An award-winning hydrogeologist, Ge studies groundwater in the Earth’s crust with a focus on understanding how groundwater flow interacts with and is affected by other geologic processes, and how these interactions advance science and offer insights on societally relevant issues. Her research provides deeper insights and understanding into earthquakes and related phenomena, both natural and human-caused.
Ge’s scholarly accomplishments in hydrogeology have been recognized with several awards, including her being selected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America (GSA). In 2019-20, she was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Hong Kong. In 2018, she was presented with the GSA O.E. Meinzer Award, the highest international honor in the science of hydrogeology. In 2017, Ge was invited to South Korea to lead an investigation near a geothermal site where a geological disturbance damaged homes and caused injuries. A global thought leader in her field, Ge’s work is not only theoretical but has real-world impact.
Throughout her career, Ge has taught at all levels, and she is well-known for teaching field courses. Students praise her as being rigorous as well as kind and caring. She has a remarkable mentorship record, having graduated over 30 M.S.- and Ph.D.-level graduate students and mentored around 20 undergraduates in her lab work.
A professor at CU Boulder since 1993, Ge served as chair of Geological Sciences at a time when the department achieved a No. 1 ranking in U.S. News and World Report. She has served in posts at the NSF and assumed a lead role for the U.S. Geological Survey Powell Center working group on (human) induced seismicity.
