Temporarily Closed
During the final phase of the Hellems Building reconstruction project, the CU Museum will be closed for reorganization. We will reopen on the first day of Spring Semester, January 8, 2026. Special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more information.Ìý
Mike Gooseff
Scientist and engineer
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- Trips to Antarctica: 14
- Studying: Streams
- Discovered: Abrupt, short-lived events caused by climate warming might contribute as much as higher temperatures to long-term changes to Antarctica’s ecosystems.
- Amazed that: The landscape is so big! He might have known it, but there’s really no way to understand, except to experience it.
- Said: “The world is connected in ways that we may not have expected and it’s more connected than we expected.â€
- Fun fact: He just turned 46 years old and got his first tattoo. (He won’t say where.)
Photo: Ariel Zych