Parkero-bio

Ronald L. Parker Assistant Professor of Geology (765) 983-1231 Earlham College parkero@earlham.edu

Education

• To date Ph.D. Student in Geology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas

Dissertation research: GIS application to spatial and temporal variability of mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of As, Mo, Se, V and U associated with South Texas uranium mines.

• 1986 M.S. in Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Thesis: Lithofacies, Paleoenvironments and Tectonic History of the Deschambault Limestone, Southeastern, Quebec. 175 pp.

• 1982 B.A. in Geology, Colgate University,, Hamilton, N. Y.

Thesis: The Ogdensburg Dolostone of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowlands: Reconstruction of Paleoenvironments from Sedimentologic Evidence. 44 pp.

Professional Experience

• August 2001 - Present - Assistant Professor of Geology, Earlham College. Courses taught: Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, Sedimentology, Mineralogy, Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Seminar on Current Topics, Independent Studies, Hawaii May Term, American Southwest May Term, Petrology Seminar.
• May 2006 - Present - Convener, Science Division, Earlham College.
• May 2004 - Present - Convener, Department of Geosciences, Earlham College.
• 2004 – Present - Indiana Licensed Professional Geologist (# LPG 2139).
• September 1995 – July 2001- Graduate Teaching Assistant / Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A & M University.
• March 1994 – August 1995 - Principal Geologist, Lone Rock Geoscience, Burlington, Vt.
• 1993 – 1994 - Hydrogeologist II / Regional Manager, Ground Water of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
• 1991 – 1993 - Hydrogeologist, Wagner, Heindel and Noyes, Inc., Burlington, Vt.
• 1990 – 1991 - Senior Geologist, Groundwater Technology, Inc., Williston, Vt.
• 1988 – 1990 - Project Geologist, TWM Northeast, Inc., Williston, Vt.
• 1986 – 1988 - Hydrogeologist, Vermont Dept of Health, Div. of Environmental Health, Drinking Water Section, Burlington, Vt.

Awards and Honors

• J. W. Van Dyke Memorial Scholarship Academic Excellence Award $1000
• Texaco Graduate Fellowship, $16,000 awarded by the Texas A & M Geology faculty

Grants

• 2004 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), course release time to develop Environmental Science and Sustainability.
• 2002 Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Private Higher Education, $140,000 Grant to Fund Science Educational Equipment.
• 1999 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Research Program, authored proposal that awarded $126,000 to Bruce Herbert and Patrick Michaud for "Contaminants from South Texas Uranium Mines: Environmental Fate from Molecular to Watershed Scales."
• 1998 College of Geosciences, Texas A & M University, $8,500 for "Environmental Fate of Uranium and Associated Trace Elements in South Texas Watersheds."
• 1998 Sigma Xi, $700 for "Hydrogeomorphic Control of Trace Element Variation: South Texas Uranium Area."

Recent and Relevant Publications

• Parker R.L., Herbert B.E., (2000) History, Geochemistry and Environmental Impacts of Contaminants Released by Uranium Mining in South Texas, Proceedings 8th Annual South Texas Environmental Conference, 10/18-20, 2000, Corpus Christi, Tx, 15 pp.
• Brandenberger, J.M., Louchouarn P., Herbert B.E., Tissot P., Michaud P., Parker R., Williams M., Bonner J., and Beaman M. (2000) Behavior of Trace Metal Concentrations in Water Profiles from Lake Corpus Christi Subsequent to an Overturn Event, Proceedings of the 8th Annual South Texas Environmental Conference, October 18-20, 2000, Corpus Christi, Texas, 7 pp.
• Parker R.L., (1997) Book Review: Groundwater and Soil Contamination Database (American Geological Institute), Engineering Geocience, Vol 3(4), pp. 599-606.
• Hoffer, J.P., Koptiuch, K.S. and Parker R.L., (1994) Field and Bench-Scale Comparison of Photoionization Detectors, Proceedings of the 1994 National Ground Water Association FOCUS Conference on Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues, Burlington, Vermont, October 3-5, 1994, pp. 679-692.
• Parker R.L., (1992) Humic Substances in the Aqueous Environment: Implications for the Environmental Chemistry of Trace Metals, The Green Mountain Geologist, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 25-33.
• Parker R.L., (1992) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Environmental Contaminants, Green Mountain Geologist, v. 19(2): 18-24.

Relevant Presentations

• Graves, T. and Parker, R.L., (2004) Bedrock and Potentiometric Surface Mapping by GIS Analysis of Digital Well Records, Wayne County, Indiana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 36(5), p. 562.
• Fuson, G. and Parker, R.L., (2004) Petrographic Study of Sedgwick Rock Tufa Deposit, Wayne County, Indiana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 36(5), p. 367.
• Graham, A. and Parker, R.L., (2003) Vertical Distribution of Heavy Metals in Springwood Lake Sediments, Richmond, Indiana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 35(7), p. 144.
• Chusuei, C.C., Parker, R.L. and Herbert, B.E. (2003) Molybdate sorption to the goethite surface: Evidence for inner sphere complexation. Colloids and Interfaces in the Environment, 34th ACS Central Regional Meeting.
• Mutti, J.G. and Parker, R.L., (2002) Investigation of Nitrate Concentrations Within the Middlefork Reservoir Watershed, Wayne County, Indiana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34(6), p. 257.
• Smith, C.M., Tissot, P.E., Beaman, M. Parker, R.L., Brandenberger, J., Williams, M. Louchouarn, P., Herbert, B.E., and Michaud, P., (2002) Historical Environmental Impact of Uranium Mining Through the Gamma Ray Analysis of Livestock Pond Sediments, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34(6), p. 416.
• Smith, C., Tissot P.E., Louchouarn P., Beaman M., Parker R.L., Williams M., Brandenberger J., Herbert B.E., and Michaud P.R. (2002). Have Radionuclides Released from the South Texas Uranium Mines Affected Lake Corpus Christi? Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, Galveston, Texas, November 16, 2002, p. 31.
• Parker R.L., Herbert B.E., Brandenberger, J., and Louchouarn, P. (2001) Ground Water Discharge from Mid-Tertiary Rhyolitic Ash-Rich Sediments as the Source of Elevated Arsenic in South Texas Surface Waters, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, p. A53
• Brandenberger, J.M., Louchouarn P., Herbert B.E., Tissot P., Michaud P., Parker R., Williams M., Bonner J., and Beaman M. (2001). Behavior of Trace Metal Concentrations in Water Profiles from Lake Corpus Christi Subsequent to an Overturn Event. NOAA: Expanding Opportunities in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. April 1 3, 2001, Jackson, MS.
• Herbert B.E., and Parker R.L., (2000) Arsenic and Other Uranium Associated Contaminants from South Texas Uranium Mines: Environmental Fate from Molecular to Watershed Scales, Symposium on Arsenic Chemistry and Biology and the Management of Arsenic Contaminated Soil and Water, Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 6-7, 2000.
• Parker R.L., Herbert B.E., (2000) Using GIS and Uranium Mining History to Identify Trace Element "Hotspots" within a South Texas Watershed, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, p. A125.
• Parker R.L., Herbert B.E., (2000) History, Geochemistry and Environmental Impacts of Contaminants Released by Uranium Mining in South Texas, 8th Annual South Texas Environmental Conference, October 18-20, 2000, Corpus Christi, Texas.
• Parker R.L., Herbert B.E., (2000) Investigation of Uranium Mining Contaminants in the Nueces River Watershed, Proceedings of the 8th Annual South Texas Environmental Conference, October 18-20, 2000, Corpus Christi, Texas.
• Brandenberger, J.M, Louchouarn, P., Herbert, B.E., Tissot, P., Michaud, P.R. Parker R.L., Bonner, J. and Beaman, M., (2000) Behavior of Trace Metal Concentrations in Water Profiles from Lake Corpus Christi Subsequent to an Overturn Event, Proceedings of the 8th Annual South Texas Environmental Conference, October 18-20, 2000, Corpus Christi, Texas.
• Herbert B.E., Choi, J., Parker R.L., and Zhu, D. (2000) Contaminant Sorption to Mineral Surfaces: Linking Molecular Sorption Mechanisms to Complexity of Field-Scale Bioavailability, Presented at the Gordon Research Conference Environmental Sciences 2000: Water - Environmental Pressures and Chemical Pathways from Molecular to Ecosystem Scale, June 27-30, 2000, The Holderness School, New Hampshire.
• Parker R.L., Herbert B.E., Tissot, P. and Ussery, G. F. (1999) Contaminants from South Texas Uranium Mines: Livestock Pond Sediments from the Falls City, Texas UMTRA Site - Scrutiny of Contaminant Classification, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no. 7, p. A340.
• Parker R.L., (1998) Rare Earth Element Variation in Guadalupe Delta Soils, Texas Gulf Coast: Potential Tracer for Holocene Climate Change, Proceedings Spring 1998 TAMU Student Research Week, p. 58-59.
• Parker R.L., and Sparks, M. K. (1993) Background Soil Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Burlington, Vermont, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, p. 43.
• Parker R.L., Ladue, W. H. and Smith, M. B. (1988) Wellhead Protection in Vermont: Assessment and Management of Proposed and Existing Risks to Drinking Water Quality and Quantity, EPA Wellhead Protection Conference, New Orleans, La.
• Parker R.L., and Witten, E. (1988) Paleoenvironmental and Stratigraphic Significance of Chertified Ooids in the Clarendon Springs Dolostone (Upper Cambrian), Milton, Vermont, The Green Mountain Geologist, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 7-8.
• Parker R.L., Witten, E. and Selleck, B. W. (1988) Geologic Controls of the Distribution of Uranium and Radon in the Clarendon Springs Dolomite (U. Cambrian - L. Ordovician), Milton, VT, Northeastern Environmental Science, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 8.

Professional Affiliation Geological Society of America, Geochemical Society, National Ground Water Association, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers