Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Appointments

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Abigail Axness, MS

PhD program, Geomorphology

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Advisor: Sean Gallen

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Jason Becker

MS Program, Geophysics & Seismology

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Advisor: Rick Aster

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Taylor Bennett

PhD program, Paleoclimatology

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Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

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Rachel Bernstein

PhD Program, Paleoclimatology

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Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

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Itai Bojdak-Yates

MS Program, Fluvial Geomorphology

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Advisor: Sara Rathburn

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Haley Boron

MS Program, Cryosphere Science

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Advisor: Dan McGrath

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Hunter Broeder

MS Program, Structural Geology

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Advisor: John Singleton

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Sam Burton

MS Program, Geophysics & Seismology

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Advisor: Rick Aster

Inga Dovre

MS Program, Fluvial Geomorphology

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Advisor: Ellen Wohl

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Kate Drobnich

PhD program, Tectonic Geomorphology

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Advisor: Sean Gallen

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Jorge Andres Espinoza Celi, MS

PhD Program, Geophysics

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Advisor: Derek Schutt

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Ashley Ford

PhD Program, Microplastics in soils and sediments

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Advisor: Rebecca VanderLeest

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Dylan Frawley

PhD Program, Structure & Tectonics

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Advisor: John Singleton

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Dallas Gomez

MS Program, Tectonic Geomorphology

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Advisor:Rebecca Vanderleest

Vijay Jain

MS, Cryospheric Science

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Advisor: Dan McGrath

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Ashlesha (Ash) Khatiwada, MS

PhD Program, Cryospheric Science

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Advisor: Dan McGrath

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Phillip Kondracki

MS Program, Volcanology

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Advisor: Lauren Harrison

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Maggie Moss

PhD Program

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Advisor: Lauren Harrison

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Ana María Perez Hincapie

PhD Program, Geomorphology

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Advisor: Sean Gallen

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Benard Oppong

PhD Program, Geophysics

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Advisor: Derek Schutt

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Gaby Sanchez Ortiz

PhD Program, Geochemistry

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Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

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Sherif Sanusi, MS

PhD Program, Geophysics and Seismology

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Advisor: Derek Schutt

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Logan Seymour

MS Program, Hydrogeology

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Advisor: Mike Ronayne

Mary Katherine Siar

PhD Program, Geomorphology

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Advisor: Sean Gallen

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Brin Strouse

PhD Program, Sedimentology & Reservoir Characterization & Modeling

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Advisor: Lisa Stright

Olga Tumanova

MS Program, Fluvial Geomorphology

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Advisor: Ellen Wohl

Isabel Twomey

MS Program, Volcanology

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Advisor: Lauren Harrison

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Shayla Triantafillou

PhD Program, Fluvial Geomorphology

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Advisor: Ellen Wohl

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Lucas Valadares Vieira

PhD Program, Reservoir Characterization

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Advisor: Lisa Stright

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Adam Walsh

PhD Program, Paleoclimatology

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Advisor: Jeremy Rugenstein

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