Two PTYS graduate students were awarded Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science Technology (FINESST) awards in 2019:

• Indujaa Ganesh, Plumes and Pyroclasts: Understanding the Dynamics of Explosive Volcanism on Venus (advisor: Lynn Carter)
• Allison McGraw, Observational Campaign for the Gefion Asteroid Family (advisor: Vishnu Reddy). 

Geosciences student Brandon Tober, advised by Professor Jack Holt, also received a FINESST award for A New Regional View of Alaskan Glaciers: Bed Elevation, Ice Thickness, and Flux.