People of Mines Glaciology
The Mines Glaciology Laboratory is a collaboration between faculty, postdoctoral scholars, PhD students, Master’s students, undergraduate students, and community college and high school interns. We explore science questions about the Earth’s cryosphere, from snow in our backyard to lakes under a mile of ice in Antarctica. We also think about how we can apply what we learn on Earth to better understand the cryosphere of other planetary bodies in our solar systems. Although many of people below call our group their primary academic home, we love hosting temporary visitors from across Mines and from institutions around the world join our group as well.
Faculty
Matthew R. Siegfried (he/him, siegfried@mines.edu)
Associate Professor, Department of Geophysics
Affiliated Faculty, Hydrologic Science & Engineering and Humanitarian Geophysics
- Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2015
- M.S., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2010
- A.B., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2008
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Postdoctoral Scholars
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geophysics
Radioglaciology, ice-sheet processes
- Ph.D., Earth & Space Sciences, University Washington, 2023
- M.S., Geosciences, University of Montana, 2017
- B.S., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 2014
Joanna Millstein (she/her, joanna.millstein@mines.edu)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geophysics
Ice dynamics, remote sensing
- Ph.D., Marine Geology & Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
- A.B., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2017
Elena Savidge (she/her, esavidge@mines.edu)
Affiliated Researcher, Department of Geophysics
Ice-ocean interaction, optical imaging
- PhD, Geophysics Colorado School of Mines, 2024
- B.S., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria (CAN), 2020
Graduate students
Rohaiz Haris (he/him, rohaiz_haris@mines.edu)
PhD student, Department of Geophysics, Guu-Major Fellow
Groundwater at the poles
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2024
PhD Student, Department of Geophysics
Ice dynamics, ice-stream stagnation
- B.S., Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2023
Marianna Marquardt (she/her, marianna_marquardt@mines.edu)
PhD Student, Department of Geophysics
Surface mass balance, laser and radar altimetry
- B.A., Physics and French, St. Olaf College, 2024
Samara Omar (she/her, somar@mines.edu)
PhD Student, Department of Geophysics (co-advised with Jeff Shragge)
Multi-component seismic processing
- M.S., Geophysics (Geology minor), Colorado School of Mines, 2018
- B.S., Geophysics (Economics minor), Colorado School of Mines, 2016
Wilson Sauthoff (he/him, sauthoff@mines.edu)
PhD Candidate, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
Ice-sheet hydrology, ice-rock-water interaction
- M.S., Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2016
- B.S., Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Davis, 2013
Rachel Willis (she/her, rwillis1@mines.edu)
PhD Candidate, Department of Geophysics
Glacial seismology, microseismicity
- M.S., Mathematics, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2020
- B.S., Mathematics and Physics, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2019
PhD Candidate, Department of Geophysics, NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Ice-shelf buttressing, ice-ocean interaction
- B.S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
Anastasia Horne (she/her)
MS Non-Thesis, Data Science, Department of Defense SMART Scholar
Statistical inference of ice surface height anomalies in Antarctica
- B.S., Applied Math and Statistics, Colorado School of Mines, 2024
UnderGraduate students
Maile Corso (she/her)
Department of Geophysics
GNSS reflectometry, surface mass balance
Duncan Byrne (he/him)
Department of Geophysics
Grounding zone morphology with ICESat-2, radar scattering modeling
Lucas Holt (he/him)
Department of Geophysics
Radar polarimetry
Jack Logan (he/him)
Department of Geophysics
Satellite-derived strain rates, crevasse and fracture
Mascots
Pawson Siegfried
Lead Peanut Butter Taster
Otis (Millstein) Meyer
Pawson’s small friend
Addie Hills
Very brave mascot
Banks Willis
Ball Expert
Bart Verboncoeur
Drool donator
Hugo Marquardt
Cable chewer
Past Members
Postdoctoral Scholars
Tasha Snow (2021–2024) – post-Mines: Assistant Research Professor at University of Maryland/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Roger Michaelides (2020–2022) – post-Mines: Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis
Shane Grigsby (2019–2020) – post-Mines: Research and Development Scientist at National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Graduate StuDents
Kayla Hubbard (2020–2021, HSE MS-NT) – post-Mines: Science Assistant in the Arctic Sciences Section at National Science Foundation
Jared Klemm (2020–2021) – post-Mines: Software Engineer II at Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Undergraduate Students
Ashleigh Miller (Geophysics, 2023) – post-Mines step: PhD student at Georgia Tech
Venezia Follingstad (Geophysics, 2022) – post-Mines step: PhD student at University of Oregon
Cash Koning (Geophysics, 2022) – post-Mines step: Polar Engineer at Earthscope Consortium
Michael Field (Geophysics, 2022) – post-Mines step: PhD student at University of Florida
Bailey Mullett (Geophysics, 2022) – post-Mines step: Project Hydrogeologist at FloSolutions USA
Rebecca Prentice (Geophysics, 2022) – post-Mines step: PhD student at Stanford University
Matthew Oleszko (Geophysics, 2021) – post-Mines step: Radar Processing Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation
Anna Valentine (Geophysics, 2021) – post-Mines step: Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratry Scientist; PhD student at Dartmouth College
Hannah Haugen (Geophysics, 2021) – post-Mines step: MS student at University of Arizona
Stephanie Holzschuh (Applied Math & Statistics, 2021) – post-Mines step: Data Engineer at Chevron
Visiting Students
Ellie Abrahams, PhD student, University of California Berkeley, Statistical polynya detection, Summer 2022
Sawyer Kaarto, undergraduate student, Red Rocks Community College, Interpretation of archival radar film, Summer 2022
Eojin Lee, undergraduate student, Columbia University, Machine learning of coastal Antarctica, Summer 2022
Emma Pearce, PhD student, University of Leeds, Firn structure from seismic full-waveform inversion, Fall 2019