2016 PhD Geology Texas A&M University (USA)
2012 MSc Geology Texas A&M University (USA)
2004 BSc Oceanography Millersville University (USA)

2021 - present Tenure-track Associate Professor. School of Oceanography - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

2019 - 2021 Project Leader – SMART. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

Coastal hydrogeology
Coastal geomorphology
Near-surface applied geophysics
Controlled-source electromagnetics and ground-penetrating radar
Process sedimentology

I am currently recruiting graduate students. Please contact me directly if you are interested in joining my group!

Sustainable management of offshore groundwater resources (SMART). https://www.offshoregroundwater.com/

Topographically-driven meteoric groundwater an important geomorphic agent (MARCAN). https://marcan.eu/

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). https://iodp.tamu.edu/

San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/parkfield/safod_pbo.php

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

24) Faghih, Z., Haroon, A., Jegen, M., Gehrmann, R. Schwalenberg, K., Micallef, A., Dettmer, J., Berndt, C., Mountjoy, J. Weymer, B.A (2024). Characterizing offshore freshened groundwater salinity patterns using trans-dimensional Bayesian inversion of controlled source electromagnetic data: A case study from the Canterbury Bight, New Zealand. Water Resources Research, 60, e2023WR035714.

23) Arévalo-Martínez, D. L., Haroon, A., Bange, H. W., Erkul, E., Jegen, M., Moosdorf, N., Schneider von Deimling, J., Berndt, C., Böttcher, M. E., Hoffmann, J., Liebetrau, V., Mallast, U., Massmann, G., Micallef, A., Michael, H. A., Paasche, H., Rabbel, W., Santos, I., Scholten, J., Schwalenberg, K., Szymczycha, B., Thomas, A. T., Virtasalo, J. J., Waska, H., and Weymer, B. A. (2023). Ideas and perspectives: Land–ocean connectivity through groundwater, Biogeosciences, 20, 647–662, 202.

22) Weymer, B.A., Everett, M.E., Haroon, A. Jegen-Kulcsar, M., Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Michael, H.A., Evans, R.L., Post, V. (2022). The coastal transition zone is an underexplored frontier in hydrology and geoscience (invited). Communications Earth & Environment 3, 323.

21) Haroon, A., Micallef, A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., Karstens, J, Berndt, C., Garcia, X., Kuehn, M., Rizzo, E., Fusi, N.C., Valeria, C.A., Petronio, L., Faghih, Z., Weymer, B.A. (2021). Electrical resistivity anomalies in a carbonate shelf: Evidence for offshore freshened groundwater? Geophysical Research Letters e2020GL091909.

20) Micallef, A., Marchis, R., Saadatkhah, N., Gispert, R.C., Pondthai, P., Everett, M., Avram, A., Timar-Gabor, A., Cohen, D., Trapani, R.P., Weymer, B., Wernette, P. (2021). Groundwater erosion of coastal gullies along the Canterbury Coast (New Zealand): a rapid and episodic process controlled by rainfall intensity and substrate variability. Earth Surface Dynamics 9, 1-18.

19) Micallef, A., Person, M., Berndt, C., Bertoni, C., Cohen, C., Dugan, B., Evans, R., Haroon, A., Hensen, C., Jegen, M., Key, K., Kooi, H., Liebetrau, V., Lofi, J., Mailloux, B., Martin-Nagle, R., Michael, H., Müller, T., Schmidt, M., Trembath-Reichert, E., Weymer, B., Zhang, Y. (2020). Offshore freshened groundwater in continental margins. Reviews of Geophysics, e2020RG000706.

18) Weymer, B.A., Wernette, P.A., Everett, M.E., Pondthai, P., Jegen, M., Micallef, A. (2020). Multi-layered high permeability conduits connecting onshore and offshore coastal aquifers. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 903.

17) Pondthai, P., Everett, M.E., Micallef, A., Weymer, B.A., Faghih, Z., Haroon, A., Jegen, M. (2020). 3D Characterization of a coastal freshwater aquifer in SE Malta (Mediterranean Sea) by time-domain electromagnetics. Water 12(6), 1566.

16) Micallef, A., Haroon, A., Weymer, B.A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., Faghih, Z., Duan, S., Cohen, D., Person, M., Mountjoy, J., Woelz, S., Gable, C.W., Averes, T., Tiwari, A. K. (2020). 3D characterization and quantification of an offshore groundwater system in the Canterbury Bight. Nature Communications 11, 1372.

15) Wernette, P., Houser, C., Lehner, J., Evans, A., Weymer, B.A. (2020). Investigating the impact of Hurricane Harvey and driving on beach-dune morphology (invited). Geomorphology 358, 107119.

14) Phillips, J.D., Ewing, R.C., Bowling, R., Weymer, B.A., Barrineau, P., Nittrouer, J.A., Everett, M.E. (2019). Low-angle eolian deposits formed by protodune migration, and insights into slipface development at White Sands Dune Field, New Mexico (invited). Aeolian Research 36, 9-26.

13) Wernette, P., Houser, C., Weymer, B.A., Everett M.E., Bishop M.P., Reece, B. (2018). Directional dependency and coastal framework geology: Implications for barrier island resilience. Earth Surface Dynamics 6, 1139-1153.

12) Weymer, B.A., Wernette, P., Everett, M.E., Houser, C. (2018). Statistical modeling of the long-range-dependent structure of barrier island framework geology and surface geomorphology. Earth Surface Dynamics 6, 431-450.

11) Wernette, P., Houser, C., Weymer, B.A., Everett M.E., Bishop M.P., Reece, B. (2018). Influence of a spatially complex framework geology on island geomorphology. Marine Geology 398, 151-162.

10) Micallef, A., Mountjoy, J., Schwalenberg, K., Jegen, M., Weymer, B.A., Woelz, S., Gerring, P., Luebben, N., Spatola, D., Otero, D.C., Mueller, C. (2018). How offshore groundwater shapes the seafloor. Trans. AGU (EOS), 99.

9) Houser, C., Wernette, P., Weymer, B.A. (2018). Scale-dependent behaviour of the foredune: Implications for barrier island response to storms and sea-level rise. Geomorphology 303, 362-374.

8) Spagnoli, G., Weymer, B.A., Jegen, M., Spangenberg, E., Petersen, S. (2017). P-wave velocity measurements for preliminary assessments of the mineralization in seafloor massive sulfide mini-cores during drilling operations. Engineering Geology 226, 316-325.

7) Weymer, B.A., Everett, M.E., Houser, C., Wernette, P., Barrineau, P. (2016). Differentiating tidal and groundwater dynamics from barrier island framework geology: Testing the utility of portable multifrequency EMI profilers. Geophysics 81, E347-E361.

6) Weymer, B.A., Everett, M.E., de Smet, T. S., Houser, C. (2015). Review of electromagnetic induction for mapping barrier island framework geology. Sedimentary Geology 321, 11-24.

5) Weymer, B.A., Houser, C., Giardino, J.R. (2015). Poststorm evolution of beach-dune morphology: Padre Island National Seashore, TX. Journal of Coastal Research 31, 634-644.

4) Houser, C., Labude, B., Haider, L., Weymer, B. (2012). Impacts of driving on the beach: Case studies from Assateague Island and Padre Island National Seashores. Ocean and Coastal Management 71, 33-45.

3) Weymer, B., Firth, J., Rumford, P., Chester, F., Chester, J., Lockner, D. (2011). SAFOD Phase III core sampling and data management at the Gulf Coast Repository. Scientific Drilling, 11:48-50.

Book chapters:

2) Houser, C., Barrineau, P., Hammond, B., Saari, B., Rentschler, E., Trimble, S., Wernette, P., Weymer, B.A., Young, S. (2017). Role of the foredune in controlling barrier island response to sea level rise. In: Moore, L. and Murray, B., (Eds.), Barrier Dynamics and Response to Climate Change.

1) Barrineau, P., Wernette, P., Weymer, B.A., Trimble, S., and Hammond, B. (2015). Critical Zone of Coastal Barrier Systems. In: Houser, C., and Giardino, R., (Eds), Principles and Dynamics of the Critical Zone. Elsevier.

MS3703 Coastal Geology (undergraduate/Spring)

MS8707 Coastal Hydrogeology (graduate/Fall)

Associate Editor: Hydrogeology Journal. https://www.springer.com/journal/10040/editors