Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Andrea D Hawkes

Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Pennsylvania
240 S. 33rd Street
Hayden Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316

Tel. (215) 5738373
Fax: (215) 8980964
E-mail: hawkesa@sas.upenn.edu

Education

2004 - Present: PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
2002 - 2004: MSc. Earth Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1996 - 2001: Honours BSc. Earth Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Professional Experience

09/2005 05/2006: Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania.
09/2002 04/2004: Teaching Assistant, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
05/2001 11/2001: Host for a six-part science documentary in the Canadian Arctic. Teleimage (France) and Espace Vert (Montreal), Canadian Arctic.
06/2000 09/2000: Field geologist, Department of Indian and Northern Development, Yellowknife and Back Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Awards

Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2004-2008.
Henry Lewis Endowment Fund, University of Pennsylvania, 2004-2005.
MacEachern-Ponsford Award, Dalhousie University, 1998-1999.

Significant accomplishments

Earth and Environmental Science graduate representative, UPENN graduate student association council 2006.
Teaching assistant of the year award, Dalhousie University, 2002-2003.
Earth Science Graduate Society vice president, Dalhousie University, 2002-2003.
Dalhousie Science Society Representative for Earth Science Department, Dalhousie University, 1999-2000

Dissertations

Hawkes, A. D., 2001. Evidence of precursor events for mega-thrust earthquakes on the west coast of North America. Honours Thesis Dissertation, Dalhousie University.
Hawkes, A. D., 2004. A Study of Attached Benthic Foraminifera Associated with the Deep-Sea Coral Primnoa resedaeformis on the Scotian Margin. MSc Thesis Disertation, Dalhousie University.

Graduate student member of; GSA, SEPM, AAPG, IGCP, GWIS

Grants

Northeast Section Geological Society of America travel grant 2006.
Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Sanders student research fund 2006.
Paleontology summer research stipend, University of Pennsylvania 2006.
School of Arts and Sciences travel grant, University of Pennsylvania 2005.
Cushman Foundation, Joseph A. Cushman Award for student research 2005.
Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Sanders student research fund 2005.
Paleontology summer research stipend, University of Pennsylvania 2005.
PANGA travel grant 2005.

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