Research Focus Area: Soil Health & Human Wellness

Claudia Corona, PhD

Claudia Corona, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
claudia.corona@mines.edu
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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

Christopher Higgins, PhD

Christopher Higgins, PhD
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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

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD
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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

John McCray, PhD

John McCray, PhD
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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
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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

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD
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Geophysics
Professor
jshragge@mines.edu
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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
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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

Estelle Smith, PhD

Estelle Smith, PhD
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Computer Science
Assistant Professor
estellesmith@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Innovation in Computing | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness
Keywords: Algorithms | Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Data Science | Human Robot Interaction | Human-Centered Computing | Machine Learning

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: 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