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
Josh Ramey
Program Director: Undergraduate Quantitative Biosciences and Bioengineering
Teaching Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alderson Hall 247
303-273-3063
cjramey@mines.edu
Core Faculty
Alexander Pak
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 231 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-2192
Email - apak@mines.edu
Alina Handorean
Rank - Teaching Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office - Engineering Annex
Phone - 303-273-3592
Email - ahandorean@mines.edu
Anne Silverman
Rank - Rowlinson Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W310G Brown Hall
Phone - 303-384-2162
Email - asilverm@mines.edu
Cecilia Diniz Behn
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Office - 220 Chauvenet Hall
Phone - 303-273-3872
Email - cdinizbe@mines.edu
Christian Beren
Rank - Teaching Assistant Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - 114A Coolbaugh Hall
Email - cberen@mines.edu
Cynthia Norrgran
Rank - Teaching Associate Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 241
Phone - 303-273-3414
Email - cnorrgra@mines.edu
Duncan Davis-Hall
Rank - Teaching Assistant Professor
Department - Engineering, Design, & Society
Office - General Research Lab Annex 122
Phone - 303-384-2779
Email - duncan.davis-hall@mines.edu
John Spear
Rank - Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office - 252 Coolbaugh Hall
Phone - 303-273-3497
Email - jspear@mines.edu
Josh Ramey
Rank - Teaching Associate Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 247
Phone - 303-273-3063
Email - cjramey@mines.edu
Justin Shaffer
Rank - Teaching Associate Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 235 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-3885
Email - jshaffer@mines.edu
Katie Knaus
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - Brown Hall W310H
Phone - 303-384-2161
Email - katherine.knaus@mines.edu
Kevin Cash
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 225
Phone - 303-273-3631
Email - kcash@mines.edu
Melissa Krebs
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 431
Phone - 303-273-3983
Email - mdkrebs@mines.edu
Nikki Farnsworth
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 429 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-3191
Email - nfarnsworth@mines.edu
Ramya Kumar
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 129 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-xxxx
Email - ramyakumar@mines.edu
Stephen Pankavich
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Office - 223 Stratton Hall
Phone - 303-273-3584
Email - pankavic@mines.edu
Suzannah Beeler
Rank - Assistant Teaching Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 223 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-273-2066
Email - beeler@mines.edu
Terry Lowe
Rank - Research Professor
Department - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Office - 276 Hill Hall
Phone - 303-273-3178
Email - lowe@mines.edu
Timothy Barbari
Rank - Professor and Dean, Office of Graduate Studies
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - 451 Alderson Hall
Phone - 303-384-2585
Email - tbarbari@mines.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Amadeu K. Sum
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 426
Phone - 303-273-3873
Email - asum@mines.edu
Andrew Petruska
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - Brown Hall 280F
Phone - 303-384-2021
Email - apetruska@mines.edu
Anthony Petrella
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Mechanical Engineering
Office - W310F Brown Hall
Phone - 303-384-2274
Email - apetrell@mines.edu
Christopher Higgins
Rank - Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office - Coolbaugh Hall
Phone - 303-384-2002
Email - chiggins@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
E. Dendy Sloan
Rank - University Professor Emeritus
Department - Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office - Alderson Hall 153
Phone - 303-273-3723
Email - esloan@mines.edu
James Ranville
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - Coolbaugh Hall 256
Phone - 303-273-3004
Email - jranvill@mines.edu
Jeff Squier
Rank - Professor
Department - Physics
Office - 313 CoorsTek Center
Phone - 303-384-2385
Email - jsquier@mines.edu
Jonathan Sharp
Rank - Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone - 303-273-3473
Email - jsharp@mines.edu
Junko Munakata Marr
Rank - Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office - 254 Coolbaugh Hall
Phone - 303-273-3421
Email - junko@mines.edu
Linda Figueroa
Rank - Professor
Department - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office - Coolbaugh Hall
Phone - 303-273-3491
Email - lfiguero@mines.edu
Matthew Posewitz
Rank - Professor
Department - Chemistry
Office - GRL 331B
Phone - 303-384-2425
Email - mposewit@mines.edu
Stephen Pankavich
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Office - 223 Stratton Hall
Phone - 303-273-3584
Email - pankavic@mines.edu
Yamuna Phal
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Electrical Engineering
Email - mailto:yphal@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