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
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
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
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