AGI Announces First Recipient of The Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship for Women in Geoscience

Kelly M. Deuerling, a Ph.D. candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Florida, was selected as the first recipient of the new scholarship dedicated to increasing the number of women in geoscientific professions. Deuerling was selected for her outstanding contributions to her field, extracurricular activities, and strong participation in the geoscience community.

Deuerling is a highly accomplished geoscientist with a wide range of field experiences, lab skills, grants, and awards to support her research, as well as a publication in review. Her current work as a Ph.D. candidate focuses on the chemical weathering of the glacial foreland in western Greenland, using tracers of subglacial hydrologic systems and oceanic fluxes of radiogenic isotopes. The timeliness and broad appeal of her research, as well as its potential impacts on the greater geoscience community, helped to distinguish Deuerling as a promising young scientist within the geoscience profession.

About Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship

The Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship is awarded annually in honor of Harriet Evelyn Wallace, a founding member of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS), a national organization and AGI member society that facilitates the exchange of information in the geosciences. The scholarship is awarded to a female student pursuing a thesis-based Master’s or Doctoral degree in the Earth sciences. The successful candidate receives $5,000 for her first scholarship year and will be eligible for a second-year scholarship of $5,000 upon successful completion of her first year. For more information on the scholarship, please visit www.agiweb.org/scholarships/wallace/.