We believe what makes our department special is our dedicated听faculty and staff who strive to create a supportive, caring, and dynamic learning environment. Our world-class听faculty members are frequently recognized with awards and honors. Our research has had major policy impacts, and we are often quoted in the press and cited for our groundbreaking research.听
Faculty
Waleed Abdalati
Professor of Geography • Remote Sensing of Earth鈥檚 Ice Cover • Executive Director of CIRES • Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996
Physical Geography
Jennifer Balch
Associate Professor of Geography • Fire ecology; Land use/landcover change; Global change ecology; Tropical forest ecology • Director, Earth Lab • Fellow of CIRES • Ph.D. Yale University, 2008
Physical Geography
Holly Barnard
Professor of Geography • Associate Dean of Research, College of Arts and Sciences • Fellow of INSTAAR • Co-Director of Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program • Ecohydrology; Stable Isotope Geochemistry; Forest Hydrology; Tree Physiology • Ph.D. Oregon State University, 2009
Physical Geography
Peter Blanken
Professor of Geography • Climatology; Biometeorology • Faculty of Hydrologic Sciences • Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 1997
Physical Geography
Joe Bryan
Associate Professor of Geography • Indigenous Politics in the Americas; Human Rights; and Critical Cartography. • Director, Latin American and Latinx Studies Center (2023-26) • Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, 2007
Human Geography
Guofeng Cao
Assistant Professor of Geography • GIScience, GeoAI, geostatistics/spatial statistics, and remote sensing • PhD University of California Santa Barbara 2011
GIS
Sisimac Duchicela
Assistant Professor • Biogeography • Community Ecology • Ecological Restoration • (Tropical) Alpine Ecosystems • University of Texas, Austin; 2022
Physical Geography
Jessica Finlay
Assistant Professor of Geography • Neighborhoods, aging, health and well-being; health geography and social epidemiology; qualitative and mixed methods • Faculty Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Science • Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2018
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Jennifer Fluri
Department Chair • Professor of Geography • Feminist political geography; conflict security and development; South/Southwest Asia • Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2005
Human Geography
Mara Goldman
Associate Professor of Geography • Political Ecology; Science and Technology Studies; indigenous knowledge; Nature-Society Relations • Faculty Research Associate of IBS • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006 • Director, IBS Environment and Society Program
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Jill Lindsey Harrison
Professor of Geography • Environmental Justice • Environmental Politics • Political Ecology • Agriculture and Food Systems • PhD, University of California at Santa Cruz, 2006
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Rachel Isaacs
Assistant Teaching Professor • Liaison with Continuing Education • Interests: Biogeography, climate change, landscape ecology, GIS, remote sensing • PhD The Pennsylvania State University - State College, 2016 • M.S. Texas A&M University - College Station, 2007
GIS • Physical Geography
Morteza Karimzadeh
Assistant Professor of Geography • Affiliate Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Information Science • spatial data science • visual analytics • geographic information retrieval • machine learning • geovisualization • PhD Penn State, 2018
GIS
Stefan Leyk
Professor of Geography • GIScience, uncertainty modeling, small area estimation, cartographic pattern recognition • Ph.D. University of Zurich / Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, 2005
GIS
Katherine Lininger
Assistant Professor of Geography • fluvial geomorphology; ecogeomorphology; carbon cycle; water resources management; coupled natural-human systems • PhD in Earth Sciences, Colorado State University
Physical Geography
Taneesha Mohan
Assistant Teaching Professor • MA/M.Phil Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2009 • PhD London School of Economics, 2016 • Postdoc Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Noah Molotch
Associate Professor of Geography • Surface Water and Snow Hydrology; Remote Sensing; Ecohydrology • Fellow of INSTAAR • Faculty of Hydrologic Sciences • Ph.D. The University of Arizona, 2004
Physical Geography
Keith Musselman
Assistant Professor of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences • Fellow of INSTAAR • Faculty of Hydrologic Sciences • Hydrology; Snow Water Resources; Climate Change; Ecosystem Services • Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles, 2012
Physical Geography
John O'Loughlin
Professor of Geography • Political • Former Soviet Union • Nationalism • Climate change and conflict • Faculty Research Associate of IBS • Arts and Sciences College Professor of Distinction • Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1973
Human Geography
Timothy Oakes
Professor of Geography • Cultural Politics; Economic and Social Change; China • Ph.D. University of Washington, 1995
Human Geography
Bharat Rastogi
Assistant Professor of Physical Geography • Terrestrial carbon cycle and climate feedbacks • PhD Oregon State University 2018
Physical Geography
Colleen Reid
Associate Professor of Geography • Health impacts of environmental change • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2014
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Isaac Rivera
Assistant Professor of Geography • Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow • Latinx & Indigenous Geographies • Critical Cartographies • Digital & Visual Politics • Social Movements • The Geohumanities • Environmental Justice • PhD University of Washington, 2023
Human Geography
Sarah Schlosser
Associate Teaching Professor • Interests: GIScience, statistics, spatial analysis, wetland science, ecological restoration • M.A. Geography, 2008, University of South Florida
GIS
Mark Serreze
Distinguished Professor of Geography • Arctic climate; global implications; and climate warming in the Arctic • Director of NSIDC • Fellow of CIRES • Arts and Sciences College Professor of Distinction • Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1989
Physical Geography
Katherine Siegel
Assistant Professor • Conservation science • Fire ecology • Land use change • Data science • University of California-Berkeley, 2021
GIS • Environment-Society
William Riebsame Travis
Associate Professor of Geography • Natural and technological hazards, climate change, risk and decision-analysis • Director, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NCCASC) CIRES/USGS • Ph.D. Clark University, 1981
Environment-Society • Human Geography
Yaffa Truelove
Associate Professor of Geography • Urban and Feminist Political Ecology of Water • India • Southern Urbanism • Urban Infrastructure • Water Governance • Nature-Society Relations • Faculty of International Affairs • PhD University of Cambridge, 2015
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Emily Yeh
Professor of Geography • 2024 Guggenheim Fellow • College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Distinction • Nature/society geography; political ecology; cultural politics; development; Tibet; China • Faculty Affiliate: Center for Asian Studies, CNAIS, C3BC • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2003 • Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, 2023-24
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Hold
Hallie Adams
PhD Student of Geography • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2014 • Ecohydrology • Vegetation-Water Interactions • Climate change impacts on forest and water resources
Physical Geography
Georgios Charisoulis
PhD Student of Geography • GIS • Environmenal Law & Energy/Sustainability
GIS
Buddy Collins
MA Student of Geography • GIS • Resource Management • Changes in Landscape
GIS
John (Bryan) Curtis
PhD Student of Geography • Biometerology • Land-Atmosphere Interactions • M.A. University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Physical Geography
Samuel Fixler
PhD Student of Geography • Geology M.S. • Central Washington University
Physical Geography
Alexander Jasper
MA Student of Geography • Area of Interest: Political Ecology, Climate Change, Planetary Science
Environment-Society
Jeff Nicholson
IT Professional • Lab Manager • Website design & management • Computing support • Graphics • Videography • Photography • Publishing
Aja Procita
PhD Student of Geography • Landscapes of desolation • Climate change responses • Decolonizing geography • MSc University of Manchester, 2021
Human Geography
Victoria Scholl
PhD Student of Geography • Remote Sensing • Data Science • Land cover/use change • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Physical Geography
Erika Schreiber
Ph.D. Student of Geography • Climatology • Cryosphere
Physical Geography
Adjunct
John Adler
Assistant Professor Adjunct • Instructor of Geography • Ph.D. 2010 • Satellite & Aircraft Remote Sensing • UAS Operations
Physical Geography
Maxwell (Max) Boykoff
Director and Professor of ENVS • Fellow of CIRES • Ph.D. University of California-Santa Cruz, 2006 • environmental governance, cultural politics, science-policy interactions, political economy
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Clint Carroll
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies CU Boulder • Native American and Indigenous Studies • PhD, University of California, Berkeley - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, 2011 • BA, University of Arizona, Tucson - Anthropology, 2003
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Paul Lander
Water, energy, land conservation • ASLA • LEED A.P. • PhD University of Colorado, Department of Geography, 2005
Environment-Society
Tania Schoennagel
Research Scientist of INSTAAR • Disturbance ecology; climate change; landscape modeling • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002
Physical Geography • Environment-Society
Gregory Simon
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies CU Denver • Political Ecology; Environmental Policy; Critical Development Studies; Science and Technology Studies • PhD University of Washington, 2007
Environment-Society
Leah Wasser
Adjunct Professor of Geography • Ecology, Scientific programming, GIS, Remote Sensing, Computationally intensive teaching / learning • Earth Analytics Education Initiative Director
Physical Geography
Postdoc
Sean Burns
Post Doc • Subalpine Forest Carbon and Water Cycling • Ph.D. 2018, CU Boulder
Physical Geography
Daehyeon Han
Post Doc • Remote Sensing of Environment, Sea Ice, Machine Learning • PhD 2023, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
GIS
Yue Sun
Post Doc • Geographic disparities in health and mortality • PhD 2024, Syracuse University
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Di Wu
Post Doc • GIScience in environmental monitoring and modeling • PhD 2024, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
GIS
Staff
Sean Dunn
Program Administrator
Gabriela Sales
Undergraduate Program Assistant • Department Administrative Staff • Contact person for undergraduate program inquiries
Karen Weingarten
Graduate Program Assistant • Contact person for graduate program inquiries
Graduate Student
Virgil Alfred
MA Student of Geography • Fluvial Geography • Geomorphology • Land Surface Dynamics • BA from Dartmouth College
Physical Geography
David Fernando Bachrach
PhD Student of Geography • Development Geography • Urban Geography • Infrastructure Studies • Environment and society • Indonesia • Global China • MA from University of Oregon 2020
Human Geography
Aleksander Berg
PhD Student of Geography • uantitative Social Science & Land Systems Science • M.A. in Geography Arizona State University & B.A. in Geography and Environmental Studies UCLA
GIS
Ethan Carr
PhD Student of Geography • Cryosphere • Climate Change • Glaciology • Sea Ice • MA from University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
Physical Geography
Sydney Carr
PhD Student of Geography • Alpine Hydrology • Snow Science • Climate Change • Upper Colorado River Basin • MS from University of Washington
Physical Geography
Zaria Cast
MA Student of Geography • Polar Climate • BS from University of Tennessee at Martin, 2023
Physical Geography
Jonathon Cavitt
PhD Student of Geography • Climatology • Arctic Climate • Sea Ice Dynamics • Sea level affect of climate change on weather pattern
Physical Geography
Rachel Chai
PhD Student of Geography • Biogeography and entomology • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2017
Physical Geography
Xiaoling Chen
PhD Candidate • Health Infrastructure • Science & Technology Studies • Digital Surveillance • Labor & Citizenship • China
Human Geography
Max Cook
MA Student of Geography • Natural Resource Management • Remote Sensing
Physical Geography
Priscilla (Pris) Corbett
PhD Student of Geography • Feminist Political Geography • Forest rights movements in India • MPhil from Oxford University
Human Geography
John Dzwonczyk
PhD Student of Geography • MS, Pennsylvania State University (2016) • Geopolitics • Critical Geopolitics • Arctic
Human Geography
Ryan Erickson
MA Student of Geography • GIS and Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence Techniques • Understanding Geospatial Uncertainty
GIS
Sara Fleming
MA Student of Geography • Housing and Climate Justice • Collective ownership of housing • BA from Colorado College, 2019
Human Geography
Drolma Gadou
PhD Student of Geography • Tibet • Women • Development • MA from University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
Human Geography
Colin Gilbert
MA Student of Geography • Arctic System • Geomorphology • Glaciology • Snow Hydrology • BA from George Washington University
Physical Geography
Jill Adler Grano
MA Student of Geography • Affordable Housing • Institutional Investors/REITs in Housing • B.S. from William and Mary College
Human Geography
Phurwa Gurung
PhD Student of Geography • Political Ecology • Development • Indigenous Geographies • Nepal and the Himalayas • MA University of Colorado, 2020
Environment-Society
Hayes Hart-Thompson
MA Student of Geography • Urban Geography • Neighborhood & Community Health • Refugee Studies • Education in Protracted Crisis • B.A & a B.S from Boston University - Boston College
Human Geography
Naomi Hazarika
PhD Student of Geography • Urban Geography • India • Informal Settlements • Housing
Human Geography
Lauren Herwehe
PhD Student of Geography • Natural Resource Conflict & Cooperation • Climate Vulnerability & Adaptation • Remote Sensing • Political Geography • MA from University of Arizona, 2014
Environment-Society
Annika Hirmke
PhD Student of Geography • Political Ecology • Decolonizing Geography • Renewable Energy Technology • Environmental Justice • Science and Technology Studies • MA University of Chicago, 2022
Human Geography
Viviana Huili帽ir-Curio
PhD student of Geography • Critical Indigenous Studies • Decolonizing Geography • Geographies of Mobilities • Political Ecology in Latinoamerica • Critical Cartography • MA Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco-Chile, 2016
Human Geography
Shruthi Jagadeesh
PhD Student of Geography • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • Political Ecology • Development • Indigenous Communities • Conservation
Environment-Society
Sepideh Jalayer
PhD Student of Geography • Remote Sensing • Geo AI • Machine Learning • Spatial Data Science • Environmental Monitoring • Sea Ice Mapping GIS • Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University
GIS
Taylor Johaneman
PhD student of Geography • MA 2022, CU Boulder • Fluvial geomorphology • B.S. from University of Denver
Physical Geography
Bella Kamplain
MA Student of Geography • Climatology • Hydrology • Sustainability • Forestry • Soil Science • Environmental Law and Policy • BS from University of Missouri
Physical Geography
Eric Kennedy
MA Student of Geography • Snow Hydrology and Water Resources • Ecohydrology • Natural Resources Policy/Management • B.S. Seattle University
Physical Geography
Alaric Akhil Kothapally
PhD Student of Geography • Access to Water • Rights to the City • Citizenship • Delhi • M.A. from Ambedkar University of Delhi
Human Geography
Theodore (Theo) Kuhn
MA student of Geography • Hydrology • Climate change • Yale University
Physical Geography
Danyan Leng
PhD Student of Geography • Ecology • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation • Environmental Data Science • Environmental and Natural Resource Economics • MEM from Yale University
Environment-Society
Tsering Lhamo
PhD Student of Geography • Political Ecology • Natural Resource Commodification • Global Health
Environment-Society
Fan Li
PhD Student of Geography • Law and space • Legal Geography • Political Economy • Property • Land • Natural Resources • Personal Data • MA from University of Oslo
Human Geography
Guiye Li
PhD Student of Geography • GIScience • Geo AI • Geostatistics • Spatial statistics • Remote Sensing
GIS
Zhe Lin
PhD Student of Geography • Medical Geography • MS from Aalborg University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Human Geography
Kate Little
MA student of Geography • Health Geography • GIS • Injury Prevention • Suicide • Firearms • Mental Health Access • GIS Certification, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 2021 • BA University of Montana, Missoula, 2013
Human Geography
Yanxiao (Sherrie) Liu
PhD Student of Geography • Large-scale terrestrial carbon cycle and climate feedbacks • Atmospheric inversion • Amazon Basin • MS from Peking University
Physical Geography
Emma Loizeaux
PhD Student of Geography • Political Ecology • International climate governance • Science and technology studies • China • Carbon capture and storage • MA, University of Colorado Boulder, Geography, 2022
Environment-Society
Tyler McIntosh
PhD Student of Geography • Natural resource management • Land systems science • Disturbance ecology • Human-environment interactions • Environmental data science • Remote sensing • Causal inference • MS from Stanford University
Environment-Society
Christopher McNabb
PhD student of Geography • Headwater stream dynamics • Ecohydrology • Ecological engineering • Ohio State University
Physical Geography
Caitlin McShane
PhD Student of Geography • Predictive Modeling • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2020
GIS
Diego Melo
PhD Candidate in Geography • Extractivism and Dispossession • Political Ecology • Ethno-Territorial Rights • Marxist, feminist, and queer theories • Colombia • Latin America
Human Geography
Matthew Miller
PhD Student of Geography • Social Vulnerability and Resilience
Environment-Society
Jennifer Morse
MA student of Geography • Snow hydrology • University of Colorado Boulder
Physical Geography
Prakriti Mukerjee
PhD Student of Geography • Political Ecology • Forest Policy • Community-based Forest Management • Post-colonial • India • Himalayas
Environment-Society
Esmee Mulder
PhD Student of Geography • Indigenous knowledge • Africa • Pastoralism • Critical international Development studies • Decolonization • Using remote sensing for evidence-based advocacy of marginalized communities • MSc from Technical University of Delft
Environment-Society
Mia Murray
PhD Student of Geography • Climate Change • Land Use • MA from George Washinton University
Physical Geography
Francis Naylor
Phd Student of Geography • Former Soviet Union • Remote Sensing • Spatial Perception • Religion and Ethnic Spatial Conflict • Political Geography
Human Geography
Luca Anna Palasti
PhD Student of Geography • MA 2021 • Human-Environment Interactions • Environmenal Economics • Decision Making • Risk Management
Environment-Society
Christopher Picard
MA Student of Geography • Remote sensing of the cryosphere • Glaciology • Sea ice • Dartmouth College
Physical Geography
Fedor Popov
PhD Student of Geography • Political Geography
Human Geography
Sarah Posner
PhD Student of Geography • Human Geography • Spatial Statistics • M.A. University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Human Geography
Juan Ramirez
PhD Student of Geography • Occupational Justice • Health Disparities • Food Studies • Migration Studies • Transnationalism • Cultural Geographies • M.S. in Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University 2011
Human Geography
Yuying Ren
PhD student of Geography • Areas of Interest: GIS, Remote Sensing • MA University of Colorado Geography - 2021
GIS
Madeline (Maddy) Rich
MA Student of Geography • Hydrology • Climatology • BS from Cornell University
Physical Geography
Emma Rieves
PhD Student in Geography • Public health • Environmental and equity modeling and analyses of climate policies • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2022
Environment-Society
Maren Roeske
MA Student of Geography • Carceral geographies • Political geography • liberation/resistance space • BA from McGill University
Human Geography
Shelby Ross
PhD Student of Geography • Environmental Health • Climate Change • Human Impacts • Water Quality • Air Quality
Human Geography
Holly Roth
PhD student of Geography • Lake-Atmosphere Interactions • Boundary Layer Meteorology • Water Resources Sciences • MA Student of Geography, 2021
Physical Geography
Mallory Sagehorn
PhD Student of Geography • Health Geography • Social Epidemiology • Third Places • MA CU Denver, 2021
Human Geography
Michela Savignano
MA Student of Geography • Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere • Glaciology • Hydrology • BS Brown University
Physical Geography
Patrick Saylor
MA Student of Geography • Snow • Hydrological Science • B.S. from Dartmouth
Physical Geography
Lars Schwaebe
PhD Student of Geography • Africa • Climate Change • Conflict • Migration • Political Geography • MA from Columbia University
Human Geography
Neda Shaban
PhD student • Political Geography
Human Geography
Anshul Sharma
PhD Student of Geography • Human Geography • Legal geographies • Politics of sustainability • Global South • MA from National Law School of India
Human Geography
Claire Simpson
MA Student of Geography • Machine Learning • Spatial Data Science • Post-Fire Ecology • BA Geography/Environmental Studies from UCLA, 2018 • Remote Sensing of Vegetation
GIS
Kylen Solvik
PhD Student of Geography • Machine Learning • Remote Sensing • Human-Environment Interaction • Computer Vision • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2020
GIS
Millie Spencer
PhD Student of Geography • Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) • Mountain Hydrology Group • Glaciology • Traditional Ecological Knowledge • Multiple Evidence Based Science • Interdisciplinary Research • B.S. Oxford University
Physical Geography
Gabriella Subia Smith
PhD Student of Geography • Congressional Redistricting in Colorado • Legal Geography • Critical Cartography • Decolonizing Geography • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2018
Human Geography
Nic Tarasewicz
PhD Student of Geography • Climate Change Refugia • Ecosystem Services • Biogeochemical Cycling in Mountain Forests • MS from Lund University 2021
Physical Geography
Lauren Thomas
MA Student of Geography • Geomorphology • Hydrology • Arctic studies • B.S. Environmental Science and Policy, University of Maryland
Physical Geography
Emma Tyrrell
PhD Student of Geography • Snow Hydrology • SWE • Western US Water Forecasting • MA from Penn State University
Physical Geography
Behzad Vahedi
PhD Student of Geography • Machine Learning • Spatial Data Dcience • Geo AI • Geovisualization • Geographic Question Answering • MA from UC Santa Barbara, Geography, 2020
GIS
Zhongying (Stephen) Wang
PhD Student of Geography • Geo AI • Machine Learning • Spatial data mining • Spatial data science • Geovisualization
GIS
Josie Welsh
MA student of Geography • Fluvial ecogeomorphology • BS, University of Minnesota
Physical Geography
Matthew Woodland
MA Student of Geography • Health and Medical Geography • Natural Disasters • BA from University of Colorado Boulder
Human Geography
Tenzin Yangkey
PhD student of Geography • Political ecology • Trans-Himalaya tourism • Land-use changes • Climate change • BS, University of Arizona
Environment-Society
Rahila Yilangai
PhD student of Geography • Ecohydrology • Transpiration • Interaction between vegetation and hydrological processes
Physical Geography
Zhou Yu
PhD student of Geography • Geostatistics • Remote sensing • Anthropogenic climate change • Climate extremes • Atmospheric science • MS, Cornell University
GIS
Yangchengsi Zhang
PhD Student of Geography • Climate Change • Land use change • GeoAI • MA from Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
GIS
Jiacheng (Raymond) Zhou
PhD Student of Geography • GIS • Remote Sensing • MA from Boston University
GIS
Alumni
Hallie Adams
PhD Student of Geography • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2014 • Ecohydrology • Vegetation-Water Interactions • Climate change impacts on forest and water resources
Physical Geography
John Adler
Assistant Professor Adjunct • Instructor of Geography • Ph.D. 2010 • Satellite & Aircraft Remote Sensing • UAS Operations
Physical Geography
Cole Akeson
M.A. 2013
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Claudio Alvarez
M.A. 2013
Physical Geography
Christopher Amante
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2018 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2012
Physical Geography
Scott Anderson
M.A. 2013
Physical Geography
Christopher Anderson-Tarver
M.A. 2010; Ph.D. 2015
GIS
Robert (Robbie) Andrus
PhD 2019 • Areas of interest:听biogeography; dendrochronology; disturbance ecology; forest ecology • M.A. 2015
Physical Geography
Naomi Arcand
Ph.D. 2013
Physical Geography
Mason Auger
Ph.D. 2015
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Adriana Raudzens Bailey
M.A. 2010
Physical Geography
Emily Baker
M.A. 2015
Physical Geography
Theodore (Theo) Barnhart
Ph.D. 2018
Physical Geography
Jennifer Bartmess
M.A. 2012
Human Geography
Andrew Birch
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder 2020 • Areas of interest:听Tropical Hydrology and Biogeochemistry in Panama Canal Watershed
Physical Geography
Jessica Bobeck
M.A. 2017 • Areas of interest:听Remote sensing; cryosphere; geophysics
Physical Geography
Andrew Bock
M.A. 2011
Physical Geography • GIS
Stephanie Booker
M.A. 2009
Human Geography
Benjamin (Ben) Brayden
M.A. 2013
Physical Geography
William Bredemeyer
Ph.D. 2017
Human Geography
Mollie Buckland
M.A. Geography 2019 • Interests: wildfire, megafires
Physical Geography
Isaac Bukoski
M.A. 2019 • Interests: groundwater-surface water interaction, water quality
Physical Geography
Ethan Burns
MA - 2022 • Hydrology • Ecohydrology • Vegetation and water Interactions in foothill and montane regions • B.S. from University of the South
Physical Geography
Margaret (Maggie) Burns
M.A. 2014
Physical Geography
Sean Burns
Post Doc • Subalpine Forest Carbon and Water Cycling • Ph.D. 2018, CU Boulder
Physical Geography
Sidney Bush
Hydrology • Ecohydrology • Geochemical transport processes • PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2022 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2018
Physical Geography
Brian Butterworth
M.A. 2011
Physical Geography
Noah Campbell
MA 2023 • U.S. West Resources and Climate Change
Environment-Society
Kate Carlson
MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • Cartography • Geovisualization
GIS
Ethan Carr
PhD Student of Geography • Cryosphere • Climate Change • Glaciology • Sea Ice • MA from University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
Physical Geography
Rachel Chai
PhD Student of Geography • Biogeography and entomology • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2017
Physical Geography
Teresa Chapman
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2009 • Biogeography
Physical Geography
Afton Clarke-Sather
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Sade Cromratie Clemons
MA 2023 • Tree growth and water use in relation to climate conditions • Hydrology and Water storage
Physical Geography
Katherine (Katie) Clifford
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, 2019 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2014 • American West; decision making and uncertainty; climate change; land and water resources; environmental justice; environmental knowledge
Environment-Society
Joel Correia
Ph.D. 2017 • Indigenous rights, development, legal geographies, political ecology, Latin America
Human Geography
Max Counter
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2019 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2015 • IDPs; refugees; Colombia
Human Geography
Rory Cowie
M.A. 2010 • Ph.D. 2014
Physical Geography
Austin Cowley
M.A. 2014
Human Geography
Alexander (Alex) Crawford
Ph.D. 2017 • M.A. 2014 • Climate change; polar research; snow and ice
Physical Geography
William (Preston) Cumming
Ph.D. 2013
Physical Geography
Angela Cunningham
Ph.D. 2019
Human Geography • GIS
John (Bryan) Curtis
PhD Student of Geography • Biometerology • Land-Atmosphere Interactions • M.A. University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Physical Geography
Sepideh Dadashi
MA 2018
Physical Geography
Becky Davies
M.A. 2017 • Spatial statistics, computing, demography, land use
Human Geography
Meredith DeBoom
Ph.D. 2018, M.A. 2013
Human Geography
Amy DeCastro
PhD- 2022 • Interests: dogs, swimming, spatial statistics, satellites, human geography, climate, math, overall silliness
Environment-Society
Jessica DiCarlo
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • critical development studies • political ecology • infrastructure • Southeast Asia • Southeast Asia
Environment-Society • Human Geography
Zhaxi Duojie
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder 2020 • Development Geography; Migration Geography, Geography of China, Tibetan Plateau
Human Geography
Andrew Eiswerth
MA - 2022 • maritime territorial disputes • political geography • energy geopolitics • Cyprus • previous degrees from Georgia College & State University
Human Geography
Sylvia Feghali
MA 2023 • Feminist Political Geographies of the Levant • Material Culture • Imperialism and Resistance
Human Geography
Kaitlin Fertaly
Ph.D.
Human Geography
Caleb Fogel
MA Student of Geography • Interactions between physical and ecological processes • The role of wood within river corridors
Physical Geography
Shae Frydenlund
PhD Univerversity of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2015 • dispossession and precarity • gendered divisions of labor • urban development • housing and gentrification • transnational migration • digital feminisms
Human Geography
er rang (Kabzung) Ga
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography
Drolma Gadou
PhD Student of Geography • Tibet • Women • Development • MA from University of Colorado Boulder, 2024
Human Geography
Kristin Gangwer
M.A. 2011
Environment-Society
Meredith Gartner
Ph.D. 2015
Physical Geography
Mehran Ghandehari
Ph.D.
GIS
Lauren Gifford
Ph.D. 2018
Human Geography
Sierra Gladfelter
M.A. 2017 • Conservation and development
Environment-Society
Mike Gleason
M.A. 2012
GIS
Molly Graber
M.A., 2019 • Interests: spatial statistics, Geographic Information Science
GIS
Glenn Grant
Ph.D. 2017 • M.A. 2012 • Remote sensing, Polar climate
Physical Geography
Shane Grigsby
Ph.D. Geography 2019 • Ice sheets & glaciers, climate change, remote sensing, machine learning
Physical Geography
Molly Guiney
MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • Fluvial Geomorphology
Physical Geography
Phurwa Gurung
PhD Student of Geography • Political Ecology • Development • Indigenous Geographies • Nepal and the Himalayas • MA University of Colorado, 2020
Environment-Society
Katya Hafich
M.A. 2014
Physical Geography
Katherine (Kate) Hale
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2022 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2018 • Snow hydrology • Arctic and Mountain Environments • Faculty Advisor: Noah Molotch
Physical Geography
Jeff Hamerlinck
Ph.D. 2011
GIS
Melissa Harkavy
M.A.
Environment-Society
Sarah Hart
Ph.D. 2014
Physical Geography
Natasha Harvey
MA 2022 • Hydrology • Ecohydrology and the interaction between vegetation and water processes
Physical Geography
Meghan Helmberger
PhD 2024 • Arctic Climate • GIS • Climate/Human Connection
Physical Geography
Thomas Herrmann
MA 2023 • How climate change impacts polar regions • Impact of ice melt on humans
Abby Hickcox
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Alice Hill
PhD 2017 • Snow and ice; water resources and repurcussions in a changing climate
Physical Geography
Abdulsalam Hindawi
M.A. 2017 • Population, migration, conflict resolution, Syrian refugee crisis
Human Geography
Emma Hines
M.A. 2019 • Interests: climate and health
Environment-Society
Noah Hoffman
M.A., 2019 • Interests: soil chemistry
Physical Geography
Edward (Ted) Holland
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography
Molly Holmberg
Ph.D. 2010
Physical Geography • GIS
C. Andr脙漏s Holz
Ph.D. 2009
Physical Geography
Jung Eun (Jessie) Hong
Ph.D. 2012
GIS
Jamie Humphrey
Ph.D. 2015
Human Geography
Allison Hurley
M.A. 2014
Physical Geography
Shruthi Jagadeesh
PhD Student of Geography • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • Political Ecology • Development • Indigenous Communities • Conservation
Environment-Society
Keith Jennings
Ph.D. 2018
Physical Geography
Warren (Chris) Jochem
M.A. 2012 • Ph.D. 2016
Human Geography • GIS
Taylor Johaneman
PhD student of Geography • MA 2022, CU Boulder • Fluvial geomorphology • B.S. from University of Denver
Physical Geography
Bryan Jones
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography
Amanda Kass
M.A. 2011
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Julia Kelly
Ph.D. 2017 • Biogeography, Conservation Biology, Forest Ecology, Avian Diversity • M.A. 2011
Physical Geography
Patrick Kelly
M.A. 2012
Physical Geography
Travis Klingberg
Ph.D. 2014
Human Geography
John Knowles
Ph.D. 2015 • M.A. 2009
Physical Geography
Natalie Koch
Ph.D. 2012 • M.A. 2009
Human Geography
Nathan Korinek
MA 2024 • GIScience • Open science • Big data • Remote sensing • B.S. from University of Colorado Boulder
GIS
David Korn
M.A. 2010
Physical Geography
Adrianne Kroepsch
M.A. 2011
Physical Geography
Sara Krumminga
M.A. Student of Geography • Political geography, the Holocaust & WWII, nationalism
Human Geography
Tony LaGreca
M.A. 2010
Physical Geography
Ahn (Ahnnie) Lee
M.A. 2014
Environment-Society
Jed Lenetsky
MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • Arctic sea ice dynamics and modelling • Arctic climate change
Physical Geography
Adam Levy
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography
Nicholas (Nick) Lewis
M.A. 2018
GIS
Gina Li
M.A., 2019 • Climatology, big data, programming
Environment-Society
Andrew Linke
Ph.D. 2013
Human Geography
Michele Lissoni
PhD 2024 • Remote Sensing • Conflict and Climate Change • MA from the State University of Milan
Environment-Society
H.E. (Gene) Longenecker
Ph.D. 2019 • Climatology; Climate Change; Hazard/Risk Vulnerability • M.A. 2009
Physical Geography • Environment-Society
Eric Lovell
Ph.D. 2018
Environment-Society
Isaiah Lyons-Galante
MA 2024 • Remote Sensing • GIS • Spatial Science for Rural Development • B.S. Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Yale 2014
GIS
Michael (Mike) MacFerrin
Ph.D. 2018
Physical Geography
Galen Maclaurin
Ph.D. 2015 • M.A. 2011
GIS
Adam Mahood
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2017 • Plant ecology • remote sensing • Faculty Advisor:听Jennifer听Balch
Physical Geography
Kerry Malm
M.A. 2009
Physical Geography
Julie Malmberg
Ph.D. 2014
Physical Geography • Environment-Society
Aaron Malone
Ph.D., 2019 • Migration; development; Latin America
Human Geography
Daniela Marini
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder 2020 • Political Agroecology: Social Movements and Food Sovereignty in Argentina
Human Geography
Nathanael (Nate) Martin
M.A. 2012
Physical Geography
Kevin Mason
PhD 2023 • Population • Immigration • Development • Latin America • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2017
Human Geography
Adam McCurdy
M.A. 2016
Environment-Society
Daniel McGrath
Ph.D. 2013 • M.A. 2009
Physical Geography
Caitlin McShane
PhD Student of Geography • Predictive Modeling • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2020
GIS
Siddharth Menon
M.A. 2018
Human Geography
Leah Meromy
M.A. 2012
Physical Geography
Taylor (Joe) Mills
Ph.D. 2016 • Small-scale hydrologic systems; water chemistry
Physical Geography
Denise Mondragon
MA 2024 • Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry of the Cryosphere • Snow & Ice • B.S. University of California, Irvine, 2022
Physical Geography
Sara Morris
M.A. 2018
Physical Geography
Martha Morrissey
MA, 2018 • GIS, Spatial Data Science
GIS
Sitthisak Moukomla
Ph.D. 2015
Physical Geography
Mahsa Moussavi
Ph.D. 2015
Physical Geography
Erich Mueller
Ph.D. 2012
Physical Geography
Galen Murton
Ph.D. Geography, 2017 • Development; Political Geography; Cultural Geography; Tibet and Himalaya Region
Human Geography
Atsuhiro Muto
Ph.D. 2010
Physical Geography
Cameron Naficy
Ph.D. 2017 • Disturbance ecology; tree ecophysiology; climate variability; restoration; remote sensing
Physical Geography • Environment-Society
Somayeh Nikoonazari
MA 2023 • Political Geography • Development Geography
Human Geography
Yonten Nyima
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Taylor O'Brien
MA 2024 • Arctic Climate • Snow & Ice • Extreme Weather • B.S. from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Physical Geography
Mary Oppold (Huisenga)
M.A. 2012
Environment-Society
Luca Anna Palasti
PhD Student of Geography • MA 2021 • Human-Environment Interactions • Environmenal Economics • Decision Making • Risk Management
Environment-Society
Joni Palmer
Ph.D. 2012
Human Geography
Jordan Parman
M.A. 2010
Physical Geography
Mark Parsons
M.A. 2010
GIS
Juan Partisis
Ph.D. 2009
Physical Geography
Danielle Perrot
M.A. 2012
Physical Geography
Pakorn Petchprayoon
Ph.D. 2015
Physical Geography • Environment-Society
Jennifer Petrzelka
M.A. 2011
Physical Geography
Thomas Phillips
Ph.D. 2010
Physical Geography
Sarah Posner
PhD Student of Geography • Human Geography • Spatial Statistics • M.A. University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Human Geography
Briana Prado
MA 2023 • Antarctic • Geo-chemistry • B.S. from UC Santa Cruz
Physical Geography
Nancy Hoalst Pullen
Ph.D. 2008
Physical Geography • GIS
Adina Racoviteanu
Ph.D. 2011
Physical Geography
James (Huck) Rees
MA 2023 • Watershed science • Fluvial geomorphology • Critical zone science • Floodplain restoration
Physical Geography
Eric Reiff
Ph.D. 2016 • Urban backyard farming as a subversive performance, Social Construction of Nature, STS, Pol Ecology
Environment-Society
Yuying Ren
PhD student of Geography • Areas of Interest: GIS, Remote Sensing • MA University of Colorado Geography - 2021
GIS
Emma Rieves
PhD Student in Geography • Public health • Environmental and equity modeling and analyses of climate policies • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2022
Environment-Society
Susan Riggins
Ph.D. 2010
Physical Geography
Tyler Roberts
PhD 2014, CU Geography • MA Arizona State University, 2006
Physical Geography
Joshua Rodd
Ph.D. 2016 • Political violence and conflict; infectious disease
Human Geography
Kyle Rodman
Ph.D., 2019 • Biogeography, climate spatial analysis; forest ecology
Physical Geography
Patrick Rody
MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2019 • Interests: Migration, climate change
Human Geography
Monica Rother
Ph.D. 2015
Physical Geography
Ian Rowen
Ph.D. 2016 • M.A. 2012
Human Geography
Ashley Rumble
M.A. 2014
Human Geography
Caitlin Ryan
Ph.D., 2019 • Post-conflict urban development, humanitarian aid, post-socialism
Human Geography
Kevin Sampson
M.A. 2009
Physical Geography
Jeffrey Schmidt
MA- 2022 • Snowpack cold content • Snowpack behavior • Cryosphere and Hydrologic Science
Physical Geography
Dominik Schneider
Ph.D. 2017 • Mountain and snow hydrology, interaction between vegetation and snowmelt runoff, water resources
Physical Geography
Victoria Scholl
PhD Student of Geography • Remote Sensing • Data Science • Land cover/use change • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Physical Geography
Amelia (Amy) Schubert-Zhang
Ph.D. 2016 • M.A. 2011
Human Geography
Jessica Schwarz
M.A. 2009
Human Geography
Brittany Selander
Ph.D. - 2022 • Fluvial geomorphology
Physical Geography
Richa Shakya
MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2019 • Interests: gender, migration
Human Geography
Kevin Sharp
M.A. 2009
Physical Geography
Connor Sheehan
M.A. 2011
Human Geography
Rupak Shrestha
Ph.D. - 2022 • Development Geography • Political Geography • Nepal • Faculty Advisor:听Jennifer Fluri
Human Geography
Claire Simon
Ph.D. 2011
Human Geography
Nick Sitko
Ph.D. 2010
Human Geography
Lindsay Skog
Ph.D. 2015
Environment-Society
Jeremy Smith
Ph.D. 2012
Physical Geography • GIS
Samuel (Sam) Smith
PhD Geography, 2018 • Historic/Urban Geog-links between historic mining settlements & current tourist areas
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Tasha Snow
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • Cryosphere remote sensing; glaciology
Physical Geography
Kylen Solvik
PhD Student of Geography • Machine Learning • Remote Sensing • Human-Environment Interaction • Computer Vision • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2020
GIS
Andrew (Andy) Stauffer
M.A. 2013
GIS
Michelle Stewart
Ph.D. 2013
Human Geography
Gabriella Subia Smith
PhD Student of Geography • Congressional Redistricting in Colorado • Legal Geography • Critical Cartography • Decolonizing Geography • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2018
Human Geography
Meagan Todd
Ph.D. Geography, 2017 • Political & cultural geography in post-Soviet space
Human Geography
Joseph Tuccillo
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • MA University of Colorado Boulder, 2015 • Urban Geography, Spatial Demography, Hazards/Vulnerability, Geocomputation
Human Geography • GIS
Kathryn Tyler
MA -2022 • previous degree from Mount Holyoke College • geovisualization • urban planning • environmental justice • Advisor: Babs听Buttenfield
GIS
Sarah Tynen
Ph.D., 2019 • Urbanization and Poitical Governance • MA 2014
Human Geography
Johannes Uhl
Ph.D., 2019 • GIS, spatio-temporal modelling, machine learning
GIS
Roland Viger
Ph.D. 2011
GIS
Jessica Voveris
MA -2022 • climatology • arctic climate change • the relationship between changes in the climate and extreme weather patterns
Physical Geography
Kendle Wade
M.A. 2010
Human Geography • Environment-Society
Xi Wang
Ph.D. University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • Energy transitions; electricity systems; China; electricity planning
Environment-Society
Xueqian Wang
PhD 2023 • Land-atmosphere interaction
Physical Geography
Luke Ward
Ph.D. 2010
Human Geography
Kristy Weber
M.A. 2017 • Climate change, carbon flux, micrometeorology and instrumentation
Physical Geography
Jochen Wendel
Ph.D. 2014
GIS
Will Wicherski
M.A., 2019 • Interests: Rivers, geology
Physical Geography
Adam Williams
Ph.D. 2014 • M.A. 2010
Human Geography
Travis Williams
M.A. 2018
Environment-Society
Alana Wilson
Ph.D. 2017 • Climate change, water resources and the cryosphere • M.A. 2015
Physical Geography
Frank Witmer
Ph.D. 2007
Human Geography • GIS
Kathryn Wright
Ph.D. 2017 • Migration, international development, Senegal, United States
Human Geography
Li Xu
M.A. 2013
GIS
Kehan Yang
PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2021 • Interests: snow hydrology, remote sensing
Physical Geography
Yang Yang
Ph.D., 2019 • Ethnic geography; China, critical tourism studies
Human Geography
Bunyamin Yilmaz
M.A. 2016
Physical Geography • GIS
John (Ridge) Zackary
M.A. University of Colorado Boulder, 2020 • Interests: urban geography
Human Geography
Amy Zader
Ph.D. 2011
Human Geography
Morgan Zeliff
M.A. 2013
Physical Geography
Qinghuan Zhang
Ph.D. 2018
Physical Geography
Lin Zhu
MA Univesity of Colorado Boulder 2020. • Areas of Interest: Political Ecology, International Development, Latin America and China
Human Geography
Hamidreza (Hamid) Zoraghein
Ph.D. 2017 • GIScience; spatial statistics; small area estimation
GIS
Emeritus
Roger Barry
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography • Arctic Climate; Cryosphere-Climate Interactions; Mountain Climate; Climate Change • Fellow of CIRES • Ph.D. University of Southampton, UK, 1965
Susan Beatty
Professor Emerita of Geography • Plant ecology, soil science, disturbance ecology, biogeography, conservation and restoration ecology • Ph.D. Cornell, 1981
Barbara (Babs) Buttenfield
Professor Emerita of Geography • GIS,听Cartographic Generalization, Multi-Scale Databases • Ph.D. University of Washington, 1984
GIS
T. Nelson Caine
Professor Emeritus of Geography • Geomorphology and hydrology
Ken Erickson
Professor Emeritus of Geography • GIScience
Kenneth Foote
Professor Emeritus of Geography • American & European Landscape History; GIScience & Internet Techniques; Geography in Higher Education • Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1982
John Pitlick
Professor Emeritus of Geography • Geomorphology; Water Resources; Natural Hazards • Hydrologic Sciences • Ph.D. Colorado State University, 1988
Physical Geography
Andrei Rogers
Professor Emeritus of Geography • Immigration; Internal Migration; Population Geographies; Urbanization • Senior Research Associate of IBS • Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Konrad Steffen
Professor Emeritus of Geography • Climatology, Remote Sensing; • Dr. sc. nat. ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1983
Tom Veblen
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography • Biogeography; Conservation • Distinguished Research Lecturer • Arts and Sciences College Professor of Distinction • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1975
Physical Geography
Mark Williams
Professor Emeritus of Geography • Alpine Biogeochemistry; Hydrology; Snow Hydrology; and Nutrient Cycling. • Fellow of INSTAAR • Ph.D. University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991
Physical Geography
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