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The staff list can be sorted by employee last name or location. Click on a table heading to change the display.
| Name |
Office |
Expertise |
| Alireza Agharazi | Canada (Montreal) | geomechanics, numerical modeling, geotechnical engineering |
| Jay Aglawe | India | Applied rock mechanics, application of numerical modeling to mining and tunneling |
| Catalina Álvarez | Chile | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Jennifer Andrews | United Kingdom | geophysics |
| Patrick Andrieux | Canada (Montreal) | mine design, mining engineering, geomechanics, drilling and blasting |
| Daniel Billaux | France | numerical modeling, fractured rock hydrogeology and geomechanics |
| Katharina Bluck | Germany | geomechanical analysis & research |
| Mark Board | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining engineering, rock mechanics |
| Lauriane Bouzeran | France | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Richard Brummer | Canada (Sudbury) | rock Mechanics, risk assessment, mining engineering |
| Alex Cabrera | Chile | geological engineering |
| Marco Camusso | France | geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics |
| Pingzhi (Pindar) Chen | China (Hangzhou) | geotechnical and hydrostructure engineering |
| Zhao (Joe) Cheng | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development and support, geotechnical engineering |
| Mark Christianson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | applied rock mechanics, computer interactive graphics & numerical modeling |
| Weijiang Chu | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & engineering geology |
| Luigi Cotesta | Canada (Sudbury) | geomechanics, geotechnical and mining engineering |
| Edward Cottell | United Kingdom | software developer |
| Branko Damjanac | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, rock mechanics, groundwater analysis |
| Caroline Darcel | France | hydrogeological modeling |
| Fabian Dedecker | France | soil and rock Mechanics, numerical modeling |
| David DeGagné | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining engineering, rock mechanics |
| Christine Detournay | U.S. (Minneapolis) | groundwater mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Dong Ding | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater and aqueous geochemistry modeling |
| Jason Dinh | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater, vadose zone, chemical transport modeling |
| Edward Dzik | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, numerical modeling |
| Sacha Emam | France | quasi-static & dynamic behavior of granular systems |
| John Fedorowich | Canada (Sudbury) | structural geology, fault modeling, ore-deposit structural controls, geophysical methods for detecting structures |
| William Flynn | United Kingdom | applied geophysics & instrumentation |
| James Fritz | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Myriam Fuentes | Chile | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Jason Furtney | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining, geotechnical engineering |
| Rowan Gaffney | U.S. (Denver) | geologic/hydrogeologic field investigations, surface hydrology, geophysics |
| Guzmán Gancedo | Spain | technical mining engineering |
| Xavier Garcia | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| Tryana Garza-Cruz | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mechanical & geothermal engineering, numerical modeling |
| Patricio Gómez | Chile | applied geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics & numerical modeling |
| Alex Hall | Canada (Sudbury) | mining engineering, rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering |
| Yanhui Han | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, geotechnical engineering |
| Braden Hanna | U.S. (Denver) | environmental and mining geochemistry, geochemical characterization, geochemical modeling, environmental visualization |
| Roger Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Terri Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| Jonathan Haycox | United Kingdom | geophysics and systems engineering |
| Jim Hazzard | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geophysics, numerical modeling |
| Yoann Hebert | Australia | geotechnical engineer |
| Tricia Hendren | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software documentation |
| Jean-Christophe Henry | France | numerical modeling, geomechanics |
| Sandra Hodge | U.S. (Denver) | ground-water flow, transport modeling |
| Brian Houska | U.S. (Minneapolis) | systems administration |
| Edmund Hughes | United Kingdom | software engineering |
| Muhammad Islam | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater flow, transport modeling |
| Tatyana Katsaga | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geophysical imaging, numerical simulation of fracturing |
| Heinz Konietzky | Germany | rock and soil mechanics & field testing |
| Thierry Lavoie | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineer, rock mechanics |
| Romain Le Goc | France | numerical modeling in hydrogeology |
| Byungtark Lee | U.S. (Houston) | geomechanics & petroleum engineering |
| Hao (Henry) Li | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & software development |
| Ulf Lindfors | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Houmao Liu | U.S. (Denver) | ground-water and contaminant hydrology, geochemistry, software development |
| Loren Lorig | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Mark Lorig | U.S. (Minneapolis) | communications and marketing |
| Diego Mas Ivars | Sweden | engineering geology |
| Guotao (David) Meng | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & engineering geology |
| Shelby Meyers | U.S. (Minneapolis) | office administration |
| Neal Nagel | U.S. (Houston) | petroleum & geomechanics engineering |
| Miguel Navarrete | Chile | rock & soil mechanics |
| Michele Nelson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software administration |
| Linh Nguyen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | administration |
| Christopher O'Connor | Canada (Sudbury) | mining engineering, numerical modeling, instrumentation |
| Andrés Panes | Chile | geotechnical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Binod Paudel | Canada (Sudbury) | computational mechanics, numerical modeling, project management |
| Fredrik Perman | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Lee Petersen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, rock mechanics, inhabited underground space |
| William Pettitt | U.S. (Minneapolis) | General Manager |
| Matthew Pierce | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining & geotechnical engineering |
| Kipha Pinto | U.S. (Minneapolis) | office administration |
| David Potyondy | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics and numerical modeling |
| Vanessa Prieto | Spain | technical mining engineering |
| Matthew Purvance | U.S. (Minneapolis) | seismology, solid mechanics modeling |
| Zorica Radakovic-Guzina | U.S. (Minneapolis) | non-destructive evaluation, computational mechanics |
| Juan Reyes-Montes | United Kingdom | geophysics |
| Azadeh Riahi | U.S. (Minneapolis) | computational geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| Victor Rivero | Chile | geomechanical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Jason Rose | U.S. (Denver) | hydrogeologic field investigations, mining hydrology, and groundwater modeling |
| Tom Ruen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development & geometric modeling |
| David Russell | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software design, numerical modeling |
| Bre-Anne Sainsbury | Australia | geotechnical engineering |
| David Sainsbury | Australia | mining, geotechnical engineering |
| Marisela Sánchez-Nagel | U.S. (Houston) | petroleum/geomechanics engineering |
| Basak Sener Kaya | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, vadose zone, soil characterization, geographic information systems |
| Montse Senis | Spain | technical mining engineering and geological engineering |
| Wenjie Shiu | France | numerical modeling |
| Kathy Sikora | U.S. (Minneapolis) | office administration |
| Rodrigo Silva-Guzmán | Chile | mining engineering |
| Jonny Sjöberg | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Michael Stahl | Germany | geotechnical engineering |
| Douglas Stearley | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial management, business development |
| Robert Sterrett | U.S. (Denver) | ground-water flow, transport, and flow and transport in the vadose zone, analysis of LNAPL mobility, Office Director |
| Daniel Stone | U.S. (Denver) | mining hydrology, ground-water flow and transport modeling, geophysics, glaciology |
| Chad Sylvain | U.S. (Minneapolis) | user interface design |
| Reza Taghavi | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software marketing |
| Lothar te Kamp | Germany | rock and fracture mechanics & laboratory and field testing |
| Maurilio Torres | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Alexandr Turichshev | Canada (Sudbury) | rock engineering |
| Natalia Vacciana | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software administration |
| Pedro Varona | Spain | rock mechanics & mining engineering |
| Varun | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering |
| Pedro Velasco | Spain | geotechnical engineering & numerical modeling |
| Jin Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, geotechnical & mining engineering |
| Yichen Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| David Wines | Australia | rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering |
| Sue Woehrle | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| Jeffrey Wright | U.S. (Denver) | resource development, mine dewatering, ground-water remediation |
| Jiayao (Michael) Wu | China (Hangzhou) | rock mechanics & hydraulic structure engineering |
| Benedikt Wöhrl | Germany | experimental geophysics, rock physics, geomechanics |
| Jianwei Xiang | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, software development |
| Paul Young | United Kingdom | seismic source mechanics, seismic imaging, engineering rock physics |
| Teresa Young | United Kingdom | personnel and project management, financial planning |
| Yunyan (Alice) Yue | China (Hangzhou) | software development |
| Xueping Zhao | United Kingdom | geophysics & numerical Modeling |
| Huanchun (Peter) Zhu | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & engineering geology; General Manager, ICCL/HIC |
| Huanchun (Peter) Zhu | China (Wuhan) | geomechanics & engineering geology; General Manager, ICCL |
| Yongsheng (Freddie) Zhu | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & tunnel engineering |
| José Zuta | Chile | geomechanical engineering |
| Yoann Hebert | Australia | geotechnical engineer |
| Bre-Anne Sainsbury | Australia | geotechnical engineering |
| David Sainsbury | Australia | mining, geotechnical engineering |
| David Wines | Australia | rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering |
| Alireza Agharazi | Canada (Montreal) | geomechanics, numerical modeling, geotechnical engineering |
| Patrick Andrieux | Canada (Montreal) | mine design, mining engineering, geomechanics, drilling and blasting |
| Richard Brummer | Canada (Sudbury) | rock Mechanics, risk assessment, mining engineering |
| Luigi Cotesta | Canada (Sudbury) | geomechanics, geotechnical and mining engineering |
| John Fedorowich | Canada (Sudbury) | structural geology, fault modeling, ore-deposit structural controls, geophysical methods for detecting structures |
| Alex Hall | Canada (Sudbury) | mining engineering, rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering |
| Christopher O'Connor | Canada (Sudbury) | mining engineering, numerical modeling, instrumentation |
| Binod Paudel | Canada (Sudbury) | computational mechanics, numerical modeling, project management |
| Alexandr Turichshev | Canada (Sudbury) | rock engineering |
| Catalina Álvarez | Chile | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Alex Cabrera | Chile | geological engineering |
| Myriam Fuentes | Chile | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Patricio Gómez | Chile | applied geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics & numerical modeling |
| Miguel Navarrete | Chile | rock & soil mechanics |
| Andrés Panes | Chile | geotechnical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Victor Rivero | Chile | geomechanical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Rodrigo Silva-Guzmán | Chile | mining engineering |
| José Zuta | Chile | geomechanical engineering |
| Pingzhi (Pindar) Chen | China (Hangzhou) | geotechnical and hydrostructure engineering |
| Weijiang Chu | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & engineering geology |
| Hao (Henry) Li | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & software development |
| Guotao (David) Meng | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & engineering geology |
| Jiayao (Michael) Wu | China (Hangzhou) | rock mechanics & hydraulic structure engineering |
| Yunyan (Alice) Yue | China (Hangzhou) | software development |
| Huanchun (Peter) Zhu | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & engineering geology; General Manager, ICCL/HIC |
| Yongsheng (Freddie) Zhu | China (Hangzhou) | geomechanics & tunnel engineering |
| Huanchun (Peter) Zhu | China (Wuhan) | geomechanics & engineering geology; General Manager, ICCL |
| Daniel Billaux | France | numerical modeling, fractured rock hydrogeology and geomechanics |
| Lauriane Bouzeran | France | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Marco Camusso | France | geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics |
| Caroline Darcel | France | hydrogeological modeling |
| Fabian Dedecker | France | soil and rock Mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Sacha Emam | France | quasi-static & dynamic behavior of granular systems |
| Jean-Christophe Henry | France | numerical modeling, geomechanics |
| Romain Le Goc | France | numerical modeling in hydrogeology |
| Wenjie Shiu | France | numerical modeling |
| Katharina Bluck | Germany | geomechanical analysis & research |
| Heinz Konietzky | Germany | rock and soil mechanics & field testing |
| Michael Stahl | Germany | geotechnical engineering |
| Lothar te Kamp | Germany | rock and fracture mechanics & laboratory and field testing |
| Benedikt Wöhrl | Germany | experimental geophysics, rock physics, geomechanics |
| Jay Aglawe | India | Applied rock mechanics, application of numerical modeling to mining and tunneling |
| Guzmán Gancedo | Spain | technical mining engineering |
| Vanessa Prieto | Spain | technical mining engineering |
| Montse Senis | Spain | technical mining engineering and geological engineering |
| Pedro Varona | Spain | rock mechanics & mining engineering |
| Pedro Velasco | Spain | geotechnical engineering & numerical modeling |
| Ulf Lindfors | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Diego Mas Ivars | Sweden | engineering geology |
| Fredrik Perman | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Jonny Sjöberg | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Dong Ding | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater and aqueous geochemistry modeling |
| Jason Dinh | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater, vadose zone, chemical transport modeling |
| Rowan Gaffney | U.S. (Denver) | geologic/hydrogeologic field investigations, surface hydrology, geophysics |
| Braden Hanna | U.S. (Denver) | environmental and mining geochemistry, geochemical characterization, geochemical modeling, environmental visualization |
| Sandra Hodge | U.S. (Denver) | ground-water flow, transport modeling |
| Muhammad Islam | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater flow, transport modeling |
| Houmao Liu | U.S. (Denver) | ground-water and contaminant hydrology, geochemistry, software development |
| Jason Rose | U.S. (Denver) | hydrogeologic field investigations, mining hydrology, and groundwater modeling |
| Basak Sener Kaya | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, vadose zone, soil characterization, geographic information systems |
| Robert Sterrett | U.S. (Denver) | ground-water flow, transport, and flow and transport in the vadose zone, analysis of LNAPL mobility, Office Director |
| Daniel Stone | U.S. (Denver) | mining hydrology, ground-water flow and transport modeling, geophysics, glaciology |
| Jeffrey Wright | U.S. (Denver) | resource development, mine dewatering, ground-water remediation |
| Jianwei Xiang | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, software development |
| Byungtark Lee | U.S. (Houston) | geomechanics & petroleum engineering |
| Neal Nagel | U.S. (Houston) | petroleum & geomechanics engineering |
| Marisela Sánchez-Nagel | U.S. (Houston) | petroleum/geomechanics engineering |
| Mark Board | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining engineering, rock mechanics |
| Zhao (Joe) Cheng | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development and support, geotechnical engineering |
| Mark Christianson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | applied rock mechanics, computer interactive graphics & numerical modeling |
| Branko Damjanac | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, rock mechanics, groundwater analysis |
| David DeGagné | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining engineering, rock mechanics |
| Christine Detournay | U.S. (Minneapolis) | groundwater mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Edward Dzik | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, numerical modeling |
| James Fritz | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Jason Furtney | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining, geotechnical engineering |
| Xavier Garcia | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| Tryana Garza-Cruz | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mechanical & geothermal engineering, numerical modeling |
| Yanhui Han | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, geotechnical engineering |
| Roger Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Terri Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| Jim Hazzard | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geophysics, numerical modeling |
| Tricia Hendren | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software documentation |
| Brian Houska | U.S. (Minneapolis) | systems administration |
| Tatyana Katsaga | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geophysical imaging, numerical simulation of fracturing |
| Thierry Lavoie | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineer, rock mechanics |
| Loren Lorig | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Mark Lorig | U.S. (Minneapolis) | communications and marketing |
| Shelby Meyers | U.S. (Minneapolis) | office administration |
| Michele Nelson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software administration |
| Linh Nguyen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | administration |
| Lee Petersen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, rock mechanics, inhabited underground space |
| William Pettitt | U.S. (Minneapolis) | General Manager |
| Matthew Pierce | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mining & geotechnical engineering |
| Kipha Pinto | U.S. (Minneapolis) | office administration |
| David Potyondy | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics and numerical modeling |
| Matthew Purvance | U.S. (Minneapolis) | seismology, solid mechanics modeling |
| Zorica Radakovic-Guzina | U.S. (Minneapolis) | non-destructive evaluation, computational mechanics |
| Azadeh Riahi | U.S. (Minneapolis) | computational geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| Tom Ruen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development & geometric modeling |
| David Russell | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software design, numerical modeling |
| Kathy Sikora | U.S. (Minneapolis) | office administration |
| Douglas Stearley | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial management, business development |
| Chad Sylvain | U.S. (Minneapolis) | user interface design |
| Reza Taghavi | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software marketing |
| Maurilio Torres | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Natalia Vacciana | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software administration |
| Varun | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering |
| Jin Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, geotechnical & mining engineering |
| Yichen Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Sue Woehrle | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| Jennifer Andrews | United Kingdom | geophysics |
| Edward Cottell | United Kingdom | software developer |
| William Flynn | United Kingdom | applied geophysics & instrumentation |
| Jonathan Haycox | United Kingdom | geophysics and systems engineering |
| Edmund Hughes | United Kingdom | software engineering |
| Juan Reyes-Montes | United Kingdom | geophysics |
| Paul Young | United Kingdom | seismic source mechanics, seismic imaging, engineering rock physics |
| Teresa Young | United Kingdom | personnel and project management, financial planning |
| Xueping Zhao | United Kingdom | geophysics & numerical Modeling |
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Associates are not official Itasca employees, but are often called on to assist with consulting and software projects where their expertise is needed. Associate CVs and publications lists are available from Itasca on request.
| Name |
Office |
Expertise |
| Steven Axen | U.S. (Denver) | in-situ leaching, design and implementation of hydrogeologic field programs |
| Terje Brandshaug | U.S. (Minneapolis) | rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Peter Cundall | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| Nathan Deisman | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical and reservoir engineering |
| Charles Fairhurst | U.S. (Minneapolis) | rock mechanics, mining and civil engineering |
| Martin Hudyma | Canada (Sudbury) | seismicity and rockbursting in mines, mine design, stope design, ground support |
| José Lemos | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| John Mahoney | U.S. (Denver) | geochemical modeling, fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, analytical chemistry |
| John Markham | U.S. (Minneapolis) | project management |
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