René A. Shroat-Lewis

Fall 2007 Graduate

Education:
UNC Wilmington, B.S. Geology, 2005

Advisor:
Patricia Kelley

Committee Members:
W. Burleigh Harris, Richard Laws, Fred Hotchkiss

Research Interests:
Taphonomy of a Pliocene Ophiuroid mass mortality bed in the Tirabuzón Formation, Baja California Sur

Honors:
Victor Zullo Memorial Research Award, 2005
The Association of Women Geoscientists Goldring Award, 2005
ERS Graduate Student Service Award, 2005-2006
National Non-Traditional Students Association Scholarship, 2006
Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences James R. Welch Scholarship, 2006
ERS research grant, 2006
Graduate School summer research grant, 2006
Geological Society of America research grant, 2006
Marine sciences summer research stipend, 2007
Geography and Geology Outstanding Teaching Award, 2006-2007
Association for Women Geoscientists Chrysalis Scholarship, 2007

Currently:
Pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee