Hyland
2002	Brad Illston	2007	Patrick Marsh
2003	Curtis Alexander	2008	Nathan Snook Kevin Goebbert

Yoshi Sasaki Award for Best M.S. Manuscript/Publication

Presented to a student who has published (or submitted) the most outstanding journal article based on their Masters degree work at the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology. Publications within the last 2 years are eligible. In addition to being nominated by a faculty member or advisor, graduate students can also submit applications on their own behalf.

1999	Jerry Brotzge David Montroy	2004	Patrick Burke	2009	Craig Schwartz
2000	Ed Alderman	2005	Zewdu Segele	2010	Amanda Kis
2001	Janet Martinez	2006	Hamish Ramsey	2011	Aaron Johnson
2002	Chris Weiss	2007	Melissa Bukovsky
2003	Matt Haugland	2008	Aaron Botnick

Douglas Lilly Award for Best Ph.D. Manuscript/Publication

Presented to a student who has published (or submitted) the most outstanding journal article based on their Ph.D. degree work at the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology. Publications within the last 2 years are eligible. In addition to being nominated by a faculty member or advisor, graduate students can also submit applications on their own behalf.

1999	Jinxing Zong	2004	Renee McPherson	2009	Kristin Kuhlman
2000	Mark Askelson	2005	Bob Conzemius	2010	Matt Kumjian
2001	John Mewes	2006	Haixia Liu	2011	Jeremy Gibbs
2002	Jeff Basara	2007	Mingjing Tong
2003	Ed Alderman	2008	Hamish Ramsey

Outstanding Teaching Assistant

This award may be given to a graduate or undergraduate student who has either been a Teaching Assistant for a meteorology course, or who has been an instructor for a meteorology course.

1999	Peter Banacos	2004	Michael James	2009	Jeremy Gibbs
2000	Ahsha Tribble	2005	Sean Arms	2010	Todd Kluber
2001	Jeff Basara Trish Brune	2006	Tiffani Wilke	2011	Kevin Haghi
2002	Brad Barrett Kodi Nemunaitis	2007	Christopher Godfrey
2003	Jennifer Adams	2008	Patrick Marsh

Tommy C. Craighead Award for Best Paper in Radar Meteorology

Presented to any University of Oklahoma student or recent graduate who is the lead author on a refereed journal article (preferably accepted, but at least submitted) with a focus on radar studies of the atmosphere. The research described in the article should exemplify the inter-disciplinary nature of remote sensing of the atmosphere using radar.

2008	Svetlana Buchman
2009	Bradley Isom
2010	David Bodine
2011	Yixin Wen

Forrest W. Johns Memorial Meteorology Scholarship

This award is given based on the quantity and quality of a student's contributions to the Oklahoma Weather Laboratory.

2008	Anthony Bain Timothy Supinie
2009	Luke Madaus
2010	Alex Zwink
2011	Nicole Ramsey