selected publications academic article Baco, A. R., Morgan, N. B., Roark, E. B., & Biede, V. (2023). Bottom-contact fisheries disturbance and signs of recovery of precious corals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamount Chain. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 148, 110010-110010. Maupin, C. R., Roark, E. B., Thirumalai, K., Shen, C., Schumacher, C., Van Kampen-Lewis, S., ... Partin, J. W. (2021). Abrupt Southern Great Plains thunderstorm shifts linked to glacial climate variability. Nature Geoscience. 14(6), 396-+. Smith, J. R., Watling, L., Summers, N., Roark, E. B., Morgan, N., Lensing, B., ... Baco-Taylor, A (2020). Exploring for a Biogeographic Boundary Along the Emperor Seamount Chain: A Multidisciplinary Approach. OCEANOGRAPHY. 33(1), 94-94. Juarez, J. G., Garcia-Luna, S., Chaves, L. F., Carbajal, E., Valdez, E., Avila, C., ... Hamer, G. L. (2020). Dispersal of female and male Aedes aegypti from discarded container habitats using a stable isotope mark-capture study design in South Texas. Scientific Reports. 10(1), 6803. Baco, A. R., Morgan, N. B., & Roark, E. B. (2020). Observations of vulnerable marine ecosystems and significant adverse impacts on high seas seamounts of the northwestern Hawaiian Ridge and Emperor Seamount Chain. Marine Policy. 115, 103834-103834. Garcia-Luna, S. M., Juarez, J. G., Cabaas, S., Tang, W., Roark, E. B., Maupin, C. R., Badillo-Vargas, I. E., & Hamer, G. L. (2020). Stable Isotope Marking of Laboratory-Reared Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 57(2), 649-652. Kealoha, A. K., Shamberger, K., Reid, E. C., Davis, K. A., Lentz, S. J., Brainard, R. E., ... Rii, Y. M. (2019). Heterotrophy of Oceanic Particulate Organic Matter Elevates Net Ecosystem Calcification. 46(16), 9851-9860. Baco, A. R., Roark, E. B., & Morgan, N. B (2019). Amid fields of rubble, scars, and lost gear, signs of recovery observed on seamounts on 30- to 40-year time scales. Science Advances. 5(8), eaaw4513. Morgan, N. B., Goode, S., Roark, E. B., & Baco, A. R. (2019). Fine Scale Assemblage Structure of Benthic Invertebrate Megafauna on the North Pacific Seamount Mokumanamana. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6, 715. McDermott, E. G., Mullens, B. A., Mayo, C. E., Roark, E. B., Maupin, C. R., Gerry, A. C., & Hamer, G. L. (2019). Laboratory evaluation of stable isotope labeling of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for adult dispersal studies. Parasites and Vectors. 12(1), 411. Prouty, N. G., Roark, E. B., Mohon, L. M., & Chang, C. (2018). Uptake and distribution of organo-iodine in deep-sea corals. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 187, 122-132. Marks, G. S., LaVigne, M., Hill, T. M., Sauthoff, W., Guilderson, T. P., Roark, E. B., Dunbar, R. B., & Horner, T. J. (2017). Reproducibility of Ba/Ca variations recorded by northeast Pacific bamboo corals. Paleoceanography. 32(9), 966-979. Baco, A. R., Morgan, N., Roark, E. B., Silva, M., Shamberger, K., & Miller, K. (2017). Defying Dissolution: Discovery of Deep-Sea Scleractinian Coral Reefs in the North Pacific. Scientific Reports. 7(1), 5436. Vanplantinga, A. A., Grossman, E. L., & Roark, E. B. (2017). CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC TRACER EVALUATION OF WATER MIXING AND EVAPORATION IN A DAMMED TEXAS RIVER DURING DROUGHT. River Research and Applications. 33(3), 450-460. Rezek, R. J., Lebreton, B., Roark, E. B., Palmer, T. A., & Pollack, J. B. (2017). How does a restored oyster reef develop? An assessment based on stable isotopes and community metrics. 164(3), 54. Prouty, N. G., Sahy, D., Ruppel, C. D., Roark, E. B., Condon, D., Brooke, S., Ross, S. W., & Demopoulos, A. (2017). Insights into methane dynamics from analysis of authigenic carbonates and chemosynthetic mussels at newly-discovered Atlantic Margin seeps (vol 449, pg 332, 2016). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 475, 268-268. Prouty, N. G., Mienis, F., Campbell-Swarzenski, P., Roark, E. B., Davies, A. J., Robertson, C. M., ... Demopoulos, A. (2017). Seasonal variability in the source and composition of particulate matter in the depositional zone of Baltimore Canyon, US Mid-Atlantic Bight. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 127, 77-89. Medeiros, M., Boothe, E. C., Roark, E. B., & Hamer, G. L. (2017). Dispersal of male and female Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes using stable isotope enrichment. 11(1), e0005347-e0005347. Prouty, N. G., Sahy, D., Ruppel, C. D., Roark, E. B., Condon, D., Brooke, S., Ross, S. W., & Demopoulos, A. (2016). Insights into methane dynamics from analysis of authigenic carbonates and chemosynthetic mussels at newly-discovered Atlantic Margin seeps. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 449, 332-344. Hamer, S. A., Weghorst, A. C., Auckland, L. D., Roark, E. B., Strey, O. F., Teel, P. D., & Hamer, G. L. (2015). Comparison of DNA and Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope-based Techniques for Identification of Prior Vertebrate Hosts of Ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology. 52(5), 1043-1049. Quattrini, A. M., Nizinski, M. S., Chaytor, J. D., Demopoulos, A., Roark, E. B., France, S. C., ... Shank, T. M. (2015). Exploration of the Canyon-Incised Continental Margin of the Northeastern United States Reveals Dynamic Habitats and Diverse Communities. PLoS ONE. 10(10), e0139904-e0139904. Rapp, A. D., Peterson, A. G., Frauenfeld, O. W., Quiring, S. M., & Roark, E. B. (2014). Climatology of Storm Characteristics in Costa Rica using the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 15(6), 2615-2633. Teale, N. G., Mahan, H., Bleakney, S., Berger, A., Shibley, N., Frauenfeld, O. W., ... Washington-Allen, R. (2014). Impacts of Vegetation and Precipitation on Throughfall Heterogeneity in a Tropical Pre-Montane Transitional Cloud Forest. 46(6), 667-676. Robinson, L. F., Adkins, J. F., Frank, N., Gagnon, A. C., Prouty, N. G., Roark, E. B., & van de Flierdt, T. (2014). The geochemistry of deep-sea coral skeletons: A review of vital effects and applications for palaeoceanography (vol 99, pg 184, 2014). Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 105, 118-118. Prouty, N. G., Roark, E. B., Koenig, A. E., Demopoulos, A., Batista, F. C., Kocar, B. D., ... Mienis, F. (2014). Deep-sea coral record of humanimpact on watershed quality in the Mississippi River Basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 28(1), 29-43. Guilderson, T. P., McCarthy, M. D., Dunbar, R. B., Englebrecht, A., & Roark, E. B. (2013). Late Holocene variations in Pacific surface circulation and biogeochemistry inferred from proteinaceous deep-sea corals. Biogeosciences. 10(9), 6019-6028. Prouty, N. G., Roark, E. B., Buster, N. A., & Ross, S. W. (2011). Growth rate and age distribution of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 423, 101-U121. Houlbreque, F., McCulloch, M., Roark, B., Guilderson, T., Meibom, A., Kimball, J., ... Dunbar, R. (2010). Uranium-series dating and growth characteristics of the deep-sea scleractinian coral: Enallopsammia rostrata from the Equatorial Pacific. 74(8), 2380-2395. Magana, A. L., Southon, J. R., Kennett, J. P., Roark, E. B., Sarnthein, M., & Stott, L. D. (2010). Resolving the cause of large differences between deglacial benthic foraminifera radiocarbon measurements in Santa Barbara Basin. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 25(4), n/a-n/a. Parrish, F. A., & Roark, E. B. (2009). Growth validation of gold coral Gerardia sp in the Hawaiian Archipelago. 397, 163-172. Roark, E. B., Guilderson, T. P., Dunbar, R. B., Fallon, S. J., & Mucciarone, D. A (2009). Extreme longevity in proteinaceous deep-sea corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(13), 5204-5208. Roark, E. B., Guilderson, T. P., Dunbar, R. B., & Ingram, B. L. (2006). Radiocarbon-based ages and growth rates of Hawaiian deep-sea corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 327, 1-14. Guilderson, T. P., Roark, E. B., Quay, P. D., Page, S., & Moy, C. (2006). Seawater radiocarbon evolution in the Gulf of Alaska: 2002 observations. Radiocarbon: an international journal of cosmogenic isotope research. 48(1), 1-15. Schimmelmann, A., Lange, C. B., Roark, E. B., & Ingram, B. L. (2006). Resources for paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic analysis:: A 6,700-year stratigraphy and regional radiocarbon reservoir-age (AR) record based on varve counting and 14C-AMS dating for the Santa Barbara Basin, offshore California, USA. 76(1-2), 74-80. Roark, E. B., Guilderson, T. P., Flood-Page, S., Dunbar, R. B., Ingram, B. L., Fallon, S. J., & McCulloch, M. (2005). Radiocarbon-based ages and growth rates of bamboo corals from the Gulf of Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(4), 1-5. Roark, E. B., Ingram, B. L., Southon, J., & Kennett, J. P. (2003). Holocene foraminiferal radiocarbon record of paleocirculation in the Santa Barbara Basin. Geology. 31(4), 379-382. Hendy, I. L., Kennett, J. P., Roark, E. B., & Ingram, B. L. (2002). Apparent synchroneity of submillennial scale climate events between Greenland and Santa Barbara Basin, California from 30-10 ka. 21(10), 1167-1184. Mumby, P. J., Chisholm, J., Edwards, A. J., Clark, C. D., Roark, E. B., Andrefouet, S., & Jaubert, J. (2001). Unprecedented bleaching-induced mortality in Porites spp. at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. 139(1), 183-189. Kim, J. M., Kennett, J. P., Park, B. K., Kim, D. C., Kim, G. Y., & Roark, E. B. (2000). Paleoceanographic change during the last deglaciation, East Sea of Korea. Paleoceanography. 15(2), 254-266. Kennett, J. P., Roark, E. B., Cannariato, K. G., Ingram, B. L., & Tada, R. (2000). Latest Quaternary paleoclimatic and radiocarbon chronology, hole 1017E, southern California margin. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results. 167, 249-254. chapter Miller, G. H., Hart, C. P., Roark, E. B., & Johnson, B. J. (2000). Isoleucine Epimerization in Eggshells of the Flightless Australian Birds Genyornis and Dromaius. Goodfriend, G. A., Collins, M. J., Fogel, M. L., Macko, S. A., & Wehmiller, J. F. (Eds.), Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry. (pp. 161-181). Oxford University Press, USA. conference paper Harrison, L., Weis, D., Scoates, J., O'Connor, J., Regelous, M., Baco, A., & Roark, E. B. (2022). Renewed Volcanism at the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend at ~31 Ma Robinson, L. F., Adkins, J. F., Frank, N., Gagnon, A. C., Prouty, N. G., Roark, E. B., & van de Flierdt, T. (2014). The geochemistry of deep-sea coral skeletons: A review of vital effects and applications for palaeoceanography. Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 184-198. institutional repository document Guilderson, T. P., McCarthy, M. D., Dunbar, R. B., Englebrecht, A., & Roark, E. B. (2013). Late Holocene variations in Pacific surface circulation and biogeochemistry inferred from proteinaceous deep-sea corals
principal investigator on Defying Dissolution: Unraveling the Enigma of North Pacific Deep-Sea Scleractinian Reefs in Undersaturated Water awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2023 MRI: Acquisition of a Multicollector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer and Laser System for Investigating the Evolution of the Earth’s Climate, Oceans, and Tectonics awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2020 Collaborative Research: Recovery of Seamount Precious Coral Beds From Heavy Trawling Disturbance awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2014 - 2019
investigator on Dispersal, larval habitat source, and efficacy of intervention using autodissemination on Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in South Texas awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) 2017 - 2021
teaching activities CLGE001 Learning Communities Instructor GEOG380 Wrkshp In Envir Stdies-china Instructor GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor GEOG491 Research Instructor GEOG685 Directed Studies Instructor GEOG691 Research Instructor GEOG691 Research Instructor GEOG691 Research: In-ab Instructor GEOS205 Env Geos Cornerstone Instructor GEOS289 Sptp: Env Geos Cornerstone Instructor GEOS380 Workshop Environmental Studies Instructor GEOS405 Environmental Geoscience Instructor GEOS410 Global Change Instructor GEOS430 Global Sci Policy Making Instructor GEOS481 Seminar Instructor GEOS484 Internship Instructor GEOS484 Internship Instructor OCNG684 Professional Internship Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Granados-Dieseldorff, Pablo (2013-11). The Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis) Spawning Aggregation Fishery at Gladden Spit, Belize: Inter-annual and Within-season Dynamics. Mohon, Leslye M (2014-08). Validating Annual Growth Bands of Deep-Sea Black Corals and Calculating Ocean Reservoir Ages from the Gulf of Mexico and Southeastern United States. Van Plantinga, Alexander (2015-12). Texas Brazos River Flow and Mussel Growth Reconstructions Using Stable Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Carbon Isotopes and Trace Elements.
education and training Ph.D. in Geography, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 2005 M.A. in Geography, University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States) 2001 B.A. in Environmental Conservation, University of Colorado Boulder - (Boulder, Colorado, United States) 1992
awards and honors Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2014 Montague Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2011