Peter B. Zamora
3374 Lake Austin Blvd, Apt. C
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 767-3809
pbzamora@utexas.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geological Sciences
(Expected) May 2015
The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences
Master of Science, Geology
June 2009
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Thesis: Changes in precipitation and primary productivity of Laguna de Bay over the last
1600 years
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Central Luzon State University, Philippines
June 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sep 2012 – Present
Physical Hydrology
May 2012- Aug 2012
Hydrology Field Methods
Sep 2011 – Dec 2011
Introduction to Physical and Chemical Hydrology
Research Associate
September 2008 – 2010
Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Santiago Island Reef, Bolinao, Pangasinan
January 2007 – September 2008
Dinoflagellate Cysts in Selected Mariculture Sites: Implications to Management –
Distribution and Possible Transport of Live Dinoflagellate Cysts: Role in Harmful Algal
Bloom Dynamics
November 2006
La Mesa Water Reservoir Sedimentation Study
August 2005 – October 2006
Net Sealevel Change in the Pampanga Delta Region: Causes and Consequences
October 2004 – July 2005
Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Manila Bay
July 2002 – October 2003
Sediment Transport in the Bayhead Region of Lingayen Gulf
February 2002 – June 2002
Risk Assessment Studies on the Present Landfill Site in U.P. Diliman
January 2000 – January 2002
Application of Nuclear Technique to Address Specific Red Tide (Harmful Algal Blooms)
Concerns: Project. 2a Role of Sediments in Toxic Algal Blooms and Records of Bloom
Occurrence in the Bay.
OTHER RESEARCH INVOLVEMENTS
Sipalay, Negros Occidental Coastal Hazard Assessment
Municipality of Sipalay, Negros Occidental
Primary Productivity in Laguna Lake
OVCRD University of the Philippines
Manila Bay Red Tide Project
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Sea Level Changes in Palawan Island, Philippines
OVCRD University of the Philippines
Hazard Assessment of the Bucao-Balinbaquero River Systems
OXFAM Great Britain
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Mapping along the Southern Coast of La Union
ProVention Consortium, World Bank
PUBLICATIONS
Azanza, R. V., Siringan, F. P., Diego‐Mcglone, M. L. S., Yñiguez, A. T., Macalalad, N. H.,
Zamora, P. B., Agustin, M. B. & Matsuoka, K. (2004). Horizontal dinoflagellate cyst
distribution, sediment characteristics and benthic flux in Manila Bay, Philippines.
Phycological Research 52, 376-386.
Berdin, R., Remotigue, C. T., Zamora, P. & Siringan, F. P. (2004). Coastal erosion vulnerability
mapping along the southern coast of La Union, Philippines: Philippines. Working Papers,
51-67.
Cardenas, M. B., Zamora, P. B., Siringan, F. P., Lapus, M. R., Rodolfo, R. S., Jacinto, G. S.,
San Diego-McGlone, M. L., Villanoy, C. L., Cabrera, O. & Isabel Senal, M. (2010).
Linking regional sources and pathways for submarine groundwater discharge at a reef
by electrical resistivity tomography, 222Rn, and salinity measurements (doi
10.1029/2010GL044066). Geophysical Research Letters 37.
Cardenas, M. B., Lagmay, A. M. F., Andrews, B. J., Rodolfo, R. S., Cabria, H. B., Zamora, P. B.
& Lapus, M. R. (2012). Terrestrial smokers: Thermal springs due to hydrothermal
convection of groundwater connected to surface water. Geophysical Research Letters
39, L02403.
David, C. P. C., Sta. Maria, Y., Siringan, F., Reotita, J., Zamora, P., Villanoy, C., Sombrito, E. &
Azanza, R. (2009). Coastal pollution due to increasing nutrient flux in aquaculture sites.
Environmental geology 58, 447-454.
Isobe, T., Amano, A., Chang, K. H., Maneja, R. H., Zamora, P. B., Prudente, M., Miller, T. W. &
Tanabe, S. (2010). Retrospective Assessment of Environmental Pollution by PBDEs and
HBCDs Using Sediment Core from Manila Bay, the Philippines.
Kim, J. W., Isobe, T., Chang, K. H., Amano, A., Maneja, R. H., Zamora, P. B., Siringan, F. P. &
Tanabe, S. (2011). Levels and distribution of organophosphorus flame retardants and
plasticizers in fishes from Manila Bay, the Philippines. Environmental Pollution.
Lagmay, A., Rodolfo, R., Cabria, H., Soria, J., Zamora, P., Abon, C., Lit, C., Lapus, M.,
Paguican, E. & Bato, M. (2012). Geological hazards of SW Natib Volcano, site of the
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, the Philippines. Geological Society, London, Special
Publications 361, 151-169.
Lagmay, A. M. F., Rodolfo, K., Siringan, F., Uy, H., Remotigue, C., Zamora, P., Lapus, M.,
Rodolfo, R. & Ong, J. (2007). Geology and hazard implications of the Maraunot notch in
the Pinatubo Caldera, Philippines. Bulletin of volcanology 69, 797-809.
Senal, M. I. S., Jacinto, G. S., Siringan, F., Zamora, P., Soria, L., Cardenas, M. B., Villanoy, C.
& Cabrera, O. (2011). Nutrient inputs from submarine groundwater discharge on the
Santiago reef flat, Bolinao, Northwestern Philippines. Marine pollution bulletin.
Siringan, F. P., Azanza, R. V., Macalalad, N. J. H., Zamora, P. B. & Sta Maria, M. Y. Y. (2008).
Temporal changes in the cyst densities of Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum and
other dinoflagellates in Manila Bay, Philippines. Harmful Algae 7, 523-531.
Wong, W. W., Grace, M. R., Cartwright, I., Cardenas, M. B., Zamora, P. B., & Cook, P. L. (2013).
Dynamics of groundwater-derived nitrate and nitrous oxide in a tidal estuary from radon mass
balance modeling. Limnol. Oceanogr, 58(5), 1689-1706.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Groundwater-seawater mixing dynamics in sediments overlying zones of groundwater seeps,
American Geophysical Union, Fall 2013 Meeting, San Francisco CA, December 2013
Transformation of nitrogen near a discrete zone of submarine groundwater discharge, ASLO
2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Tidal subsurface mixing and attenuation of nitrate near the land ocean interface
CUAHSI 2012 Biennial Colloquium, Boulder CO, December 2011
Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands Conference, Honolulu Hawaii,
July 2012
Tidal response of the subterranean estuary revealed by electrical resistivity imaging, American
Geophysical Union, Fall 2011 Meeting, San Francisco CA, December 2011
Water Resource Sustainability Issues on Tropical Islands Conference, Honolulu Hawaii,
October 2011
Precipitation Trends In Laguna de Bay, National Institute of Geological Sciences Research
Symposium University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, March 2008
Is Palawan Stable? 8th National Symposium in Marine Science. Palawan State University,
Puerto Princesa, Palawan 2006
Climate Trends in the Philippines: Coral Records and Paleo Sea Level. University of the
Philippines, Baguio City. 2007
Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Laguna Lake Sediments. National Institute of Geological
Sciences Research Colloquium. University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City,
Philippines 2006
Geology of Mount Malindig, Marinduque, Philippines. Volcanoes Under-Structures: American
Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference. Tagatay City, Philippines 2006
Sediment transport on the Bay-head Region of Lingayen Gulf, Geological Conference of the
Philippines, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). CP Garcia
Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, December 4-6 2002
Sediment control on “toxic red tide blooms”, National Institute of Geological Sciences Research
Symposium University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, November
29 2001
Sediment control on “toxic red tide blooms”, 6th National Symposium in Marine Science, Siliman
University, Dumaguete City, Oct. 19-22, 2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Philippine Association of Marine Sciences
Geological Society of America-Student
American Geophysical Union-Student
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography-Student
American Association of Petroleum Geologists-Student