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Education 

Ph.D. Hydrology, Colorado School of Mines, 2018 - 2021 

• Dissertation: Investigating the role of heterogeneity on weathering in fractured rocks  | Advisor: Alexis Navarre-Sitchler

M.S. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2015 - 2018

• Thesis: Lithium isotopes in carbonate-rich marine sections: implications for diagenesis, authigenic clay formation, and the global lithium cycle | Advisor: Matthew Fantle

B.S. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2011 - 2015

• Thesis: Paleosol-based paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, northern Argentina | Advisor: Timothy White

Publications

1. Andrews, E.M., Hyman, J., Sweeney, M., Moulton, D., Karra, S., Navarre-Sitchler, A., (2023) Fracture intensity impacts on reaction front propagation and mineral weathering in three-dimensional fractured media. WRR. e2022WR032121.

2. Hyman, J., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Andrews, E.M., Sweeney, M.R., Karra, S., Carey, J.W., Viswanathan, H.S., (2022) A geo-structurally based correction factor for dissolution rates in fractured media. Geophysical Research Letters. e2022GL099513.

3. Andrews, E.M., Navarre-Sitchler, A., (2021) Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Mineral Dissolution Rates in Fractured Media. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol 312, p. 124-138.

4. Andrews, E.M., Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Fantle, M.S., (2020). Exploring the importance of authigenic clay formation in the global Li cycle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Vol 289, p. 47-68.

5. White, T.S., del Papa, C., Andrews, E.M., (2018). Chronostratigraphy of Paleogene strata, Salta Basin, northwestern Argentina: A reply to Hyland and Shledon’s comment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol 511, p 643-645.

6. Andrews, E.M., White, T.S., del Papa, C. (2017). Paleosol-based Paleoclimate Reconstruction of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, northern Argentina. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. Vol 471, p. 181-195.

Submitted, Under Review, in prep

1. Andrews, E.M., Ortiz, A.C., Molina, V., Kaye, J., Darrouzet-Nardi, A., Jin, L., Flood irrigation drives the temporal variability of soil respiration and pedogenic carbonate accumulation rates and soil CO2 production dynamics in irrigated agricultural sites. Submitted to Chemical Geology. 

2. Garcia et al. (including Andrews, E.M.), Tree size as a proxy of texture and soil salinity in a pecan orchard: exploring the spatial variability and dominant controls on water and carbon fluxes in managed dryland critical zones. Submitted to Nature: Scientific Reports. 

3. Andrews, E.M., Eldam-Pommer, R., Bandler, A., Moore, J., Singha, K., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Transport-limited weathering at the field scale: the role of subsurface structure and climate. In Prep. To be submitted in Fall 2023.

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso - January, 2022 to Present

• Mentors: Lixin Jin, Li Li

Graduate Student Intern, Computational Earth Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Summer 2020

• Mentors: Jeffrey Hyman, Matthew Sweeney, David Moulton

Graduate Student Researcher, Hydrologic Sciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines - 2018 to 2021

• Advisor: Alexis Navarre-Sitchler

Graduate Student Researcher, Metal Isotope Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University - 2015 - 2018

• Advisor: Matthew Fantle

Undergraduate Student Researcher, Paleosol and Paleoclimatology Lab, Pennsylvania State University - 2012 - 2015

• Mentors: Timothy White, Ashlee Dere

Undergraduate Microbiology Intern, EcoGeoSafe, Aix-en-Provence, France - Spring 2013

Teaching Experience

Instructor: Geological Fluid Mechanics 

• Spring 2021 at Colorado School of Mines

Graduate Teaching Assitant: Geology of Climate Change

• Spring 2018 at Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Geochemistry Laboratory

• Fall 2016 at Pennsylvania State University

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

Outstanding Ph.D. student in Hydrologic Sciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines - 2021

ARCS Foundation Scholar, Colorado School of Mines - 2019 to 2021

Best Student Poster Presentation, Modflow and More - 2019 

Hiroshi and Koya Ohmoto Graduate Research Fellowship in Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University - 2017

Paul D. Krynine Grant for travel and research expenses, Pennsylvania State University - 2015 and 2017

Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy of Global Experience (EMSAGE) Laureate, Pennsylvania State University - 2015

Conferences

Andrews, E.M., Moore, J., Singha, K., Navarre-Sitchler, A., (2022). Transport-limited weathering in the deep critical zone. Oral Presentation. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Andrews, E.M., Hyman, J., Sweeney, M.R., Moulton, J.D., Navarre-Sitchler, A., (2021). Elucidating the effect of subsurface structure on mineral dissolution rates using reactive transport modeling. Goldschmidt Virtual Meeting 2021.

Andrews, E.M., Sweeney, M.R., Moulton, J.D., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Hyman, J., (2020). Simulating mineral weathering in 3D fractured media. American Geophysical Union Virtual Fall Meeting 2020.

Andrews, E.M., Navarre-Sitchler, A. (2020). Heterogeneous flow paths in the subsurface may explain the lab vs. field weathering rate conundrum. Goldschmidt Virtual Meeting 2020

Andrews, E.M., Navarre-Sitchler, A. (2019). Investigating the role of heterogeneous flow paths on weathering rates. Poster Presentation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 9 – 13 Dec., San Francisco, CA.

Andrews, E.M., Navarre-Sitchler, A. (2019). Investigating weathering of fractured rock systems using reactive transport simulations. Poster Presentation. Modflow and More 2019, Golden, CO.

Andrews, E.M., Fantle, M.S. (2017). Investigating the role of diffusion on Li isotopes in pore fluids and sediments from IODP Site U1338. Poster Presentation. Goldschmidt 2017, Paris, France.

Dere, A.L., Andrews, E.M., White, T.S. (2015). Quantifying Present-day and Long-term Shale Weathering Rates across a Latitudinal Climosequence. Oral Presentation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 13 – 18 Dec., San Francisco, CA.

Andrews, E.M., White, T.S. (2015). Paleosol-based Paleoclimate Reconstruction of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 47, No. 7, p. 562, Poster.

Dere, A.L., Andrews, E.M., White, T.S. (2015). Present-day Shale Weathering Rates across a Latitudinal Climosequence. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 5, p. 90, Oral Presentation.

Andrews, E.M., Dere, A.L., White, T.S. (2014). In Situ Measurements to Quantify Present Day Shale Weathering Rates. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 46, No. 2, p. 73, Oral Presentation.

Outreach

• Led hydrology- and geology-based learning activities at elementary school STEM events

• Assisted with Girls in STEM Club for Denver area middle school girls

• Leader of Junior Girl Scout Troop in Lakewood, CO

• Volunteer at Nittany Mineralogical Society Junior Education Day

Service

To the Profession

•  Reviewer for Geophysical Research Letters and Chemical Geology

• Session Convener for AGU22 Session H099: Steams as Windows to Critical Zone Processes

• Session Convener for Goldschmidt 2021 Session 9k: Critical Zone Processes Through Space and Time

Within Colorado School of Mines

• Geology and Geological Engineering Diversity, Inclusion, and Access working group member

• President of the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Club

• Event Coordinator for the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Club

Within Pennsylvania State University

• Event Coordinator for Penn State student chapter of the Association for Women Geoscientists

• President of the Undergraduate Geosciences Club

Analytical Experience

Ground and surface water sampling: Geotech submersible pump, Geotech bladder pump, Cole Parmer peristaltic pump

MC-ICP-MS: ThermoFisher Neptune Plus

ICP-MS: ThermoFisher Scientific X Series II Quadrupole MS

ICP-AES: ICAP 7400

Ion Chromatograph: Dionex 1100 and 2100

Field Spectrophotometer: Hach DR 1900

Numerical Experience

Reactive Transport Codes: CrunchFlow, CrunchTope, PFLOTRAN

Integrated Hydrology Models: Amanzi/ATS, ParFlow

Discrete Fracture Network Codes: dfnWorks

Programming Languages/Software: R, Matlab, Python, Fotran 90