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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
Physical Scientist Adam Ringler, Ph.D. aringler@usgs.gov 505-846-6116
Administrative Operations Assistant Robin Davis rmdavis@usgs.gov 720-665-4419
Assistant Coordinator William Barnhart, Ph.D. wbarnhart@usgs.gov
Associate Program Coordinator Stephen L. Slaughter sslaughter@usgs.gov 303-273-8482
Civil Engineer Henry (Ben) Mason hmason@usgs.gov
Computer Scientist Michelle Guy mguy@usgs.gov 303-273-8650
Computer Scientist Eric M Martinez emartinez@usgs.gov 303-273-8653
Deputy Director Brian Shiro, Ph.D. bshiro@usgs.gov 303-273-8515
Developmental Geophysicist Kirstie L Haynie, PhD khaynie@usgs.gov 303-273-8526
Director, Geologic Hazards Science Center Ryan D Gold, Ph.D. rgold@usgs.gov 303-273-8633
Facilities Manager Mark Nelson mdnelson@usgs.gov 303-273-8483
Geologist Gina Belair gbelair@usgs.gov
Geologist Sonia Ellison sellison@usgs.gov
Geologist Nikita N Avdievitch navdievitch@usgs.gov
Geologist Kelli Baxstrom kbaxstrom@usgs.gov 303-273-8625
Geologist Sabrina N Martinez snmartinez@usgs.gov 303-273-8500
Geologist Jaime Kostelnik jkostelnik@usgs.gov 720-392-8049
Geologist / Web Content Manager Marisa Macias mmacias@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Jana Pursley jpursley@usgs.gov 303-273-8623
Geophysicist Alexandra N. Wernle, MS awernle@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Noah S Lindberg nlindberg@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Elaine Collins ecollins@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Brandon S Clayton bclayton@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Julie A Herrick jherrick@usgs.gov
Geophysicist James A Smith jamesasmith@usgs.gov
Geophysicist Jason M Altekruse jaltekruse@usgs.gov
Geophysicist/Science Communications/Web Content Manager Lisa A Wald lisa@usgs.gov
GIS Specialist Eric Jones esjones@usgs.gov 303-273-8445
GIS Specialist Robert G Schmitt rschmitt@usgs.gov 303-273-8583
Hydrologist Emily C Bedinger ebedinger@usgs.gov
IT Specialist Kenneth S Rukstales rukstales@usgs.gov
Landslide Hazards Program Coordinator Jonathan Godt jgodt@usgs.gov 303-273-8626
Mendenhall Research Fellow/Research Civil Engineer Sabine Loos, PhD sloos@usgs.gov
Operations John Spritzer jspritzer@usgs.gov 303-273-8430
Research and Development E. Joshua 'Josh' Rigler erigler@usgs.gov 303-273-8607
Research Civil Engineer Shelby Ahrendt, PhD sahrendt@usgs.gov 303-273-8554
Research Civil Engineer Lauren N Schaefer lschaefer@usgs.gov 303-273-8564
Research Civil Engineer Katherine Barnhart krbarnhart@usgs.gov 303-273-8582
Research Civil Engineer Nicolas W Mathews, PhD nmathews@usgs.gov
Research Civil Engineer Nicolas Luco nluco@usgs.gov 303-273-8683
Research Civil Engineer Andrew J Makdisi, PhD, PE amakdisi@usgs.gov 303-273-8500
Research Geologist Andrew Graber, Ph.D. agraber@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Sylvia R. Nicovich snicovich@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Rich Briggs rbriggs@usgs.gov 303-273-8465
Research Geologist Christopher B DuRoss cduross@usgs.gov 303-273-8544
Research Geologist Ben Mirus bbmirus@usgs.gov 303-273-8613
Research Geologist William Schulz wschulz@usgs.gov 303-273-8404
Research Geologist Jeffrey Coe jcoe@usgs.gov 303-273-8606
Research Geologist Lisa Luna, PhD lluna@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Francis Rengers frengers@usgs.gov 303-273-8637
Research Geologist Alexandra (Alex) Hatem ahatem@usgs.gov 303-273-8474
Research Geologist Jessica Thompson Jobe jjobe@usgs.gov 303-273-8474
Research Geologist Nadine G Reitman, PhD (she/her) nreitman@usgs.gov 303-273-8499
Research Geologist Emeritus Rex Baum baum@usgs.gov 303-273-8610
Research Geophysicist Chanel Deane cdeane@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Anna Kelbert, Ph.D. akelbert@usgs.gov 303-273-8448
Research Geophysicist David J Wald wald@usgs.gov 303-273-8441
Research Geophysicist Peter M Powers, PhD pmpowers@usgs.gov 303-273-8467
Research Geophysicist Ned Field field@usgs.gov 303-273-8469
Research Geophysicist Yuehua Zeng zeng@usgs.gov 303-273-8561
Research Geophysicist Brad Aagaard baagaard@usgs.gov 303-273-8481
Research Geophysicist William J Stephenson wstephens@usgs.gov 303-273-8573
Research Geophysicist Kyle B Withers kwithers@usgs.gov 303-273-8619
Research Geophysicist Robert E Anthony reanthony@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Kate E Allstadt, Ph.D. kallstadt@usgs.gov 303-273-8570
Research Geophysicist Thomas Pratt, Ph.D. tpratt@usgs.gov 720-357-0470
Research Geophysicist Eric M Thompson emthompson@usgs.gov 303-273-8562
Research Geophysicist Paula M Burgi pburgi@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Dara E Goldberg degoldberg@usgs.gov 303-273-8419
Research Geophysicist David Shelly dshelly@usgs.gov 303-273-8659
Research Geophysicist William L Yeck, PhD wyeck@usgs.gov 303-273-8648
Research Geophysicist Oliver S Boyd, Ph.D. olboyd@usgs.gov 303-273-8617
Research Geophysicist Allison M Shumway ashumway@usgs.gov
Research Geophysicist Morgan P Moschetti, PhD mmoschetti@usgs.gov 303-273-8464
Research Geophysicist (Mendenhall) Liam Toney, PhD ltoney@usgs.gov
Research Hydrologist Matthew A Thomas matthewthomas@usgs.gov 303-273-8588
Research Hydrologist Jason Kean jwkean@usgs.gov 303-273-8608
Research Structural Engineer Sanaz Rezaeian srezaeian@usgs.gov 303-273-8565
Research Structural Engineer Kishor Jaiswal kjaiswal@usgs.gov 303-273-8584
Research Structural Engineer Neal Simon Kwong, PhD nkwong@usgs.gov 303-273-8589
Science Advisor for Risk Reduction Kristin Ludwig kaludwig@usgs.gov 303-273-8616
Scientist Emeritus Jill McCarthy jmccarthy@usgs.gov 303-273-8579
Scientist Emeritus Jackson K Odum odum@usgs.gov 303-273-8645
Scientist Emeritus Bruce W Presgrave presgrave@usgs.gov 303-273-8461
Scientist Emeritus James W Dewey jdewey@usgs.gov 303-273-8419
Scientist Emeritus George L Choy choy@usgs.gov 303-273-8424
Scientist Emeritus Stephen H Hartzell shartzell@usgs.gov 303-273-8572
Scientist Emeritus Robert A Williams rawilliams@usgs.gov 303-273-8636
Scientist Emeritus Robert Wesson rwesson@usgs.gov 303-273-8524
Scientist Emeritus Linda Pratt lkpratt@usgs.gov 303-273-8507
Seismologist Paul Stanton Earle pearle@usgs.gov 303-273-8417
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards Gavin P Hayes ghayes@usgs.gov 303-273-8421
Student Intern Demi L Girot dgirot@usgs.gov
Student Intern Zachary A Kortum zkortum@usgs.gov
Supervisory Geologist Eric Bilderback, Ph.D. ebilderback@usgs.gov 303-273-8488
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
Supervisory Research Geophysicist David Wilson dwilson@usgs.gov 505-846-2856