| Appointments | ||
| Associate Professor | Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University | 2018-present |
| Assistant Professor | Department of Geosciences The Pennsylvania State University | 2010-2018 |
| Post-doctoral Research Associate | St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Minnesota | 2009-2010 |
| Education | ||
| PhD, Geology | University of Wyoming | 2009 |
| MS, Geology | University of Wyoming | 2005 |
| BA, Geology and Geography | Macalester College | 2002, magna cum laude |
| Publications *indicates Hajek advisee |
| S. Trampush* and E. Hajek, in press, Preserving proxy records in dynamic landscapes: Modeling and examples from the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, Geology. |
| J.M. Self-Trail, M.M. Robinson, T.J. Bralower, J.A. Sessa, E.A. Hajek, L.R. Kump, S.M. Trampush, D.A. Willard, L.E. Edwards, D.S. Powars, and G.A. Wandless, accepted, Shallow marine response to global climate change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Salisbury Embayment, USA, Paleoceanography. |
| S. Trampush*, E. Hajek, K. Straub, and E. Chamberlin*, 2017, Identifying autogenic sedimentation in fluvial-deltaic stratigraphy: Evaluating the effect of outcrop-quality data on the compensation statistic, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface. |
| C. Millard*, E. Hajek, and D. Edmonds, in press, Controls on crevasse-splay abundance, size, and shape: implications for floodplain basin filling, Journal of Sedimentary Research. |
| E. Hajek and K. Straub, in press, Autogenic sedimentation in clastic stratigraphy, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 45, 2017. |
| D. Edmonds, E. Hajek, N. Downton, and A. Bryk, 2016, Avulsion flow-path selection on rivers in foreland basins, Geology, v. 44, p. 695-698, doi:10.1130/G38082.1 |
| E. Chamberlin*, E. Hajek, and S. Trampush*, 2016, Measuring scales of autogenic organization in fluvial stratigraphy: an example from the Cretaceous lower Williams Fork Formation, Colorado, USA. SEPM Special Publication 106. |
| E. Chamberlin* and E. Hajek, 2015, Interpreting paleo-avulsion dynamics from multi-story sand bodies, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, p. 82-94. |
| E. Hajek and D. Edmonds, 2014, Is river avulsion controlled by floodplain morphodynamics?, Geology, v. 42, p. 199-202. |
| E. Hajek, C. Paola, A. Petter, A. AlAbbad*, W. Kim, 2014, Amplification of shoreline response to base-level change by back-tilted subsidence, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84, n. 6., p. 470-474. |
| R. Lynds, D. Mohrig, E. Hajek, and P. Heller, 2014, Paleoslope reconstruction in sandy suspended-load-dominant rivers, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 84, p. 816-824. |
| E. Hajek and M. Wolinsky, 2012, Simplified process modeling of river avulsion and alluvial architecture: connecting models and field data, Sedimentary Geology, v. 257-260, p. 1-30. |
| E. Hajek and P. Heller; 2012, Flow-depth scaling in alluvial architecture and nonmarine sequence stratigraphy: an example from the Castlegate Sandstone, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 82, n. 2, p. 121-130. |
| E. Hajek, P. Heller, and E. Schur*; 2012, Field test of autogenic control on alluvial stratigraphy (Ferris Formation, Maastrictian/Paleogene, Wyoming), Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124, n. 11-12, p. 1898-1912. |
| Y. Wang, K. Straub, and E. Hajek, Scale dependent compensational stacking: an estimate of autogenic timescales in sedimentary basins, 2011, Geology, v. 39, p. 811-814. |
| E. Hajek, B. Sheets, and P. Heller; Significance of channel-belt clustering in alluvial basins, 2010, Geology, v. 38, p. 535-538. |
| E. Hajek, S. Huzurbazar, D. Mohrig, R. Lynds, and P. Heller, 2010, Statistical comparison of grain-size distributions in modern and ancient sandy fluvial systems, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 80, p. 184-192. |
| H. Jones and E. Hajek, 2007, Characterizing avulsion stratigraphy in ancient alluvial deposits, Sedimentary Geology, v. 202, p. 124-137. |
| R. Lynds and E. Hajek, 2006 Conceptual model for predicting mudstone distribution in sandy braided river reservoirs, AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, n. 8, p. 1273-1288. |
| Manuscripts in progress |
| N. Wysocki* and E. Hajek, Experimental study of conditions promoting clay deposition on sandy riverbeds, in revision. |
| E. Chamberlin*, and E. Hajek, Using bar preservation to deconvolve basin and landscape controls on fluvial stratigraphy, in prep. |
| Other publications |
| L. Larsen, E. Hajek, et al., 2015, Taking the pulse of the Earth’s surface systems, Eos, 96, doi:10.1029/2015EO040525. Published on 2 December 2015. |
| Editor: SEPM Special Publication: Autogenic Dynamics and Self Organization in Sedimentary Systems, in press, D. Budd, E. Hajek, and S. Purkis, eds. |