Katherine Duncker Romanak
Research Associate
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924 E-mail: katherine.romanak@beg.utexas.edu Telephone: 512- 471-6136 Fax: 512-471-0140
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924 E-mail: katherine.romanak@beg.utexas.edu Telephone: 512- 471-6136 Fax: 512-471-0140
Research Interests
Geochemistry and isotope systematics of carbon cycling in the vadose zone and in freshwater aquifers.
Soil-gas monitoring and surface gas flux measurements at CO2 sequestration sites.
Microbial influences on carbon geochemistry in the shallow subsurface.
Fate and transport of organic contaminants.
Soil-gas monitoring and surface gas flux measurements at CO2 sequestration sites.
Microbial influences on carbon geochemistry in the shallow subsurface.
Fate and transport of organic contaminants.
Education
B.S. Geology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 1984
M.S. Geology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX 1988
Ph.D. Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
M.S. Geology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX 1988
Ph.D. Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Professional History
Staff Scientist—Smithsonian Institution, 1988–1990—National Museum of Natural History, Division of Mineral Sciences, Global Volcanism Program, Washington, D.C.
Selected Publications
Romanak, K. D., and Smyth, R. C., 2008, Geochemical effects of CO2-enhanced oil recovery on the shallow Dockum aquifer, west Texas (abs.), in 7th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, May 5th–8th, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Smyth, R. C., Hovorka, S. D., Romanak, K. D., Partin, J. W., Wong, C., Meckel, T. A., Nicot, J. P., and Holt, R. H., 2008, Assessing risk to fresh water resources from long term CO2 injection—laboratory and field studies (abs.), in 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies, November 16–20, Washington, D.C.
Romanak, K. D., Bennett, P. C., and Nicot, J. P., 1996, Vadose zone processes beneath a perched playa wetland, Texas High Plains (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, South-Central Section, v. 28, no. 1, p. 61.
Duncker, K. E., Wolff, J. A., Harmon, R. S., Leat, P. T., Dickin, A. P., and Thompson, R. N., 1991, Diverse mantle and crustal components in lavas of the NW Cerros del Rio volcanic field, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 108, 331–345.
Duncker, K. E., Wolf, J. A., Harmon, R. S., Leat, P. T., Thompson, R. N. and Dickin, A. P., 1989, Mantle and crustal components in mafic to intermediate lavas of the Cerros del Rio volcanic field, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico (abs.): New Mexico Bureau of Mines Mineral Resources Bulletin, v. 131, p. 77.
Smyth, R. C., Hovorka, S. D., Romanak, K. D., Partin, J. W., Wong, C., Meckel, T. A., Nicot, J. P., and Holt, R. H., 2008, Assessing risk to fresh water resources from long term CO2 injection—laboratory and field studies (abs.), in 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies, November 16–20, Washington, D.C.
Romanak, K. D., Bennett, P. C., and Nicot, J. P., 1996, Vadose zone processes beneath a perched playa wetland, Texas High Plains (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, South-Central Section, v. 28, no. 1, p. 61.
Duncker, K. E., Wolff, J. A., Harmon, R. S., Leat, P. T., Dickin, A. P., and Thompson, R. N., 1991, Diverse mantle and crustal components in lavas of the NW Cerros del Rio volcanic field, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 108, 331–345.
Duncker, K. E., Wolf, J. A., Harmon, R. S., Leat, P. T., Thompson, R. N. and Dickin, A. P., 1989, Mantle and crustal components in mafic to intermediate lavas of the Cerros del Rio volcanic field, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico (abs.): New Mexico Bureau of Mines Mineral Resources Bulletin, v. 131, p. 77.