Faculty and Staff
Program Leadership
Nanette Boyle
Program Director: Graduate Quantitative Biosciences and Bioengineering
Associate Professor,
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 423
303-384-2024
nboyle@mines.edu
Suzannah Beeler
Associate Program Director
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 223
303-384-2066
beeler@mines.edu
Core Faculty
Alexander Pak
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
231 Alderson Hall
303-273-2192
apak@mines.edu
Alina Handorean
Teaching Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Engineering Annex
303-273-3592
ahandorean@mines.edu
Anne Silverman
Rowlinson Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
W310G Brown Hall
303-384-2162
asilverm@mines.edu
Cecilia Diniz Behn
Associate Professor
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
220 Chauvenet Hall
303-273-3872
cdinizbe@mines.edu
Cynthia Norrgran
Teaching Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 241
303-273-3414
cnorrgra@mines.edu
Duncan Davis-Hall
Teaching Assistant Professor
Engineering, Design, & Society
General Research Lab Annex 122
303-384-2779
duncan.davis-hall@mines.edu
John R. Spear
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
252 Coolbaugh Hall
303-273-3497
jspear@mines.edu
Josh Ramey
Teaching Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 247
303-273-3063
cjramey@mines.edu
Justin Shaffer
Teaching Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
235 Alderson Hall
303-273-3885
jshaffer@mines.edu
Katie Knaus
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Brown Hall W310H
303-384-2161
katherine.knaus@mines.edu
Kevin Cash
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 225
303-273-3631
kcash@mines.edu
Melissa Krebs
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 431
303-273-3983
mdkrebs@mines.edu
Nikki Farnsworth
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
429 Alderson Hall
303-273-3191
nfarnsworth@mines.edu
Ramya Kumar
Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
129 Alderson Hall
303-273-xxxx
ramyakumar@mines.edu
Stephen Pankavich
Associate Professor
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
223 Stratton Hall
303-273-3584
pankavic@mines.edu
Suzannah Beeler
Assistant Teaching Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
223 Alderson Hall
303-273-2066
beeler@mines.edu
Terry Lowe
Research Professor
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
276 Hill Hall
303-273-3178
lowe@mines.edu
Timothy Barbari
Professor and Dean, Office of Graduate Studies
Chemical and Biological Engineering
451 Alderson Hall
303-384-2585
tbarbari@mines.edu
Tolga Can
Teaching Professor
CTLM 228
303-384-2060
Affiliated Faculty
Amadeu K. Sum
Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 426
303-273-3873
asum@mines.edu
Andrew Petruska
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Brown Hall 280F
303-384-2021
apetruska@mines.edu
Anthony Petrella
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
W310F Brown Hall
303-384-2274
apetrell@mines.edu
Christopher P. Higgins
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Coolbaugh Hall
303-384-2002
chiggins@mines.edu
David W.M. Marr
Professor
Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 462
303-273-3008
dmarr@mines.edu
E. Dendy Sloan
University Professor Emeritus
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 153
303-273-3723
esloan@mines.edu
Junko Munakata Marr
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
254 Coolbaugh Hall
303-273-3421
junko@mines.edu
Linda Ann Figueroa
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Coolbaugh Hall
303-273-3491
lfiguero@mines.edu
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Cadi Gillette
Interdisciplinary Graduate
Programs Manager
CoorsTek 224
303-384-2507
cadi.gillette@mines.edu
Lauren Salinas
Interdisciplinary Undergraduate
Programs Manager
Alderson Hall 450
303-384-2764
lesalinas@mines.edu