Research Focus Area: Earth & Planetary Processes

Eric Anderson, PhD

Eric Anderson, PhD
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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 | Oceanography

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Denis Aslangil, PhD
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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
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Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD
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Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering
Associate Professor
eholley@mines.edu
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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Ge Jin

Ge Jin
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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
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Geology & Geological Engineering
Research Professor
zanejobe@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data Science | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonizing Transportation | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Storage & Conversion | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Fluid Dynamics | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Ground Penetrating Radar | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydropower | In-Situ Recovery | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Remote Sensing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Reservoir Simulation Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Unconventional Reservoirs | Watershed Management | Wind Energy & Technologies

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE
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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
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Yvette Kuiper, PhD

Yvette Kuiper, PhD
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Geology & Geological Engineering
Associate Professor
ykuiper@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce
Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Gravity Exploration | Magnetic Exploration | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

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

Eileen Martin, PhD
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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

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE
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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
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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

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD
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Geophysics
Professor
jshragge@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness
Keywords: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Ground Penetrating Radar | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Wave Phenomena

John Spear, PhD

John Spear, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor
jspear@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Materials for Extreme Environments | Robot Architectural Design | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood
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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