WALTER  STEVEN  BOROWSKI

 

 

Department of Earth Sciences                                                                    email: w.borowski@eku.edu

Eastern Kentucky University                                                                      Phone: (859) 622-1277

Richmond  KY  40475-3102                                                                      Fax:     (859) 622-1451

 

 

 

 

Professional  Experience

 

Eastern Kentucky University            2006 - Present      Associate Professor

 

Eastern Kentucky University            2001 - 2006          Assistant Professor

 

DePauw University                           2000 - 2001          Assistant Professor (visiting)

 

Exxon Exploration Company           1998 - 2000          Exploration Geologist.

 

ARCO Oil and Gas Company          1982 - 1991          Production/Exploration Geologist.

 

Case Western Reserve University     1978 -1979           Research Technician.

 

 

 

 

 

Education

      

Ph.D, Geology                   1991 - 1998                 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.                                                                                                               Advisor: Dr. Charles K. Paull.

                                                                                              Committee: Drs. T.J. Bralower, C.S. Martens,

                                                                                                                  A.C. Neumann, William Ussler III.

 

Dissertation: Pore-Water Sulfate Concentration Gradients, Isotopic Compositions, and Diagenetic Processes Overlying Continental Margin, Methane-Rich Sediments Associated with Gas Hydrates.

                                        

 

M.S. Geology                     1979 - 1982                 University of Tennessee, Knoxville.       

                                                                                       Advisor: Dr. Kenneth R. Walker.

                                                                                              Committee: Drs. T. Broadhead, R.E. McLaughlin

 

Thesis: Petrology, Depositional Environments, and Stratigraphic Analysis of a Part of the Middle Ordovician Chickamauga Group Limestones near Clinton, Tennessee.

 

                                 

B.A. Geology                     1974  - 1978                Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

         Biology                                          

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Eastern Kentucky University            2001 - Present      Introductory Geology, Intro. Geology Laboratory,

Associate Professor                                                        Historical Geology, Low-Temperature Geochemistry;

Research Methods in Geology, & Climate and 

Paleoclimate, Honors Global Change, General 

Geochemistry, Oceanography, Earth Processes 

(Surface Processes), Global Environmental Obstacles, 

Earth Sciences Graduate Seminar, & Scientific

Communication in the Geosciences. Dinosaurs, Field 

Excursion to Colorado & Utah.

 

DePauw University                           2000-2001            Global Environmental Problems (seminar),

   Assistant Professor (visiting)                                         Oceanography, Environmental Geology

                                                                                       (titled Physical Geography), & Dinosaurs.

 

University of North Carolina, CH    1991-1996            Honors Introductory Geology Laboratory,

   Graduate Teaching Assistant                                         Upper-level Stratigraphy Laboratory, 

                                                                                        Replacement lectures for Geological

         Oceanography & Stratigraphy

 

Graduate teaching assistant                     1979-1982            Introductory Geology Laboratory,

University of Tennessee                                                Graduate-level Carbonate Sedimentology

                                                                                       Laboratory, Graduate-level Clastic

         Sedimentary Petrology Laboratory.

 

 

Research Experience

 

2006-7    Principal Investigator, Wilgreen Lake Project.

 

2002       Sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 204 (Northwest Atlantic Sediment Drifts) as an Inorganic

Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists: Anne Trehu and Gerhard Bohrmann. Leg 172 drilled nine

sites on an accretionary prism associated with Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, North America.

 

2001       Sea-going expedition, ROV and coring, Monterey Bay.

 

2000       Sea-going expedition, piston coring, Blake Ridge, R/V Cape Hatteras.

 

1997       Sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 172 (Northwest Atlantic Sediment Drifts) as an Organic

Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists: Lloyd D. Keigwin and Domenico Rio. Leg 172 drilled eleven

sites on the Carolina Rise, Blake-Bahama Ridge, and  northwest Bermuda Rise, offshore eastern

North America.

 

1995       Sailed on ODP Leg 164 (Gas Hydrates) as an Inorganic Geochemist. Co-Chief Scientists: Ryo

Matsumoto and Charles K. Paull. Leg 164 drilled seven sites on the Carolina Rise and Blake Ridge (offshore southeastern North America).

 

1991-     Laboratory experience in measuring pore-water inorganic ions and interstitial gases using   

1998             colorimetry, ion chromatography, and gas chromatography. Separation of various                          

species for isotopic analyses using wet chemical and cryogenic vacuum techniques.

 

1991-     Sea-going experience in piston coring and seismic acquisition (7 expeditions) aboard the

 1993              R/V Cape Hatteras (Duke Marine Lab); Knorr (Woods Hole), and Edwin Link (Harbor Branch).


 

 

Professional Activities

 

2007       Session Chair, Marine/Coastal Sciences, Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (GSA).

               Reviewer: Manuscript, Geochimica Cosmochima Acta, May 2007

               Reviewer: Manuscript, Chemical Geology.

               Reviewer: Manuscript, Cosmochima Acta, March 2007

 

2006       Reviewer: Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF).

               Reviewer: Manuscript, Island Arc journal.

               Reviewer: Manuscript, Marine Geology journal.

 

2005       Reviewer: Manuscript, Scientific Results, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.

Reviewer: Proposal, Civilian Research and Development Foundation.

 

2004       Reviewer:  2 manuscripts, Chemical Geology journal.

               Reviewer : National Science Foundation (NSF), 1 proposal, Hydrologic Sciences.

 

2003       Reviewer:  3 proposals, National Science Foundation (NSF).

               Reviewer:  2 manuscripts, Chemical Geology journal.

               Reviewer:  Manuscript, Journal of Geophysical Research journal.

               Reviewer:  Manuscript, Canadian Survey of Canada Bulletin journal.

               Judge:        Geology oral presentations, Kentucky Academy Science, November 2003.

 

2002       Reviewer:  Proposal, National Science Foundation (NSF).

               Reviewer:  Manuscript, Terra Nova journal.

               Reviewer:  2 manuscripts, Marine Geology journal.

               Reviewer:  Textbook, Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis.

 

2001       Reviewer: (NSF), Proposal, Marine Geology and Geophysics, National Science Foundation.

 

2000       Reviewer: 5 proposals, Marine Geology and Geophysics, National Science Foundation (NSF).

Reviewer: Manuscript, Marine Geology journal.

 

1999       Reviewer: Manuscript, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta journal.

 

1998       Reviewer:  National Science Foundation (NSF), Arctic Natural Sciences.

Reviewer:  Textbook, Marine Geochemistry, M. Zabel and H.D. Schultz (eds.).

 

1996       Session Chair, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Spring Meeting, Ocean Sciences.

 

Grants Received

 

 

2007       Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, United States Geologic Survey            $5,000

                   Walter S. Borowski (PI) and Theresa Aguiar

                      Determination of nutrient sources in a eutrophic lake impacted by human

                      activity, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky: A first step toward

                      development of remediation strategies

 

2006       Madison County Fiscal Court                                                                                        $ 15,000

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

                      Assessing the Water Quality of Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky:

                      A First Step toward Best-Practices in Watershed Management

 

 

2006       Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Center                                                              $ 16,700

                  Walter S. Borowski, PI.

                      Assessing the water quality and nutrient sources in Wilgreen Lake (Madison

County, Kentucky): A study to guide effective watershed management and policies

 

 

2005       EKU Office Institutional Effectiveness & University Assessment Committee                     $  1,721        

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

Assessing active learning within groups in an introductory Earth Science class

      

 

2004       Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society,                                                 $35,000

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

                      Testing a hypothesis: Recognition of methane-rich diagenetic systems

and gas hydrate settings using 34S-enrichments in authigenic sulfide

minerals

 

 

2003       EKU Research Committee. Walter S. Borowski, PI.                                                        $5,000

                      Recognition of ancient methane-rich and gas-hydrate environments:

34S-enrichments and active sulfide mineralization in modern and ancient

methane-rich marine sediments

 

 

2003       Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Programs                     $42,285

                  (JOI/USSSP). Walter S. Borowski, PI.

Methane flux, sulfur cycling, and the deep biosphere in a gas hydrate

setting, South Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon.

 

 

 

 

Total grant monies secured as PI, at EKU                                                    $ 120,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001       Earth Sciences Department, start-up funds.                                                                       $ 7,000

 

1997       Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Programs                   $ 18,444           

   (JOI/USSSP). Co-written with Charles K. Paull (PI).      

                       Isotopic calibration of geochemical signals associated with gas

                       hydrates: Methane and sulfate co-consumption in gas hydrate settings.

 

 

1996       Joint Oceanographic Institutions/United States Science Support Programs                    $ 25,750

                  (JOI/USSSP). Co-written with Charles K. Paull  (PI).                                  

                      (1) Isotopic assessment of the effect of gas hydrates on pore water                                                                                 sulfate profiles: Estimating in situ methane flux associated with                                                                         gas hydrates.

                      (2) Documenting microbial fermentation reactions in the methanogenic                                                                           zone of gas hydrate terranes: Recognition of ammonium isotopic                                                                       gradients.

 

 

 

Pending Grants

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

Unsuccessful Grants

 

2006       EKU Office Institutional Effectiveness & University Assessment Committee                       $  1,799

   Walter S. Borowski, PI.

Assessing active learning within groups in an introductory Earth Science class.

 

2004       National Science Foundation                   $29,362

                  W.S. Borowski, Participant (Sub-contractor);

   D. Steer, D. McConnell, K. Owens (co-PIs, University of Akron)

Validation and Reliability of Formative Geoscience Conceptes Questions

 

2002       Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program, Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI).         $ 23,000

   W.S. Borowski and K.G. Takacs, (graduate student support)

Enrichments of 34S in sulfide minerals of deep-water  marine sediments,


 

 

 

Academic Awards and Honors

 

2005       Eastern Kentucky University, College of Arts and Sciences Research Award

 

1998       Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

1997       Roy L. Ingram Research Award for Excellence in Research, Geology Department,                               

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

1995       American Geophysical Union (AGU) Award for Best Student Paper, Spring Meeting, Ocean

Sciences.

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Society Memberships

 

               American Geophysical Union (AGU)

               American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Geological Society of America (GSA)

Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists (KSPG)

National Association Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)

               Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM)

 

 

Workshops

 

·    Cathryn Manduca, David Mogk, and Michael Williams, Teaching about the Early Earth: Evolution of tectonics, life, and the early atmosphere, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 12- 14 April, 2007.

 

·    Donald G. Sullivan and P. Kelly Williams, Geology and Ecology of the Colorado Western Slope, Chautauqua Short Course #79, Grand Junction, Colorado and Moab, Utah, 30 July to 3 August, 2006.

 

·    Cathryn Manduca, Jennifer Wenner, Eric Baer, Sam Patterson, Ken Heller, Len Vacher, and Steven Galovitch,  Infusing Quantitative Literacy into Introductory Geoscience Courses, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 26-29 June 2006.

 

·    Kentucky Geological Survey, 46th Annual Seminar, Lexington, Kentucky, 21 April 2006.

 

·    P. Maki, Assessing for learning: Building a sustainable commitment across the institution, Workshop sponsored by the EKU Honors Program, 10-12 May 2005.

 

·    B. Tewksbury, Teaching tools, EKU Department of Earth Sciences, 11 August 2005.

 

·    B. Tewksbury, Designing an effective and innovative geoscience course, EKU Department of Earth Sciences, 10 August 2005.

 

·    D. Coleman, Implications of ASBOG on undergraduate curriculum, EKU Department of Earth Sciences, 9 August 2005.

 

·     A. Benbow & C. Mably, Earth science inquiry-based student-centered curriculum from the AGI, GSA

      national meeting, Denver, 6 November 2004.

 

·    A. Egger, Creating an online learning environment with Visonlearning, GSA national meeting, Denver, 7

      November 2004.

 

·    D.M. McConnell, 2004, EKU Earth Sciences Teaching and Learning Workshop, August 2004.

 

·    T. Short & J. Holcomb, Real data in the statistics classroom. At EKU, in conjunction with the Department of

      Mathematics and Statistics, 26-28 May, 2004.

 

·    D.M. McConnell and D. Steer, 2004. Conceptest Workshop II, University of Akron.

 

·    Disruptive/unethical behavior: A coordinated University response. At EKU, in conjunction with the Honors

      Program, May 10-12, 2004.

 

·    D.M. McConnell  and D. Steer, 2003. Rapid In-Class Assessment Techniques for Introductory Courses,

Conceptest Questions in Five Days, A Workshop for the Geosciences, University of Akron.

 

·    D. Hanson and T. Wolfskill, 2003. Process-oriented guided inquiry learning, Chautaugua Short Course.

 

 

 

Other Pedagogical and Staff Training

 

·    Served as a panelist (W. Borowski, A. Jones, D. LaSage, N. Pederson, S. Richter, L. Wilson), Life is a group project: The challenges and rewards of collaborative research. EKU Teaching and Learning Center (28 March 2006).

·    EKU Panelists, Discussion on the qualities of online teaching and learning: When it works and when it doesn’t. EKU Teaching and Learning Center (12 April 2006).

·    Katy Allen, Workshop on testing, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (27 January 2006).

·    Sandra Hill, Technology, service learning, and the technical writing curriculum, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (4 May 2004).

·    D. Robertson, Teaching portfolios: Documenting teaching for promotion, tenure, and merit, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (28 April 2004).

·    T. Boyer & L. Norman-Sparrow, Using the New York Times to teach: Teaching with a living textbook, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (21 April 2004).

·    Dr. Douglas R. Robertson, Teaching Insight: Facilitating Change, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (31 March 2004).

·    Drs. Thompson, Kenkel, Bryant, and Banaziak, Student Retention and Literacy Development: University, 

     Department, Classroom, and student Perspectives, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (18 Feb. 2004).

·    Dr. Doug Robertson, Using Web-based Tools to Avoid Teacher Overload, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (22 Jan. 2004).

·    Drs. Betsy Bohannon & Judy Spain, Handling Disruptive Students, EKU Teaching & Learning Center (25 November 2003).

·    Dr. Doug Robertson, Coping with Overload in Teaching, EKU