Department Directory

Rick Aster

Professor

I am a geophysicist with interests in seismic imaging and source studies applied to diverse Earth processes that encompass deep structure, earthquakes, volcanos, ocean processes, and glaciers.

Abby Axness

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Jason Becker

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Rachel Bernstein

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Lindsey Blehm

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Itai Bojdak-Yates

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Jennifer Briggs

Admin III, Graduate Student Coordinator

Sean Bryan

Master Instructor

I am a geoscientist interested in the lessons of Earth’s past about climate change, ocean circulation, and carbon cycling. I am also interested in advancing geoscience education, diversity and inclusion.

Sam Burton

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Noah Caldwell

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

James Chappell

Research Associate IV, National Park Service

Kristen Cognac

MS Program, Hydrogeology/Hydrogeophysics - Mike Ronayne, Advisor

Danny Coulthard

Hyperprobe Lab Manager

Juliana Curtis

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Dylan Davis

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Kate Drobnich

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Doug Dunn

Research Associate II, National Park Service

Water Resources, Groundwater, Hydrology, Water Rights

Jorge Espinoza Celi

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Stacie Findon

Research Associate II - NEX-S

Helen Flynn

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Ashley Ford

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Dylan Frawley

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Sean Gallen

Associate Professor

I am an Earth Scientist interested in landscape evolution, tectonics, critical zone science, and natural hazards.

Omar Ghamedi

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Matt Harrington

Research Associate II, National Park Service

Lauren Harrison

Assistant Professor

I am a geochemist interested in the composition and plumbing systems of Earth’s volcanoes, studying long-lived mantle plumes to infer Earth’s chemical composition, and identifying and mitigating volcanic impacts and hazards.

Dennis Harry

Edward M. Warner Chair of Geophysics
Professor

I am a geophysicist focusing on geodynamic studies of continental rift systems and rifted continental margins.

Ronald Karpilo Jr

Research Associate IV, National Park Service

Ashlesha Khatiwada

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Phillip Kondracki

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Randy Largo

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Katie Larkin

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Jerry Magloughlin

Associate Professor

I am a structural geologist/hard rock petrologist, with interests in faults, shear zones, fault rocks, the geochemical and isotopic aspects of deformation, metamorphic and igneous petrology, and geoeducation including geophotography.

Sammy Malavarca

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Lameck Maninji

PhD

Ore Deposit Studies and Geochemistry

Dan McGrath

Associate Professor

I am a geoscientist who utilizes geophysical and remote sensing tools to study the changing cryosphere, with a particular focus on glaciers and seasonal snow. My research has involved more than 20 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Nepal, Alaska and Patagonia.

Suzanne McKetta

Research Associate II - NEX-S

Maggie Moss

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Joel Pederson

Department Head | Professor

Geomorphology and landscape evolution of the Western U.S., administration and promotion of geoscience programs

Ana Perez Hincapie

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Claire Pickerel

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Sara Rathburn

Professor

I am a fluvial geomorphologist with interests in drainage basin response and recovery to sediment disturbances including floods, fires and mass movements, the influences of climate change on channel morphology and vegetation-channel feedbacks, and process-based channel restoration and monitoring.

Owen Richardson

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

John Ridley

Malcolm McCallum Chair of Economic Geology
Associate Professor

I study economic geology building on a background in petrology, structural geology, field geology, inorganic and organic geochemistry. My current research projects examine fluid:ore interactions from magmas to environmental impacts.

Michael Ronayne

Associate Professor

I am a hydrogeologist researching flow and transport through heterogeneous aquifers and connected groundwater-surface water systems. I develop groundwater management models to inform the sustainable use of water resources.

Jeremy Rugenstein

Associate Professor

I am an Earth systems scientist interested in terrestrial paleoclimate reconstructions, tectonic-climate interactions, and the evolution of the long-term carbon cycle

Kivanc Sabunis

PhD Program, Applied Geophysics - Derek Schutt, Advisor

Gaby Sanchez Ortiz

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Sherif Sanusi

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Derek Schutt

Professor

I am a seismologist and geophysicist interested in understanding deep Earth structures and their effects on past and present tectonics and landscapes.

Dan Scott

PhD Program, Geomorphology - Ellen Wohl, Advisor

Logan Seymour

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Angela Sharpe

Academic Success Coordinator

John Singleton

Associate Professor

structural geology, geologic mapping, tectonics of the North American Cordillera

Joshua Slattery

Adjunct Faculty - FC

Lisa Stright

Associate Professor, Geosciences Graduate Program Director

I am a geoscientist and petroleum engineer interested in applied reservoir modeling, using outcrops as quantitative subsurface analogs, and creating methodologies to build more predictive sedimentological and reservoir/flow models.

Brin Strouse

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Sally Sutton

Associate Professor and Associate Department Head for Curricular Affairs

I am a geologist with research interests that include Sedimentary petrology and geochemistry, shale geology, fluid/rock interaction, chemical weathering, clastic diagenesis.

Trista Thornberry-Ehrlich

Research Associate III, National Park Service Cooperator

Providing natural resource management support to National Park Service units across the country

Shayla Triantafillou

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Patti Uman

Admin Assistant III

Rebecca VanderLeest

Assistant Professor

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Tectonics

Adam Walsh

Graduate Teaching Assistant - FC

Rose Weisgerber

Database Specialist

Drew White

Graduate Research Assistant - FC

Celeste Wieting

Postdoctoral Fellow - NEX-S

Ellen Wohl

University Distinguished Professor

I am a fluvial geomorphologist studying a broad range of topics within the field of geomorphology such as fluvial and hillslope geomorphology, paleohydrology and channel change.

Eric Erslev

Professor Emeritus

I am a structural geologist with interests in Laramide tectonics, fault-related folding, fabric analysis and Rocky Mountain geology in general.

Frank Ethridge

Professor Emeritus

My geology interests include fluvial sedimentology, stratigraphy, petroleum geology, basin analysis. After retiring from full-time teaching, I became a part time instructor in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CSU.