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for students looking at careers in this field. The Birdsall-Dreiss
Distinguished Lecturer honorees are named by this Division,
along with the O.E. Meinz er Award, the George Burke Maxey
Distinguished Service Award, the Kohout Early Career Award,
and the Hydrogeology Division Student Research Grant Awards.
Learn more at c o m m u n i t y .g e o s o c i e t y .o r g / h y d r o d i v i s i o n .

K a r s t Sc i e n t i f i c D i v i s i o n ( est. 2014; ~ 306 members) : The study
of karst terranes necessarily involves a wide variety of subjects
and specialties, spanning almost every Division in GSA and sci-
entific disciplines outside of GSA’s purview. These include geol-
ogy, biology, microbiology, soils, environmental geology, engi-
neering, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, structural
geomorphology, archaeology, urban planning, climatology,
paleoclimatology, meteorology, hydrology, speleology, and even
planetary studies. Comprehensive karst studies also can require
the assistance of cave explorers and mappers, cave divers, math-
ematicians, modelers, and computer programmers. In all cases,
practitioners in each discipline bring with them their own experi-
ences, perspectives, insights, tools, and scales of reference. Learn
more at c o m m u n i t y .g e o s o c i e t y .o r g / k a r s t d i v i s i o n .

The Li m n o g e o l o g y Sc i e n t i f i c D i v i s i o n ( est. 2002; ~ 269 mem-
bers) encourages research on both ancient and modern lakes
around the world, the collaboration of scientists from all disci-
plines on lake research, and the fostering of student research and
careers in lake studies. The Division sponsors the Israel C.
Russell Award and the Kerry Kelts Student Research Award.
Learn more at r o c k .g e o s o c i e t y .o r g / l i m n o .

The Mi n e r a l o g y , Ge o c h e m i s t r y , Pe t r o l o g y , a n d Vo l c a n o l o g y
Sc i e n t i f i c D i v i s i o n ( est. 2009; ~ 1,891 members) promotes aware-
ness, teaching, and research in these fields and stimulates discus-
sion about the knowledge, ideas, research results, and problems
regarding these fundamental areas of the earth sciences.
Annually, the Division sponsors a Distinguished Geologic Career
Award and two student research grant awards. Learn more at
c o m m u n i t y .g e o s o c i e t y .o r g / m g p v d i v i s i o n .

The Pl a n e t a r y Ge o l o g y Sc i e n t i f i c D i v i s i o n ( est. 1981; ~ 735
members) fosters interactions among planetary scientists, facili-
tates the presentation and discussion of their research and ideas,
stimulates communication with other earth scientists, and pro-
motes planetary geology to a broad audience. Awards sponsored
by the Division include the G.K. Gilbert Award, the Ronald
Greeley Award for Distinguished Service, and, for students, the
Eugene M. Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award, the Stephen E.
Dwornik Awards for best student presentations at the annual
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, student travel grants,
and ( jointly with the Meteoritical Society) the Pellas-Ryder
Award for the best student-authored paper in planetary science.
Learn more at r o c k .g e o s o c i e t y .o r g / p g d .

The Q u a t e r n a r y Ge o l o g y a n d Ge o m o r p h o l o g y Sc i e n t i f i c
D i v i s i o n ( est. 1955; ~ 1,445 members) facilitates communication
among scientists in these fields and the presentation of their
research and ideas to the wider scientific community. Several
awards are given by this Division, including the Distinguished
Career Award, the Kirk Bryan Award, the Gladys W. Cole

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