Materials@Mines 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

Eric Toberer

Rank – 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

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Sumit Agarwal

Rank – Professor
Office – Alderson Hall 443
Phone – 303-273-3508
Email – sagarwal@mines.edu

Matthew Crane

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office – 243 Alderson Hall
Phone – 303-273-xxxx
Email – matthewcrane@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

Andrew Herring

Rank – Professor
Department – Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office – Alderson Hall 464
Phone – 303-384-2082
Email – aherring@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

David W.M. Marr

Rank – Professor
Department – Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office – Alderson Hall 462
Phone – 303-273-3008
Email – dmarr@mines.edu

Joseph Samaniuk

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office – Alderson Hall 425
Phone – 303-273-3790
Email – samaniuk@mines.edu

Colin Wolden

Rank – Professor
Department – Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office – Alderson Hall 424
Phone – 303-273-3544
Email – cwolden@mines.edu

David T. Wu

Rank – Professor
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 204
Phone – 303-384-2066
Email – dwu@mines.edu

Chemistry

Dylan Domaille

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Chemistry
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 162
Phone – 303-273-3116
Email – ddomaille@mines.edu

Tom Gennett

Rank – Professor and Department Head
Department – Chemistry
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 204
Phone – 303-273-3622
Email – tgennett@mines.edu

David Halat

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Chemistry
Office – 164 Coolbaugh Hall
Email – david.halat@mines.edu

Daniel M. Knauss

Rank – Professor
Department – Chemistry
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 158
Phone – 303-273-3625
Email – dknauss@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

Svitlana Pylypenko

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Chemistry
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 164
Phone – 303-384-2140
Email – spylypen@mines.edu

Ryan M. Richards

Rank – Professor
Department – Chemistry
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 304
Phone – 303-273-3612
Email – rrichard@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

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

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

David T. Wu

Rank – Professor
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 204
Phone – 303-384-2066
Email – dwu@mines.edu

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Geoff Brennecka

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 380 Hill Hall
Phone – 303-384-2238
Email – gbrennec@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

Brian P. Gorman

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 386 Hill Hall
Phone – 303-384-2239
Email – bgorman@mines.edu

Xiaolei Guo

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – Hill Hall 380
Phone – 303-384-2244
Email – xiaolei.guo@mines.edu

Megan E. Holtz

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – Hill Hall 307
Phone – 303-273-3543
Email – mholtz@mines.edu

Michael J. Kaufman

Rank – Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 210 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-273-3009
Email – mkaufman@mines.edu

Jihye Kim

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – Hill Hall 258
Phone – 303-384-2139
Email – jihyekim@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

Suveen Mathaudhu

Rank – Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Email – smathaudhu@mines.edu

Eve Mozur

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – Hill Hall 356
Phone – (303)384-2337
Email – evemozur@mines.edu

Ryan O’Hayre

Rank – Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 354 Hill Hall
Phone – 303-273-3952
Email – rohayre@mines.edu

Ivar E. Reimanis

Rank – Herman F. Coors Distinguished Professor of Ceramic Engineering
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 305B Hill Hall
Phone – 303-273-3549
Email – ireimani@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

Anna Staerz

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 358 Hill Hall
Phone – 303-273-3098
Email – astaerz@mines.edu

Vladan Stevanovic

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 301 Hill Hall
Phone – 303-384-2382
Email – vstevano@mines.edu

Zhenzhen Yu

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office – 370 Hill Hall
Phone – 303-273-3798
Email – zyu@mines.edu

Andriy Zakutayev

Rank – Research Assistant Professor
Department – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Email – andriyzakutayev@mines.edu

Physics

Tim Ohno

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Physics
Office – 304 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-273-3847
Email – tohno@mines.edu

Meenakshi Singh

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Physics
Office – 314 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-273-3844
Email – msingh@mines.edu

Eric Toberer

Rank – Professor and Director of Materials Science
Department – Physics
Office – 305 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-273-3171
Email – etoberer@mines.edu

Jeramy Zimmerman

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Physics
Office – 309 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-273-3708
Email – jdzimmer@mines.edu

Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Douglas Nychka

Rank – Professor
Department – Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Office – Stratton Hall 229
Phone – 303-384-2328
Email – nychka@mines.edu

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Timothy J. Strathmann

Rank – Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone – 303-384-2226
Email – strthmnn@mines.edu

Lori E. Tunstall

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office – Coolbaugh Hall
Email – ltunstall@mines.edu

Mechanical Engineering

Mohsen Asle Zaeem

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – 203 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-384-2260
Email – zaeem@mines.edu

Craig Brice

Rank – Professor of Practice
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – 219 CoorsTek Center
Phone – 303-384-2114
Email – craigabrice@mines.edu

Steven DeCaluwe

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – W410B Brown Hall
Phone – 303-273-3666
Email – decaluwe@mines.edu

Veronica Eliasson

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – CoorsTek 216
Phone – 303-384-2509
Email – eliasson@mines.edu

Joy Gockel

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – CoorsTek 215
Phone – 303-273-3091
Email – joygockel@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

Robert Kee

Rank – George R. Brown Distinguished Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – W370E Brown Hall
Phone – 303-273-3379
Email – rjkee@mines.edu

Leslie Lamberson

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – CoorsTek 218
Phone – 303-273-3459
Email – les@mines.edu

Aashutosh Mistry

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – CK 270
Phone – 303-273-3863
Email – aashutosh.mistry@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

Xiaoli Zhang

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – Brown Hall 280D
Phone – 303-384-2343
Email – xlzhang@mines.edu

Geology and Geological Engineering

Alexis Navarre-Sitchler

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Office – 311C Berthoud Hall
Phone – 303-384-2219
Email – asitchle@mines.edu

Mining Engineering

Veronica Eliasson

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mechanical Engineering
Office – CoorsTek 216
Phone – 303-384-2509
Email – eliasson@mines.edu