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PhD student Steve Griffin has passed his preliminary exam and become a doctoral candidate! His research on soil-water repellency and post-wildfire hydrology — informed by 14+ years at CDOT — is already being applied to design a bridge replacement near St. Charles Peak. Congrats, Steve!
Steve Griffin Becomes a Doctoral Candidate
June 10, 2026
New River Research and Applications Paper on Beaver Dams and Floodplain Connectivity
June 10, 2026
Group alumna Kayla Schultz has published a first-author paper in River Research and Applications on how beaver dam loss reduces floodplain connectivity in Colorado headwater streams — and how much that reduction varies by site and flood conditions. Congratulations, Kayla!
Postdoctoral fellow Cat McClure headed to Spokane, Washington, for the Society of Freshwater Science annual meeting, where she presented research on biogeomorphic feedbacks on the Green River — and finished second in the conference's 5k to boot. Congratulations, Cat!
Cat McClure attends Society of Freshwater Science Annual Meeting
May 23, 2026
New Geophysical Research Letters Paper on Channel-Spanning Log Jams
May 22, 2026
May 16, 2026
Mariah Papac and Nick Christensen complete their degrees!
A huge congratulations to Mariah Papac and Nick Christensen on graduating!
Mariah received her MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering after successfully defending her master's thesis on carbon storage in headwater streams, and Nick earned his PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering on flood attenuation at network scales. We're so proud of you both—can't wait to see what's next! 🎓