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Dr. Adrienne OakleyEmail: [email protected]
Phone Number: 484-646-4334 CBFS Summer Courses: Introduction to Oceanography Marine Geology |
Biography
Dr. Adrienne Oakley grew up in rural Connecticut, the youngest of three sisters. She attended Bowdoin College in Maine and graduated with degrees in Geology and French in 2001. Dr. Oakley received her PhD in Marine Geology and Geophysics from the University of Hawai’i Manoa in 2008. She is an associate professor in her 15th year at Kutztown University. Dr. Oakley teaches introductory and advanced courses in marine science and geology to a broad audience, many of whom are first generation college students. Her research focuses on deep ocean basins and coastal zones. In the deep ocean, she maps seafloor bathymetry and subsurface structure to investigate processes that occur within subduction zones. Along the coast, she studies the effects of sea level rise and environmental change on barrier islands and salt marshes. Her active research program at KU involves several undergraduates and is made possible through partnerships with the Chincoteague Bay Field Station, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve, and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Dr. Oakley served as the chair of the Academic Advisory Council for PASSHE's Chincoteague Bay Field Station of the Marine Science Consortium in Wallops Island, VA for 5 years. She is the coordinator for Kutztown’s Marine Science Program. Dr. Oakley is a 2019 American Geophysical Union Voices for Science Advocate in the Media/Public Communications track and serves on the board of the Eastern Section of the Society of Sedimentary Geologists. She is passionate about science communication and believes that conveying the value of science to non-scientists is critically important.
Dr. Oakley lives in rural PA with her husband, two sons, two dogs, two cats, a few fish, and a lot of plants.
Dr. Oakley served as the chair of the Academic Advisory Council for PASSHE's Chincoteague Bay Field Station of the Marine Science Consortium in Wallops Island, VA for 5 years. She is the coordinator for Kutztown’s Marine Science Program. Dr. Oakley is a 2019 American Geophysical Union Voices for Science Advocate in the Media/Public Communications track and serves on the board of the Eastern Section of the Society of Sedimentary Geologists. She is passionate about science communication and believes that conveying the value of science to non-scientists is critically important.
Dr. Oakley lives in rural PA with her husband, two sons, two dogs, two cats, a few fish, and a lot of plants.
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Courses Taught
*Summer Course at Chincoteague Bay Field Station |
Education
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Publications and Honors
Manuscript:
Oakley, A., Cornell, S., Bochicchio, C., Carney, J., and Sabetta, M. (2015), Using groundwater data sondes to produce high-quality in situ tide and wave hydrographs along Wallops Island, VA, Journal of Coastal Research, 31, 5, p. 1275-1283.
Official NASA Report:
Adrienne Oakley and Sean Cornell, (2013) Surface and Sub-Surface Mapping in the Coastal Zone of Wallops Island NASA Flight Facility: Monitoring Storm Response and Sea-Level Rise, Year 1 Report- March 2011- December 2012
Student -Faculty Collaborative Research:
Late Pleistocene-Holocene Climate Change in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Recorded in Vibracores from Custis Pond, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (SNDP), Eastern Shore, Virginia, July 2021-Present
Assessment and Innovative Remediation of Acid Groundwater Seepage from a Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) to an Impaired Salt Marsh on Chincoteague Bay in Greenbackville, VA
July 2021-Present
Investigating the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Environmental Change along the Barrier Islands and Salt Marshes of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula, January 2014-Present
Surface and Sub-Surface Mapping in the Coastal Zone of Wallops Island NASA Flight Facility: Monitoring Storm Response and Sea-Level Rise, March 2011-present
Grants Received:
Kutztown University Research Committee- $7,996, January 1, 2015- June 30, 2017
Investigating the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Environmental Change along the Barrier Islands and Salt Marshes of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula
Kutztown University Research Committee- $8,000, January 1, 2024- June 30, 2025
Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Late Pleistocene-Holocene Climate Change in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Recorded in Vibracores from Custis Pond, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (SNDP), Eastern Shore, Virginia
Principle Investigator: Adrienne Oakley
KU BEARS grant in collaboration with Dr. Justin Smoyer, Fabrication and Testing of a Low-Cost, Research-Grade CTD Probe for use in Oceanographic Research and Teaching $2500, Summer 2020
Kutztown University Research Committee- $8,000, January 1, 2020- December 2023
Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Tracking Environmental Change and Rollover on Barrier Islands of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula in Response to Climate Change and Human Intervention
Principle Investigator: Adrienne Oakley
Publications:
(Italics indicate student author)
Professional Presentations/Abstracts
** Denotes accepted papers that were not presented. SE/NE GSA conference was cancelled because of the COVID-19 virus in the Spring of 2020.
Sellers, Hannah, Demarco, Gabriella, Oakley, Adrienne, and Cornell, Sean, Late Pleistocene-Holocene Climate Change in The Lower Chesapeake Bay Recorded in Vibracores From Custis Pond, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (SNDP), Eastern Shore, Virginia, GSA Annual Meeting 2023, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 6, 2023 doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-395497
Oakley, Adrienne, Using Field-Based Research to Drive Student Engagement In Undergraduate Marine Science and Geology Programs at a State-Funded PUI, GSA Annual Meeting 2023, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 6, 2023 doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-390901
Garnand, Alexandra, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean and Bochicchio, Christopher, An Assessment Of Barrier Island Shoreline Change And Grain Size Variations 2011-2022 Pre- And Post- Beach Nourishments: Wallops Island, Eastern Shore, Virginia, GSA 72nd Annual Southeastern/ 58th Annual Northeastern Section Meeting 2023, Geological Society Of America Abstracts With Programs. Vol. 55, no. 2, 2023 doi: 10.1130/abs/2023se-386131
Edris, Pamela, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Palkendo, Julie, Assessment of Acid Leachate from A Confined Disposal Facility to An Impaired Salt Marsh On Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting 2022, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 54, No. 3, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022NE-375096
Rojas, Eric, Oakley, Adrienne, Smoyer, Justin, Fabrication and Field Testing of an Open-Source CTD Probe from the OpenCTD Project: Expanding Opportunities for Research and Education, ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2022
**Oakley, Adrienne and Cornell, Sean, Embedding Meaningful Marine Science Research Experiences in Undergraduate Coursework at a Land-locked Public PUI, ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2022 (Abstract withdrawn)
Krezdorn, Kyle, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Silveira Meyers, Joao., Using Sediment Core Analyses to Inform Resource Management Planning and Restoration of Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (CNWR), Assateague Island, VA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. GSA Annual Meeting 2020
**Cornell, Sean, Oakley, Adrienne, and Bochicchio, Christopher, Lessons Learned from Transgressive Paleozoic Sandstones and Modern Mid-Atlantic Barrier Islands, Chincoteague Bay Region, Virginia: Implications for Land Use and Management Planning in the Face of Sea-Level Rise, GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Meeting 2020, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 2, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-345452
**Krezdorn, Kyle, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Milinic, Bojan., Silveira Meyers, Joao., Garnand, Alexandra, USING Sediment Cores to Track Environmental Change in Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, VA, In Response to Barrier Island Rollover, Overwash, and Refuge Management, GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Meeting 2020, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 2, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-344431
**Silveira Meyers, J., Cornell, S., Oakley, A., Analysis of Heavy Mineral Distribution in Modern Barrier Island Depositional Environments, GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Meeting 2020, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 2, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-345364
Garnand, Alexandra, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Bochicchio, Christopher, Bond, Thomas, and Sergent, Eric, Tracking Trends in Sand Grain Size Along a Barrier Island After a Major Beach Replenishment: Wallops Island, Eastern Shore, Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. GSA Southeastern Section Annual Meeting 2019, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019SE-327679
Krezdorn, Kyle, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Milinic, B., Sutter, B., and Silveira Meyers, J., Investigating Environmental Changes in Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, VA, In Response to Barrier Island Rollover, Overwash, and Refuge Management. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592, GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting 2019, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019NE-328216
Oakley, A., Cornell, S., Bochicchio, C., Carney, J., and Sabetta, M. (2015), Using groundwater data sondes to produce high-quality in situ tide and wave hydrographs along Wallops Island, VA, Journal of Coastal Research, 31, 5, p. 1275-1283.
Official NASA Report:
Adrienne Oakley and Sean Cornell, (2013) Surface and Sub-Surface Mapping in the Coastal Zone of Wallops Island NASA Flight Facility: Monitoring Storm Response and Sea-Level Rise, Year 1 Report- March 2011- December 2012
Student -Faculty Collaborative Research:
Late Pleistocene-Holocene Climate Change in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Recorded in Vibracores from Custis Pond, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (SNDP), Eastern Shore, Virginia, July 2021-Present
- Collaborative research between Kutztown University undergrad students and faculty, Shippensburg University students (grad and undergrad) and faculty, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the CBFS
- Sediment coring using Vibracore technique
- Subsurface ground mapping using Ground Penetrating Radar
- Detailed core analysis: LOI, grain size, micro and macro fossils, pollen, Radiocarbon dating
Assessment and Innovative Remediation of Acid Groundwater Seepage from a Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) to an Impaired Salt Marsh on Chincoteague Bay in Greenbackville, VA
July 2021-Present
- Collaborative research between Kutztown University undergrad students and faculty, Shippensburg University students (grad and undergrad) and faculty and the CBFS
- Seasonal soil and groundwater sampling and analysis for pH, metals, nitrates, dissolved oxygen
- Sample analysis using the SEM
Investigating the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Environmental Change along the Barrier Islands and Salt Marshes of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula, January 2014-Present
- Collaborative research between Kutztown University undergrad students and faculty, Shippensburg University students (grad and undergrad) and faculty, the CBFS, and Fish and Wildlife Services
- Sediment coring using Vibracore techniques
- Subsurface ground mapping using Ground Penetrating Radar
- Subsurface mapping in Chincoteague Bay using CHIRP sonar
- Detailed core analysis: LOI, grain size, micro and macro fossils, magnetostratigraphy, Radiocarbon dating
Surface and Sub-Surface Mapping in the Coastal Zone of Wallops Island NASA Flight Facility: Monitoring Storm Response and Sea-Level Rise, March 2011-present
- Collaborative research between Kutztown University undergrad students and faculty, Shippensburg University students and faculty, NASA and the CBFS
- Tide and storm surge monitoring, Analysis of current and historical storm data
- Grain size analysis and sediment distribution/transport along Wallops Island
- Assessing seasonal and storm-influenced geomorphic change before and after beach replenishment along Wallops shoreline using topographic profiling, sediment change statistics, as well as beach parallel GPS surveys.
- Historical analysis of shoreline change on Wallops Island using GIS
- Biological surveys. Distribution of macro fauna
- Subsurface ground water mapping of the freshwater lens by Ground Penetrating Radar
Grants Received:
Kutztown University Research Committee- $7,996, January 1, 2015- June 30, 2017
Investigating the Effects of Sea Level Rise and Environmental Change along the Barrier Islands and Salt Marshes of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula
Kutztown University Research Committee- $8,000, January 1, 2024- June 30, 2025
Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Late Pleistocene-Holocene Climate Change in the Lower Chesapeake Bay Recorded in Vibracores from Custis Pond, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (SNDP), Eastern Shore, Virginia
Principle Investigator: Adrienne Oakley
KU BEARS grant in collaboration with Dr. Justin Smoyer, Fabrication and Testing of a Low-Cost, Research-Grade CTD Probe for use in Oceanographic Research and Teaching $2500, Summer 2020
Kutztown University Research Committee- $8,000, January 1, 2020- December 2023
Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Tracking Environmental Change and Rollover on Barrier Islands of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula in Response to Climate Change and Human Intervention
Principle Investigator: Adrienne Oakley
Publications:
(Italics indicate student author)
Professional Presentations/Abstracts
** Denotes accepted papers that were not presented. SE/NE GSA conference was cancelled because of the COVID-19 virus in the Spring of 2020.
Sellers, Hannah, Demarco, Gabriella, Oakley, Adrienne, and Cornell, Sean, Late Pleistocene-Holocene Climate Change in The Lower Chesapeake Bay Recorded in Vibracores From Custis Pond, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (SNDP), Eastern Shore, Virginia, GSA Annual Meeting 2023, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 6, 2023 doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-395497
Oakley, Adrienne, Using Field-Based Research to Drive Student Engagement In Undergraduate Marine Science and Geology Programs at a State-Funded PUI, GSA Annual Meeting 2023, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 6, 2023 doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-390901
Garnand, Alexandra, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean and Bochicchio, Christopher, An Assessment Of Barrier Island Shoreline Change And Grain Size Variations 2011-2022 Pre- And Post- Beach Nourishments: Wallops Island, Eastern Shore, Virginia, GSA 72nd Annual Southeastern/ 58th Annual Northeastern Section Meeting 2023, Geological Society Of America Abstracts With Programs. Vol. 55, no. 2, 2023 doi: 10.1130/abs/2023se-386131
Edris, Pamela, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Palkendo, Julie, Assessment of Acid Leachate from A Confined Disposal Facility to An Impaired Salt Marsh On Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting 2022, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 54, No. 3, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022NE-375096
Rojas, Eric, Oakley, Adrienne, Smoyer, Justin, Fabrication and Field Testing of an Open-Source CTD Probe from the OpenCTD Project: Expanding Opportunities for Research and Education, ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2022
**Oakley, Adrienne and Cornell, Sean, Embedding Meaningful Marine Science Research Experiences in Undergraduate Coursework at a Land-locked Public PUI, ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2022 (Abstract withdrawn)
Krezdorn, Kyle, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Silveira Meyers, Joao., Using Sediment Core Analyses to Inform Resource Management Planning and Restoration of Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (CNWR), Assateague Island, VA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. GSA Annual Meeting 2020
**Cornell, Sean, Oakley, Adrienne, and Bochicchio, Christopher, Lessons Learned from Transgressive Paleozoic Sandstones and Modern Mid-Atlantic Barrier Islands, Chincoteague Bay Region, Virginia: Implications for Land Use and Management Planning in the Face of Sea-Level Rise, GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Meeting 2020, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 2, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-345452
**Krezdorn, Kyle, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Milinic, Bojan., Silveira Meyers, Joao., Garnand, Alexandra, USING Sediment Cores to Track Environmental Change in Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, VA, In Response to Barrier Island Rollover, Overwash, and Refuge Management, GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Meeting 2020, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 2, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-344431
**Silveira Meyers, J., Cornell, S., Oakley, A., Analysis of Heavy Mineral Distribution in Modern Barrier Island Depositional Environments, GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Meeting 2020, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 2, ISSN 0016-7592, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-345364
Garnand, Alexandra, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Bochicchio, Christopher, Bond, Thomas, and Sergent, Eric, Tracking Trends in Sand Grain Size Along a Barrier Island After a Major Beach Replenishment: Wallops Island, Eastern Shore, Virginia, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. GSA Southeastern Section Annual Meeting 2019, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019SE-327679
Krezdorn, Kyle, Oakley, Adrienne, Cornell, Sean, Milinic, B., Sutter, B., and Silveira Meyers, J., Investigating Environmental Changes in Swan Cove Pool, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, VA, In Response to Barrier Island Rollover, Overwash, and Refuge Management. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, ISSN 0016-7592, GSA Northeastern Section Annual Meeting 2019, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019NE-328216
