Research Focus Area: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems

Hussein A. Amery, PhD

Hussein A. Amery, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Professor

hamery@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords:

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

Eleanor (Ellie) Andrews, PhD

Eleanor (Ellie) Andrews, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellow

ellie.andrews@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environment Climate & Society

Keywords: Climate Adaptation | Climate Change | Climate Resilience | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Community Development | Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Energy & Society | Energy Justice | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | Equity in Climate Solutions | Human Dimensions of Environment & Climate Changes | Resource & Sustainability Policy

Christopher Bellona, PhD

Christopher Bellona, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

cbellona@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Keywords: Emerging Contaminants | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

David Benson

David Benson

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

dbenson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems

Keywords: Applied Mathematics | Bioremediation | Computational Analysis | Computational Mathematics | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Groundwater Contamination | High Performance Computing | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Machine Learning | Modeling & Simulation | Optimization Techniques | Partial Differential Equations | Spatial Statistics | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification | Water Quality Monitoring

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:

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

Jared Carbone

Jared Carbone

Economics & Business

Professor

jcarbone@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 | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science

Keywords: Climate Adaptation | Climate Change | Data Science | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Human Dimensions of Environment & Climate Changes | Industrial Emissions Monitoring & Control | Reducing Emissions | Regulatory Policy | Renewable Energy | Watershed Management

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

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

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

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

Pablo Garcia, PhD

Pablo Garcia, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Professor

pablogarcia@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System

Keywords:

Michael Guarnieri, PhD

Michael Guarnieri, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Mines | NREL Joint Appointment

guarnieri@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords:

Christopher Higgins, PhD

Christopher Higgins, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

University Distinguished Professor

chiggins@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Circular Economy | Emerging Contaminants | Integrated Water Resource Management | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Resilient Infrastructure | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Water Reuse & Recycling

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

Richard Holz

Richard Holz

Chemistry

Professor

rholz@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Biochemistry

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

Serveh Kamrava

Serveh Kamrava

Petroleum Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

kamrava@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Gas Diffusivity & Separation | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments

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:

Kristoph Kinzli, PhD, PE

Kristoph Kinzli, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Teaching Professor

kkinzli@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science

Keywords:

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Assistant Professor

mkleine@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Community-Based Research | Design Methodology & Theory | Education Research & Theory | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Judgment | Entrepreneurial Mindset / Learning | Ethics in STEM | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Science & Technology Studies | Social & Political Studies of Engineering | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

ckoh@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Nanoscale Materials | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Reducing Emissions

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

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

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

Keywords:

Junko Munakata Marr

Junko Munakata Marr

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

jmmarr@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Circular Economy | Climate Resilience | Decarbonization Strategies | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Equitable Access to STEM | Ethics in STEM | Experiential Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Integrated Water Resource Management | Interdisciplinary Education | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Project-Based Learning | Resilient Communities | Resilient Infrastructure | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | STEM Outreach & Education | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource | Water Reuse & Recycling

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

Ryan Richards

Ryan Richards

Chemistry

University Distinguished Professor

rrichard@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Catalysts & Catalysis | Ceramics & Glasses | Climate Change | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Socially Responsible Engineering | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Sustainable Resource Management | Water Treatment Technologies

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

Alan Sellinger, PhD

Alan Sellinger, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

aselli@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

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

Kamini Singha

Kamini Singha

Geology & Geological Engineering; Geophysics; Civil & Environmental Engineering

University Distinguished Professor

ksingha@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Monitoring | Geophysical Modeling | Groundwater Contamination | High Performance Computing | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Modeling & Simulation | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Predictive Modeling | Remote Sensing | Soil-Plant Interactions | Water Quality Monitoring | Watershed Management

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

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

Timothy Strathmann

Timothy Strathmann

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

strthmnn@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Biofuels & Bioenergy Technologies | Emerging Contaminants | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Waste to Resource

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

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)

Johan Vanneste, PhD

Johan Vanneste, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Associate Professor

vanneste@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Microelectronics & Devices | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords:

Shubham Vyas

Shubham Vyas

Chemistry

Professor

svyas@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

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