A written transcript of her acceptance speech will be printed in the QG&G Newsletter. She also provided an invited 30-minute extended lecture about rock detention structures being used as natural infrastructure in dryland streams during the GSA 2024 Connects Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Learn more about this award here: Employee Shoutout: Laura Norman Receives the Geological Society of America's 2024 Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research | U.S. Geological Survey (usgs.gov).