Research Pillar: Earth

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Chemistry

University Distinguished Professor

thomas.albrecht@mines.edu

Website

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 | Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Computational Analysis | Computational Materials Science | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Chemistry | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | In-Situ Recovery | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Processing Innovation | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Nuclear Materials | Nuclear Physics | Nuclear Remediation | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Materials | Quantum Mechanics | Radiation Detection & Effects | Radiochemistry | Relativity | Resource Recovery from Wastewater | Solid State Physics | Supply Chain Resilience | Thermodynamics | Waste Minimization

Eric Anderson, PhD

Eric Anderson, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

ejanderson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Environmental Modeling | Geophysical Modeling | Hydrology | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Nature-Based Solutions | Oceanography

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

denis.aslangil@mines.edu

Website

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

Keywords: Combustion of Alternative Fuels | Fluid Dynamics | Oceanography | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Turbulence & Mixing

Morgan Bazilian, PhD

Morgan Bazilian, PhD

Payne Institute for Public Policy

Director

mbazilian@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Policy | Energy Security | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Geopolitics | Global Energy Markets | Global Supply Chains | International Trade & Energy Markets | Regulatory Policy | Resilient Infrastructure

Lucas Bessire

Lucas Bessire

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Professor

lucas.bessire@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords:

Wendy Bohrson

Wendy Bohrson

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

bohrson@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes

Keywords: Geochemistry | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Planetary Geology | Volcanology

Ebru Bozdag, PhD

Ebru Bozdag, PhD

Applied Mathematics & Statistics

Associate Professor

bozdag@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Fundamental Physics | Innovation in Computing | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Applied Mathematics | Data Science | Geophysical Modeling | High Performance Computing | Machine Learning | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Optimization Techniques | Planetary Geology | Plate Motions / Tectonics | Seismic Imaging | Seismology | Simulations | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Uncertainty Quantification | Wave Phenomena

John Bradford, PhD

John Bradford, PhD

Geophysics

Vice President for Global Initiatives & Professor

jbradford@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Coastal Groundwater Systems | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Glaciology | Ground Penetrating Radar | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Modeling & Simulation | Near-Surface Geophysics | Seismic Imaging | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography

Tom Brady, PhD

Tom Brady, PhD

Economics & Business

Professor of Practice

thomas.brady@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Geopolitics | Global Supply Chains | Mineral Economics

Tzahi Cath, PhD

Tzahi Cath, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

tcath@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Desalination | Direct Potable Water Reuse | Emerging Contaminants | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydropower | Industrial Water Treatment & Reuse | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Resource Recovery from Wastewater | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Water Treatment Technologies

Zhaoshan Chang, PhD

Zhaoshan Chang, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor in Economic Geology and Charles Fogarty Endowed Chair

chang@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords:

Hojun Choi, PhD

Hojun Choi, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

hojun.choi@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Global Supply Chains | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Supply Chain Resilience | Sustainable Resource Management

Gregory Clough

Gregory Clough

Payne Institute for Public Policy

Deputy Director

gclough@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords:

Claudia Corona, PhD

Claudia Corona, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

claudia.corona@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Climate Feedback Mechanisms | Climate Sensitivity | Climate Systems Interactions | Climate Variability | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Ecology | Geochemistry | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification | Water Quality Monitoring | Watershed Management

Kadri Dagdelen, PhD

Kadri Dagdelen, PhD

Mining Engineering

Professor

kdagdele@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords:

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Geophysics

Mines | PNNL Joint Appointment

frederick.day-lewis@pnnl.gov

Website

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

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Monitoring | Geophysical Modeling | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Predictive Modeling | Remote Sensing | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Uncertainty Quantification | Watershed Management

Emmanuel De Moor

Emmanuel De Moor

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Professor

edemoor@mines.edu

Website

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

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Geophysics

Associate Department Head & Professor, Baker Hughes Chair

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 | Coastal Groundwater Systems | Community Development | Community Engagement | Desalination | Energy-Water Nexus | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Glaciology | Hydrogeological Systems | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Near-Surface Geophysics | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Science Communication | Science Diplomacy | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | 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

Rod Eggert, PhD

Rod Eggert, PhD

Economics & Business

Research Professor

reggert@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Economic Modeling | Global Supply Chains | Mineral Economics | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Supply Chain Resilience

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

Linda Figueroa PhD, PE, F.ASCE, BCEE

Linda Figueroa PhD, PE, F.ASCE, BCEE

Civil & Environmental Engineering; Mining Engineering

Professor and Director of the Tailings Center

lfiguero@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Keywords: Biogeochemical Cycles | Biological Modeling | Bioremediation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Environmental Microbiology | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mine Water | Mineral Processing Innovation | Nuclear Remediation | Radiochemistry | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Global Initiatives

Director of Strategic Business Development, Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development

wflecken@mines.edu

Website

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

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Clean Technology Innovation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Environmental Policy | Fracturing Acidizing & Stimulation | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Glaciology | Groundwater Contamination | Human Health Risk Assessment | Hybrid Energy Systems | In-Situ Recovery | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Reducing Emissions | Renewable Energy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Systems for Extreme Environments | Unconventional Reservoirs

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

Aaron Girard

Aaron Girard

Geophysics

Research Associate

agirard@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Glaciology | High Performance Computing | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Near-Surface Geophysics | Remote Sensing | Seismic Imaging | Seismology | Signal Processing | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Volcanology

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

hedayat@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Circular Economy | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geotechnical Engineering | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering

Owen Hildreth, PhD

Owen Hildreth, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

ohildreth@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Ceramics & Glasses | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering

Associate Professor

eholley@mines.edu

Website

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

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geochemistry | Mine Water | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Waste to Resource

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

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

rkaunda@mines.edu

Website

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: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Modeling | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogeological Systems | In-Situ Recovery | Machine Learning | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mine Water | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Resources Development | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety | Waste Minimization

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Assistant Professor

mohamed.khaled@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 | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Economic Modeling | Energy Conversion | Energy Efficiency | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy Transition | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geotechnical Engineering | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Mineral Economics | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Remote Sensing | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Resource Economics | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety

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

Roslynn King, PhD

Roslynn King, PhD

Geophysics

Assistant Professor

roslynn.king@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords:

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 | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Geologic Mapping | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Gravity Exploration | Magnetic Exploration | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Plate Motions / Tectonics | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

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

Keywords: Climate Variability | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Environmental Policy | Geotechnical Engineering | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Resources Development | Sustainable Resource Management

Ian Lange

Ian Lange

Economics & Business

Professor

ilange@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Policy Analysis | Regulatory Policy

Yaoguo Li, PhD

Yaoguo Li, PhD

Geophysics

Professor

ygli@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Geophysical Modeling | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Aaron Malone, PhD

Aaron Malone, PhD

Mining Engineering & Payne Institute for Public Policy

Research Assistant Professor

amalone@mines.edu

Website

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

Keywords: Community Development | Community-Based Research | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Cross-Cultural Collaboration | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | International Development | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Sociotechnical Integration | Sustainable Resource Management

Adrienne Marshall, PhD

Adrienne Marshall, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Assistant Professor

adriennemarshall@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydrology | Hydropower | Integrated Water Resource Management | Nature-Based Solutions | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification | Watershed Management

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

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

lrobbie@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 | 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

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy Efficiency | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Toxicology | Human Health Risk Assessment | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Department Head & Professor

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 | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Reducing Emissions | Regulatory Policy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resource Economics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management

Thomas Monecke, PhD

Thomas Monecke, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

tmonecke@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Mineral Exploration & Mapping

Matt Morgan

Matt Morgan

Colorado Geological Survey

State Geologist and Director

mmorgan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources

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Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, PhD

Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Department Head & Professor

asitchle@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Hydrology | Mine Water | Water Quality Monitoring

Priscilla Nelson, PhD

Priscilla Nelson, PhD

Mining Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

pnelson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Circular Economy | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Storage | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Geopolitics | Global Supply Chains | Hydropower | Integrated Resource Planning | Integrated Water Resource Management | Interdisciplinary Education | Materials for Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Sociotechnical Integration | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

anewman@mines.edu

Website

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

Erdal Ozkan

Erdal Ozkan

Petroleum Engineering

Professor

eozkan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Applied Mathematics | Carbon Capture & Storage | Energy Transition | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fracturing Acidizing & Stimulation | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Mathematical Modeling | Nanoscale Materials | Natural Gas Exploration | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Unconventional Reservoirs

Shiling Pei

Shiling Pei

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

spei@mines.edu

Website

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

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Yamuna Phal, PhD

Yamuna Phal, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Assistant Professor

yphal@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Planetary Instrumentation | Remote Sensing

Cara Phillips, PE

Cara Phillips, PE

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 | Resilient Infrastructure | Socially Responsible Engineering | Structural & Construction Materials | Structural Engineering | Structural Monitoring | Welding & Joining

Piret Plink-Bjorklund, PhD

Piret Plink-Bjorklund, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

pplink@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System

Keywords: Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Hydrology | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Paleoclimatology

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

Elizabeth Reddy, PhD

Elizabeth Reddy, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society; Geophysics

Assistant Professor

reddy@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Ethics & Values | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Community Engagement | Convergent Research | Education Research & Theory | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Monitoring | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Risk Communication | Science / Policy Interface | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

Eric Roberts, PhD

Eric Roberts, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor and Director, Potential Gas Agency

eric.roberts@jcu.edu.au

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Earth & Planetary Processes | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Climate Change | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Global Supply Chains | Landscape Evolution | Natural Gas Exploration | Plate Motions / Tectonics

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE

Mining Engineering

Professor and Haddon / Alacer Gold Endowed Chair

rostami@mines.edu

Website

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

Paul Santi, PhD

Paul Santi, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Department Head & Professor

psanti@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Circular Economy | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Hydrogeological Systems | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Socially Responsible Engineering | Waste to Resource

Paul Sava

Paul Sava

Geophysics

Department Head & Professor, C.H. 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

Lesley Sebol, PhD

Lesley Sebol, PhD

Colorado Geological Survey

Senior Hydrogeologist

Lsebol@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Community-Based Research | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Environmental Monitoring | Geologic Mapping | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Groundwater Contamination | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Water Quality Monitoring

Jonathan (Josh) Sharp

Jonathan (Josh) Sharp

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

jsharp@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Bioremediation | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Emerging Contaminants | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Water | Nature-Based Solutions | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Treatment Technologies | Watershed Management

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 | Groundwater Contamination | Near-Surface Geophysics | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Watershed Management | Wave Phenomena

Arnoud Slootman, PhD

Arnoud Slootman, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

slootman@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Landscape Evolution | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation

Steven Smith, PhD

Steven Smith, PhD

Economics & Business

Associate Professor

ssmith1@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Integrated Water Resource Management | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Sustainable Resource Management

Stephen Sonnenberg, PhD, PG

Stephen Sonnenberg, PhD, PG

Geology & Geological Engineering

Boettcher Distinguished Chair Petroleum Geology

ssonnenb@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

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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: Biochemistry | Bioinformatics | Bioremediation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Climate Change | Climate Systems Interactions | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy Efficiency | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Microbiology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Policy | Environmental Toxicology | Genetics | Geochemistry | Glaciology | Groundwater Contamination | Materials for Extreme Environments | Methane Emission Reduction | Mine Water | Molecular Biology | Nuclear Remediation | Robot Architectural Design | Soil-Plant Interactions | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Watershed Management

James Straker, PhD

James Straker, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Associate Professor

jstraker@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Soil Health & Human Wellness

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Pejman Tahmasebi

Pejman Tahmasebi

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 | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Machine Learning | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Mechanical Behavior | Modeling & Simulation | Multiscale Theory & Analysis | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Exploration | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification

Brian Trewyn, PhD

Brian Trewyn, PhD

Chemistry

Interim Department Head & Professor

btrewyn@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

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: Carbon Capture & Storage | Energy Transition | Geophysical Modeling | Remote Sensing | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Ali Tura, PhD

Ali Tura, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Professor

alitura@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Data Science | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Machine Learning | Quantum Computing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs

Ryan Venturelli, PhD

Ryan Venturelli, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Assistant Professor

venturelli@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Environmental & Climate Data Science

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Gabriel Walton, PhD

Gabriel Walton, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

gwalton@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Underground Infrastructure Development

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Alexandra Wayllace, PhD, PE

Alexandra Wayllace, PhD, PE

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Teaching Professor

awayllac@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

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Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Professor

awwood@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Hydrology | Hydropower | Integrated Water Resource Management | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Sustainable Resource Management | Watershed Management

Lesli Wood

Lesli Wood

Geology & Geological Engineering

Weimer Professor of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology

lwood@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes

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Yu-Shu Wu, PhD

Yu-Shu Wu, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Professor

ywu@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

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Luis Zerpa, PhD

Luis Zerpa, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor

lzerpa@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Pipeline Transportation | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Unconventional Reservoirs

Mengli Zhang

Mengli Zhang

Geophysics

Research Assistant Professor

menglizhang@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Space Exploration & Resource Development

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Wendy Zhou, PhD

Wendy Zhou, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

wzhou@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

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