University of Texas, Austin, TX - Master of Science in Geoscience, 2021 (expected graduation date) Trinity University, San Antonio, TX - Bachelor of Science with Honors in Geosciences, 2014
Post Baccalaureate Employment
Southwest Research Institute, Earth Science Section, San Antonio, TX - June 2018 to July 2019
Presentations
Gale, Julia F. W., Bethany G. Rysak, Sara J. Elliott, and Stephen E. Laubach. "Characterization of Hydraulic Fractures in Slant Core From the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site (HFTS1) Project in the Wolfcamp Formation, Midland Basin, West Texas." 2020 AAPG ACE, Houston, TX. Poster Presentation. (ABSTRACT SUBMITTED)
Smart,Kevin J., David A. Ferrill, and Bethany G. Rysak. "Progressive Deformation in the Arbuckle and Wichita Mountains: Implications for Exploration in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma." 2020 AAPG ACE, Houston, TX. Poster Presentation. (ABSTRACT SUBMITTED)
Rysak, Bethany G., Diane R. Smith, and Kurt M. Knesel. "Olivine Chemistry of Indian Heaven lavas, southern Washington Cascades." 2018 GSA Joint Rocky Mountain - Cordilleran Section Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ. Poster Presentation.
Hernandez, Joshua, R., Bethany G. Rysak, Kathleen D. Surpless, Andrew P. Barth, and Joseph L. Wooden. "Great Valley Group Detrital Zircon Trace Element Signatures: A Partial Record of Sierra Nevada Arc Magmatism." 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver CO. Poster Presentation
Publications
Rysak, Bethany G., "Olivine Chemistry of Indian Heaven Lavas, Southern Washington Cascades" (2018). Geosciences Student Honors Theses. 18. https://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/geo_honors/18
Honors & Awards
William Dow Hamm Memorial Grant, AAPG Grants-in-Aid Program [April 2020]
GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research, GeoCUR Student Research Initiative [School Year 2018]
Outstanding Senior Student, Trinity University Geoscience Department [School Year 2018]
Tinker Family Geoscience Award, Trinity University Geoscience Department [School Year 2018]
W. A. Tarr Award, Sigma Gamma Epsilon Geoscience Honors Fraternity [School Year 2018]
East Texas Geological Society Student Scholarship, East Texas Geological Society [School Year 2017-2018]
Robert Lowell Freed Scholarship for Excellence in the Study of Earth Materials [School Year 2016-2017]
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Petroleum Geologists - (2017 to Present) American Rock Mechanics Association - (2019 to Present) Association for Women Geoscientists - (2018 to Present) Geologic Society of America - (2014 to Present) Texas Geophysical Society - (2020 to Present)