Andrea D. Hawkes

Professor

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My main research interests include developing short-term (i.e., tsunami, earthquake, hurricane) and long-term (i.e., glacial isostatic adjustment) records of changes in relative sea level.
2020-present Professor Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington
2012-Present Adjunct Researcher Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
2017-2020 Associate Professor Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington
2012-2017 Assistant Professor Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington
2010-2012 Postdoctoral Invest. Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
2008-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.

Education

Ph.D. Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania, USA (2004 - 2008)
M.Sc. Earth and Environmental Science, Dalhousie University, Canada (2002 – 2004)
B.Sc./BA. Geology and Political Science, Dalhousie University, Canada (1996 - 2001)

Specialization in Teaching

Undergraduate Level; Coasts & Society, Introduction to Oceanography, Natural Hazards, Field Methods, Cruise Class
Upper Undergraduate and Graduate level; Relative Sea Level, Coastal Management, Belize Study Abroad Ridge to Reef, Geologic Oceanography, Micropaleontology, Graduate proposal writing class

Research Interests

The labs 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, storms as driving mechanisms of Quaternary relative sea-level change and coastal evolution.

Professional Service

NC Coastal Resource Commission Science Panel Member
UNCW Graduate Advisory Committee and Vice-Chair
UNCW EOS MS Geoscience Graduate Coordinator
UNCW MSMS/ACOS Graduate Advisory Committee

Community Engagement

Exhibit at Museum of the Aleutians

Honors & Awards

UNCW CSE Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award
GSA Kirk Bryan Award for Excellence for Nelson, A.R. et al., 2021, A maximum rupture model for the central and southern Cascadia subduction zoned reassessing ages for coastal evidence of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 261, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106922