David is a Fellow of the Geological Society, an Early Career Researcher member of UKCCSRC and SEG, and a student member of AAPG, GESGB, SPE, SEPM, IAS, and the Energy Institute.

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Early Career:

• Early Career Geologist Award (Finalist) - The Geological Society, 2025

  • The Early Career Geologist Award is an annual presentation competition that showcases the talent and skills of individuals who are in the early stages of their respective geoscientific careers.​​

• President's Award - The Geological Society, 2023

  • The President's Award is conferred upon early-career industry geoscientists & academic researchers who show significant promise as future leaders in their field.

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​Postgraduate:

• Earth Model Award (Finalist) - Halliburton-Landmark, 2021

  • Awarded for the Master's thesis 'Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) potential of salt anticlines and diapirs in the UK Sector of the Southern North Sea'.​

• Master's Student of the Year - FindAUniversity Postgrad Awards, 2020

  • Awarded to a nominated Master's Student who has made a significant positive contribution to the postgraduate experience at their institution.​

• Imperial Barrel Award (Semi-Finalist) - American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), 2020

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Undergraduate:

• RHSU Honorary Membership - Royal Holloway Students' Union, 2019

• Frank Barker Prize for Geology - Royal Holloway Earth Sciences Dept., 2019

• RHUL Gold Passport Award - Royal Holloway, University of London, 2019

• Lyell Scholarship Award - Royal Holloway Earth Sciences Dept., 2018​​​

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