DrSara Polanco
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy
Associations
2019-2024 Australian correspondent for the International Association of Sedimentologists
2019-2021 Committee member of the Geological Society of Australia Sedimentology Special Interest Group
Awards and Honours
2020 Fulbright Future Scholar to be hosted at the California Institute of Technology.
2017 Finalist, the Peer Prize for Women inScience. Australia-wide competition awarded by Thinkable for best science communication.
2016 The Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, University of Adelaide.
2014 Chevron postgraduate research student award for outstanding research output, University of Adelaide.
2014 Best poster presentation awarded by the Society for Sedimentary Geology (USA). Annual Convention and Exhibition of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas, USA.
2012-2015 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), University of Adelaide (awarded to upper 5% of applicants).