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



Sarah Dunn (she/her)
Master’s Program
SarahB.Dunn@colostate.edu
Advisor: Rick Aster

Luis Carlos Escobar Arenas (he/him)
Master’s Program
Luis.Escobar_Arenas@colostate.edu
Advisor: Lisa Stright






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

Alanna Maher
MS Program, Geophysics, Hydrophysics
Advisor: Dennis Harry







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

Juli Scamardo (she/her)
PhD Program, Geomorphology
Advisor: Elen Wohl




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
Post-Doctoral Associate
Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein and Sean Gallen
Beginning December 2022