Ryan earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the University of New Hampshire. He was a CIRES Post-Doctoral Research Associate from 2018 to 2020 before becoming a Research Scientist at CIRES’ Earth Science and Observation Center. His research focuses on glacial dynamics and natural hazards with a particular interest in the cryosphere. Ryan combines remote sensing observations with field-based measurements to evaluate geophysical surface changes over diverse spatiotemporal scales. He has conducted more than a dozen field campaigns in Greenland, Alaska, California, Colorado, and Utah. His recent research projects include the study of granular proglacial ice mélange on tidewater glacier calving, investigating the influence of perennial firn aquifers on tidewater glacier dynamics, landslide, and tsunami modeling, and the application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for 3D ice flow derivations, land use change, and mapping of wildfire activity in near real-time. Ryan was a co-developer and Facilitator of a CIRES-funded FieldSafe precursor and is part of the Training Program and Toolkit Development Team for the current NSF-sponsored MOOC project. He is passionate about creating positive team experiences and diverse, equitable, and safe field environments for future generations of geoscientists.