Research Focus Area: Energy in Global Context

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

Maxwell Brown, PhD

Maxwell Brown, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

maxbrown@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

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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

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

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Ben Gilbert, PhD

Ben Gilbert, PhD

Economics & Business

Associate Professor

bgilbert@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Economic Modeling | Energy Economics | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Innovation Adoption Barriers | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Policy Analysis | Reducing Emissions | Resource Economics

Hossein Kazemi, PhD

Hossein Kazemi, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Professor, Chesebro' Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Engineering & Co-Director, Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies

hkazemi@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Robert Kee, PhD

Robert Kee, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

rjkee@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

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Angeline Letourneau, Ph.D.

Angeline Letourneau, Ph.D.

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Hennebach Visiting Assistant Professor

angeline.letourneau@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Global Climate System | Soil Health & Human Wellness

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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

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

Aashutosh Mistry, PhD

Aashutosh Mistry, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

aashutosh.mistry@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Materials Discovery | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

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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

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

Yewon Shin, PhD

Yewon Shin, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

shin@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Carbon Capture & Storage | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy

Jessica Smith, PhD

Jessica Smith, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor

jmsmith@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Carbon Capture & Storage | Community-Based Research | Corporate Social Responsibility | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Qualitative Research Methodology | Science & Technology Studies | Social & Political Studies of Engineering | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

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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Billy Stanbery, PhD

Billy Stanbery, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering; Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Professor

bjstanbery@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Communication & Public Engagement | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Clean Technology Innovation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Distributed Energy Resources | Economic Modeling | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Conversion | Energy Economics | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Global Energy Markets | Global Supply Chains | Grid Integration & Modernization | Hybrid Energy Systems | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Onsite Energy Solutions | Perovskites | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Product & Business Development | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Responsible Innovation | Science / Policy Interface | Science & Technology Studies | Smart Buildings | Smart Grid | Solar Energy Systems | Techno-Economic Analysis | Technology Transfer

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

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

tabares@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Battery Technologies | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Efficiency | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Systems for Extreme Environments

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

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)

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

yunyang.ye@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Neutral & Negative Construction Materials | Clean Technology Innovation | Climate Resilience | Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Convergent Research | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy & Society | Energy Conversion | Energy Economics | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Engineering & Social Justice | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Onsite Energy Solutions | Process Optimization | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Building Design | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Heat Recovery | Waste to Resource