Contact & CV

Dissertation Title: From Cinder Cones to Subduction Zones: Volatile Recycling and Magma Formation beneath the Southern Cascade Arc (Advisor: Dr. Paul Wallace)

Bachelor of Science in Geology - University of California, Los Angeles - June, 2010

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor of Geology (March, 2021 - present). Western Washington University.
Assistant Professor of Geology (January, 2017 – March, 2021). Middlebury College.
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2015-2016). University of Edinburgh.
Graduate Teaching Fellow & Research Assistant (2010-2015). University of Oregon.
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2008-2010). UCLA.

PUBLICATIONS

Kirstein, L. A., Walowski, K. J., Jones, R. E., Burgess, R., Fitton, J. G., De Hoog, J. C., ... & EIMF. (2023). Volatiles and intraplate magmatism: A variable role for carbonated and altered oceanic lithosphere in ocean island basalt formation. Journal of Petrology, 64(5), egad022.

Humphreys, J., Brounce, M.J., Walowski, K.J. (2022). Diffusive equilibration of water and oxygen fugacity in natural olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 584, 117409.

Walowski, K. J., Kirstein, L., de Hoog, C.J., Elliot, T., Savov, I., Jones, R. (2021). Boron recycling in the mantle: Evidence from a global comparison of ocean island basalts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 302, 83-100.

Bekaert, D.V., Turner, S.J., Broadley, M.W., Barnes, J.D., Halldórson, S.A., Labidi, J., Wade, J., Walowski, K.J., Barry, P.H. (2021). Subduction-driven volatile recycling: a global mass-balance. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 49.

Black, B., Mittal, T., *Lingo, F., Walowski, K. J., Hernandez, A. (2021). Assessing the environmental consequences of lava-water interactions during Large Igneous Province emplacement. In Environmental Effects of Large Igneous Provinces: The Deadly Kiss of LIPs (Ch. 5, pp. 113-128). AGU Books.

Befus, K.S., Walowski, K.J., Hervig, R.L., Cullen, J.T. (2020). Hydrogen Isotope Composition of a Large Silicic Magma Reservoir Preserved in Quartz‐Hosted Glass Inclusions of the Bishop Tuff Plinian Eruption. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21(12), e2020GC009358.

*Hollyday, A. E., *Leiter, S. H., & Walowski, K. J. (2020). Pre-eruptive storage, evolution, and ascent timescales of a high-Mg basaltic andesite in the southern Cascade Arc. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 175(9), 1-21.

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P. J., Cashman, K.V., Clynne, M. A., Ruprecht, P., Marks, J.K. (2019). Understanding melt evolution and the magmatic plumbing system at Cinder Cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California: Insights from olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 106665.

Walowski, K. J., Kirstein, L., de Hoog, C.J., Elliot, T., Savov, I. (2019). Investigating ocean island mantle source heterogeneity with B isotopes in melt inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 508, 97-108.

Dixon, J. E., Bindeman, I. N., Kingsley, R. H., Simons, K. K., le Roux, P. J., Hajewski, T. R., Swart, P., Langmuir, C.H., Ryan, J.G., Walowski, K.J., Wada I., Wallace, P.J. (2017). Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources: Resolving the Dehydration Paradox. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 18(11), 3801-3839.

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P.J., Clynne, M.A., *Rasmussen, D.J., & D. Weis (2016). Slab melting and magma formation beneath the southern Cascade Arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 446, 100-112.

Walowski, K. J., Wallace, P. J., Hauri, E. H., Wada, I., & Clynne, M. A. (2015). Slab melting beneath the Cascade Arc driven by dehydration of altered oceanic peridotite. Nature Geoscience, 8(5), 404-408.

*Indicates undergraduate student author

GRANTS AND AWARDS

♦ [Pending] NSF MRI: Acquisition of a micro-computed tomography scanner for interdisciplinary research at Western Washington University ($570,040; Lead PI: Casey Saenger, Co-PIs: John Misasi, Tesla Monson Andrew Weitz, and Kristina Walowski)

♦ NSF IF: Upgrade of LA-ICP-MS for research and education at Western Washington University ($468,550; Lead PI: Sue DeBari, Co-PIs: Mai Sas, Manuel Montano, Kristina Walowski, and Sean Mulcahy)

♦ NSF EAR: Collaborative Research: Phenocryst or not? Using a stratovolcano's crystal cargo to explore crustal-scale magmatic systems, Koma Kulshan (Mt. Baker), Northern Cascade Arc (Awarded December 2021; Co-PI; 3-year; $333,456; Lead PI Sue DeBari, WWU; Co-PI Hannah Shamloo, CWU)

♦ Meierjurgen Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon (Term in residence, Winter 2021)

♦ NSF EAR RUI: Collaborative Research: How variable is magma decompression rate during a single eruption? (2020; Co-PI; 2-year; $286,530; Lead PI Megan Newcombe, Univ. of Maryland)

♦ Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship 2020 (host: Dr. Linda Kirstein, University of Edinburgh; £34,261; 3-month visit currently postponed due to COVID-19)

♦ Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship 2020 (3-week travel grant; $6,215)

♦ NSF EAR RUI: Collaborative Research: Testing the controls on eruption size and style at intermediate arc volcanoes: Evidence from the Holocene record at Augustine Volcano, USA (2020; lead PI; 3-year; $290,003; Co-PI Alison Koleszar, Colgate University)

♦ NASA Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM) Proposal to analyze lunar basalts collected during Apollo 12, 15, and 17 (2019).

♦ John M. White '52 Research Fund (2017; 2018), Middlebury College.

♦ Middlebury Center for Teaching and Learning Pedagogy Enrichment Fund (2017).

♦ Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Fund for Teaching Innovation (2017), Middlebury College.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

♦ United States Geological Survey, Volcano Science Center, Seminar Series (Apr, 2022)

♦ Miami University Geology & Environmental Earth Science Dept Seminar (Nov, 2021)

♦ University of California, Santa Barbara, Geology Department Career Panel (Nov, 2021)

♦ University of Rhode Island, Geochemistry Seminar (October, 2021)

♦ Pre-Goldschmidt Conference Boron Workshop (June, 2021)

♦ Western Washington University, Geology Lunch Talk (May, 2021)

♦ University of Oregon, Department Seminar Series (February, 2021)

♦ American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (2015, 2017, 2020)

♦ Dartmouth College, Department Seminar Series (February 2020)

♦ University of Maryland, Department Seminar Series (November 2019)

♦ University of Vermont, Department Seminar Series (October 2019)

♦ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geochemistry Seminar Series (July 2019)

♦ Williams College (March 2019)

♦ Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (January 2019)

♦ Geological Society of America Meeting (October 2018)

♦ SUNY Binghamton (October 2018)

♦ University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Geology (March 2018)

♦ City University of New York, Division of Earth and Atmospheric Science (February 2018)

♦ Brown University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science Dept. (November 2017)

♦ Oxford University, Deep Volatiles Consortium Meeting (September 2016)

♦ University of California, Davis, Earth and Planetary Science Dept. (March 2016)

♦ Middlebury College, Department of Geology (December 2015)

♦ University of Edinburgh, PVG Seminar Series (October 2015)

♦ Theoretical and Experimental Institute for the GeoPRISMS SCD Initiative (October 2015)

♦ GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany (September 2015)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

♦ Assistant Professor of Geology (2021-present). Western Washington University. Classes taught: Mineralogy (Spring, 2021).

♦ Assistant Professor of Geology (2017-present). Middlebury College.

Classes taught: Introduction to Petrology (Spring 2017; 2019); Natural Hazards (Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020); Bedrock Geology of Vermont (Fall 2017, 2018, 2019), Field Geology in Active Tectonic Environments (Winter, 2018); Senior Seminar (Fall, 2019); Plate Tectonics and World Geology (Spring, 2020).

♦ Guest instructor – University of Edinburgh, Igneous Petrology Field Course (2016). Trip lead by Linda A. Kirstein to the Isle of Mull, Scotland.

♦ Graduate Teaching Fellow (2010-2015). University of Oregon.

Classes taught: Earth’s Dynamic Interior (Fall 2010, Head TA - Fall 2014); Introduction to Surface Processes (Winter 2011); Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (Spring 2011, Spring 2012); Thermodynamic Geochemistry (Winter 2013, Spring 2015); Introduction to Field Methods (Spring 2014); Geology of the PNW (Winter, 2015)

♦ Guest Instructor – Northwest Outdoor High School (2013). Presented introductory geology lectures and led field trips for high school students (grades 9&10).

♦ Guest Instructor – The Oregon Volcano Experience (2014). Indiana University of Pennsylvannia summer field course lead by Assistant Professor Nick Deardorff.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

♦ Guest Editor, Minerals Special Issue “"Behaviour of Volatiles and Fluid-Mobile Elements in Subduction Zones" (2020-2021)

♦ Elected Councilor (2018-present) Council on Undergraduate Research, Geoscience Division.

♦ Health Professions Committee Member, Middlebury College (2018-present).

♦ Fulbright Interview Panelist, Middlebury College (Fall, 2018; Fall, 2019).

♦ Session Chair, AGU Fall Meeting (2017, 2019).

♦ Session Chair, Goldschmidt Conference (2017).

♦ Member (2017-present) Council on Undergraduate Research.

♦ Member (2017-present) National Association of Geoscience Teachers.

♦ Committee Member (2017-2020). Faculty Advisor Board for International Study Programs, Middlebury College.

♦ GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize Judge, AGU Fall Meeting (2015; 2017; 2018; 2019).

♦ Outstanding Student Presentation Award Judge, AGU Meeting (2015; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020).

♦ Member (2015-present). The European Association of Geochemistry.

♦ Member (2012-present). The Geochemical Society.

♦ Member (2009-present). American Geophysical Union.

Student Advising

Current WWU Graduate Student Advisees:

♦ Mahina Robbins (Fall 2021-present) – “Utilizing glass geochemistry and Fe-Ti thermometry to identify the pre-eruptive magmatic evolution processes that lead to the eruption of Tephra M (~800 ybp), Augustine Volcano, Alaska”

♦ Sloane Kennedy (Fall 2021-present) – “Pre-eruptive magmatic evolution of Tephra B (~400 ybp), Augustine Volcano, Alaska: Insights from plagioclase zoning and pumice componentry”

Current WWU undergraduate research Student Advisees:

♦ Amanda Florea (Fall 2021; Winter 2022) – “Analysis of bubble size distributions and microlite number density of early erupted pyroclasts from Cinder Cone, northern California: Insights into the role of ascent rate during explosive basaltic eruptions”

♦ Shae Fairchild (Winter 2022; Spring 2022) – Analysis of bubble size distributions of late erupted pyroclasts from Cinder Cone, northern California: Insights into the role of ascent rate during explosive basaltic eruptions”

♦ Stone Machel (Spring 2022) – Analysis of bubble size distributions from opening phase tephra from Cinder Cone, northern California”

♦ Claire Rowan-Arnett (Spring 2022) – Analysis of bubble size distributions from opening phase tephra from Cinder Cone, northern California”