For PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS:
PROSPECTIVE ADVISEES:
Collaborating with inquisitive and hard-working graduate students is one of the highlights of my job. I accept graduate students with a focus in environmental governance via two pathways: (1) the Hydrology, Policy, and Management specialty track within the Hydrologic Science & Engineering Program (MS/PhD) or (2) the Natural Resources & Energy Policy Program (MS). I am particularly interested in working with students intent on developing strong interdisciplinary training among the social and environmental (esp. hydrologic) sciences. If you are interested in working with me, please get in touch before you submit your application with a description of your research interests and a resume.
PHD/MS COMMITTEE REQUESTS:
I serve on PhD and MS committees for students in a range of departments and programs at the Colorado School of Mines. If you plan to get in touch with a committee request, please provide three things: (1) a snapshot of your research project and career goals for after graduation; (2) an explanation of why you see me as a good fit for your committee that specifically references my research and how my expertise would aid your project; (3) a note about which of my courses you have taken and when. PhD students should also articulate how I would fit into your qualifying exam process.
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEES
Jeff immel, MS, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
Jeff is a MS-Thesis student in the Hydrologic Science & Engineering Program. With an undergraduate degree in Anthropology from James Madison University, he is examining whether community solar development could serve as a viable alternative land use for farmers facing water cuts in the Rio Grande River Basin in Colorado.
Awards: Hydrologic Science & Engineering Fellowship
Becca Holmes, MS, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
Becca is a MS-Thesis student in the Hydrologic Science & Engineering Program. With an undergraduate degree in Geology from the University of Colorado-Boulder, she is studying water quality politics and scientific communication around the Gold King Mine spill on the Animas River in Colorado.
Awards: Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Fellowship, Edna Bailey Sussman Fellowship
RESEARCH GROUP ALUMNI
Abby Bullard, BS 2022
An Environmental Engineering student from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Abby is examining how scientific knowledge of cloud seeding and media attention to cloud seeding have evolved through time under a Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
apostolos (paul) landahl, MS-Thesis 2021, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
MS-Thesis in the Hydrologic Science & Engineering Program. Paul studied a voluntary and adaptive flow management program on the Arkansas River in Colorado, asking how it emerged and how resilient it is to hydrologic stress/uncertainty due to climate change. His undergraduate degrees are in History and Applied Math from Augustana College in Illinois.
Award: Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation Fellowship
Isabel Whitehead, BS 2021
A Civil Engineering student from Durango, Colorado, Isabel examined how scientific knowledge of cloud seeding has evolved through time under a Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
KERRY major, MS 2020, Environmental Engineering Science
In addition to working full-time in water quality management for the city of Golden, Kerry designed and executed an assessment of wildfire adaptation and resilience in the Clear Creek watershed via a year-long independent study.
Publication: Wildfire Planning and Risk Mitigation: Increasing the Resilience of Public Drinking Water Systems
SHURRAYA POLUNCI, BS 2019
A Chemical Engineering student, Shurraya spent a summer systematically analyzing energy impacts social science literature on a boomtown research fatigue project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Food & Agriculture Institute.
TRAVIS TERREL RAMOS, MS 2019, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
Travis investigated the history of cumulative impact assessments on the Colorado River supported by research seed funding from the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Division.
CALEB RING, BS 2019
A Geological Engineering graduate from the Colorado School of Mines and a whitewater enthusiast, Caleb worked for three years on an analysis of source-to-sea journey narratives on the Colorado River supported by a Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
JACOB SHERMAN, MS 2019, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
Jake conducted policy document analysis, survey development, and in-depth interviews with water managers for a wildfire-water adaptation project via a semester-long Independent Study.
Joanna (jojo) clark, bs 2018
A Materials and Metallurgical Engineering student from and a literature enthusiast, JoJo worked for two years on an analysis of source-to-sea Journey narratives on the Colorado River supported by a Mines Undergraduate Research Fellowship.