Ny Riavo Gilbertinie “Voary” Voarintsoa, former visiting scholar in Geosciences at Williams, has won the Geological Society of America’s John Montagne Award. The award supports research in the field of Quaternary geology/geomorphology and was presented at GSA’s 2016 Annual Conference in Denver.
“Receiving this award has brightened my life. I’m so excited, I am thankful because people encourage me to do better,” she wrote in an email discussing the award.
Voary spent the 2010-2011 academic year at Williams, working on NSF-funded research with Prof. Rónadh Cox and taking Geos classes. Her research with Dr. Cox was published in the South African Journal of Geology in 2012. She was also a 2016 recipient the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship and is currently working on her PhD at the University of Georgia. You can learn more about Voary and her work on her website: www.voary.com.
