Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Appointments

Photo of Ricky Garza Giron, Post Doc with advisor Rick Aster

Ricardo Garza-Giron

Post-Doctoral Associate, Geophysics

Advisor: Rick Aster

Photo of Matt Lurtz, Post Doc with Advisor Mike Ronayne

Matt Lurtz

Post-Doctoral Associate, Ecohydrology, Geostatistics, and Hydrogeology

Advisor: Mike Ronayne

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Dawit Asfaw

PhD program, Hydrogeophysics and Remote Sensing

[email protected]

Advisor: Mike Ronayne and Ryan Smith (ENGR)

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Abigail Axness, MS

PhD program, Geomorphology

[email protected]

Advisor: Sean Gallen

Photo of Jason Becker, Master's student with advisor Rick Aster

Jason Becker

MS Program, Geophysics & Seismology

[email protected]

Advisor: Rick Aster

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Taylor Bennett

PhD program, Paleoclimatology

[email protected]

Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

Photo of Rachel Bernstein, Master's student with advisor Jeremy Rugenstein

Rachel Bernstein

PhD Program, Paleoclimatology

[email protected]

Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

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Itai Bojdak-Yates

MS Program, Fluvial Geomorphology

[email protected]

Advisor: Sara Rathburn

Photo of Haley Boron, Master's student with advisor Dan McGrath

Haley Boron

MS Program, Cryosphere Science

[email protected]

Advisor: Dan McGrath

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Hunter Broeder

MS Program, Structural Geology

[email protected]

Advisor: John Singleton

Photo of Sam Burton, Master's student with advisor Rick Aster

Sam Burton

MS Program, Geophysics & Seismology

[email protected]

Advisor: Rick Aster

Photo of Juliana Curtis, Master's student with advisor Lauren Harrison

Juliana Curtis

MS Program, Igneous Petrology and Volcanology

[email protected]

Advisor: Lauren Harrison

Photo of Kate Drobnich, PhD student with advisor Sean Gallen

Kate Drobnich

PhD program, Tectonic Geomorphology

[email protected]

Advisor: Sean Gallen

Photo of Jorge Andres Espinosa, PhD student with advisor Derek Schutt

Jorge Andres Espinoza Celi, MS

PhD Program, Geophysics

[email protected]

Advisor: Derek Schutt

Photo of Ashley Ford, PhD student with advisor Rebecca VanderLeest

Ashley Ford

PhD Program, Microplastics in soils and sediments

[email protected]

Advisor: Rebecca VanderLeest

Photo of Dylan Frawley, Master's student with advisor John Singleton

Dylan Frawley

MS Program, Structure & Tectonics

[email protected]

Advisor: John Singleton

Photo of Omar Ghamedi, PhD student with advisor Sean Gallen

Omar Ghamedi

PhD Program, Tectonic Geomorphology

[email protected]

Advisor: Sean Gallen

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Ashlesha (Ash) Khatiwada, MS

PhD Program, Cryospheric Science

[email protected]

Advisor: Dan McGrath

Photo of Philip Kondracki, Master's student with advisor Lauren Harrison

Phillip Kondracki

MS Program, Volcanology

[email protected]

Advisor: Lauren Harrison

Photo of Elisa McGhee, PhD student with advisor Rick Aster

Elisa McGhee, MS

PhD Program, Cryosphere Seismology

[email protected]

Advisor: Rick Aster

Photo of Maggie Moss, PHD student with advisor Lauren Harrison

Maggie Moss

PhD Program

[email protected]

Advisor: Lauren Harrison

Photo of Ana Maria Perez, PhD student with advisor Sean Gallen

Ana María Perez Hincapie

PhD Program, Geomorphology

[email protected]

Advisor: Sean Gallen

Photo of Claire Pickerel, Master's student with advisor Lisa Stright

Claire Pickerel

MS Program, AI Sedimentology

[email protected]

Advisor: Lisa Stright

Photo of Gaby Sanchez Ortiz, Master's student with advisor Jeremy Rugenstein

Gaby Sanchez Ortiz

PhD Program, Geochemistry

[email protected]

Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

Photo of Sherif Sanusi, PhD Student with advisor Dr. Derek Schutt

Sherif Sanusi, MS

PhD Program, Geophysics and Seismology

[email protected]

Advisor: Derek Schutt

Photo of Logan Seymour, Master's student with Mike Ronayne

Logan Seymour

MS Program, Hydrogeology

[email protected]

Advisor: Mike Ronayne

Photo of Brin Strouse, PHD student with advisor Lisa Stright

Brin Strouse

PhD Program, Sedimentology & Reservoir Characterization & Modeling

[email protected]

Advisor: Lisa Stright

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Shayla Triantafillou

PhD Program, Fluvial Geomorphology

[email protected]

Advisor: Ellen Wohl

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Lucas Valadares Vieira

PhD Program, Reservoir Characterization

[email protected]

Advisor: Lisa Stright

Photo of Adam Walsh, PhD student with advisor Jeremy Rugenstein

Adam Walsh

PhD Program, Paleoclimatology

[email protected]

Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

Photo of Drew White, Master's student with advisor Lauren Harrison

Drew White

MS Program, Geochemistry and Volcanology

[email protected]

Advisor: Lauren Harrison

Aziz Bankher, PhD Seismology

Dissertation – Seismic Imaging of Lithospheric Structure Using P-Wave and Ambient Noise Tomography

Lindsey Blehm, MS Fluvial Geomorphology
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
Dylan Davis, MS Fluvial Geomorphology
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

Micah Mayle, PhD Program, Geodynamics; Advisor-Dennis Harry

Evaluating Potential Lithological Sources of Syn-Rift Magmatism in the Lithosphere & Asthenosphere Using Geodynamic Models

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.