Kevin Rozmiarek

4001 Discovery Drive

Boulder, CO 80303, USA

kevin.rozmiarek@colorado.edu

Every atom with a nucleus is an isotope that encodes for the physical and chemical processes happening all around us. I am a Ph.D. candidate in Geology at the University of Colorado Boulder, working with Dr. Tyler Jones and Dr. Irina Overeem at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR). My research focuses on understanding how the isotopes of water and carbon move through polar environments and what what they reveal about our changing planet.

You might find me in the lab, tuning instruments and processing samples; at my computer, building and testing numerical models; or deep in the field, flying drones and collecting data to better understand Earth’s climate system. I work in glacial and permafrost landscapes where Arctic amplification is driving rapid environmental change. The hydrological and carbon cycles are complex. My research focuses on developing tools and frameworks that help the scientific community interpret these isotope signals so that we can respond more effectively to a changing climate. If you are interested in polar science, isotope geochemistry, or climate change, please reach out to connect.

P.S. It’s pronounced: Rose 🌹 mare 🐴 ick 🤮

news

Oct 29, 2025	The College Where Drones Are Everywhere
May 14, 2025	INSTAAR honors students and faculty at spring celebration luncheon
Apr 25, 2025	Local middle schoolers get a crash course in Earth science at INSTAAR
Mar 27, 2025	Drone experiment reveals how Greenland ice sheet is changing
Apr 06, 2023	The Arctic's Permafrost-Obsessed Methane Detectives

check out my most recent paper

Front. Microbiol.

Microbial and Chemical Predictors of Methane Release from a Stratified Thermokarst Permafrost Hotspot

Kevin S Rozmiarek, Jihoon Yang, Jenna Schambach, and 8 more authors

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{rozmiarek2025microbial,
  title = {Microbial and Chemical Predictors of Methane Release from a Stratified Thermokarst Permafrost Hotspot},
  author = {Rozmiarek, Kevin S and Yang, Jihoon and Schambach, Jenna and Bennett, Haley and Caro, Tristan A and Sammon, Jason and Whiting, Joshua J and Miller, Philip R and Ricken, J Bryce and Bigler, Lisa and others},
  journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology},
  volume = {16},
  pages = {1657143},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Frontiers},
  doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2025.1657143},
  dimensions = {true},
}