Water Grad School Info Session @ FLC
Colorado School of Mines
Interested in studying water in graduate school? Faculty and graduate students from Colorado School of Mines Hydrological Science program will share some of their research projects and advice about applying to graduate school.
Monday 25 October | 12pm | Sitter Family Hall 771
Join us for free pizza and information about studying water in graduate school!
We'll start with an informal roundtable at noon led by hydrology graduate students. The graduate students will talk about their paths, their struggles, and how they decided on grad school themselves.
We'll be joined by the following grad students (see bios below)
- Dayana Arrue, MS student
- Ian Gambill, MS student working on the effect of logjams in streams blocking flow and enhancing exchange
- Becca Holmes, MS student working on science communication around hydrologic disasters, with a specific focus on the 2015 Gold King Mine spill
- Kenny Swift Bird, PhD student working on metal cycling in stream corridors
We'll also be joined by two hydrology faculty members:
Graduate Student Bios:
DAYANA ARRUE
B.S., Geoscience Engineering, Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2018
M.S. student, Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2021-present
Dayana is returning for her Master’s degree after working in the environmental consulting industry for three years. Dayana is concerned with the freshwater crisis Latin America is projected to face in coming years, and building skills to work on issues there. At Mines, she is using geophysical methods to explore surface- and groundwater interactions, specifically the transport of contaminants. During her free time, Dayana enjoys backpacking and nearly anything involving the outdoors. E-mail Dayana.
IAN GAMBILL
B.S., Environmental Science, Haskell Indian Nations University, 2020
M.S. student, Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2021-present
Ian is concerned with water sustainability. After graduating from Haskell and working for the USGS for a year, he has decided to come to Mines to explore surface water-groundwater interactions, and their natural potential to improve water quality through a variety of mechanisms. During his free time, Ian enjoys creating music, drawing, painting, backpacking, and watching, in his words, too many YouTube videos. He tells me that he should probably read more…but I’m guessing he doesn’t feel that way after all the papers he’s reading these days. Or maybe he meant for fun… E-mail Ian.
REBECCA HOLMES
A.S., Social Science, Thomas Nelson Community College, 2017
B.A., Geology and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, 2021
M.S. student, Hydrologic Sciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2021-present (co-advised by Adrianne Kroepsch)
Becca is interested in interdisciplinary approaches to solving big issues related to groundwater. After finishing two Bachelor’s degrees at the University of Colorado-Boulder, she has come to Mines to investigate scientific communication practices involving groundwater contamination. In her free time, Becca enjoys hiking and going to concerts. E-mail Becca.
KENNETH SWIFT BIRD
B.S., Geology, Hope College, 2016
M.S., Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2018
Ph.D. student, Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2021-present (co-advised by Alexis Sitchler)
After graduating with his M.S. from Mines and then spending some time in industry, Kenny has decided to return to Mines to study how metal(loid) fate and transport in river corridors is impacted by hydrologic events for his Ph.D. His work is investigating how and when the hyporheic zone mediates fate and transport by investigating the dynamic interplay between surface water-groundwater interactions, subsurface geochemistry, and meta(loid) cycling in the critical zone. In his free time, he enjoys reading, nearly any activity in the mountains, and playing disc golf. E-mail Kenny.
