Honors & Awards

• Experience Energy’s GRIT Award winner, Team category with Dr. Cari Johnson, Team name: “ShePersisted, University of Utah Energy.” for “creating welcoming, inclusive cultures where a new generation of energy industry professionals want to work”, 2019. Experience Energy, 2019
• Top 20 most downloaded article in Sedimentology, 2017-2018, Birgenheier et al., 2017, A depositional model for offshore deposits of the lower Blue Gate Member, Mancos Shale, Uinta Basin, Utah, USA, Sedimentology, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12359. International Association of Sedimentologists, 2018
• Inspirational Geoscience Educator Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation, International level, 2018. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation, 2018
• 2nd place in Rocky Mountain region for Imperial Barrel Award competition. Primary advisor for U of Utah student team in annual international petroleum exploration competition organized by American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2017
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, annual college teaching award, student nominated. College of Mines and Earth Science, University of Utah, 2016
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, annual department teaching award, student nominated. Geology & Geophysics Department, University of Utah, 2016
• 2nd place in Rocky Mountain region for Imperial Barrel Award competition. Primary advisor for U of Utah student team in annual international petroleum exploration competition organized by American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). American Association of Petroleum Geologists , 2015
• Imperial Barrel Award; Faculty co-advisor with L. Stright for 1st place U of Utah student team in annual international petroleum exploration competition organized by American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG); 107 university teams (535 students) entered. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2013
• Myerly-Martin Prize for Excellence in Graduate Research. Department of Geosicences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007
• Geological Society of America (GSA) Coal Division Best Paper at 2006 GSA Annual Conference. Geological Society of America, 2007
• Othmer Fellow. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004
• Phi Beta Kappa academic society member. Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
• Outstanding Senior Geology Student. Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 2002
• Award for Excellence. Association of Women Geoscientist, 2002

In the Media

• Interviewed as role model on Road Trip Nation, PBS television series, documentary on single mothers training for STEM careers titled, “Single Mom’s Story: Together We Thrive.” Birgenheier interview profile:. 2020. https://roadtripnation.com/interviews/lauren-birge...
• Interviewed as role model on Road Trip Nation, PBS television series, documentary on single mothers training for STEM careers titled, “Single Mom’s Story: Together We Thrive.” Documentary link:. 2020. https://roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/single-mothers
• GRIT Award winner, team category: ShePersisted, University of Utah Energy . 2019. https://csistars.com/rar/recognizing-the-2019-grit...
• AAPG Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching Award recipients announced, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer. 2018. https://www.aapg.org/publications/blogs/events/art...
• Interview: Meet Lauren Birgenheier, 2018 Inspirational Geoscience Educator Awardee, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation . 2018. https://www.facebook.com/AAPGFoundation/videos/708...
• Moving Beyond Bias: Annual Convention and Exhibition session provides strategies for increasing fairness in the workplace, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer . 2018. http://www.aapg.org/publications/blogs/events/arti...
• SPOTLIGHT ON - Department-wide effort, Utah Won as a Team, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Explorer . 2013. http://www.aapg.org/Publications/News/Explorer/Col...