Research Institute: Earth

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Thomas Albrecht, PhD
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Chemistry
University Distinguished Professor
thomas.albrecht@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World | Quantum Science & Engineering
Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Reactors | Computational Analysis | Computational Materials Science | Environmental Chemistry | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Nuclear Materials | Nuclear Remediation | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Quantum Materials | Radiation Detection & Effects | Radiochemistry

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Denis Aslangil, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
denis.aslangil@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Fundamental Physics | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World
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Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD
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Geophysics
Mines | PNNL Joint Appointment
frederick.day-lewis@pnnl.gov
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources
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Emmanuel De Moor

Emmanuel De Moor
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Professor
edemoor@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future
Keywords: Automotive Materials | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD
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Mining Engineering
Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair
duzgun@mines.edu
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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

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE
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Global Initiatives
Director of Strategic Business Development, Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development
wflecken@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
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Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD
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Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering
Associate Professor
eholley@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Foundations
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics
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Zane Jobe, PhD

Zane Jobe, PhD
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Geology & Geological Engineering
Research Professor
zanejobe@mines.edu
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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 | Borehole Data Interpretation | Energy Storage & Conversion | Geologic Hydrogen | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydropower Innovation | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Natural Gas Exploration | Reservoir Simulation Modeling | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Wind Energy & Technologies

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE
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Mining Engineering
Associate Professor
rkaunda@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Environmental Modeling | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogeological Systems | Machine Learning | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE
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Petroleum Engineering
Assistant Professor
mohamed.khaled@mines.edu
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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 | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development
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Jihye Kim, PhD

Jihye Kim, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Assistant Professor
jihyekim@mines.edu
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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: Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP
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Mining Engineering
Assistant Teaching Professor
hlammers@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources
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Aaron Malone, PhD

Aaron Malone, PhD
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Mining Engineering & Payne Institute for Public Policy
Research Assistant Professor
amalone@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Foundations
Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance
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Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
lrobbie@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness
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Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE
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Petroleum Engineering
Professor and Department Head
jmiskimi@mines.edu
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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 | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman
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Mechanical Engineering
Professor
anewman@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Computational Analysis | Modeling & Simulation | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Underground Safety

Daisy Ning

Daisy Ning
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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
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Cara Phillips, PE

Cara Phillips, PE
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Teaching Assistant Professor
caraphil@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future
Keywords: Composites & Hybrid Materials | Earthquake-Resistant Design | Resilient Building Design | Structural & Construction Materials | Structural Engineering | Structural Monitoring | Welding & Joining

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE
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Mining Engineering
Professor and Haddon /Alacer Gold Endowed Chair
rostami@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Robot Locomotion | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD
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Geophysics
Professor
jshragge@mines.edu
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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: Geophysical Data Acquisition | Ground Penetrating Radar | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography

John Spear, PhD

John Spear, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor
jspear@mines.edu
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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

Pejman Tahmasebi

Pejman Tahmasebi
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Petroleum Engineering
Associate Professor
tahmasebi@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Mechanical Behavior | Modeling & Simulation | Space Exploration