Alexander Ray Simms Education: Rice University, Houston, TX, 2006 PhD in Earth Science, The Holocene Evolution of the Nueces Incised Valley, Central Texas. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2001 BS in Geology, Summa Cum Laude, with Honors, Mathematics Minor. Awards: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2005 Research Grants: Simms, A.R. EDMAP: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Mapping the terraces along the Bull Creek Drainage, Oklahoma. $15,515. 8/10-7/11. Simms, A.R. and DeWitt, R. National Science Foundation - OPP. Constraining the deglaciation of the Antarctic Peninsula using OSL dated beach deposits. $199,980. 7/09-9/12 Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R. and Cruse, A. National Science Foundation - EAR. New Approaches to Unraveling the Climatic and Sea-Level History of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. $237,537. 10/09-9/11. Bement, L., Carter, B., Madden, A, Simms, A.R. National Science Foundation - BCS. Collaborative Research: Prospecting for nanodiamonds in equivalent deposits of different age for Younger Dryas verification. $185,000 ($27,869 - OSU geology portion). 7/09-6/12. Simms, A.R. National Science Foundation - OPP. Collaborative Research: The Sedimentary Record of Tidewater Glacier Response to Holocene Climate Variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. $3,738.00. 8/08-7/09. Subcontract from Rice University. Simms, A.R. EDMAP: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Determining the Impact of Relative Sea-Level Changes on the Permian Rocks of Western Oklahoma. $11,881. 8/08-7/09. Simms, A.R. and Stephens, P. Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (PRF), Summer Research Fellow Supplement, $8,000. 5/08-9/08. Kalchgruber, R., Simms, A.R., Cemen, I., and Yukihara, E.G. MRI: National Science Foundation, Development of a Confocal Instrument for Spatially Resolved Luminescence Measurements in Geologic and Archaeological Dating and Radiation Dosimetry, $446,258. 9/07-8/11. (major contributor) Simms, A.R. and Kalchgruber, R. SGER: National Science Foundation - OPP, Testing the use of OSL dating of beach deposits along the Antarctic Peninsula, $20,188. 3/07-2/08. Simms, A.R. Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (PRF), Controls on the development of mixed siliciclastic/carbonate under-filled incised valleys: Lessons from the late Pleistocene/ Holocene history of Baffin Bay, Texas, $35,000. 7/06-6/08. Research Experience: Assistant Professor, University of California – Santa Barbara, 2010-Pr. Assistant Professor, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 2005-2010. Visiting Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Geodynamics Group, Australian National University, Nov. 26, 2007-Jan. 12, 2008. School Visitor, Research School of Earth Sciences, Geodynamics Group, Australian National University, Jan. 16-Mar. 19, 2005 (Advisor: Dr. Kurt Lambeck) Research Assistant, Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 2001- 2005 (Advisor: Dr. John B. Anderson) Undergraduate Honors Thesis, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 2000-2001 (Advisors: Dr. Stan Paxton and Dr. Richard Marston) Teaching Experience: Assistant Professor, University of California – Santa Barbara, 2010-Pr - Taught upper-level undergraduate courses in Sedimentology/Stratigraphy and GIS Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2005-2010 - Taught lower-level undergraduate course in Environmental Geology - Taught upper-level undergraduate courses in Geomorphology and Sedimentology/Stratigraphy - Taught graduate level course in Depositional Systems and Antarctic Geology Adjunct Faculty, University of St. Thomas, 2004 - Taught undergraduate lower-level physical geology lab and lecture Teaching Assistant, Rice University, 2002-2004 - Assisted in graduate level Sequence Stratigraphy course - Taught undergraduate level introductory geology lab Tutor, Math Learning Resource Center (MLRC), Oklahoma State University, 1999-2001 Professional Experience: Geoscience Intern, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1997, 2001 Geologist and Field Hand, Gateway Resources, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1999-2000 Academic Service and Affiliations: Shepard Medalist Committee, SEPM, 2010-2011 Headquarters and Business Committee, SEPM, 2006-2009. Management Board, GSA-South Central section, 2006. Treasurer/Secretary, GSA-South Central section, 2007-2010. Fieldtrip Leader, AAPG/SEPM Student Fieldtrip, “Quaternary Depositional Environments of the East Texas Coast and Shelf: Analogs for Ancient Deposits. AAPG Annual Convention, April 7, 2006. Fieldtrip Leader, Depositional Systems of the Eastern San Juan Basin, Oklahoma State University Arts and Sciences Outreach, 5/08. Session Chair, SEPM Student Poster Session, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, April, 2007; Methods of Reconstructing Quaternary Sea Levels, GSA Annual Meeting, Nov., 2009 Judge, 2006 AAPG Annual Convention, Houston, TX Formal Reviewer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research, Terra Nova, Geosphere, Global and Planetary Change, Sedimentology, Sedimentary Geology, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Quaternary Research, Ocean and Coastal Management, Climate Change STAR Program: Environmental Protection Agency, NCCIR: Department of Energy, National Environmental Research Council of the UK, National Science Foundation, German National Science Foundation Member: Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Geological Society of America (GSA), American Geophysical Union (AGU), International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Presentations: Simms, A.R., Livsey, D.N. 2011. A new sea-level record for the northwest Gulf of Mexico based on paleo algal mats. INQUA Congress 2011. Bern, Switzerland. Oral Presentation. Bement, L., Carter, L., Simms, A.R., Madden, A., Alexander, H., and Swindle, A. 2011. The Bull Creek valley stream terraces, buried soils, and paleo-environment during the Younger Dryas in the Oklahoma Panhandle, USA. INQUA Congress 2011. Bern Switzerland. Oral Presentation. DeWitt, R., Simms, A.R., Kouremenos, P., Miller, L. 2011. Reconstructing sea levels in Antarctica using optically stimulated luminescence from cobble surfaces. 13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (LED). Torun, Poland. Oral Presentation. Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Ivins, E.R., Kouremenos, P., Miller, L. 2011. Relative sea-level data from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, show evidence for glacio-isostatic adjustment to the Little Ice Age: Possible implications for gravity-induced-measurements of inferred rates of ice-mass loss. 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES). Edinbugh, Scotland, Oral Presentation. Anderson, S.T.* and Simms, A.R. 2011. Basalt grain distribution in the Cimarron River and its tributaries, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. AAPG Houston, TX. Poster Presentation. Anderson, J.B., Rodriguez, A.B., Simms, A.R. 2011. Complex response of Gulf Coast barriers and bays to Holocene sea-level rise due to episodic ice sheet retreat. GSA-SC meeting. New Orleans, LA. Poster Presentation. Stanford, W.C., Troiani, T., Simms, A.R., Quan, T.M. 2011. Nitrogen Isotopes as proxies for paleoenvironmental changes in estuarine systems. GSA-SC meeting. New Orleans, LA. Poster Presentation. Rodriguez, A.B., Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B. 2011. Estuarine response to the 8.2 ka cooling event across the northern Gulf of Mexico and implications for the future. GSA-SC meeting. New Orleans, LA. Oral Presentation. Simms, A.R., Troiani, T., Dellapenna, T., Piper, E., Yokoyama, Y., 2011. The importance of winds in controlling deposition and reconstructing climate within the estuaries of the Gulf Coast. Source to Sink, AGU Chapman Conference, Ventura, CA. Poster Presentation. Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., 2011. Depositional facies of estuarine upper-bay deposits in arid climates; Baffin Bay, Texas. Source to Sink, AGU Chapman Conference, Ventura, CA. Poster Presentation. Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Kouremenos, P., Miller, L., Drewry, A., 2010. (invited) Reconstructing Quaternary Sea Levels in Antarctica using OSL dated beach deposits. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Poster presentation. McCullough, B.*, Simms, A.R., Cordova, C., DeWitt, R., and Rountree, J.* 2010. Deciphering fluvial and eolian deposits within a Holocene dune field in the Southern Great Plains of western Oklahoma. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Anderson, S.*, Simms, A.R. 2010. Basalt grain transport in the Cimarron River and its Tributaries, Cimarron County, OK. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Wallace, D. J., Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K.T., Rodriguez, A.B., and Simms, A.R. 2010. The impact of rapid sea-level rise on the Texas Coast. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Oral Presentation. Jackson, K. G., Simms, A.R. 2010. Modern depositional model of the Great Salt Plains in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma and its potential as a Holocene climate archive. GSA South-Central Meeting, Bransen, MO. Poster Presentation. Buzas-Stephens, P., Simms, A.R., Buzas, M.A. 2010. Evidence of environmental change from foraminiferal and sedimentological correlation in an incised valley: Baffin Bay, Texas. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. New Orleans, LA. Poster Presentation. Rodriguez, A. B., Anderson, J. B., Simms, A. R., and Milliken, K. T. 2010. Holocene sea-level change and the evolution of coastal depositional systems: implications for the future. International Conference on Sea Level Rise in the Gulf of Mexico. Corpus Christi, TX. Oral Presentation. Simms, A. R., Aryal, N., and Yokoyama, Y. 2009. Methods for reconstructing Holocene sea levels in South Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Oral Presentation Miller, L.*, Simms, A. R., Cruse, A., Atekwana, E., Yokoyama, Y., and Rodriguez, A. B., 2009, Was the 8.2 ka climate event 3 events? , GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation. Buzas-Stephens, P. A., Simms, A. R., Buzas, M. A., and Elliott, B. A., 2009. Foraminiferal and sedimentological interpretation of Holocene climate change in Baffin Bay, Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation. Livsey, D.*, Simms, A. R., Chandler, J. P., Clary, W., Wellner, J., and Anderson, J. B., 2009 Fourier-shape analysis of sediments from cores from the Weddell Sea, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation. Troiani, T., Simms. A. R., Dellapenna, T., Yokoyama, Y., and Weaver, E., 2009, The impact of changing winds on estuarine evolution, Copano Bay, Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation. Kouremenos, P., Simms, A. R., and DeWitt, R., 2009, Using OSL to create sea-level curves in Antarctica, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Oral Presentation. Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., Miller, L.*, and Yokoyama, Y., 2009, Architecture of an Incised Valley filled within a semiarid climate: Baffin Bay, Texas, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Denver, CO. Oral Presentation. Miller, L.*, Simms, A.R., Yokoyama, Y. Federko, G.*, 2009, The potential use of magnetic susceptibility as a correlation tool within estuarine deposits of the Gulf of Mexico, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Treece, T. and Simms, A. R., 2009, The facies architecture of an arid coastline within the Permian Rocks of western Oklahoma. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Buzas-Stephens, P, Simms, A. R., Buzas, M. A., 2009, Sedimentological and Foraminiferal Analysis of Baffin Bay, Texas: Evidence for Holocene Climate Change. Microfossils II, Houston, Texas. Oral Presentation. DeWitt, R., Kouremenos, P., Drewry, A.M., Simms, A. R., 2009, Dating the light-shielded surface of cobbles to reconstruct sea levels in Antarctica. Luminescence Conference, Mianz Germany. Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., Miller, L.*, Yokoyama, Y., and Matsuzaki, H., 2008, Depositional systems and Holocene evolution of Baffin Bay, Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Oral Presentation. Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K.T., Rodriquez, A. B., and Simms, A.R., 2008, Rapid, episodic change in Gulf Coast Estuaries during the Holocene, GSA Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Oral Presentation. Rodriguez, A.B., Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K., and Simms, A.R., 2008, Threshold response of estuaries to climate change and sea-level rise, American Quaternary Association biennial meeting, Pennsylvania State University Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., and Yokoyama, Y., 2008. A facies model for shallow coastal ponds and its bearing on a proposed mid-Holocene highstand within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Oral Presentation. Kouremenos, P., DeWitt, R. and Simms, A., 2008. In search of new high-resolution chronostratigraphic constraints on the sea-level and deglacial history of polar regions. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Poster Presentation. Rodriguez, A. , Anderson, J.B., Simms, A., and Greene, D., 2008. Evaluating bay-head delta back-stepping mechanisms by quantifying sediment accommodation and accumulation throughout the Holocene in Mobile Bay, Alabama. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Oral Presentation. Milliken, K., Taha, P., Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., Maddox, J., and Anderson, J.B., 2008. Sediment flux variations correlated with climate zones of the Gulf of Mexico for the past 10 kyr. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Poster Presentation. Simms, A.R. and Aryal, N., 2008. The importance of spit deposits within the valley-fills of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. GSA South-central section meeting. Hot Springs, AR. Oral Presentation. Drewry, A., Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., and Kouremenos, P., 2008. Recent moraines of the Gerlache Straight, Antarctica. GSASouth-central section meeting. Hot Springs, AR. Poster Presentation. Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Rodriguez, A., Lambeck, K., and Anderson, J.B., 2007. Revisiting oxygen isotope stage 3 and 5A (OIS3-5A) sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Federko, G.* and Simms, A.R., 2007. Testing the use of magnetic susceptibility in identifying climate events in estuarine sediments. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Simms, A.R. and Aryal, N. 2007. Evolution of coastal ponds in a semi-arid setting, south Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Poster Presentation. Aryal, N. and Simms, A.R. 2007. Internal Architecture of an Incised Valley formed in a semi-arid setting: Baffin Bay, Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Poster Presentation. Rodriguez, A.B., Greene, D., Anderson, J.B., and Simms, A.R. 2006. Measuring estuarine sediment flux and accommodation-space creation to calculate evolutionary thresholds of depositional environments: an example from Mobile Bay, Alabama. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation. Anderson, J.B., Rodriquez, A.B., Milliken, K.T., and Simms, A.R. 2006. Holocene evolution of western Lousiana-East Texas bays punctuated by rapid flooding events and environmental changes. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation. Aufill, M., Paxton, S.T., Simms, A.R., 2006. Evaluation of magnetic susceptibility relative to spectral gamma-ray response in the upper-Devonian – Lower Carboniferous Woodford Shale of South-Central Oklahoma. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation. Simms, A.R., Lambeck, K., Rodriguez, A., and Anderson, J.B., 2006. Reconciling OIS3 sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Seal’AIX’2006 (IAS Research Symposium on Sea Level Changes), Giens, France, Oral Presentation. Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B., and Blum, M.D., 2006. Barrier-island aggradation via inlet migration, Mustang Island, Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, Poster Presentation. Simms, A.R. and Todd Halihan. 2006. Temporal variations in rates of sediment deposition within Oklahoma reservoirs: implications for water management. GSA South-central section meeting. Norman, Oklahoma. Oral Presentation. Teter, K.* and Simms, A.R. 2006. Factors controlling the distribution of rock streams in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas. GSA South-central section meeting. Norman, Oklahoma. Poster Presentation. Simms, A. R., K. Lambeck, T. Purcell, J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez. 2005. The importance of Glacio-hydro-isostasy within the late Quaternary/Holocene sea-level history of the Gulf of Mexico: lessons for Stratigraphic correlation. 25th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob Perkins Research Conference, Houston, TX. Poster Presentation Simms, A. R., K. Lambeck, T. Purcell, J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez. 2005. The importance of glacio-hydro-isostasy within the Late Quaternary/Holocene sea-level history of the Gulf of Mexico. GSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oral Presentation. Taha, Z.P., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R., and Rodriguez, A.B. 2005. Fluvial Response to Base Level Change: A Case Study of Two Incised Valleys Along the East Texas Coast. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Calgary, Alberta. Oral Presentation. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2005. Rapid changes in estuary evolution within Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, USA. GSA Southeastern Section Annual Meeting. Biloxi, MS. Oral Presentation. Rodriguez, A.B., Greene, L., Mattheus, R., Duran, D., Anderson, J.B., and Simms, A.R., 2005, Rapid environmental change events in Alabama estuaries, GSA Southeastern Geological Section Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS. Abstracts-Volume 37. Oral Presentation. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez, and M. Taviani. 2004. Rapid Changes in Estuary Evolution within Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Taha, Z. P., J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2004. Non-Symmetric Response to Base-Level Rise and Fall: A Case Study of Two Adjacent Fluvial/Deltaic Systems along the East Texas Coast. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Oral Presentation. Rodriguez, A. B., J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2004. Incised-Valley Fill Parasequence Formation and Implications for Estuarine Evolution: Galveston Estuary, Texas. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2004. The Importance of Glacial-hydro Isostacy in the Quaternary Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Sequence Stratigraphy and Coastal Evolution. SEPM Research Conference: Recent Advances in Shoreline and Shelf Stratigraphy. Grand Junction, CO. Oral Presentation Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, Z. P. Taha, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2004. Going Beyond the Tripartite Model of Incised Valley Fill. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Dallas, TX. Oral Presentation. Meyer, C. T., A. B. Rodriguez, J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2004. Geomorphic Evolution of Morgan Peninsula, Alabama: Influence of Incised Valley Architecture on a Progradational Barrier. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Dallas, TX. Oral Presentation. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2003. Holocene Climate Changes as Recorded in a Coastal Estuary, Central Texas: Possible Implications for Global Warming? GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. Poster Presentation. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2003. The Role of Antecedent Topography in Shaping Coastal Change Caused by Sea-level Rise. INQUA Congress, Reno, NV. Poster. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2003. The Effects of Antecedent Topography on Incised Valley Incision and Fill, Nueces River, Central Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oral Presentation. Smith, J., R. A. Marston, S. T. Paxton, and A. R. Simms. 2003. Downstream Fining in a Sand-Bed Segment of the Canadian River, TX-OK. AAG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Oral Presentation. Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2002. Controls on the Geometry and Facies of the Late Quaternary Incised Valley of the Nueces River, Texas Gulf. SEPM Research Conference: Incised Valleys, Images and Processes. Casper and Newcastle, WY. Oral Presentation. Paxton, S. T., R. A. Marston, S. J. Smith, and A. R. Simms. 2002. Downstream Fining of Sediment from the Canadian River Drainage, Oklahoma, USA, and Implications for Regional Reservoir Performance. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention. Houston, TX. Poster Presentation. Halihan, T., R. E. Mace, R. A. Marrett, J. M. Sharp, and A. R. Simms. 2001. A Simple Model of Fractured Aquifer Permeability. GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Oral Presentation. Paxton, S. T., J. S. Smith, R. A. Marston, and A. R. Simms. 2001. Downstream Grain-Size Change in a Modern Sand-Bed River and Implications for Regional Quality of Reservoirs and Aquifers: Canadian River Drainage, Oklahoma, USA. GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Oral Presentation. Simms, A. R., T. Halihan., and R. Mace. 2001. Fracture Modeling of the San Antonio Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas. GSA South-Central/Rocky Mountain Section Meeting. Albuquerque, NM. Oral Presentation. “name”: student author (*denotes undergraduate) Invited Presentations: 2011 Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology Coast Geological Society 2010 Fall Meeting of the Americal Geophysical Union - session on the Antarctic Peninsula 2009 Oklahoma City Chapter of the Society for Professional Earth Scientists ExxonMobil Department of Animal Sciences, Oklahoma State University Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington 2008 Northeastern Association of Math and Science Teachers 2007 Triple Junction Function (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Oklahoma State University Geological Societies) Northeastern State University (Oklahoma) 2006 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Tulsa Tulsa Geological Society Biology Department, Langston University 2005 School of Geology, Oklahoma State University 2004 ExxonMobil School of Geology, Oklahoma State University Outreach and Other Talks: East Central University (Ada, OK), Boy Scout Troop 822 (Stillwater, OK), Stillwater Junior High (Stillwater, OK), Westwood Elementary (Stillwater, OK), Brandon Elementary (Goleta, CA). Thesis Director: Michael Aufill (MS’07 – Newfield Exploration, Tulsa, OK), Niranjan Aryal (MS’07 – Schlumberger, Houston, TX), Peter Kouremenous (MS’08 – BP, Calgary, AB), Annie Drewry (MS’08 – Questar, Denver, CO), Tyler Treece (MS’09 – Chesapeake, Oklahoma City, OK), Taylor Troiani (MS’09 – Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK), Zach Poland (MS’11 – Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK), Katie Jackson (MS’11 – S&M Energy, Midland, TX), Hannah Alexander (MS’12), Lauren Miller (PhD’14), Daniel Livsey (PhD’15), Baird King (PhD’15) Thesis Committee Member: Sassan Mouri (MS - 06), Eric Gerding (MS - 07), Kurtis Boucher (MS - 07), Emiko Konishi (MS - 07), Brad Rogers (MS - 07), Mack Blackford (MS - 08), Cameron Thompson (MS - 08), Mike Sample (MS - 08), Jeff Gigstad (MS - 08), Andy Rihn (MS - 08), John Tackett (MS - 08), Patrick Cohorn (MS - 08), Joe Wicker (MS - 08), Britni Watson (MS - 08), Jeremiah Chrisman (MS - 09), Tony Moss (MS – 09), Ayodeji Bamijoko (MS – 09), Stuart Barnes (MS – 10), S. Byron Stephens (PhD - 10), Cody Manek (MS - 10), Travis Conley (MS – 10), Jeff Roden (MS-11), Ammanuel Woldearegay (MS-11), Joseph Goodie (PhD-11) Undergraduate Student Research: Kristy Tetter (BS ’06 – El Paso), Greg Federko (BS ’08), Lauren Miller (OK-LSAMP, BS ’09, PhD Student - UCSB), Jared Roundtree (BS ’09 – MS Student - CSM), Daniel Livsey (BS’10 – PhD Student - UCSB), Brent McCullough (BS’11), Sloan Anderson (BS’11)

Alexander Ray Simms

Education:

Rice University, Houston, TX, 2006

PhD in Earth Science, The Holocene Evolution of the Nueces Incised Valley, Central Texas.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2001

BS in Geology, Summa Cum Laude, with Honors, Mathematics Minor.

Awards:

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2005

Research Grants:

Simms, A.R. EDMAP: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Mapping the terraces along the Bull Creek Drainage, Oklahoma. $15,515. 8/10-7/11.

Simms, A.R. and DeWitt, R. National Science Foundation - OPP. Constraining the deglaciation of the Antarctic Peninsula using OSL dated beach deposits. $199,980. 7/09-9/12

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R. and Cruse, A. National Science Foundation - EAR. New Approaches to Unraveling the Climatic and Sea-Level History of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. $237,537. 10/09-9/11.

Bement, L., Carter, B., Madden, A, Simms, A.R. National Science Foundation - BCS. Collaborative Research: Prospecting for nanodiamonds in equivalent deposits of different age for Younger Dryas verification. $185,000 ($27,869 - OSU geology portion). 7/09-6/12.

Simms, A.R. National Science Foundation - OPP. Collaborative Research: The Sedimentary Record of Tidewater Glacier Response to Holocene Climate Variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. $3,738.00. 8/08-7/09. Subcontract from Rice University.

Simms, A.R. EDMAP: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Determining the Impact of Relative Sea-Level Changes on the Permian Rocks of Western Oklahoma. $11,881. 8/08-7/09.

Simms, A.R. and Stephens, P. Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (PRF), Summer Research Fellow Supplement, $8,000. 5/08-9/08.

Kalchgruber, R., Simms, A.R., Cemen, I., and Yukihara, E.G. MRI: National Science Foundation, Development of a Confocal Instrument for Spatially Resolved Luminescence Measurements in Geologic and Archaeological Dating and Radiation Dosimetry, $446,258. 9/07-8/11. (major contributor)

Simms, A.R. and Kalchgruber, R. SGER: National Science Foundation - OPP, Testing the use of OSL dating of beach deposits along the Antarctic Peninsula, $20,188. 3/07-2/08.

Simms, A.R. Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (PRF), Controls on the development of mixed siliciclastic/carbonate under-filled incised valleys: Lessons from the late Pleistocene/ Holocene history of Baffin Bay, Texas, $35,000. 7/06-6/08.

Research Experience:

Assistant Professor, University of California – Santa Barbara, 2010-Pr.

Assistant Professor, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 2005-2010.

Visiting Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Geodynamics Group, Australian National University, Nov. 26, 2007-Jan. 12, 2008.

School Visitor, Research School of Earth Sciences, Geodynamics Group, Australian National University, Jan. 16-Mar. 19, 2005 (Advisor: Dr. Kurt Lambeck)

Research Assistant, Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 2001- 2005 (Advisor: Dr. John B. Anderson)

Undergraduate Honors Thesis, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 2000-2001 (Advisors: Dr. Stan Paxton and Dr. Richard Marston)

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor, University of California – Santa Barbara, 2010-Pr

-Taught upper-level undergraduate courses in Sedimentology/Stratigraphy and GIS

Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2005-2010

-Taught lower-level undergraduate course in Environmental Geology

-Taught upper-level undergraduate courses in Geomorphology and Sedimentology/Stratigraphy

-Taught graduate level course in Depositional Systems and Antarctic Geology

Adjunct Faculty, University of St. Thomas, 2004

-Taught undergraduate lower-level physical geology lab and lecture

Teaching Assistant, Rice University, 2002-2004

-Assisted in graduate level Sequence Stratigraphy course

-Taught undergraduate level introductory geology lab

Tutor, Math Learning Resource Center (MLRC), Oklahoma State University, 1999-2001

Professional Experience:

Geoscience Intern, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1997, 2001

Geologist and Field Hand, Gateway Resources, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1999-2000

Academic Service and Affiliations:

Shepard Medalist Committee, SEPM, 2010-2011

Headquarters and Business Committee, SEPM, 2006-2009.

Management Board, GSA-South Central section, 2006.

Treasurer/Secretary, GSA-South Central section, 2007-2010.

Fieldtrip Leader, AAPG/SEPM Student Fieldtrip, “Quaternary Depositional Environments of the East Texas Coast and Shelf: Analogs for Ancient Deposits. AAPG Annual Convention, April 7, 2006.

Fieldtrip Leader, Depositional Systems of the Eastern San Juan Basin, Oklahoma State University Arts and Sciences Outreach, 5/08.

Session Chair, SEPM Student Poster Session, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, April, 2007; Methods of Reconstructing Quaternary Sea Levels, GSA Annual Meeting, Nov., 2009

Judge, 2006 AAPG Annual Convention, Houston, TX

Formal Reviewer:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research, Terra Nova, Geosphere, Global and Planetary Change, Sedimentology, Sedimentary Geology, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Quaternary Research, Ocean and Coastal Management, Climate Change

STAR Program: Environmental Protection Agency, NCCIR: Department of Energy, National Environmental Research Council of the UK, National Science Foundation, German National Science Foundation

Member: Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Geological Society of America (GSA), American Geophysical Union (AGU), International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Presentations:

Simms, A.R., Livsey, D.N. 2011. A new sea-level record for the northwest Gulf of Mexico based on paleo algal mats. INQUA Congress 2011. Bern, Switzerland. Oral Presentation.

Bement, L., Carter, L., Simms, A.R., Madden, A., Alexander, H., and Swindle, A. 2011. The Bull Creek valley stream terraces, buried soils, and paleo-environment during the Younger Dryas in the Oklahoma Panhandle, USA. INQUA Congress 2011. Bern Switzerland. Oral Presentation.

DeWitt, R., Simms, A.R., Kouremenos, P., Miller, L. 2011. Reconstructing sea levels in Antarctica using optically stimulated luminescence from cobble surfaces. 13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (LED). Torun, Poland. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Ivins, E.R., Kouremenos, P., Miller, L. 2011. Relative sea-level data from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, show evidence for glacio-isostatic adjustment to the Little Ice Age: Possible implications for gravity-induced-measurements of inferred rates of ice-mass loss. 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES). Edinbugh, Scotland, Oral Presentation.

Anderson, S.T.* and Simms, A.R. 2011. Basalt grain distribution in the Cimarron River and its tributaries, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. AAPG Houston, TX. Poster Presentation.

Anderson, J.B., Rodriguez, A.B., Simms, A.R. 2011. Complex response of Gulf Coast barriers and bays to Holocene sea-level rise due to episodic ice sheet retreat. GSA-SC meeting. New Orleans, LA. Poster Presentation.

Stanford, W.C., Troiani, T., Simms, A.R., Quan, T.M. 2011. Nitrogen Isotopes as proxies for paleoenvironmental changes in estuarine systems. GSA-SC meeting. New Orleans, LA. Poster Presentation.

Rodriguez, A.B., Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B. 2011. Estuarine response to the 8.2 ka cooling event across the northern Gulf of Mexico and implications for the future. GSA-SC meeting. New Orleans, LA. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A.R., Troiani, T., Dellapenna, T., Piper, E., Yokoyama, Y., 2011. The importance of winds in controlling deposition and reconstructing climate within the estuaries of the Gulf Coast. Source to Sink, AGU Chapman Conference, Ventura, CA. Poster Presentation.

Livsey, D.N., Simms, A.R., 2011. Depositional facies of estuarine upper-bay deposits in arid climates; Baffin Bay, Texas. Source to Sink, AGU Chapman Conference, Ventura, CA. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Kouremenos, P., Miller, L., Drewry, A., 2010. (invited) Reconstructing Quaternary Sea Levels in Antarctica using OSL dated beach deposits. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Poster presentation.

McCullough, B.*, Simms, A.R., Cordova, C., DeWitt, R., and Rountree, J.* 2010. Deciphering fluvial and eolian deposits within a Holocene dune field in the Southern Great Plains of western Oklahoma. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Anderson, S.*, Simms, A.R. 2010. Basalt grain transport in the Cimarron River and its Tributaries, Cimarron County, OK. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Wallace, D. J., Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K.T., Rodriguez, A.B., and Simms, A.R. 2010. The impact of rapid sea-level rise on the Texas Coast. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Oral Presentation.

Jackson, K. G., Simms, A.R. 2010. Modern depositional model of the Great Salt Plains in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma and its potential as a Holocene climate archive. GSA South-Central Meeting, Bransen, MO. Poster Presentation.

Buzas-Stephens, P., Simms, A.R., Buzas, M.A. 2010. Evidence of environmental change from foraminiferal and sedimentological correlation in an incised valley: Baffin Bay, Texas. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. New Orleans, LA. Poster Presentation.

Rodriguez, A. B., Anderson, J. B., Simms, A. R., and Milliken, K. T. 2010. Holocene sea-level change and the evolution of coastal depositional systems: implications for the future. International Conference on Sea Level Rise in the Gulf of Mexico. Corpus Christi, TX. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A. R., Aryal, N., and Yokoyama, Y. 2009. Methods for reconstructing Holocene sea levels in South Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Oral Presentation

Miller, L.*, Simms, A. R., Cruse, A., Atekwana, E., Yokoyama, Y., and Rodriguez, A. B., 2009, Was the 8.2 ka climate event 3 events? , GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation.

Buzas-Stephens, P. A., Simms, A. R., Buzas, M. A., and Elliott, B. A., 2009. Foraminiferal and sedimentological interpretation of Holocene climate change in Baffin Bay, Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation.

Livsey, D.*, Simms, A. R., Chandler, J. P., Clary, W., Wellner, J., and Anderson, J. B., 2009 Fourier-shape analysis of sediments from cores from the Weddell Sea, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation.

Troiani, T., Simms. A. R., Dellapenna, T., Yokoyama, Y., and Weaver, E., 2009, The impact of changing winds on estuarine evolution, Copano Bay, Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Poster Presentation.

Kouremenos, P., Simms, A. R., and DeWitt, R., 2009, Using OSL to create sea-level curves in Antarctica, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., Miller, L.*, and Yokoyama, Y., 2009, Architecture of an Incised Valley filled within a semiarid climate: Baffin Bay, Texas, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Denver, CO. Oral Presentation.

Miller, L.*, Simms, A.R., Yokoyama, Y. Federko, G.*, 2009, The potential use of magnetic susceptibility as a correlation tool within estuarine deposits of the Gulf of Mexico, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Treece, T. and Simms, A. R., 2009, The facies architecture of an arid coastline within the Permian Rocks of western Oklahoma. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Buzas-Stephens, P, Simms, A. R., Buzas, M. A., 2009, Sedimentological and Foraminiferal Analysis of Baffin Bay, Texas: Evidence for Holocene Climate Change. Microfossils II, Houston, Texas. Oral Presentation.

DeWitt, R., Kouremenos, P., Drewry, A.M., Simms, A. R., 2009, Dating the light-shielded surface of cobbles to reconstruct sea levels in Antarctica. Luminescence Conference, Mianz Germany.

Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., Miller, L.*, Yokoyama, Y., and Matsuzaki, H., 2008, Depositional systems and Holocene evolution of Baffin Bay, Texas, GSA Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Oral Presentation.

Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K.T., Rodriquez, A. B., and Simms, A.R., 2008, Rapid, episodic change in Gulf Coast Estuaries during the Holocene, GSA Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Oral Presentation.

Rodriguez, A.B., Anderson, J.B., Milliken, K., and Simms, A.R., 2008, Threshold response of estuaries to climate change and sea-level rise, American Quaternary Association biennial meeting, Pennsylvania State University

Simms, A.R., Aryal, N., and Yokoyama, Y., 2008. A facies model for shallow coastal ponds and its bearing on a proposed mid-Holocene highstand within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Oral Presentation.

Kouremenos, P., DeWitt, R. and Simms, A., 2008. In search of new high-resolution chronostratigraphic constraints on the sea-level and deglacial history of polar regions. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Poster Presentation.

Rodriguez, A. , Anderson, J.B., Simms, A., and Greene, D., 2008. Evaluating bay-head delta back-stepping mechanisms by quantifying sediment accommodation and accumulation throughout the Holocene in Mobile Bay, Alabama. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Oral Presentation.

Milliken, K., Taha, P., Simms, A.R., Rodriguez, A.B., Maddox, J., and Anderson, J.B., 2008. Sediment flux variations correlated with climate zones of the Gulf of Mexico for the past 10 kyr. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A.R. and Aryal, N., 2008. The importance of spit deposits within the valley-fills of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. GSA South-central section meeting. Hot Springs, AR. Oral Presentation.

Drewry, A., Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., and Kouremenos, P., 2008. Recent moraines of the Gerlache Straight, Antarctica. GSASouth-central section meeting. Hot Springs, AR. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A.R., DeWitt, R., Rodriguez, A., Lambeck, K., and Anderson, J.B., 2007. Revisiting oxygen isotope stage 3 and 5A (OIS3-5A) sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Federko, G.* and Simms, A.R., 2007. Testing the use of magnetic susceptibility in identifying climate events in estuarine sediments. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A.R. and Aryal, N. 2007. Evolution of coastal ponds in a semi-arid setting, south Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Poster Presentation.

Aryal, N. and Simms, A.R. 2007. Internal Architecture of an Incised Valley formed in a semi-arid setting: Baffin Bay, Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. Poster Presentation.

Rodriguez, A.B., Greene, D., Anderson, J.B., and Simms, A.R. 2006. Measuring estuarine sediment flux and accommodation-space creation to calculate evolutionary thresholds of depositional environments: an example from Mobile Bay, Alabama. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation.

Anderson, J.B., Rodriquez, A.B., Milliken, K.T., and Simms, A.R. 2006. Holocene evolution of western Lousiana-East Texas bays punctuated by rapid flooding events and environmental changes. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation.

Aufill, M., Paxton, S.T., Simms, A.R., 2006. Evaluation of magnetic susceptibility relative to spectral gamma-ray response in the upper-Devonian – Lower Carboniferous Woodford Shale of South-Central Oklahoma. GSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A.R., Lambeck, K., Rodriguez, A., and Anderson, J.B., 2006. Reconciling OIS3 sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Seal’AIX’2006 (IAS Research Symposium on Sea Level Changes), Giens, France, Oral Presentation.

Simms, A.R., Anderson, J.B., and Blum, M.D., 2006. Barrier-island aggradation via inlet migration, Mustang Island, Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, Poster Presentation.

Simms, A.R. and Todd Halihan. 2006. Temporal variations in rates of sediment deposition within Oklahoma reservoirs: implications for water management. GSA South-central section meeting. Norman, Oklahoma. Oral Presentation.

Teter, K.* and Simms, A.R. 2006. Factors controlling the distribution of rock streams in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas. GSA South-central section meeting. Norman, Oklahoma. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A. R., K. Lambeck, T. Purcell, J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez. 2005. The importance of Glacio-hydro-isostasy within the late Quaternary/Holocene sea-level history of the Gulf of Mexico: lessons for Stratigraphic correlation. 25th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob Perkins Research Conference, Houston, TX. Poster Presentation

Simms, A. R., K. Lambeck, T. Purcell, J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez. 2005. The importance of glacio-hydro-isostasy within the Late Quaternary/Holocene sea-level history of the Gulf of Mexico. GSA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oral Presentation.

Taha, Z.P., Anderson, J.B., Simms, A.R., and Rodriguez, A.B. 2005. Fluvial Response to Base Level Change: A Case Study of Two Incised Valleys Along the East Texas Coast. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Calgary, Alberta. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2005. Rapid changes in estuary evolution within Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, USA. GSA Southeastern Section Annual Meeting. Biloxi, MS. Oral Presentation.

Rodriguez, A.B., Greene, L., Mattheus, R., Duran, D., Anderson, J.B., and Simms, A.R., 2005, Rapid environmental change events in Alabama estuaries, GSA Southeastern Geological Section Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS. Abstracts-Volume 37. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, A. B. Rodriguez, and M. Taviani. 2004. Rapid Changes in Estuary Evolution within Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Taha, Z. P., J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2004. Non-Symmetric Response to Base-Level Rise and Fall: A Case Study of Two Adjacent Fluvial/Deltaic Systems along the East Texas Coast. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Oral Presentation.

Rodriguez, A. B., J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2004. Incised-Valley Fill Parasequence Formation and Implications for Estuarine Evolution: Galveston Estuary, Texas. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2004. The Importance of Glacial-hydro Isostacy in the Quaternary Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Sequence Stratigraphy and Coastal Evolution. SEPM Research Conference: Recent Advances in Shoreline and Shelf Stratigraphy. Grand Junction, CO. Oral Presentation

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, Z. P. Taha, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2004. Going Beyond the Tripartite Model of Incised Valley Fill. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Dallas, TX. Oral Presentation.

Meyer, C. T., A. B. Rodriguez, J. B. Anderson, and A. R. Simms. 2004. Geomorphic Evolution of Morgan Peninsula, Alabama: Influence of Incised Valley Architecture on a Progradational Barrier. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Dallas, TX. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2003. Holocene Climate Changes as Recorded in a Coastal Estuary, Central Texas: Possible Implications for Global Warming? GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. Poster Presentation.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2003. The Role of Antecedent Topography in Shaping Coastal Change Caused by Sea-level Rise. INQUA Congress, Reno, NV. Poster.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2003. The Effects of Antecedent Topography on Incised Valley Incision and Fill, Nueces River, Central Texas. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oral Presentation.

Smith, J., R. A. Marston, S. T. Paxton, and A. R. Simms. 2003. Downstream Fining in a Sand-Bed Segment of the Canadian River, TX-OK. AAG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A. R., J. B. Anderson, and A. B. Rodriguez. 2002. Controls on the Geometry and Facies of the Late Quaternary Incised Valley of the Nueces River, Texas Gulf. SEPM Research Conference: Incised Valleys, Images and Processes. Casper and Newcastle, WY. Oral Presentation.

Paxton, S. T., R. A. Marston, S. J. Smith, and A. R. Simms. 2002. Downstream Fining of Sediment from the Canadian River Drainage, Oklahoma, USA, and Implications for Regional Reservoir Performance. AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention. Houston, TX. Poster Presentation.

Halihan, T., R. E. Mace, R. A. Marrett, J. M. Sharp, and A. R. Simms. 2001. A Simple Model of Fractured Aquifer Permeability. GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Oral Presentation.

Paxton, S. T., J. S. Smith, R. A. Marston, and A. R. Simms. 2001. Downstream Grain-Size Change in a Modern Sand-Bed River and Implications for Regional Quality of Reservoirs and Aquifers: Canadian River Drainage, Oklahoma, USA. GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Oral Presentation.

Simms, A. R., T. Halihan., and R. Mace. 2001. Fracture Modeling of the San Antonio Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas. GSA South-Central/Rocky Mountain Section Meeting. Albuquerque, NM. Oral Presentation.

“name”: student author (*denotes undergraduate)

Invited Presentations:

2011

Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Coast Geological Society

2010

Fall Meeting of the Americal Geophysical Union - session on the Antarctic Peninsula

2009

Oklahoma City Chapter of the Society for Professional Earth Scientists

ExxonMobil

Department of Animal Sciences, Oklahoma State University

Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington

2008

Northeastern Association of Math and Science Teachers

2007

Triple Junction Function (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Oklahoma State University Geological Societies)

Northeastern State University (Oklahoma)

2006

Department of Geological Sciences, University of Tulsa

Tulsa Geological Society

Biology Department, Langston University

2005

School of Geology, Oklahoma State University

2004

ExxonMobil

School of Geology, Oklahoma State University

Outreach and Other Talks:

East Central University (Ada, OK), Boy Scout Troop 822 (Stillwater, OK), Stillwater Junior High (Stillwater, OK), Westwood Elementary (Stillwater, OK), Brandon Elementary (Goleta, CA).

Thesis Director:

Michael Aufill (MS’07 – Newfield Exploration, Tulsa, OK), Niranjan Aryal (MS’07 – Schlumberger, Houston, TX), Peter Kouremenous (MS’08 – BP, Calgary, AB), Annie Drewry (MS’08 – Questar, Denver, CO), Tyler Treece (MS’09 – Chesapeake, Oklahoma City, OK), Taylor Troiani (MS’09 – Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK), Zach Poland (MS’11 – Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK), Katie Jackson (MS’11 – S&M Energy, Midland, TX), Hannah Alexander (MS’12), Lauren Miller (PhD’14), Daniel Livsey (PhD’15), Baird King (PhD’15)

Thesis Committee Member:

Sassan Mouri (MS - 06), Eric Gerding (MS - 07), Kurtis Boucher (MS - 07), Emiko Konishi (MS - 07), Brad Rogers (MS - 07), Mack Blackford (MS - 08), Cameron Thompson (MS - 08), Mike Sample (MS - 08), Jeff Gigstad (MS - 08), Andy Rihn (MS - 08), John Tackett (MS - 08), Patrick Cohorn (MS - 08), Joe Wicker (MS - 08), Britni Watson (MS - 08), Jeremiah Chrisman (MS - 09), Tony Moss (MS – 09), Ayodeji Bamijoko (MS – 09), Stuart Barnes (MS – 10), S. Byron Stephens (PhD - 10), Cody Manek (MS - 10), Travis Conley (MS – 10), Jeff Roden (MS-11), Ammanuel Woldearegay (MS-11), Joseph Goodie (PhD-11)

Undergraduate Student Research:

Kristy Tetter (BS ’06 – El Paso), Greg Federko (BS ’08), Lauren Miller (OK-LSAMP, BS ’09, PhD Student - UCSB), Jared Roundtree (BS ’09 – MS Student - CSM), Daniel Livsey (BS’10 – PhD Student - UCSB), Brent McCullough (BS’11), Sloan Anderson (BS’11)