Research Focus Area: Critical Materials & Supply Chains

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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 | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

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

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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: 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

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

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Amy Landis, PhD

Amy Landis, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

amylandis@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Biomaterials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

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

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Hugh Miller, PhD, QP

Hugh Miller, PhD, QP

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

hbmiller@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Keywords: Autonomous / Robotic Mining Systems | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Policy | In-Situ Recovery | Innovation in Engineering | Mineral Resource Assessment | Product & Business Development | Project-Based Learning | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Responsible Innovation | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Techno-Economic Analysis | Technology Transfer

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

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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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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: Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Structural & Construction Materials

Katharina Pfaff, PhD

Katharina Pfaff, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Associate Research Professor

kpfaff@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Global Sustainability | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

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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

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 | 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

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Brian Trewyn, PhD

Brian Trewyn, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

btrewyn@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Fundamentals

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

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