Brandon Dugan, PhD Brandon Dugan, PhD Geophysics Professor, Baker Hughes Chair, and Associate Department Head dugan@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Hydrogeological Systems | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping
Sebnem Duzgun, PhD Sebnem Duzgun, PhD Mining Engineering Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair duzgun@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geotechnical Engineering | Intelligent Transportation | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Remote Sensing | Resilient Infrastructure | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Underground Safety
Ben Frieman, PhD Ben Frieman, PhD Geology & Geological Engineering Research Assistant Professor bfrieman@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping
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 & Conversion | 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
Yvette Kuiper, PhD Yvette Kuiper, PhD Geology & Geological Engineering Associate Professor ykuiper@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Gravity Exploration | Magnetic Exploration | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping
Eileen Martin, PhD Eileen Martin, PhD Geophysics; Applied Mathematics & Statistics Associate Professor eileenrmartin@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Innovation in Computing Keywords: Algorithms | Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | High Performance Computing | Modeling & Simulation | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping
John McCray, PhD John McCray, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor jmccray@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Bioremediation | Borehole Data Interpretation | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Geochemistry | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Groundwater Contamination | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Nuclear Remediation | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Soil Remediation Technologies | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Sustainable Resource Management | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies | Watershed Management
Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE Petroleum Engineering Professor and Department Head jmiskimi@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Energy Economics | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | In-Situ Recovery | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Regulatory Policy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resource Economics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management
Paul Sava Paul Sava Geophysics Professor & Green Chair of Exploration Geophysics psava@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Planetary Instrumentation | Remote Sensing | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography
Jeffrey Shragge, PhD Jeffrey Shragge, PhD Geophysics Professor jshragge@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness Keywords: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Ground Penetrating Radar | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Wave Phenomena
John Spear, PhD John Spear, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor jspear@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development Keywords: Materials for Extreme Environments | Robot Architectural Design | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping
Ilya Tsvankin, PhD Ilya Tsvankin, PhD Geophysics University Distinguished Professor itsvanki@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping Keywords: Geophysical Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping