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PhD Program, Microplastics in soils and sediments
Advisor: Rebecca VanderLeest




Ashlesha (Ash) Khatiwada, MS
PhD Program, Cryospheric Science
Advisor: Dan McGrath









Brin Strouse
PhD Program, Sedimentology & Reservoir Characterization & Modeling
Advisor: Lisa Stright




Lucas Valadares Vieira
PhD Program, Reservoir Characterization
Advisor: Lisa Stright

Dawit Asfaw, PhD Hydrogeology; Advisor-Michael Ronayne
Dissertation – Leveraging data-driven and process-based modeling to estimate groundwater budgets for aquifer systems supporting irrigated agriculture
Aziz Bankher, PhD; Advisor-Derek Schutt
Dissertation – Seismic Imaging of Lithospheric Structure Using P-Wave and Ambient Noise Tomography
Lindsey Blehm, MS Fluvial Geomorphology
Effects of floodplain logjams on soil geochemistry and riparian vegetation
Jorge Andres Espinoza, MS Program, Geophysics; Advisor – Dennis Harry
Thesis – Gravity Constraints On Extension and Magmatism In The Northernmost Rio Grande Rift, Northern Colorado
Jorge will continue into the PhD program with Dr. Derek Schutt
Rachel Bernstein, MS Program, Paleoclimatology; Advisor-Jeremy Rugenstein
Thesis-Clumped Isotope Constraints on the Role of Global Climate Change and Uplift in Controlling Surface Air Temperatures in New Mexico
Noah Caldwell, MS Cryospheric Science; Advisor-Dan McGrath
Improving a Snow Energy Balance Model with Observations of Albedo Decay and Recovery Following Colorado’s 2020 Cameron Peak Wildfire
Juliana Curtis, MS Program, Igneous Petrology and Volcanology; Advisor-Lauren Harrison
The Hawaiian Melting Pot Beneath Ko‘olau Volcano, O‘ahu: Crystal Record Evidence of Silicic Melt Mixing
Dylan Davis, MS Fluvial Geomorphology; Advisor-Ellen Wohl
Geomorphic Legacy of Beaver Extirpation in a Dynamic Eolian-Fluvial Channel Network
Helen Flynn MS Program, Cryospheric Science; Advisor-Dan McGrath
Evaluating the Influence of Vegetation Parameters in a Snow Energy and Mass Balance Model in Wildfire Impacted Landscapes
Omar Ghamedi PhD Program, Geomorphology ; Advisor-Sean Gallen
Rock Uplift, Transient Landscapes, and Sediment Transfer in Source-to-Sink Systems
Micah Mayle, PhD Program, Geodynamics; Advisor-Dennis Harry
Evaluating Potential Lithological Sources of Syn-Rift Magmatism in the Lithosphere & Asthenosphere Using Geodynamic Models
Elisa McGhee, PhD Program, Cryosphere Seismology; Advisor-Rick Aster
Seismoacoustic monitoring of natural and anthropogenic sources in the ocean and atmosphere
Claire Pickerel, MS Program, AI Sedimentology; Advisor-Lisa Stright
Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation for Quantitative Lithological Classification of a UAV Outcrop Orthomosaic, Magallanes Basin, Chile
Miraim Primus, MS Structure & Tectonics; Advisor – John Singleton
Thesis – Geologic Mapping and Structural Evolution of the Deadman Creek Thrust in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Southern Colorado.
Owen Richardson, MS Fluvial Geomorphology; Advisor-Ellen Wohl
Thesis-Geomorphic responses to post-grazing recovery and stream restoration in semiarid grassland streams.
Drew White, MS Program, Geochemistry and Volcanology; Advisor-Lauren Harrison
Uncovering Yellowstone’s Hidden Eruptive History Through Core Based Geochronology