ANDREA DAWN HAWKES
CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Geology and Geophysics Department, MS 22
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
cell: (267) 304-7171
email: hawkesa@sas.upenn.edu
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Scholar, Sept 2008 till present
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
General topic: Holocene sea-level change from the Caribbean: implications for geophysical modeling
Advisors: Jeff Donnelly (WHOI), Jeff Williams (USGS)
Doctor of Philosophy Candidate (Earth and Environmental Sciences), 2004 – Aug 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thesis: The application of foraminifera to characterize tsunami sediment and quantify coseismic
subsidence along the Sumatra and Cascadia subduction zones
Advisors: Prof. Benjamin Horton, Dr. Alan Nelson (USGS)
Master of Science (Earth Sciences), April 2004
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Thesis: A study of attached benthic foraminifera associated with the deep-sea coral Primnoa
resedaeformis on the Scotian Margin
Advisor: Prof. David Scott
Honours Bachelor of Science (Geology and Political Science), May 2001
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Thesis: Evidence of precursor events for mega-thrust earthquakes on the west coast of North America
Advisor: Prof. David Scott
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. Co-Hosted a six-part science documentary in the Canadian Arctic
Teleimage, France and Espace Vert, Canada, May – December 2001
Theme: Interviewed and participated in fieldwork throughout the Canadian arctic for “The White
Frontier”, a story of two young scientists and their fabulous adventure as they delve under the
glaciers of Baffin Island. Follow and learn with them the mysteries of the arctic.
2. Field and database geologist
Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada, May – September 2000
Description: Conducting land-based geologic mapping of the Canadian arctic using modern
methods of GPS, aerial photography, and ground sampling to produce up-to-date electronic,
interactive, geologic maps.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My main research interests include the development and application of environmental modeling and
quantitative palaeoenvironmental reconstruction techniques with the aim of understanding the role of
earthquakes, tsunamis and storms as driving mechanisms of Quaternary relative sea-level change and
coastal evolution. The majority of my research has been undertaken in coastal and wetland ecosystems
in temperate and tropical environments, which are under increasing pressure from a variety of natural
and artificial processes. The recent completion of my PhD investigated the contemporary relationship
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among relative sea level, environmental conditions and the succession and seasonal variations of
microfossil groups (foraminifera and thecamoebians) using various multivariate statistical techniques
(e.g. canonical correspondence analysis). A key output is the development of a "transfer function"
which allows the precise reconstruction of former sea levels using a statistically based relationship
between contemporary and fossil foraminiferal assemblages. This developing research is at the
forefront of a new generation of high precision sea-level reconstructions from temperate and tropical
latitudes. Recent research focuses on the sedimentary and foraminiferal characteristics of 2004 Indian
Ocean tsunami deposits along the Malaysia-Thailand Peninsula (Hawkes et al., 2007a,b), and
estimating megathrust induced coseismic subsidence along the Oregon coast (Hawkes et al., 2005).
Presently at Woods Hole Oceanographic institute I intend to look at Caribbean Holocene sea-level
change using a quantitative multiproxy approach (e.g., micropaleontology, biogeochemistry, AMS
dating, sediment characterization).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Field leader; Earthwatch Institute
Course Title: Is sea-level rising? Responsibilities included organizing logistics, teachables and field
and laboratory executables for a two week field course for 8 high school student in coastal Virginia.
Teaching Associate; University of Pennsylvania
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2004-2007
Course Titles: Introduction to Environmental Analysis (ENVS 200); 2004-2005, Natural Disturbances
and Disasters (GEOL-103); 2004-2007, Advanced Stratigraphy (GEOL-206); 2007.
Responsibilities included teaching and grading labs and homework, holding recitation for groups of
30-40 students and individual tutoring, examination preparation, monitoring and grading.
Sea level Project Lecturer; Operation Wallacea
Science initiative, Operation Wallacea, August 2006
Course Title: Sea-level Research, Indonesia 2006. Responsibilities included choosing successful field
sites and dissertation projects, teaching students successful fieldwork practices for sea-level research
(leveling, sampling, mapping, GPS, salinity and pH measurements, etc.).
Teaching Associate; Dalhousie University
Department of Earth Sciences, 2002-2004
Course Titles: Stratigraphy (ERTH 3303); 2002-2004, Quaternary Sedimentary Environments (ERTH
3302); 2002-2004. Responsibilities included teaching and grading labs, as well as running field trips to
teach the students the basic geologic skills (rock and mineral identification, use of geologic compass,
construction of maps, measured cross-section, etc.).
TEACHING RECOGNITION
Teaching Assistant of the Year 2003-2004
Dawson Geology Club (Department of Earth Sciences Undergraduate Students at Dalhousie
University)
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Nelson, A.R., Sawai, Y., Vane C.H., (in prep). Foraminiferal
reconstruction of coastal subsidence in Oregon, USA, during the Giant Cascadia earthquake of AD
1700. Quaternary Science Reviews Special Issue.
2. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Nelson, A.R., Hill, D.F., (in prep). The contemporary distribution of
intertidal foraminifera in Oregon, USA. Marine Micropaleontology.
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3. Horton, B.P., Rossi, V., and Hawkes, A.D. (accepted). The sedimentary record of the 2005
hurricane season along the Gulf Coast. Quaternary International.
4. Horton, B. P., Bird, M., Birkland, T., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Hawkes, A. D., Tan Shau Hwai,
A., Law, L., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Eong Ong, J., Rigg, J., Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Tiong
Sa, T. and Zulfigar, Y., in press. Environmental and socio-economic dynamics of the Indian Ocean
Tsunami. in Penang, Malaysia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.
5. Bird, M., Cowie, S., Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Macgregor, C., Eong Ong, J., Tan Shau Hwai,
A., Tiong Sa, T., and Yasin, Z., 2007, “Indian Ocean Tsunami – Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts in Langkawi, Malaysia”: The Geographical Journal, v. 173.
6. Hawkes, A.D., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Horton, B.P., Tan Shau Hwai, A., Law, L.,
Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Eong Ong, J., Rigg, J., Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Tiong Sa, T., and
Zulfigar, Y., 2007a. “The Sediments Deposited by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Along the
Malay-Thai Peninsula”: Marine Geology Special IGCP 495 Issue 242, p. 169-190.
7. Hawkes, A.D., Engelhart, S., and Horton, B.P., 2007b. “Tsunami: a white cobra hits Pangandaran
West Java”: Geology Today, v.23, p. 12-14.
8. Hawkes, A.D., Scott, D.B. And Lipps, J.H., 2005a. Evidence for possible precursor events of
mega-thrust earthquakes on the west coast of North America. GSA Bulletin, v. 117, no. 7/8, p.
996-1008. (Editors Choice, Science 308)
9. Hawkes, A.D. and Scott, D.B., 2005b. Attached benthic foraminifera as indicators of past and
present distribution of the deep-sea coral Primnoa resedaeformis on the Scotian Margin: In A.
Freiwald and J. M. Roberts (eds):"Deep-water Corals and Ecosystems", Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg, p.881-894.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
1. Hawkes, A.D., 2008. Tsunamis and Hurricanes: Teasing the two apart. MYRES III New Orleans,
Mississippi. May 20-23.
2. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Nelson, A., Grand Pre, C., 2007. A microfossil-based approach to
constraining megathrust-induced coseismic land displacement of the 1700AD even in the Pacific
Northwest (presentation). AGU Annual Meeting 2007 San Francisco, California. December 10-15.
3. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Nelson, Kemp, A., 2007. Foraminiferal assemblage zones of Oregon
salt marshes: implications for studies of relative sea-level change (poster). AGU Annual Meeting
2007 San Francisco, California. December 10-15.
4. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Nelson, A., Grand Pre, C., 2007. A microfossil-based approach to
constraining megathrust-induced coseismic land displacement in the Pacific Northwest. GSA
Annual Meeting 2007 Denver, Colorado. October 27-31.
5. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Nelson, A., Grand Pre, C., 2007. A microfossil-based approach to
constraining megathrust-induced coseismic land displacement in the Pacific Northwest. INQUA
2007 Cairns, Australia. July 28 – August 3.
6. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., 2007. 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami sediment characteristics along the
Malaysia-Thailand Peninsula, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract T43B-02.
7. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., 2007. Using a microfossil-based approach to constrain megathrustinduced coseismic land displacement in coastal Oregon, USA, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem.
Suppl., Abstract T41B-01.
8. Hawkes, A., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Horton, B.P., Hwai, A.T.S., Law, L., Macgregor, C., Ong, J.E.,
and Yasin, Z., 2006. The Taphonomy of Sediments Deposited by the Indian Ocean Tsunami Along
the West Coast of the Malay-Thai Peninsula, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
PP43B-1237.
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9. Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Robinson, R., Bird, M., and Nott, J., 2006. The sediments deposited
by the Indian Ocean Tsunami along the Malay-Thai Peninsula. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
October 22-26.
10. Hawkes, A.D., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Horton, B.P., Nott, J., Robinson, R., and Won Aik, L., 2006.
Indian Ocean Tsunami deposits along the west coast of the Malay-Thai Peninsula: Foraminiferal
and grain size analysis. FORAMS 2006, Natal, Brazil. September 10-15.
11. Hawkes, A.D., 2006. Indian Ocean Tsunami Deposits. Philadelphia Geological Society. April 20.
(Invited)
12. Hawkes, A.D. and Horton, B.P., 2006. Microfossil and grain size analysis of sediment deposited
by the Indian Ocean Tsumani along the May-Thai Peninsula. GSA northeast section 41st Annual
meeting, Harrisburg, PA. March 20-22.
13. Hawkes, A.D., 2006. Microfossil and grain size analysis of sediments deposited by the Indian
Ocean Tsunami along the west coast of the Malay-Thai Peninsula. Delaware Valley Geo Institute
student night, February 21. (Invited)
14. Hawkes, A., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Horton, B.P., Hwai, A.T.S., Law, L., Aik,
D.L.W., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Ong, J.E., Rigg, J.,Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Teh, T.S. and
Yasin, Z., 2005. Microfossil analysis of sediment deposited from the Indian Ocean Tsunami along
the west coast of the Malay-Thai Peninsula. GSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,October 16-19.
15. Hawkes, A. D. and Scott, D. B., 2003. Primnoa resedaeformis habitat characterization using an
associate assemblage of attached benthic foraminifera. 2nd International Symposium on Deep-Sea
Corals, Erlangen, Germany, Sept. 2003, p. 43.
16. Hawkes, A. D. and Scott, D. B., 2003. Impacts on East Coast Fish Stocks: Long-term Climate and
Benthic Habitat Changes. Northeastern GSA meeting, Halifax, March, 2003.
17. Hawkes, A. D., 2001. Giant megathrust earthquakes on the west coast of North America:
micropaleontological evidence for precursors of major earthquakes. Abstract at GSA Annual
Meeting, Nov. 2001, p. A161.
18. Hawkes, A. D., 2001. Evidence of precursor events for mega-thrust earthquakes on the west coast
of North America. Atlantic Geology, v. 37, p.113.
19. Horton, B, Hawkes, A.D., Engelhart, S., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Eong Ong, J., Tan Shau, Hwai, A.,
Law, L., Macgregor, C., Tiong Sa, T., and Yasin, Z., 2006. The Taphonomy of Sediments
Deposited by the Indian Ocean Tsunami Along the West Coast of the Malay-Thai Peninsula. AGU
Annual Meeting, San Francisco. December 11-16.
20. Horton, B.P., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Hawkes, A., Hwai, A.T.S., Law, L., Aik,
D.L.W., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Ong, J.E., Rigg, J.,Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Teh, T.S. and
Yasin, Z., 2005. Indian Ocean Tsunami - Environmental and Socio-economic impacts on the
Malay-Thai Peninsula. GSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 16-19.
21. Horton, B.P., Bird, M., Cowie, S., Grundy-Warr, C., Hawkes, A., Hwai,A.T.S., Law, L., Aik,
D.L.W., Macgregor, C., Nott, J., Ong, J.E., Rigg, J.,Robinson, R., Tan-Mullins, M., Teh, T.S. and
Yasin, Z., 2005. Indian Ocean Tsunami - Environmental and Socio-economic impacts on the
Malay-Thai Peninsula. Tsunami Deposits and their role in hazard mitigation, Seattle, June 12-15.
22. Scott, D. B., Hawkes, A. D., and Lipps, J. H., 2003. Evidence of possible precursor events for
mega-thrust earthquakes on the west coast of North America. Abstract at Fall American
Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 2003.
RESEARCH GRANTS
United States Geological Survey, Co-PI Pacific Northwest earthquake research; 2007, $5400 USD
Society of Sedimentary Geology, Sanders student research fund; 2007, $1500 USD
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University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Society Association Council; 2007, $300 USD
United States Geological Survey, Co-PI Pacific Northwest earthquake research; 2006, $20,000 USD
University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences travel grant; 2006, $300 USD
Geological Society of America, annual meeting registration grant; 2006, $60 USD
Society of Sedimentary Geology, Sanders student research fund; 2006, $1500 USD
University of Pennsylvania, Paleontology summer research stipend; 2006, $2000 USD
University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences travel grant; 2005, $300 USD
Cushman Foundation, Joseph A. Cushman Award for student research; 2005, $500 USD
Society of Sedimentary Geology, Sanders student research fund; 2005, $1000 USD
University of Pennsylvania, Paleontology summer research stipend; 2005, $2000 USD
PANGA, travel grant; 2005, $500 USD
AWARDS AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2008-present
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Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2008
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Benjamin Franklin Fellowship; University of Pennsylvania, 2004-2007
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Henry Lewis Endowment Fund; University of Pennsylvania, 2004-2005
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MacEachern-Ponsford Award; Dalhousie University, 1998-1999
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
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University of Pennsylvania Graduate Society Association Council, EES rep; 2006 to present
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University of Pennsylvania Women in Science, 2004 to present

American Association of Petroleum Geologists; 2004 to present
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American Geophysical Union; 2006 to present
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Geological Society of America; 2002 to present

International Geological Correlation Program; 2004 to present
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Quaternary Research Association; 2006 to present
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Society of Sedimentary Geology; 2004 to present
REFERENCES
 Dr. Benjamin P. Horton
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Relationship: Ph.D. advisor and co-author
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phone: (215) 573-5388
fax: (215) 898-0964
email: bphorton@sas.upenn.edu
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 Dr. Alan Nelson
United States Geological Survey
P.O. Box 25046 Mail Stop 966
Golden, CO 80225-0046
Relationship: Ph.D. external advisor and collaborator
 Dr. Steve Culver
Department of Geology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Relationship: collaborator
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phone: (303) 273-8592
email: anelson@usgs.gov
phone: (252) 328-6360
email: culvers@ecu.edu
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