Geosciences Affiliates

Name

Affiliation

Education

Harley Benz

Scientist in Charge, U.S. Geological Survey Nat’l. Earthquake Center. Sponsor: Rick Aster (10/21)

Ph.D., University of Utah

Eric Leland Bilderback

Geomorphologist, Geologic Hazards & Disturbed Lands, Geologic Resources Division, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National Park Service. Sponsor: Sara Rathburn (12/19)

Ph.D., University of Canterbury-Christchurch; M.S., Western Washington University-Bellingham; B.A., Colorado College-Colorado Springs

Jeremy Caves Rugenstein

Post Doc Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg) and Senckenberg Institute (Frankfurt), Geosciences Assistant Professor – Starting Fall 2020 Sponsor: Rick Aster (9/20)

Ph.D., Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Joel Cubley

Instructor and Geological Technology Program Coordinator, Yukon College, Canada. Sponsor: Rick Aster (8/22)

Ph.D., University of Calgary

Kenneth “Ken” Dueker

Associate Professor, University of Wyoming-Laramie. Sponsor: Rick Aster (12/21)

Ph.D., University of Oregon-Eugene; B.S., Whitman College-Walla Walla

David Dust

CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Alum currently servings as Research Assistant and Program Aid.  Sponsor: Rick Aster/Sara Rathburn (12/21)

Ph.D., Colorado State University; M.S., Arizona State University; B.S., Humboldt State University

Neil Fishman

Senior Geologic Advisor, Hess Corporation, Houston.  Sponsor: Sven Egenhoff (9/21)

M.S., Sedimentary Petrology, University of Colorado

Jonathan Friedman

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center.  Sponsor: Sara Rathburn  (7/21)

Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Svetoslav Georgiev

AIRIE Program, Research Associate IV.  Sponsor: Holly Stein, AIRIE Program (3/22)

Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Institute of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

Vineet Goswami

Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.  Sponsor: Holly Stein (10/22)

Ph.D., Earth Sciences Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India with Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India

Ethan Marshal Greene

Director, Colorado Avalanche Information Center.  Sponsor: Steven Fassnacht (8/20)

Ph.D. and M.S., Colorado State University; B.S., University of Utah

James Hagadorn

Tim and Kathryn Ryan Curator of Geology, Dept of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science.  (5/22)

Ph.D. and M.S., Colorado State University; B.S., University of Utah

Øyvind Hammer

Associate Professor, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway.  Sponsor: Holly Stein, AIRIE Program (3/22)

Ph.D., Paleontology, University of Oslo, Norway

Dario Harazim

Technical Geologist, ETC Seal and Trap Team, Chevron Energy Technology Company. Sponsor: Sven Egenhoff (12/19)

Ph.D., Geology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL Canada

Eric Harmsen

Professor, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Agricultural Engineering. (10/21)

Ph.D., Geology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL Canada

Ed Harvey

Supervisory hydrologist and chief of the U.S National Park Service Water Resources Division. Sponsor: Bill Sanford (1/22)

Ph.D., University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Hiemstra

Research Physical Scientist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL).  Sponsor: Steven Fassnacht (1/20)

Ph.D. and M.S., University of Wyoming-Laramie; B.S., Creighton University-Omaha

K. Stephen Hughes

Dept of Geology, University of Puerto Rico.  Sponsor: Sean Gallen (1/22)

Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Antun Husinec

Associate Professor, Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY. Sponsor: Sven Egenhoff (12/20)

Ph.D., University of Zagreb (Croatia); Fulbright Postdoc, Virginia Tech

Yvette Kuiper

Associate Professor Structural Geology, Field Geology, Geochronology; Department of Geology and Geological Engineering Colorado School of Mines (5/20)

Ph.D., Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada; M.S., Geology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Scott McCoy

Asst Profesor, Dept of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno.  (5/22)

Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, Geological Sciences

Frank J. Pazzaglia

Professor, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University. Sponsor: Sean Gallen  (10/22)

Ph.D., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

Robert Porritt

Geophysicist, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics.  Sponsor: Derek Schutt & Rick Aster (2/21)

Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley

Mike Prior

Post Doc Researcher.  Sponsor: John Singleton (5/20)

Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley

Jeremy Caves Rugenstein

Land in the Earth System, MPI-Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Ph.D., Earth System Science, Stanford University-Stanford, CA

Sandra Ryan-Burkett

USFS Rocky Mtn. Research Station, Research Geomorphologist.  Sponsor: Sara Rathburn (6/19)

Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder; M.A., Oregon State University-Corvallis; B.A., State University of New York-Plattsburgh

Dan Scott

Post-Doc, University of Washington.  Sponsor: Ellen Wohl (9/21)

Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder; M.A., Oregon State University-Corvallis; B.A., State University of New York-Plattsburgh

Joseph “Joe” John-Warren Sertich

Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science.  Sponsor: Sara Rathburn (5/22)

Ph.D. and M.S., Stony Brook University; M.S., University of Utah; B.S., Colorado State University

Graham Sexstone

USGS, Denver. Sponsor: Steven Fassnacht (10/21)

Robert “Bob” Stollar

Science and Research Liaison, Regenesis Management Group; CSU Geosciences Advisory Council.
Sponsor: Rick Aster (6/21)

M.S., Geology, Colorado State University

Ghana Tripathy

AIRIE Group.  Sponsor: Holly Stein (12/19)

Ph.D.

David Wald

US Geological Survey,  Sponsor: Derek Schutt (11/21)

Edward “Ed” Warner

Geologist and Philanthropist; CSU Geosciences Advisory Council. Sponsor: Rick Aster (6/21)

Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, Colorado State University; M.S., UCLA; B.S., Colorado State University