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JOEL MOORE
Department of Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences
Phone: 410.704.4245
8000 York Road
Fax: 410.704.3511
Towson University
[email protected]
Towson, MD 21252
http://pages.towson.edu/moore/
EDUCATION
1999
B.A., cum laude, Geology and History, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
2008
Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation title: Biogeochemistry of granitic weathering
Advisor: Susan L. Brantley; second advisor: Jennifer L. Macalady
2008 – 2011 Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
Northwestern University
Advisor: Andrew D. Jacobson
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013 – 2016 Jess and Mildred Fisher Endowed Chair of Geological Sciences, Towson
University
2011 –
Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Department of Physics, Astronomy, &
Geosciences, Towson University
2006 – 2008 Graduate fellow, Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (NSFEnvironmental Molecular Sciences Institute), Dept. of Geosciences,
Pennsylvania State University
2002 – 2006 Graduate fellow, Biogeochemistry Research Initiative in Education (NSF–
IGERT), Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
2000 – 2002 Research Intern, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center
1999 – 2000 Senior Researcher, Department of Geology, Wheaton College
1999 – 2000 Senior Researcher, Department of History, Wheaton College
PUBLICATIONS (* TU undergraduate student co-author)
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
Moore J. and Jacobson A. D. (2015, in revision) Seasonally varying contributions to urban
CO2 in the Chicago, IL, USA region: Insights from a high-resolution CO2 concentration
and δ13C record. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Wunsch A., Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Moore J., McCray J. E. (2014) Metal release from
limestones at high partial-pressures of CO2. Chemical Geology. 363: 40–55.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.036
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Wunsch A., Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Moore J., Ricko A.*, McCray J. E. (2013) Metal release
from dolomites at high partial-pressures of CO2. Applied Geochemistry. 38: 33–47.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.08.005
Moore J., Jacobson A. D., Holmden C., Craw, D. (2013) Tracking the relationship between
uplift, silicate weathering, and long-term CO2 consumption with Ca isotopes: Southern
Alps, New Zealand. Chemical Geology, 341: 110–127.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.01.005
Moore J., Lichtner P. C., White A. F., Brantley S. L. (2012) Using a reactive transport model
to elucidate the gap between laboratory and field mineral dissolution rates in regolith
profiles. Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta, 93: 235–261.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.021
Moore J., Macalady J. L., Schulz M. S., White A. F., Brantley S. L. (2010) Shifting microbial
community structure across a marine terrace grassland chronosequence, Santa Cruz,
California. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 42: 21–31.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.09.015
Brantley S. L., Bandstra J., Moore J., White A. F. (2008) Modelling chemical depletion
profiles in regolith. Geoderma, 145: 494–504.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.02.010
Buss H. L., Bruns M. A., Schultz M. J., Moore J., Mathur C. F., and Brantley S. L. (2005)
Coupling among microbial ecology, iron cycling, and saprolite formation in deep
regolith, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Geobiology, 3: 247–260.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00058.x
Extended abstracts
Moore J., Lev S. M., Casey R. E. (2013) Modeling the effects of road salt on soil, aquifer, and
stream chemistry. 2013 MODFLOW and More Conference Proceedings. 5 pp.
Hausrath E. M., Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Moore J., Sak P. B., Brantley S. L., Golden D. C., Sutter
B., Schroeder C., Socki R., Morris R. V., Ming D. W., Shearer C. K., Agee C. B., and
Beaty D. W. (2008) Mars sample return; the value of depth profiles. Ground Truth From
Mars: Science Payoff From a Sample Return Mission, LPI Contribution No. 1401, 33–34.
Moore J., White A. F., and Brantley S. L. (2004) Effects of giant sequoia on soil chemistry. In
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 2
(ed. R. Wanty and R. Seal, II), A. A. Balkema Publishers, pp. 1341–1345.
Other publications
Bandstra J. Z., Buss H. L., Campen R. K., Liermann L. J., Moore J., Hausrath E. M., NavarreSitchler A. K., Jang J.-H., and Brantley S. L. (2007) Appendix: Compilation of mineral
dissolution rates. In Kinetics of Water-Rock Interactions (ed. S. L. Brantley, J. D.
Kubicki, and A. F. White). Springer, pp. 737–823.
Moore J., Gutierrez E. G., Mecray E. L., and Buchholtz ten Brink M. R. (2006) Physical
Properties of Sediment Cores from Long Island Sound. Open File Report 02-372. U.S.
Geological Survey.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-372/
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Moore, J. (2000) Women in Geology: A Brief History. Gaea, 23: 14–18.
FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS
2014 – 2015 Establishing a water resource facility for teaching & research. Towson
University, Fisher College of Science and Mathematics Endowment. Role: PI.
$36,395
2014 – 2015 Increase Research Opportunities for Science Undergraduate Students at Towson
University: Phase II (effects of deer exclosure on ecological and geochemical
properties, TU Field Station, Monkton, MD). Towson University, Fisher College
of Science and Mathematics Endowment. Role: co-PI. $18,507
2014
Using large datasets to quantify and visualize the movement rate of road salt
pollution from impervious surfaces to streams. Supplemental funding. Towson
University, School of Emerging Technologies. Role: PI. $13,200
2013 – 2015 Using large datasets to quantify and visualize the movement rate of road salt
pollution from impervious surfaces to streams. Towson University, School of
Emerging Technologies. Role: PI. $18,525
2013 – 2015 Tracing the rates of road salt runoff movement from impervious surface to
stream and the effects on soil and aquifer geochemistry. U.S. Geological
Survey, Maryland Water Resources Research Center. Role: PI. $94,425
2013 – 2014 Meteorological data as a pedagogical and research tool: Funding of a
research-grade meteorological station at the Towson University Field Station.
Towson University, Fisher College of Science and Mathematics Endowment.
Role: PI. $27,000
2012 – 2013 Towson Academy of Scholars, Towson University, $1000
2012
Faculty Development and Research Summer Fellowship, Towson University,
$4000
Grants funded during graduate school
2007
P.D. Krynine Memorial Fund Research Grant, Penn. State University, $1250
2004
P.D. Krynine Memorial Fund Research Grant, Penn. State University, $500
2003
P.D. Krynine Memorial Fund Research Grant, Penn. State University, $550
SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2010
Department of Geology, Kent State University
Plenary speaker, Urban Geochemistry Working Group Meeting, International
Association of Geochemists, Columbus, Ohio
Department of Earth Sciences, Millersville University
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland
Geological Society of Washington (DC)
Department of Geology, University of Maryland
Department of Geology, Wheaton College
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2010
2010
2007
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois–Chicago
Department of Geology, Dickinson College
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Towson University
2011 –
Physical Geology (Geol 121) – Fa11, Sp12, Fa12, Sp13, Fa13
Environmental Geology (Geol 305) – Sp12, Sp13, Sp14, Sp15
Hydrogeology (Geol 415) – Fa12, Fa14
Independent Study in Environmental Science (ENVS 482): Sp13
Introduction to Research (Geol 489) – Fa13, Fa14, Fa15
Independent Study in Geology – Fa11, Fa12, Sp13, Fa13, Sp14, Fa14, Sp15
Research Problems in Geology (Geol 495) – Sp13, Fa15
Topics in Environmental Geology (ENVS 601) – Fa13, Fa15
2009 – 2011 Founder and organizer, Geochemistry and biogeochemistry discussion group,
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
2006, 2008 Introductory Geology in the Field (Geol 201), Wheaton College Science Station
2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Techniques in Environmental Geochemistry
(Geosc 413W), Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
2003
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Natural Hazards (Geosc 402W), Department of
Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
2002
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Geomorphology (Geosc 340), Department of
Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
ADVISING & MENTORING EXPERIENCE
As graduate advisor
Leandra Glumac, M.S. (expected 2016) student, Environmental Science, Towson University
Brandon Sandosky, M.S. (expected 2015) student, Environmental Science, Towson University
Melissa Hew, independent research, M.S. student (2014, non-thesis track), Environmental
Science, Towson University
As committee member
Allison Ricko, M.S. (expected 2015), Environmental Science, Towson University
Bill LaBarre, M.S. (2015), Environmental Science, Towson University
Assaf Wunsch, Ph.D. (2013), Hydrologic Sciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
As undergraduate research advisor
Christopher Cook, Geology, Towson University, 2015 –
Spencer Henry, Environmental Science, Towson University, 2015 –
Rian Fleming, Environmental Science, Towson University, 2014 –
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Corey Mueller, Geology, Towson University, 2014 –
Samuel Gau, Geoenvironmental Studies/Shippensburg University, Baltimore Ecosystem Study
REU student, 2014.
Co-supervised with Daniel Bain (Univ. of Pittsburgh) and Claire Welty (Univ. of Maryland–
Baltimore County).
Lisa Perrin, Geology, Towson University, 2014 –
Mary Rogers, Environmental Science, Towson University, 2014 –
Gregory Woodward, Geology, Towson University, 2013 –
Gabrielle Sheppherd, Environmental Science, Towson University, 2013
Chris Leahy, Environmental Science senior research project, Towson University, 2012 – 2013
Katherine Hresko, Geology senior research project, Towson University, 2012 – 2013
Allison Ricko, Geology, Towson University, 2012 – 2013
Michael Reed, Geology senior research project, Towson University, 2011 – 2012
Grace Andrews, postgraduate researcher, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
Northwestern University, 2010 – 2011
Ming Chak (Alan) Wong, undergraduate independent study, Department of Earth & Planetary
Sciences, Northwestern University, 2009 – 2010
Jessica Greenberg (Williams College), Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA)
REU, Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Sarah Pistone (Smith College), CEKA REU, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
Jean Pablo Pabon Quinones (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez), NASA Life On the Rocks
Undergraduate Summer Scholars, Pennsylvania State University, 2004
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013 – 2016 Jess and Mildred Fisher Endowed Chair of Geological Sciences, Towson
University
2012 – 2013 Towson Academy of Scholars
2007
Hiroshi and Koya Ohmoto Graduate Fellowship in Geosciences
2002, 2005 Tait Scholarship for Microbial Biogeochemistry
2003
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2000
Wheaton College Geology Department Special Service Award
1998 (elected) Member of Phi Alpha Theta (national history honor society)
WORKSHOPS & TRAINING
2014
2014
Expanding the role of Reactive Transport Modeling (RTM) within the
biogeochemical sciences, National Science Foundation
Getting the most out of your introductory courses, On the Cutting Edge &
InTeGrate (Interdisciplinary teaching about Earth for a sustainable future),
Virtual course sponsored by NSF/Science Education Resource Center, Carleton
College
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2014
2012
2006
2005
Summit on the future of undergraduate geoscience education, University of
Texas, Austin, TX
Workshop for early career geoscience faculty: teaching, research, and managing
your career, On the Cutting Edge, NSF/Science Education Resource Center,
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Reactive transport model short course, Pennsylvania State University
On the Cutting Edge Workshop: Preparing for an Academic Career in Geosciences
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2010 –
2014
2013 – 2014
2011
2010
2004 – 2009
2003 – 2007
2004 – 2005
2004
Referee for Israel Science Foundation (1)
NASA (2)
NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (13 + panel); Division of Earth
Sciences (3)
Advances in Water Resources (1)
Biogeochemistry (1)
Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts (2)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (13)
Geobiology (1)
Geoderma (1)
Session co-convener, Origin and Evolution of the Appalachian Critical Zone. I.
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes, Northeastern Geological Society
of America Meeting, Lancaster, PA, USA.
Content expert and advisor, Maryland and Delaware Climate Change Education
Assessment and Research (MADE-CLEAR), Towson University
Session co-convener, Recent Advances in Non-traditional Stable Isotope
Geochemistry, Fall American Chemical Society Meeting, Denver, CO, USA.
Collaboration with Northwestern University Office of STEM Education
Partnerships and high school teachers to incorporate geochemical
instrumentation into curriculum.
Referee for American Journal of Science (1)
American Mineralogist (2)
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2)
Geoderma (1)
NSF Division of Enviromental Biology (1)
Water-Rock Interaction (1)
Geosciences Departmental Colloquia Series Committee
Co-chair, Organizing Committee for Eighth Annual Environmental Chemistry
Student Symposium
Coordinated oral presentations and audiovisual equipment for Eleventh
International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Geophysical Union
Geochemical Society
Geological Society of America
International Association of Geochemistry
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
ABSTRACTS (* indicates TU undergraduate co-author, ** indicates TU graduate co-author)
Moore J., Sandosky B.**, McGuire M., Casey R. E., Snodgrass J. W., Lev S. M. (2014)
Alteration of Critical Zone chemistry due to addition of rapidly dissolving rock salt.
Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA.
Hew M.**, Moore J., and Navarre-Sitchler A. (2014) Characterizing natural variability of
groundwater chemistry: Implications for detection of CO2 leaks from subsurface storage
sites. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Meeting, Lancaster, PA.
Sandosky B.**, Lev S. M., Casey R. E., Snodgrass J. W., McGuire M., Moore J. (2014)
Increased Chemical Fluxes to the Critical Zone due to road salt (halite) addition.
Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Meeting, Lancaster, PA.
McCray J. E., Wunsch A., Moore J., and Navarre-Sitchler A. K. (2013) Hydrochemical
Impacts of Carbon Dioxide Leakage in Carbonate Aquifers. Fall American Geophysical
Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Moore J., Sandosky B.**, McGuire M., Casey R. E., Snodgrass J. W., Lev S. M. (2013) Salt
overload: How quickly does road salt move from road to groundwater to stream in
Baltimore County, MD and what are the effects on soil, groundwater, and stream
chemistry? Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Moore J., Jacobson A. D., Holmden C., Craw D. (2013) Detection of non-stoichiometric
silicate mineral dissolution in rivers draining alpine glaciers using δ44/40Ca. Goldschmidt
Conference, Florence, Italy.
Wunsch A., Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Moore J., McCray J. E. (2013) Geochemical Impacts of
Carbon Dioxide Leakage into Carbonate Aquifer Rocks. Goldschmidt Conference,
Florence, Italy.
Maresca J. A., Sutter M. K., Moser P., Schumacher T., Moore J., Rajabipour F. (2013)
Bacterial indicators of ASR-related damage in concrete. American Concrete Institute
Convention, Minneapolis, MN.
Sezen-Barrie A. and Moore J. (2013) “Discovering Plate Boundaries in Data-Rich
Environments”: Supporting Pre-Service Teachers Involvement in Unique Practices Of
Geosciences. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual
International Conference, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Moore J., Lev S. M., Casey R. E. (2013) Modeling the effects of road salt on soil, aquifer, and
stream chemistry. MODFLOW and More 2013: Translating Science into Practice,
Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Wunsch A., Kirsch K., Moore J., Maxwell R., and McCray J. E.
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(2013) Geochemical impacts of CO2 leakage into shallow aquifers. MODFLOW and
More 2013: Translating Science into Practice, Integrated GroundWater Modeling
Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
Wunsch A., Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Moore J., and McCray J. E. (2013) Metal release in
aquifers under elevated CO2 partial-pressures: Combining geochemical modeling and
experimental work. MODFLOW and More 2013: Translating Science into Practice,
Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
Moore J. and Jacobson A. D. (2012) Quantifying carbon cycling via continuous measurement
of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and δ13C in Chicago, IL. Fall American Geophysical
Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Navarre-Sitchler A. K. and Moore J. (2012) Comparison of natural aquifer geochemical
variability with uncertainty from model-predicted CO2 induced geochemical changes:
How detectable is leakage from carbon sequestration sites? Fall American Geophysical
Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Sezen-Barrie A. and Moore J. (2012) “Discovering Plate Boundaries in Data-Rich
Environments”: Supporting Pre-service Teachers involvement in Unique Practices of
Geosciences. Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Wunsch A., Navarre-Sitchler A. K., Moore J., and McCray J. E. (2012) Elevated pCO2 effects
on the geochemistry of carbonate aquifers: calcite dissolution as a driver of elevated
metal concentrations. Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Moore J., Reed M. E.*, and Jacobson A. D. (2012) Finding the rhythm of Chicago's urban
metabolism. Geological Society of America, North-Central Section Meeting, Dayton, OH.
Reed M. E.*, Moore J., and Jacobson A. D. (2012) Carbon cycling in an urban environment.
Geological Society of America, North-Central Section Meeting, Dayton, OH.
Moore J. and Jacobson A. D. (2011) Measuring the concentration and carbon isotope
composition of atmospheric CO2 in an urban setting using cavity ring-down
spectroscopy. Fall American Chemical Society Meeting, Denver, CO.
Moore J., Jacobson A. D., Holmden C., Craw D. (2010) Ca isotopes reveal weak control of
tectonic uplift on long-term climate change. Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting,
San Francisco, CA.
Moore J., Jacobson A. D., Holmden C., Craw D. (2009) Ca isotopes, chemical weathering, and
geomorphic controls on long-term climate. Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting,
San Francisco, CA. – Invited
Moore J., Jacobson A. D., Holmden C., Craw D. (2009) δ44Ca traces chemical weathering of
hydrothermal calcite in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Goldschmidt Conference,
Davos, Switzerland.
Moore J., Macalady, J. M., White A. F., Schulz, M. S., Brantley S. L. (2007) Microbial
community evolution across a granitic chronosequence, Santa Cruz, California. Fall
American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Moore J., Lichtner P. C., White A. F., Brantley S. L. (2007) Using reactive transport models
and chronosequence data to elucidate differences between laboratory and field mineral
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dissolution rates. Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany.
Moore J., Lichtner P. C., White A. F., Brantley S. L. (2006) Reactive transport modeling of
silicate mineral weathering in the Merced chronosequence. Geological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Moore J., White A. F., Schulz M. S., and Brantley S. L. (2005) Changes in subsurface
microbial communities with soil age in a marine terrace chronosequence, Santa Cruz,
California. Earth Systems Processes 2, Calgary, AB, Canada. – Invited
Moore J., Lichtner P. C., White A. F., and Brantley S. L. (2005) Reactive transport modeling
of reaction fronts. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, ID.
Abramson I., Bowman S., Thomas E., Varekamp J. C., Mecray, E. L., Moore, J., Buchholtz
ten Brink, M. R. (2001) Benthic Foraminifera in Long Island Sound; indicators of
environmental changes. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Moore, J., Buchholtz ten Brink, M. R., Mecray, E. L. (2001) Sedimentary features and
accumulation rates from sediment cores in the New York Bight. Geological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Mickelson, J. E., Moore J., Greenberg, J. K. (2000) Composition and tectonic character of
Paleoproterozoic basaltic sills from the eastern Black Hills, South Dakota. Geological
Society of America, North-Central Section Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
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