{"id":58,"date":"2016-11-22T22:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T22:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:49:38","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/srf\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

current students:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PhD:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShefa Al Mansour<\/a><\/td>\n– Water Resources Sustainability <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlyssa D. Dietrich<\/a><\/td>\n– Hydroclimatology and Extreme Weather <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKarenth L. Dworsky<\/a><\/td>\n– Forests and Snow <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTyler Lampard<\/a><\/td>\n– Cosmic Radiation Neutron Sensing of Moisture <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MS:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nElayna R. Bump<\/a><\/td>\n– Historical Hydroclimatology in the Southwestern US <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChristina C. Chow<\/a><\/td>\n– Operational Snow Measurements with a Cosmic Radiation Neutron Rover<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJocelyn M. Cramer<\/a><\/td>\n– Forest Management and Snowpack Patterns<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlison P. Kingston<\/a><\/td>\n– Snow Recreation in the Present<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarin S. MacDonald<\/a><\/td>\n– Capturing the Onset of Snowmelt in High Elevation Post-Fire Landscapes<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMaisy Weiss<\/a><\/td>\n– to be determined <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS Honors Thesis:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaty Dundas Gordon<\/td>\n– Snow Roughness Variability and Light Absorbing Particulates<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS Research Students:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCarson Bainbridge<\/td>\n– Variability of Snowpack Properties<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaty Dundas Gordon<\/td>\n– Light Absorbing Particulates and Snow Surface Roughness<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRyder Hunt<\/td>\n– Temperature-Elevation Gradients Across Scales<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCasandra Lange<\/td>\n– Snowpack Density Modeling<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSamantha Naumann<\/td>\n– Snowpack Density Modeling<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOliver Smock<\/td>\n– Soil Moisture Variability<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYanisa Wongveerakul<\/td>\n– Snowbank and Snowpile Properties<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>former students:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PhD:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlicia F. Tyson<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2025<\/td>\n– Advancing Climate-Adaptive Watershed Health by Integrating Socio-ecological Systems and Team Science<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnna K.D. Pfohl<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2023<\/td>\n– Recent and Future Colorado Water: Snow Drought, Streamflow, and Winter Recreation <\/i>
\n[started with NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2017)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2020)<\/a>; Collados Lara et al. (2021)<\/a>; Schrock et al. (2021)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. 2022<\/a>; Pfohl and Fassnacht (2023)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2023)<\/a>; Flynn et al. (2024)<\/a>; Doskocil et al. (2025)<\/a>; Fassnacht and Pfohl (2025)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJessica E. Sanow<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2022<\/td>\n– The Dynamic Nature of Snow Surface Roughness <\/i>
\n[started with White River National Forest<\/a>, now with USGS<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Sanow et al. (2018)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2020)<\/a>;
\nFassnacht et al. (2023)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2024)<\/a>; Sanow et al. (2024)<\/a>; Neville et al. (2025)<\/a>; Sanow and Fassnacht (2025)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMolly E. Tedesche<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2021<\/td>\n– Brooks Range Perennial Snowfields: Mapping and Modeling Change in Alaska’s Cryosphere <\/i>
\n(with David Barnes <\/a>, Civil Engineering, U. Alaska Fairbanks)
\n[started with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Tedesche et al. (2019)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2020)<\/a>;
\nFassnacht et al. (2023)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2024)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDouglas M. Hultstrand<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2021<\/td>\n– Uncertainty in Hydrological Estimation <\/i>
\n{download dissertation}<\/a>
\n[started with Applied Weather Associates<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2012)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2013)<\/a>; Hultstrand and Fassnacht (2018)<\/a>; Hultstrand et al. (2022)<\/a>; Hultstrand et al. (2024)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGlenn G. Patterson<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2016<\/td>\n– Trends in snow water equivalent in Rocky Mountain National Park and the northern Front Range of Colorado, USA <\/i>
\n{download dissertation}<\/a>
\n[started with University of Colorado, Denver<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2012)<\/a>; Fassnacht and Patterson (2013)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2020)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGraham A. Sexstone<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2016<\/td>\n– Snow Sublimation and Seasonal Snowpack Variability <\/i>
\n{download dissertation}<\/a>
\n[started with U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2016)<\/a>; Sexstone et al. (2016)<\/a>; Sexstone et al. (2018)<\/a>; Sexstone et al. (2022)<\/a>; Hammond et al. (2023)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2023)<\/a>; Bonnell et al. (2023)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRyan W. Webb<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2016<\/td>\n– Fate of Snowmelt in Complex Subalpine Terrain<\/i>
\n{download dissertation}<\/a>
\n(with Michael Gooseff, Civil Engineering)
\n[started with University of Colorado<\/a>, Boulder then University of New Mexico<\/a>, now at the University of Wyoming<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Webb et al. (2015)<\/a>; Webb (2017)<\/a>; Webb et al. (2017)<\/a>; Webb et al. (2018)<\/a>; Webb et al. (2018)<\/a>; Webb et al. (2021)<\/a>; Bonnell et al. (2021)<\/a>; Bonnell et al. (2023)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNiah B.H. Venable<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2016<\/td>\n– Trends and Tree-rings: An Investigation of the Historical and Paleo Proxy Hydroclimate Record of the Khangai Mountain Region of Mongolia <\/i>
\n{download dissertation}<\/a>
\n[started with Colorado State Forest Service<\/a>, then CEMML<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2011)<\/a>; Venable et al. (2012)<\/a>; Fern\u00e1ndez-Gim\u00e9nez et al. (2017)<\/a>; Venable (2017)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a>; Fern\u00e1ndez-Gim\u00e9nez et al. (2019)<\/a>; Tumenjargal et al. (2020)<\/a>; Collados Lara et al. (2021)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJeffrey S. Deems<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2007<\/td>\n– Quantifying scale relationships in snow distributions<\/i>
\n{download dissertation}<\/a>
\n[started with U. Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/a>,
\nthen NSIDC<\/a>, now Airborne Snow Observatories<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Deems et al. (2006)<\/a>; Fassnacht and Deems (2006)<\/a>; Deems et al. (2008)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2009)<\/a>; Deems et al. (2013)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKevin A. Dressler<\/a><\/td>\nPhD, 2005<\/td>\n– Snowpack Interpolation and Assimilation to Improve Hydrological Modeling <\/i>
\n(with Roger C. Bales, Hydrology and Water Resources, U. Arizona)
\n[started with Pennsylvania State University<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2003)<\/a>; Dressler et al. (2006)<\/a>; Dressler et al. (2006)<\/a>; Bales et al. (2008)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2012)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MS:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJack J. Reuland<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2025<\/td>\n– Landscape and Climate Drivers of Burn Severity in the Southern Rockies<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDarya A. Lilie<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2024<\/td>\n-Herder Observations of Pasture and Hydro-climatic Changes in Mongolia<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with the Cameo Consulting Group<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrian M. Steen<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2024<\/td>\n– Interdaily Temperature Variability in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with the CEMML<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlex R. Olsen-Mikitowicz<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2023<\/td>\n– Snowfall-driven Topographic Evolution: Impacts on Snow Distribution Patterns <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with the Colorado State University Drone Center<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMegan G. Sears<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2022<\/td>\n– The Effects of Temperature-elevation Gradients on Snowmelt in a High-elevation Watershed <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started as a Ph.D. student at Colorado State University<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Kampf et al. (2022)<\/a>;
\nKampf et al. (2023)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFelipe Perez Peredo<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2021<\/td>\n– Streamflow Forecasting in a Snow-dominated River of Chile<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Direcci\u00f3n General de Aguas, Ministerio de Obras P\u00fablicas, Chile<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDanielle C. Reimanis<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2021<\/td>\n– Variable Fresh Snow Albedo: How Snowpack and Sub-nivean Properties Influence Fresh Snow Reflectance<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with City of Fort Collins<\/a>, then Larimer County<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2022)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIsaac J.Y. Schrock<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2020<\/td>\n– The Spatial Distribution Patterns of Snow Water Equivalent Data for the Accumulation Phase Across the Southern Rocky Mountains<\/i> (with Prof. Neil Grigg, CSU Civil Engineering)
\n{download project}<\/a>
\n[started with HR Green, Inc.<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Schrock et al. (2021)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCaroline R. Duncan<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2020<\/td>\n– Patterns of Dust-enhanced Absorbed Energy and Shifts in Melt Timing for Snow of Southwestern Colorado <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with US Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2022)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKevin S.J. Brown<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2019<\/td>\n– Snow Depth Measurements via Automated Image Recognition <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Cherokee Metropolitan District<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYvonne Adam<\/td>\nMS, 2018<\/td>\n– Spatial and Temporal GIS-analysis of Snow Cover Changes in Mongolia from 2000 to 2016 via MODIS data <\/i>
\n(at Georg-August Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen<\/a>, co-advised with Martin Kappas<\/a>, Department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIlija Kankaras<\/td>\nMS, 2018<\/td>\n– GIS-gestutze Raum-Zeit-Analyse der ETP auf Basis von MODIS-Daten \u2013 Fallstuide Mongolei \/ GIS-based Space-Time Analysis of Potential Evapotranspiration using MODIS Data – a Case Study of Mongolia <\/i>
\n(at Georg-August Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen<\/a>, co-advised with Martin Kappas<\/a>, Department of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChenchen Ma<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2017<\/td>\n– Evaluating and Correcting Sensor Change Artifacts in the SNOTEL Temperature Records, Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd.<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Ma et al. (2019)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTyler J. Carleton<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2016<\/td>\n– Assessing Flow Alteration and Channel Enlargement Due to Augmentation and Dam-regulation at Hog Park Creek, Wyoming <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with U.S. Forest Service<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Carleton and Fassnacht (2020)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnna K.D. Pfohl<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2016<\/td>\n– Trends in Snowmelt Contribution to Streamflow in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started as a PhD student at CSU]<\/td>\n		publication: Pfohl and Fassnacht, 2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBenjamin C. Von Thaden<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2016<\/td>\n– Spatial Accumulation Patterns of Snow Water Equivalent in the Southern Rocky Mountains <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started at Wright Water Engineering<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDavid J. Kamin<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2015<\/td>\n– Exploration of a Geometric Approach for Estimating Snow Surface Roughness <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Coal Creek Canyon <\/a>, then XCEL Energy<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Sanow et al. (2018)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSharla A. Stevenson<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2015<\/td>\n– Precipitation and Temperature Changes and Their Effect on Groundwater along the Kona Coast of Hawaii <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with NPS <\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlyssa D. Hendricks<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2015<\/td>\n– Spatial Precipitation Trends and Effects of Climate Change on the Hawai’ian Hualalai Aquifer <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Metstat <\/a>, now with Dewberry<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Hendricks Dietrich and Fassnacht (2023)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRosemary M. Records<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2013<\/td>\n– Water Quality Benefits of Wetlands under Historic and Potential Future Climate in the Sprague River Watershed, Oregon <\/i>
\n(with Mazdak Arabi<\/a> CSU Civ&Env Eng)
\n{download thesis}<\/a><\/td>\n		publications: Records et al. (2014)<\/a>; Fassnacht and Records (2015)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWilliam J. Milligan<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2013<\/td>\n– Social Perceptions Versus Meteorological Observations of Snow and Winter along the Front Range <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with U.S. Geological Survey <\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDavid C. Deitemeyer<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2013<\/td>\n– Using Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) Data to Model Streamflow: A Case Study of Three Small Watersheds in Colorado and Wyoming <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with City of Colorado Springs <\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2014)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJohannes C. Beeby<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2012<\/td>\n– Water Quality and Survivability of Didymosphenia geminata <\/i> (with John Stednick<\/a> CSU FRS)
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Civil Engineering, Colorado State University <\/a>, then Stillwater Sciences<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTumenjargal Sukh<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2012<\/td>\n– Local understanding of hydro-climatic changes in Mongolia <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Ministry of Environment and Green Development <\/a>, Mongolia]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2011)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a>; Tumenjargal et al. (2020)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGraham A. Sexstone<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2012<\/td>\n– Evaluating the Spatial Variability of Snowpack Properties Across a Northern Colorado Basin <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started as a PhD student at CSU, now a Research Hydrology with the U.S. Geological Survey]<\/td>\n		publication: Sexstone and Fassnacht (2014)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEvan J. Blumberg<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2012<\/td>\n– Spatial variability of snow depth measurements at two mountain pass Snow Telemetry stations <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a><\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJigjsuren Odgarav<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2012<\/td>\n– Changes in Mongolian Snowpack Properties <\/i>
\n{download introduction of thesis}<\/a>
\n(with Gelegpil Adyabadam<\/a> Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and the Environment)
\n[started with Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology, and the Environment <\/a>, Mongolia]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAmir H. Kashipazha<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2012<\/td>\n– Practical snow depth sampling around six snow telemetry (SNOTEL) stations in Colorado and Wyoming, United States <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Schlumberger <\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2016)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2017)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJared T. Heath<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2011<\/td>\n– Motorized Vehicle Impacts on Snowpack Properties <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Loch Vale Watershed Long-Term Research and Monitoring Program <\/a>, then City of Fort Collins<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht et al. (2018)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMolly E. Tedesche<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2010<\/td>\n– Snow Depth Variability in Sagebrush Drifts in High Altitude Rangelands, North Park, Colorado <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Three Parameters Plus <\/a>, then PhD student at UAF]<\/td>\n		publication: Tedesche et al. (2017)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarold Moore<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2010<\/td>\n– Bio-fouling and Well-head Protection<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJeffrey E. Derry<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2008<\/td>\n– Regional Patterns of Snow Water Equivalent in the Colorado River Basin Using Snowpack Telemetry (SNOTEL) Data<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with GW Scientific <\/a>, then Center for Snow & Avalanche Studies<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Fassnacht and Derry (2010)<\/a>;
\nFassnacht et al. (2022)<\/a>; Doskocil et al. (2025)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPatrick J. Ewing<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2007<\/td>\n– From the Tree to the Forest: the Influence of a Sparse Canopy on Stand Scale Snow Water Equivalent <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnne E. Sawyer<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2007<\/td>\n– Snowpack Depletion Modeling Using Fast All-season Soil Strength (FASST) and SNOWMODEL in a High-elevation,
\nHigh Relief Catchment in the Central Rocky Mountains <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n(with Kelly Elder<\/a> US Forest Service)
\n[started with NOHRSC <\/a>, now with the University of Minnesota<\/a>]<\/td>\n		publication: Frankenstein et al. (2008)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMark V. Corrao<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2007<\/td>\n– Spatial, Temporal and Directional Changes in Snow Surface Roughness <\/i>
\n[started with Hydro Construction Co. Inc. <\/a>]<\/td>\n		publications: Fassnacht et al. (2009)<\/a>; Fassnacht et al. (2009)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDouglas M. Hultstrand<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2006<\/td>\n– Geostatistical Methods for Estimating Snowmelt Contribution to the Annual Water Balance in an Alpine Watershed<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n(with John Stednick<\/a> CSU FRS)
\n[started with Metstat <\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJennifer L. Mann<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2006<\/td>\n– Instream Flow Methodologies: A Validation of the Tennant Method for Higher Gradient Streams in the National Forest System Lands in the Western U.S. <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with In-situ<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nScott D. McKim<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2006<\/td>\n– The Effects Of Input Data Degradation On Hydrological Model Performance For A Snowmelt Dominated Watershed <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with NWS-AKRFC<\/a> – Alaska]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWendy A. (nee<\/i> Brazenec) Ryan<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2005<\/td>\n– Evaluation of Two Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensors To Predict Six Hour Snowfall at National Weather Service Automated Surface Observing Sites <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n(with Nolan Doesken<\/a> CSU Atmospheric Sciences)
\n[started with CSU Atmospheric Sciences<\/a>,then Wilson Water Group<\/a>, Colorado River Engineering<\/a>, now BBA Water Consultants Inc.<\/a>
\n]<\/td>\n		publications: Ryan et al. (2008)<\/a>; Ryan et al. (2008)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJulie M. Repass<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2005<\/td>\n– Assessment of Digital Land Cover Maps for Hydrological Modeling of the Yampa River Basin, Colorado, USA <\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n[started with Red Hen Systems, Fort Collins, then ESRI<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBruce J. Davison<\/a><\/td>\nMASc, 2004<\/td>\n– Snow Accumulation in a distributed Hydrological Model<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n(with Ric Soulis<\/a> U. Waterloo Civ Eng)
\n[started with Environment Canada<\/a> – NHRI Saskatoon]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJulie D. (nee<\/i> Holcombe) Koeberle<\/a><\/td>\nMS, 2004<\/td>\n– Modeling Snowcover Depletion and Soil Moisture Recharge at Two Different NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment Sites<\/i>
\n{download thesis}<\/a>
\n(with Kelly Elder<\/a> USFS)
\n[started with NWS<\/a> – Seattle,
\nthen NRCS<\/a> – Boise]<\/td>\n		publication: Frankenstein et al. (2008)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS Honors Thesis:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCameron McLaughlin<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2025<\/td>\n– Colorado’s Abandoned Ski Resorts and Climate Change<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarin MacDonald<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2023<\/td>\n– Snowmelt Timing Due to Fire<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Flynn et al. (2024)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJulia Ledford<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Spatial Analysis of Forest Cover Following the Spring 2019 Historic Avalanche Cycle in Colorado<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLenka G. Doskocil<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Estimating Double Peak Streamflow Timing in the Uncompahgre River Using Snowpack Metrics<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Doskocil and Fassnacht (2021)<\/a>;\u00a0Fassnacht et al. (2022)<\/a>; Doskocil et al. (2025)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKan Xu<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2020<\/td>\n– Optimizing the Computational Approaches for Determining Appropriate Snowmelt Rates<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Fassnacht et al. (2022)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nArvid Rinke<\/a><\/td>\nBSc, 2017<\/td>\n– Schneekartierung \u00fcber Nordmongolei<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAmanda N. Weber<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Spatio-temporal Patterns of Snowmelt Across the Southern Rocky Mountains<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Fassnacht et al. (2017)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMikaela L. Cherry<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2013<\/td>\n– Climate Change across the Northern Great Plains<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Fassnacht et al. (2016)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nZachary Whitt<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2010<\/td>\n– Estimating Snow Particle Fall Velocity from Digital Imagery<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJohn Piersol<\/a><\/td>\nBSc, 2000<\/td>\n– Modelling the Snow Accumulation Process<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaizal Yusuf<\/a><\/td>\nBASc, 1999<\/td>\n– Statistical Analysis and Hydrologic Modelling of the 1999 Snowmelt in the Grand River Basin<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Fassnacht et al. (2004)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS Research Students:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBen Thompson<\/td>\nBS, 2025<\/td>\n– Temperature-Elevation Gradients Across Scales<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlex Hahnenberg<\/td>\nBS, 2025<\/td>\n– Snowpack Change in the Chilean Andes<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEvan Gouldey<\/td>\nBS<\/td>\n– Snowbank Properties<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nElla Wehrlen<\/td>\nBS, 2025<\/td>\n– The Formation of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHelen Flynn<\/td>\nBS, 2023<\/td>\n– The Correlation Between Snow Accumulation and Baseflow<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Flynn et al. (2024)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarin MacDonald<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2023<\/td>\n– The Correlation Between Snow Accumulation and Baseflow<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Flynn et al. (2024)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChristina Lilligren<\/td>\nBS, 2022<\/td>\n– Using Weather Forecasts to Optimize Lawn Watering<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPreston Benko<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRyan Bridges<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Using Weather Forecasts to Optimize Lawn Watering<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSonali Chokshi<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Using Weather Forecasts to Optimize Lawn Watering<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nVictoria Gurevich<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– The Eco-sustainability of Clothes Washing and Drying<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLauryn Howlett<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– The Eco-sustainability of Clothes Washing and Drying<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJulia Ledford<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– The Eco-sustainability of Clothes Washing and Drying<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSam Myer<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Using Weather Forecasts to Optimize Lawn Watering<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDavis Rice<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Temperature Gradients Across a Hillslope<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Rice and Fassnacht (2021)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMaryam Sahaar<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Relating Snow-all-Gone with Peak Streamflow<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Sahaar and Fassnacht (2021)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMackenzie C. Warden<\/td>\nBS, 2021<\/td>\n– Interpreting the Water Metaphors for the Rio Ebro with the Medieval Spanish Poetry Compendium Romancero<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Warden et al. (2020)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMason Cessna<\/td>\nBA, 2020<\/td>\n– Artistic Prevalence of the San Luis Valley (Early 16th Century \u2013 present)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nR. Brendan Kelley<\/td>\nBFA, 2020<\/td>\n– A Virtual Reality Simulation of a Medieval Poem<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMarcee Meinhardt<\/td>\nBS, 2020<\/td>\n– The Density of Fresh Snow<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Meinhardt and Fassnacht (2020)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYuri Wang<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– Would Wayne Gretzky have been as Great if he was born today?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrian Cobb<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– Hydrologic Assessment of Nested Scales<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLily M.-L. Conrad<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– Modeling the Hydrology of an Agricultural Watershed<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Conrad and Fassnacht (2019)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJulie A. Dauer<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– A Shower Water Reclamation System to Address Colorado House Bill 18-1069<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Dauer (2019)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJessica Jackman<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBradley M. Simms<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– Snow Surface Roughness Across Scales at CLPX Sites – Snow Board to Airborne Lidar<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Simms et al. (2019)<\/a>;
\nFassnacht et al., 2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJianyi Tang<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– Hydrologic Assessment of Nested Scales<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLindsay Wienkers<\/td>\nBS, 2019<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRachel Baiyor<\/td>\nBS, 2018<\/td>\n– Fine-resolution Precipitation Distribution<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConnor Kounnas<\/td>\nBS, 2018<\/td>\n– How do students studying water think about water?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlex R. Olsen-Mikitowicz<\/a><\/td>\nBS, 2018<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKelsey Thomas<\/td>\nBS, 2018<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYidi Wang<\/td>\nBS, 2018<\/td>\n– Small Scale Soil Moisture Variability and Sampling Strategies<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJaron Beerline<\/td>\nBS, 2017<\/td>\n– The Probability of Precipitation as Snow in Alaska<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRachel Habermehl<\/td>\nBS, 2017<\/td>\n– Small Scale Soil Moisture Variability and Sampling Strategies<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJacob Olson<\/td>\nBS, 2017<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEric S. Thomas<\/td>\nBS, 2017<\/td>\n– Snow Surface Roughness Across Scales at CLPX Sites – Snow Board to Airborne Lidar<\/i><\/td>\npublication: Simms et al. (2019)<\/a>;
\nFassnacht et al., 2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRobby L. Davis<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Integrating the Spatial Variability of Snowpack Properties<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJoseph Fattor<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Integrating the Spatial Variability of Snowpack Properties<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKristian Gandrud<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Snowpack Trends at Winter Olympic Venues<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConnor Mitts<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– The Importance of Frost<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nZachary Novack<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Snowpack Trends at Winter Olympic Venues<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCassidi L. Rosenkrance<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Integrating the Spatial Variability of Snowpack Properties<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStephen Small<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Snowpack Trends at Winter Olympic Venues<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKeller Smith<\/td>\nBS, 2016<\/td>\n– Snowpack Trends at Winter Olympic Venues<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMichael Schmidt<\/td>\nBS, 2015<\/td>\n– The Probability of Sufficient Snow at the PyeongChang South Korea Winter Olympics<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBetsy Meredith<\/td>\nBA, 2007<\/td>\n– The Geography of International Orphans<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMelat Menwyelet<\/td>\nBA, 2005<\/td>\n– The Geography of International Orphans<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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