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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 | U.S. (Minneapolis) | 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 |
| Patrick Andrieux | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mine design, mining engineering, geomechanics, drilling and blasting |
| Daniel Billaux | France | numerical modeling, fractured rock hydrogeology and geomechanics |
| Katharina Bluck | Germany | geomechanical analysis & research |
| Axel Bolin | Sweden | rock mechanics, geohydrology, civil engineering |
| Lauriane Bouzeran | France | Numerical modeling & soil and rock mechanics |
| 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 |
| 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. (Houston) | geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| Tryana Garza-Cruz | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mechanical & geothermal engineering, numerical modeling |
| Patricio Gómez | Chile | applied geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics & numerical modeling |
| Edward Greiner | U.S. (Denver) | analytical chemistry, geochemical characterization and modeling |
| Alex Hall | Canada (Sudbury) | mining engineering, rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering |
| Braden Hanna | U.S. (Denver) | environmental and mining geochemistry, geochemical characterization, geochemical modeling, environmental visualization |
| Roger Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | Principal Software Advisor |
| Terri Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| Jonathan Haycox | United Kingdom | geophysics and systems engineering |
| Amy Haynes | United Kingdom | geophysics. |
| 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 |
| Junwei Huang | United Kingdom | microseismicity |
| Edmund Hughes | United Kingdom | software engineering |
| Muhammad Islam | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater flow, transport modeling |
| Elinor Jackson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | marketing and sales management. |
| Alan Jang | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, software development |
| Tatyana Katsaga | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geophysical imaging, numerical simulation of fracturing |
| Bo-Hyun Kim | U.S. (Minneapolis) | rock mechanics, mining engineering, geotechnical engineering |
| 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 |
| Nelly Michalak | Chile | geotechnical engineering |
| Heléna Moretti | United Kingdom | observational seismology. |
| Neal Nagel | U.S. (Houston) | petroleum & geomechanics engineering |
| Miguel Navarrete | Chile | rock & soil mechanics |
| Michele Nelson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software 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 |
| Juan Petersen | Chile | mining engineer |
| Lee Petersen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, rock mechanics, inhabited underground space |
| Ryan Peterson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, instrumentation |
| 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 |
| Abel Sánchez Juncal | Sweden | mining engineering, rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Erik Storvall | Sweden | rock mechanics |
| Jennifer Swanberg | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software sales assistant |
| 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 |
| Ann Thelen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| 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 |
| Linh Wagner | U.S. (Minneapolis) | administration |
| Jin Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, geotechnical & mining engineering |
| Yichen Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Danielle Watkins | U.S. (Minneapolis) | marketing and sales administration |
| Mark Weitz | U.S. (Denver) | geographic information systems, spatial data analysis and visual simulation, data management |
| David Wines | Australia | rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering |
| 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 |
| Teresa Young | United Kingdom | personnel and project management, financial planning |
| Yunyan (Alice) Yue | China (Hangzhou) | software development |
| Fengshou (Frank) Zhang | U.S. (Houston) | geomechanics and petroleum engineering |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nelly Michalak | Chile | geotechnical engineering |
| Miguel Navarrete | Chile | rock & soil mechanics |
| Andrés Panes | Chile | geotechnical engineering, numerical modeling |
| Juan Petersen | Chile | mining engineer |
| 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 | Numerical modeling & soil and rock mechanics |
| 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 |
| Axel Bolin | Sweden | rock mechanics, geohydrology, civil engineering |
| Ulf Lindfors | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Diego Mas Ivars | Sweden | engineering geology |
| Fredrik Perman | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Abel Sánchez Juncal | Sweden | mining engineering, rock mechanics, numerical modeling |
| Jonny Sjöberg | Sweden | rock mechanics, mining engineering, civil engineering |
| Erik Storvall | Sweden | rock mechanics |
| Dong Ding | U.S. (Denver) | groundwater and aqueous geochemistry modeling |
| Rowan Gaffney | U.S. (Denver) | geologic/hydrogeologic field investigations, surface hydrology, geophysics |
| Edward Greiner | U.S. (Denver) | analytical chemistry, geochemical characterization and modeling |
| 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 |
| Alan Jang | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, software development |
| 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 |
| Mark Weitz | U.S. (Denver) | geographic information systems, spatial data analysis and visual simulation, data management |
| Jeffrey Wright | U.S. (Denver) | resource development, mine dewatering, ground-water remediation |
| Jianwei Xiang | U.S. (Denver) | numerical modeling, software development |
| Xavier Garcia | U.S. (Houston) | geomechanics, numerical modeling |
| 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 |
| Fengshou (Frank) Zhang | U.S. (Houston) | geomechanics and petroleum engineering |
| Alireza Agharazi | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geomechanics, numerical modeling, geotechnical engineering |
| Patrick Andrieux | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mine design, mining engineering, geomechanics, drilling and blasting |
| 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 |
| Tryana Garza-Cruz | U.S. (Minneapolis) | mechanical & geothermal engineering, numerical modeling |
| Roger Hart | U.S. (Minneapolis) | Principal Software Advisor |
| 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 |
| Elinor Jackson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | marketing and sales management. |
| Tatyana Katsaga | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geophysical imaging, numerical simulation of fracturing |
| Bo-Hyun Kim | U.S. (Minneapolis) | rock mechanics, mining engineering, geotechnical engineering |
| 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 |
| Lee Petersen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, rock mechanics, inhabited underground space |
| Ryan Peterson | U.S. (Minneapolis) | civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, instrumentation |
| 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 |
| Douglas Stearley | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial management, business development |
| Jennifer Swanberg | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software sales assistant |
| Chad Sylvain | U.S. (Minneapolis) | user interface design |
| Reza Taghavi | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software marketing |
| Ann Thelen | U.S. (Minneapolis) | financial administration |
| Maurilio Torres | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Natalia Vacciana | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software administration |
| Varun | U.S. (Minneapolis) | geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering |
| Linh Wagner | U.S. (Minneapolis) | administration |
| Jin Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development, geotechnical & mining engineering |
| Yichen Wang | U.S. (Minneapolis) | software development |
| Danielle Watkins | U.S. (Minneapolis) | marketing and sales administration |
| Edward Cottell | United Kingdom | software developer |
| William Flynn | United Kingdom | applied geophysics & instrumentation |
| Jonathan Haycox | United Kingdom | geophysics and systems engineering |
| Amy Haynes | United Kingdom | geophysics. |
| Junwei Huang | United Kingdom | microseismicity |
| Edmund Hughes | United Kingdom | software engineering |
| Heléna Moretti | United Kingdom | observational seismology. |
| Juan Reyes-Montes | United Kingdom | geophysics |
| 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 |
| Marc Loken | U.S. (Minneapolis) | Associate |
| John Mahoney | U.S. (Denver) | geochemical modeling, fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, analytical chemistry |
| John Markham | U.S. (Minneapolis) | project management |
| Paul Young | United Kingdom | seismic source mechanics, seismic imaging, engineering rock physics |
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