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
Tasha Snow (she/her, tsnow@mines.edu)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geophysics
Ice-ocean interaction, optical remote sensing
- Ph.D., Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2021
- M.S., Marine Science, University of South Florida, 2014
- B.S., Oceanography, University of Washington, 2007
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
Graduate students
PhD Student, Department of Geophysics
Ice dynamics, ice-stream stagnation
- B.S., Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2023
Bailey Mullett (she/her, baileymullett@mines.edu)
M.S. Student, Hydrologic Science & Engineering
Snowfall on ice sheets with GNSS-IR
- B.S., Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, 2022
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
Elena Savidge (she/her, esavidge@mines.edu)
PhD Candidate, Department of Geophysics
Ice-ocean interaction, surface deformation
- B.S., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria (CAN), 2020
Gabriel Thomas (she/her, gabrielthomas@mines.edu)
M.S. student, Hydrologic Science & Engineering (co-advised with Kamini Singha)
Groundwater at the poles
- B.S., Hydrogeology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2021
PhD Student, Department of Geophysics
Glacial seismology, microseismicist
- M.S., Mathematics, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2020
- B.S., Mathematics and Physics, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2019
Hannah Verboncoeur (she/they, hverboncoeur@mines.edu)
PhD Student, Department of Geophysics
Ice-shelf buttressing, ice-ocean interaction
- B.S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
UnderGraduate students
Duncan Byrne (he/him)
Department of Geophysics
Grounding zone morphology with ICESat-2, radar scattering modeling
Anastasia Horne (she/her)
Department of Applied Math and Statistics
Statistical inference of ice surface height anomalies in Antarctica
Mia Jungman (she/her)
Department of Geophysics
Subglacial hydrology modeling
Mascots
Pawson Siegfried
Lead Peanut Butter Taster
Otis (Millstein) Meyer
Pawson’s small friend
Addie Hills
Very brave mascot
Bart Verboncoeur
Drool donator
Banks Willis
Ball Expert
Past Members
Postdoctoral Scholars
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) – now Science Assistant in the Arctic Sciences Section at National Science Foundation
Jared Klemm (2020–2021) – now 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
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