Yilin Fan, PhD Yilin Fan, PhD Petroleum Engineering Associate Professor yilinfan@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Methane Emission Reduction | Pipeline Transportation | Reducing Emissions
Ge Jin Ge Jin Geophysics Associate Professor gjin@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Energy Efficiency | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs
Zane Jobe, PhD Zane Jobe, PhD Geology & Geological Engineering Research Professor zanejobe@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data Science | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonizing Transportation | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Fluid Dynamics | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Ground Penetrating Radar | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydropower | In-Situ Recovery | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Remote Sensing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Reservoir Simulation Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Unconventional Reservoirs | Watershed Management | Wind Energy & Technologies
Jihye Kim, PhD Jihye Kim, PhD Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Assistant Professor jihyekim@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Efficiency | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Modeling & Simulation | National Security | Process Optimization | Reducing Emissions | Space Mining Technologies | Space Resources Development | Space Sampling & Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Minimization
Daisy Ning Daisy Ning Geophysics Research Assistant Professor yning@mines.edu Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Global Climate System | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Clean Technology Innovation | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Geophysical Modeling | High Performance Computing | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Predictive Modeling | Reducing Emissions | Remote Sensing | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Uncertainty Quantification | Water Reuse & Recycling
Ryan O’Hayre, PhD Ryan O'Hayre, PhD Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Professor rohayre@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Ammonia | Carbon Utilization | Catalysts & Catalysis | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Decarbonizing Transportation | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration
Manika Prasad, PhD Manika Prasad, PhD Geophysics Professor mprasad@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate Variability | Decarbonization Strategies | Decarbonizing Transportation | Energy Transition | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Modeling | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Reducing Emissions | Remote Sensing | Renewable Energy | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs
Neal Sullivan Neal Sullivan Mechanical Engineering Professor nsulliva@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: Carbon Utilization | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Energy Efficiency | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Reducing Emissions | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy
Amadeu Sum, PhD Amadeu Sum, PhD Chemical & Biological Engineering Professor asum@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Clean Technology Innovation | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Energy Efficiency | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Pipeline Transportation | Unconventional Reservoirs
Lori Tunstall, PhD Lori Tunstall, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor ltunstall@mines.edu Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future Keywords: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste to Resource