Current Graduate Students



Dawit Asfaw, PhD
PhD program, Hydrogeophysics and Remote Sensing
Advisor: Mike Ronayne and Ryan Smith (ENGR)


Aziz Bankher
PhD Program
A.Bankher@colostate.edu
Advisor: Derek Schutt

Tomalika Biswas
MS Program, Geophysics and Seismology
Advisor: Derek Schutt





Kristen Cognac (she/they)
PhD Program, Hydrogeology/Hydrogeophysics
Advisor: Mike Ronayne
















Elisa McGhee, MS
PhD Program, Cryosphere Seismology
Advisor: Rick Aster


Lindsay Mota
MS Program, Sedimentology
Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein





Kivanc Sabunis
MS Program, Applied Geophysics
Advisor: Derek Schutt

Gaby Sanchez Ortiz
MS Program, Geochemistry
Gabriela.Sanchez_Ortiz@rams.colostate.edu
Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

Sherif Sanusi, MS
PhD Program, Geophysics and Seismology
Advisor: Derek Schutt


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Shayla Triantafillou
MS Program, Fluvial Geomorphology
Shayla.Triantafillou@colostate.edu
Advisor: Ellen Wohl





Post-Doctoral Appointments

Ricardo Garza-Giron, PhD
Post-Doctoral Associate
Advisor: Rick Aster
January 2023 – Present

Joel Leonard, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein and Sean Gallen
December 2022 – Present

Matt Lurtz, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Advisor: Mike Ronayne
September 2023 – Present