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The Geologic Hazards Science Center (GHSC), on the Colorado School of Mines campus, is home to the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), many scientists in the Earthquake Hazards Program and Landslide Hazards Program, as well as the Geomagnetism Program staff.

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Ryan D Gold, Ph.D.

Director, Geologic Hazards Science Center
Geologic Hazards Science Center
Phone
303-273-8633

Brian Shiro, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Geologic Hazards Science Center
Phone
303-273-8515

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Research Geophysicist Brad Aagaard baagaard@usgs.gov 303-273-8481
Research Civil Engineer Shelby Ahrendt, PhD sahrendt@usgs.gov 303-273-8554
Scientist Yaareb Al Taweel yaltaweel@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Kate E Allstadt, Ph.D. kallstadt@usgs.gov 303-273-8570
Geophysicist Jason M Altekruse jaltekruse@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Robert E Anthony reanthony@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist James W Atterholt jatterholt@usgs.gov
Geologist Nikita N Avdievitch navdievitch@usgs.gov
Assistant Coordinator William Barnhart, Ph.D. wbarnhart@usgs.gov
Research Civil Engineer Katherine Barnhart krbarnhart@usgs.gov 303-273-8582
Research Geologist Emeritus Rex Baum baum@usgs.gov 303-273-8610
Geologist Kelli Baxstrom kbaxstrom@usgs.gov 303-273-8625
Geologist Gina Belair gbelair@usgs.gov
Supervisory Geologist Eric Bilderback, Ph.D. ebilderback@usgs.gov 303-273-8488
Research Geophysicist Oliver S Boyd, Ph.D. olboyd@usgs.gov 303-273-8617
Research Geologist Rich Briggs rbriggs@usgs.gov 303-273-8465
Research Geophysicist Paula M Burgi pburgi@usgs.gov
Student Intern Lynn Ramon Carlson Dunlap lcarlsondunlap@usgs.gov
Scientist Emeritus George L Choy choy@usgs.gov 303-273-8424
Geophysicist Brandon S Clayton bclayton@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Emeritus Jeffrey Coe jcoe@usgs.gov 303-273-8606
Geophysicist Elaine Collins ecollins@usgs.gov
Administrative Operations Assistant Robin Davis rmdavis@usgs.gov 720-665-4419
Research Geophysicist Chanel Deane cdeane@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Christopher B DuRoss cduross@usgs.gov 303-273-8544
IT Specialist Julie Dutton jdutton@usgs.gov
Seismologist Paul Stanton Earle pearle@usgs.gov 303-273-8417
Geologist Sonia Ellison sellison@usgs.gov
Student Intern Emily Fastoff efastoff@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Ned Field field@usgs.gov 303-273-8469
Engineer Brendan Geels bgeels@usgs.gov
Student Intern Demi L Girot dgirot@usgs.gov
Landslide Hazards Program Coordinator Jonathan Godt jgodt@usgs.gov 303-273-8626
Director, Geologic Hazards Science Center Ryan D Gold, Ph.D. rgold@usgs.gov 303-273-8633
Research Geophysicist Dara E Goldberg degoldberg@usgs.gov 303-273-8419
Research Geologist Andrew Graber, Ph.D. agraber@usgs.gov
Student Intern Lauren Guido lguido@usgs.gov
Computer Scientist Michelle Guy mguy@usgs.gov 303-273-8650
Scientist Emeritus Stephen H Hartzell shartzell@usgs.gov 303-273-8572
Research Geologist Alexandra (Alex) Hatem ahatem@usgs.gov 303-273-8474
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards Gavin P Hayes ghayes@usgs.gov 303-273-8421
Developmental Geophysicist Kirstie L Haynie, PhD khaynie@usgs.gov 303-273-8526
Geophysicist Julie A Herrick jherrick@usgs.gov
Administrative Operations Assistant Andrew Hopkins ajhopkins@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Heather Hunsinger hhunsinger@usgs.gov
Research Structural Engineer Kishor Jaiswal kjaiswal@usgs.gov 303-273-8584
GIS Specialist Eric Jones esjones@usgs.gov 303-273-8445
Research Hydrologist Jason Kean jwkean@usgs.gov 303-273-8608
Research Geophysicist Haiyang Kehoe hkehoe@usgs.gov
Research Physical Scientist Jonathan King jking@usgs.gov
Student Intern Zachary A Kortum zkortum@usgs.gov
Geologist Jaime Kostelnik jkostelnik@usgs.gov 720-392-8049
Supervisory Geophysicist Lynda Lastowka llastowka@usgs.gov 303-273-8422
Supervisory Geophysicist/USGS Geomagnetism Program Group Leader Kristen Lewis, PhD klewis@usgs.gov 303-273-8471
Geophysicist Noah S Lindberg nlindberg@usgs.gov
Supervisory Geophysicist Mairi Litherland mlitherland@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist/ USGS Advisor for Geomagnetic Research Jeffrey J. Love jlove@usgs.gov 303-273-8540
Research Civil Engineer Nicolas Luco nluco@usgs.gov 303-273-8683
Science Advisor for Risk Reduction Kristin Ludwig kaludwig@usgs.gov 303-273-8616
Research Geologist Lisa Luna, PhD lluna@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Emerson M Lynch, PhD elynch@usgs.gov
Geologist Marisa Macias mmacias@usgs.gov
Research Civil Engineer Andrew J Makdisi, PhD, PE amakdisi@usgs.gov 303-273-8500
Computer Scientist Eric M Martinez emartinez@usgs.gov 303-273-8653
Research Social Scientist Sara K McBride, PhD, MPA skmcbride@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Ben Mirus bbmirus@usgs.gov 303-273-8613
Research Geophysicist Morgan P Moschetti, PhD mmoschetti@usgs.gov 303-273-8464
Facilities Manager Mark Nelson mdnelson@usgs.gov 303-273-8483
Research Geologist Sylvia R. Nicovich snicovich@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Rafael Abreu Paris abreu@usgs.gov
Research Physical Scientist Isaac Pope ipope@usgs.gov
Geologist Joseph H Powell jpowell@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Peter M Powers, PhD pmpowers@usgs.gov 303-273-8467
Scientist Emeritus Linda Pratt lkpratt@usgs.gov 303-273-8507
Research Geophysicist Thomas Pratt, Ph.D. tpratt@usgs.gov 720-357-0470
Scientist Emeritus Bruce W Presgrave presgrave@usgs.gov 303-273-8461
Geophysicist Jana Pursley jpursley@usgs.gov 303-273-8623
Research Geologist Nadine G Reitman, PhD nreitman@usgs.gov 303-273-8499
Research Geologist Francis Rengers frengers@usgs.gov 303-273-8637
Research Structural Engineer Sanaz Rezaeian srezaeian@usgs.gov 303-273-8565
Research and Development E. Joshua 'Josh' Rigler erigler@usgs.gov 303-273-8607
Physical Scientist Adam Ringler, Ph.D. aringler@usgs.gov 505-846-6116
IT Specialist Kenneth S Rukstales rukstales@usgs.gov
Scientist Robert Sanders rlsanders@usgs.gov
Research Civil Engineer Lauren N Schaefer lschaefer@usgs.gov 303-273-8564
GIS Specialist Robert G Schmitt rschmitt@usgs.gov 303-273-8583
Research Geophysicist Neesha Schnepf nschnepf@usgs.gov
Research Geologist William Schulz wschulz@usgs.gov 303-273-8404
Research Geophysicist David Shelly dshelly@usgs.gov 303-273-8659
Deputy Director Brian Shiro, Ph.D. bshiro@usgs.gov 303-273-8515
Research Geophysicist Allison M Shumway ashumway@usgs.gov
Associate Program Coordinator Stephen L. Slaughter sslaughter@usgs.gov 303-273-8482
Geophysicist James A Smith jamesasmith@usgs.gov
Operations John Spritzer jspritzer@usgs.gov 303-273-8430
Research Geophysicist William J Stephenson wstephens@usgs.gov 303-273-8573
Research Hydrologist Matthew A Thomas matthewthomas@usgs.gov 303-273-8588
Research Geophysicist Eric M Thompson emthompson@usgs.gov 303-273-8562
Research Geologist Jessica Thompson Jobe jjobe@usgs.gov 303-273-8474
Research Geologist Liam Toney ltoney@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist David J Wald wald@usgs.gov 303-273-8441
Geophysicist Alexandra N. Wernle, MS awernle@usgs.gov
Research Social Scientist Jocelyn West jmwest@usgs.gov
Supervisory Research Geophysicist David Wilson dwilson@usgs.gov 505-846-2856
Research Geophysicist Kyle B Withers kwithers@usgs.gov 303-273-8619
Research Geophysicist William L Yeck, PhD wyeck@usgs.gov 303-273-8648
Research Geophysicist Yuehua Zeng zeng@usgs.gov 303-273-8561
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