Faculty and Staff
Mines offers graduate education and research opportunities (M.S.-non-thesis, M.S.-thesis, and PhD degrees) in both Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and Materials Science specializations. The Materials@Mines programs promote collaboration with faculty from across campus, allowing the diverse backgrounds and expertise of our professors to enrich our students’ educational experience. Explore the profiles below to learn more about our faculty’s research.
PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Gerald Bourne
Rank - Teaching Professor and Assistant Department Head
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 115 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3778
Email - bourne@mines.edu
Ivar E. Reimanis
Rank - Professor and Interim Department Head
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 201A Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3549
Email - ireimani@mines.edu
Eric Toberer
Rank - Associate Professor and Director of Materials Science
Department - Physics
Office - 305 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3171
Email - etoberer@mines.edu
Brian Trewyn
Rank - Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Materials Science
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 152
Phone - 303-384-2224
Email - btrewyn@mines.edu
Research-Advising Faculty
Mohsen Asle Zaeem
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - 203 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-384-2260
Email - zaeem@mines.edu
Gerald Bourne
Rank - Teaching Professor and Assistant Department Head
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 115 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3778
Email - bourne@mines.edu
Geoff Brennecka
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 380 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-384-2238
Email - gbrennec@mines.edu
Moises Carreon
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 255
Phone - 303-273-3329
Email - mcarreon@mines.edu
Amy Clarke
Rank - Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 305A Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3893
Email - amyclarke@mines.edu
Kester Clarke
Rank - Associate Professor, Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 374 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-384-2301
Email - kclarke@mines.edu
Matthew Crane
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 243 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-xxxx
Email - matthewcrane@mines.edu
Robert Cryderman
Rank - Research Associate Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 276 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-283-3178
Email - rcryderm@mines.edu
Steven DeCaluwe
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W410B Brown Hall
Phone - 303-273-3666
Email - decaluwe@mines.edu
Dylan Domaille
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 162
Phone - 303-273-3116
Email - ddomaille@mines.edu
Serena Eley
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Physics
Office - 315 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-384-2360
Email - serenaeley@mines.edu
Veronica Eliasson
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - CoorsTek 216
Email - eliasson@mines.edu
Kip O. Findley
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 260 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3906
Email - kfindley@mines.edu
Tom Gennett
Rank - Professor and Department Head
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 204
Phone - 303-273-3622
Email - tgennett@mines.edu
Diego Gomez-Gualdron
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 237
Phone - 303-384-2319
Email - dgomezgualdron@mines.edu
Brian P. Gorman
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 386 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-384-2239
Email - bgorman@mines.edu
Andrew Herring
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 464
Phone - 303-384-2082
Email - aherring@mines.edu
Owen Hildreth
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - 214 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-384-2457
Email - ohildreth@mines.edu
Greg Jackson
Rank - Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W470C Brown Hall
Phone - 303-273-3609
Email - gsjackso@mines.edu
Michael J. Kaufman
Rank - Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 210 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3009
Email - mkaufman@mines.edu
Robert Kee
Rank - George R. Brown Distinguished Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W370E Brown Hall
Phone - 303-273-3379
Email - rjkee@mines.edu
Jonah Klemm-Toole
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 372 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3784
Email - jklemmto@mines.edu
Daniel Knauss
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 158
Phone - 303-273-3625
Email - dknauss@mines.edu
Carolyn Koh
Rank - William K. Coors Distinguished Chair and Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 452
Phone - 303-273-3237
Email - ckoh@mines.edu
Melissa Krebs
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 431
Phone - 303-273-3983
Email - mdkrebs@mines.edu
Ramya Kumar
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 129 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-xxxx
Email - ramyakumar@mines.edu
Stephanie Kwon
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 253
Phone - 303-273-3614
Email - kwon@mines.edu
Leslie Lamberson
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - CoorsTek 218
Phone - 303-273-3459
Email - les@mines.edu
David W.M. Marr
Rank - Professor
Department - Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 462
Phone - 303-273-3008
Email - dmarr@mines.edu
Suveen Mathaudhu
Rank - Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Email - smathaudhu@mines.edu
Annalise Maughan
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - 114A Coolbaugh Hall
Email - amaughan@mines.edu
C. Michael McGuirk
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 160
Phone - 303.273.3633
Email - cmmcguirk@mines.edu
Christine Morrison
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 314
Phone - (303) 384-2101
Email - morrison@mines.edu
Alexis Navarre-Sitchler
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Geology and Geological Engineering
Office - 311C Berthoud Hall
Phone - 303-384-2219
Email - asitchle@mines.edu
Ryan O’Hayre
Rank - Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 354 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3952
Email - rohayre@mines.edu
Tim Ohno
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Physics
Office - 304 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3847
Email - tohno@mines.edu
Svitlana Pylypenko
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 164
Phone - 303-384-2140
Email - spylypen@mines.edu
Ivar E. Reimanis
Rank - Professor and Interim Department Head
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 201A Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3549
Email - ireimani@mines.edu
Ryan Richards
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 304
Phone - 303-273-3612
Email - rrichard@mines.edu
Angus Rockett
Rank - Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 305B Hill Hall
Phone - 303-384-2244
Email - arockett@mines.edu
Joseph Samaniuk
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 425
Phone - 303-273-3790
Email - samaniuk@mines.edu
Sridhar Seetharaman
Rank - Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 214 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3053
Email - sseetharaman@mines.edu
Alan Sellinger
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 156
Phone - 303-384-2586
Email - aselli@mines.edu
Jenifer C. Shafer
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Chemistry, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 312A
Phone - 303-273-3996
Email - jshafer@mines.edu
Meenakshi Singh
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Physics
Office - 314 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3844
Email - msingh@mines.edu
John G. Speer
Rank - John Henry Moore Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 274 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3897
Email - jspeer@mines.edu
Timothy Strathmann
Rank - Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone - 303-384-2226
Email - strthmnn@mines.edu
Neal Sullivan
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W410H Brown Hall
Phone - 303-273-3656
Email - nsulliva@mines.edu
Brian Thomas
Rank - Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W470A Brown Hall
Phone - 303-273-3309
Email - bgthomas@mines.edu
Eric Toberer
Rank - Associate Professor and Director of Materials Science
Department - Physics
Office - 305 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3171
Email - etoberer@mines.edu
Brian Trewyn
Rank - Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Materials Science
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 152
Phone - 303-384-2224
Email - btrewyn@mines.edu
Lori Tunstall
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office - Coolbaugh Hall
Email - ltunstall@mines.edu
Bettina M. Voelker
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 244
Phone - 303-273-3152
Email - bvoelker@mines.edu
Kim R. Williams
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 304
Phone - 303-273-3245
Email - krwillia@mines.edu
Colin Wolden
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 424
Phone - 303-273-3544
Email - cwolden@mines.edu
Xiaoli Zhang
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - Brown Hall 280D
Phone - 303-384-2343
Email - xlzhang@mines.edu
Jeramy Zimmerman
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Physics
Office - 309 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-273-3708
Email - jdzimmer@mines.edu
Program Managers
Carolyn Freedman
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Manager
Alderson Hall 451
303-384-2525
cfreedman@mines.edu
Nanci Goldberg
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Coordinator
Alderson Hall 451
303-384-2549
ngoldberg@mines.edu
Nancy Progar
Department Manager, Metallurgy
Admissions Support
201B Hill Hall
(303) 273-3660
progar@mines.edu