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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to characterizing subsurface microbial populations related to contaminant degradation.
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Barbara A. Bekins is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses on environmental chemistry, ocean engineering, astrophysics, molecular biology, and oceanography with an emphasis on subsurface and environmental processes.

Bekins has contributed extensively to studies in areas including methane hydrates and related phenomena, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism, geophysics and gravity measurements, solar and space plasma dynamics, offshore engineering and technologies, drilling and well engineering, and planetary science and exploration.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • C.G. Wheat
  • Jeffrey G. Ryan
  • Walter Kurz
  • John W. Shervais
  • E. Albers

Bekins has published research papers in several venues, prominently featuring contributions in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Among their notable papers are:

  • "Mariana serpentinite mud volcanism exhumes subducted seamount materials: implications for the origin of life," 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Hydrocarbons to carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules: A continuum model to describe biodegradation of petroleum-derived dissolved organic matter in contaminated groundwater plumes," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Biological Effects of Hydrocarbon Degradation Intermediates: Is the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analytical Method Adequate for Risk Assessment?" 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Methanogens and Their Syntrophic Partners Dominate Zones of Enhanced Magnetic Susceptibility at a Petroleum Contaminated Site," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Photochemical mobilization of dissolved hydrocarbon oxidation products from petroleum contaminated soil into a shallow aquifer activate human nuclear receptors," 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Bekins' scientific contributions have been acknowledged with awards including membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for work characterizing subsurface microbial populations related to contaminant degradation, and election as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity since 2008 induced by massive wastewater injection

    K. M. Keranen;M. Weingarten;Geoffrey A. Abers;B. A. Bekins

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • High-rate injection is associated with the increase in U.S. mid-continent seismicity

    Matthew Weingarten;Shemin Ge;Jonathan W. Godt;Barbara A. Bekins

  • Coping with earthquakes induced by fluid injection

    Arthur F. McGarr;Barbara Bekins;Nina Burkardt;James W. Dewey

  • A comparison of zero-order, first-order, and monod biotransformation models

    Barbara A. Bekins;Ean Warren;E. Michael Godsy

  • Simulation of aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation processes at a crude oil spill site

    Hedeff I. Essaid;Barbara A. Bekins;E. Michael Godsy;Ean Warren

  • Progression of natural attenuation processes at a crude-oil spill site: I. Geochemical evolution of the plume.

    Isabelle M Cozzarelli;Barbara A Bekins;Mary Jo Baedecker;George R Aiken

  • Episodic fluid flow in the Nankai accretionary complex: Timescale, geochemistry, flow rates, and fluid budget

    Demian M. Saffer;Barbara A. Bekins

  • Organic contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface: Evolution of knowledge and understanding

    Hedeff I. Essaid;Barbara A. Bekins;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli

  • Distribution of Microbial Physiologic Types in an Aquifer Contaminated by Crude Oil.

    B.A. Bekins;E.M. Godsy;E. Warren

  • Heterogeneous hydrofracture development and accretionary fault dynamics

    Kevin M. Brown;Barbara Bekins;B. Clennell;D. Dewhurst

  • Episodic and constant flow models for the origin of low-chloride waters in a modern accretionary complex

    Barbara A. Bekins;Anne M. McCaffrey;Shirley J. Dreiss

  • Mixing effects on apparent reaction rates and isotope fractionation during denitrification in a heterogeneous aquifer

    Christopher T. Green;John Karl Böhlke;Barbara A. Bekins;Steven P. Phillips

  • Use of dissolved and vapor‐phase gases to investigate methanogenic degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in the subsurface

    Richard T. Amos;K. Ulrich Mayer;Barbara A. Bekins;Geoffrey N. Delin

  • Crude oil at the bemidji site: 25 years of monitoring, modeling, and understanding.

    Hedeff I. Essaid;Barbara A. Bekins;William N. Herkelrath;Geoffrey N. Delin

  • Progression of natural attenuation processes at a crude oil spill site: II. Controls on spatial distribution of microbial populations.

    Barbara A. Bekins;Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;E.Michael Godsy;Ean Warren

  • Smectite diagenesis, pore-water freshening, and fluid flow at the toe of the Nankai wedge

    Kevin M. Brown;Demian M. Saffer;Barbara A. Bekins

  • Limited Occurrence of Denitrification in Four Shallow Aquifers in Agricultural Areas of the United States

    Christopher T. Green;Larry J. Puckett;John Karl Böhlke;Barbara A. Bekins

  • A simplified analysis of parameters controlling dewatering in accretionary prisms

    Barbara A. Bekins;Shirley J. Dreiss

  • Inverse modeling of BTEX dissolution and biodegradation at the Bemidji, MN crude-oil spill site

    Hedeff I Essaid;Isabelle M Cozzarelli;Robert P Eganhouse;William N Herkelrath

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
Isabelle M. Cozzarelli United States Geological Survey
Demian M. Saffer
Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin
David C. Podgorski
David C. Podgorski University of New Orleans
Elizabeth J. Screaton
Elizabeth J. Screaton University of Florida
Lee Slater
Lee Slater Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kevin M. Brown
Kevin M. Brown National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey G. Ryan
Jeffrey G. Ryan University of South Florida
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University
Robert G. M. Spencer
Robert G. M. Spencer Florida State University

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