Faculty and Staff
Our faculty and staff set us apart.
The Department of Geology and Geological Engineering has the teaching and research faculty to train the next generation of geoscientists and geoengineers. It is our commitment to maintain solid experimental, hands-on, field-oriented, quantitative, and analytical education.
We currently have 21 Academic Faculty, 1 Teaching Faculty, 9 Research Faculty, and many active Emeritus Professors and Affiliate Faculty. You will find that we are involved in research from Alaska to southern Chile, and from California through Europe and Africa to the Far East, in addition to many projects here at home in the Rocky Mountains. We also have four staff members in the department who are happy to help.
Department Head
Academic Faculty
David Benson
Professor
Hydrology
dbenson@mines.edu
303-273-3806
Wendy Bohrson
Professor and Department Head
Volcanology
bohrson@mines.edu
303-273-3066
Zhaoshan Chang
Professor and Charles F. Fogarty Endowed Chair
Economic Geology
chang@mines.edu
303-384-2127
Alexander Gysi
Assistant Professor
Lithogeochemistry
agysi@mines.edu
303-273-3828
Wendy Harrison
Professor
Aqueous Geochemistry and Geochemical Modeling
wharriso@mines.edu
303-273-3821
Yvette Kuiper
Associate Professor
Structural Geology, Field Geology, and Geochronology
ykuiper@mines.edu
303-273-3105
Reed Maxwell
Rowlinson Professor of Hydrology and Director of IGWMC
rmaxwell@mines.edu
303-384-2456
Alexei Milkov
Professor and Director of Potential Gas Agency
Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry
amilkov@mines.edu
303-273-3887
Thomas Monecke
Associate Professor and Co-Director of CMRS
Economic Geology
tmonecke@mines.edu
303-273-3841
Alexis Navarre-Sitchler
Associate Professor
Aqueous Geochemistry
asitchle@mines.edu
303-384-2219
Piret Plink-Björklund
Associate Professor
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
pplink@mines.edu
303-273-2042
Richard Palin
Assistant Professor
Metamorphic Petrology
rmpalin@mines.edu
303-273-3819
Danica Roth
Assistant Professor
Geomorphology and Environmental Seismology
droth@mines.edu
303-273-3802
Paul Santi
Professor
Engineering Geology
psanti@mines.edu
303-273-3108
Christian V. Shorey
Teaching Professor
Environmental Science and Climatology
cshorey@mines.edu
303-273-3556
Kamini Singha
Professor and Ben Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence
Hydrology and GeoPhysics
ksingha@mines.edu
303-273-3822
Stephen A. Sonnenberg
Professor and Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair
Petroleum Geology
ssonnenb@mines.edu
303-384-2182
Bruce Trudgill
Associate Professor
Petroleum and Structural Geology
btrudgil@mines.edu
303-273-3883
Gabriel Walton
Assistant Professor
Engineering Geology and Underground Construction & Tunneling
gwalton@mines.edu
303-384-2235
Lesli J. Wood
Professor and Weimer Distinguished Chair
Sedimentary Geology
lwood@mines.edu
303-273-3801
Research Faculty
Mary Carr
Research Assistant Professor
Petroleum Geology
mcarr@mines.edu
303-273-3107
Marsha French
Research Professor
Petroleum Geology
mwfrench@mines.edu
303-273-3800
Richard Goldfarb
Research Professor
Geology and Metallogeny
goldfarb@mines.edu
303-273-3800
Nicole Hurtig
Research Assistant Professor
Program Manager for Professional Master Non-thesis Students
nhurtig@mines.edu
303-273-3930
Zane R. Jobe
Research Professor and
Director of the Chevron Center of Research Excellence (CoRE)
Sedimentary Systems
zanejobe@mines.edu
303-273-3601
Nigel Kelly
Research Assistant Professor
Applied Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology
nkelly@mines.edu
David Leach
Research Professor
Sedimentary Metal Ore Deposits
dleach@mines.edu
303-273-3800
Katharina Pfaff
Research Assistant Professor
Mineral Exploration
kpfaff@mines.edu
303-384-2487
J. Frederick (Rick) Sarg
Research Professor
Petroleum Geology and Stratigraphy
jsarg@mines.edu
303-273-3729
Theresa Schwartz
Research Assistant Professor
Sedimentary Geology
tschwartz@mines.edu
Richard (Ric) F. Wendlandt
Emeritus Research Professor
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
rwendlan@mines.edu
303-273-3809
Emeritus Faculty
Graham Closs
Emeritus Associate Professor
Exploration Geochemistry and Economic Geology
lcloss@mines.edu
Timothy Cross
Emeritus Associate Professor
Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology
tcross@yahoo.com
John B. Curtis
Professor Emeritus
Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry
jbcurtis@mines.edu
Thomas ‘Trobe’ Grose
Professor Emeritus
Exploration Field Geology
tgrose@mines.edu
John D. Haun
Professor Emeritus
Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology
jhaun@mines.edu
Jerry D. Higgins
Professor Emeritus
Engineering Geology and Geotechnics
jhiggins@mines.edu
Gregory S. Holden
Emeritus Associate Professor
Petrology
gholden@mines.edu
Neil F. Hurley
Professor Emeritus
Petroleum Geology
nfhurley@comcast.net
Keenan Lee
Professor Emeritus
Remote Sensing, Geomorphology, Catastrophic Geology
klee@mines.edu
Eileen P. Poeter
Professor Emeritus and former director of IGWMC
Geohydrology, Inverse Modeling
epoeter@mines.edu
Samuel B. Romberger
Professor Emeritus
Aqueous Geochemistry, Economic Geology
sromberg@mines.edu
Keith A. Turner
Professor Emeritus
Engineering Geology, GIS
kturner@mines.edu
John E. Warme
Professor Emeritus
Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis
jwarme@mines.edu
Robert J. Weimer
Professor Emeritus
Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology
rweimer@mines.edu
Staff
Dorie Chen
Department Manager
dchen1@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall 221E
303-273-3978
Kathy Emme
Research Manager
MUDTOC & Niobrara Consortia
kemme@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall 135
303-273-3854
Jae Erickson
Lab Coordinator
jaericks@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall 147
303-273-3824
Cheryl Medford
Administrative Assistant
cmedford@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall 221
303-273-3800
Jackie Randell
Research Associate
Hydrology
jrandell@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall
Susann Stolze
Research Associate
Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Palynology
sstolze@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall 226B
303-384-2128
Affiliate Faculty
DONNA S. ANDERSON
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Reservoir Characterization
dsanders@mymail.mines.edu
TUCKER BARRIE
Genesis Metallic Mineral Deposits, Igneous Geochemistry, Sustainable Resource Management
barriect@sympatico.ca
MIKE BOYLES
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Reservoir Characterization
jmboyles@mines.edu
TIMOTHY COLLETT
Gas Hydrates, Geophysics, Sedimentology, Continental Margin Geology
tcollett@usgs.gov
WARREN DAY
Field Geology, Regional Tectonics, Structural Geology, Petrology, Economic Geology
wday@usgs.gov
GEOFFREY ELLIS
Organic Geochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry Sedimentary Basin Geology
gsellis@usgs.gov
POUL EMSBO
Economic Geology, Regional Tectonics, Geochemistry
pemsbo@usgs.gov
DAVID GOCHIS
Hydrometeorology
gochis@ucar.edu
V.J.S. (‘TIEN’) GRAUCH
Mid-continental Rift and Lake Superior Region Geology, Geophysics, Mineral Exploration
tien@usgs.gov
SETH HAINES
Seismic Surveys to Gas Hydrate, Mineral exploration
shaines@usgs.gov
THOMAS HEARON
Structural Geology
thomashearon@gmail.com
ALBERT HOFSTRA
Economic Geology, Noble Gas Geochemistry, Regional Tectonics
ahofstra@usgs.gov
KAREN KELLEY
Exploration Geochemistry
kdkelley@mines.edu
PHILLIP S. ‘FLIP’ KOCH
Rock Mechanics, Structural Analysis, Economic Development
pskoch@mines.edu
MATTHEW LATO
Geohazard Risk Assessment, Landslide Characterization
www.bgcengineering.ca
JEFFREY MAUK
Economic Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Environmental Impacts of Mining
jmauk@usgs.gov
JEFFREY MAY
Sequence Stratigraphy, Siliciclastic, Mudrock Sedimentology
jmay@mines.edu
LAWRENCE D. MEINERT
Economic Geology, Magmatic-Hydrothermal Processes, Mineralogy, Skarn Deposits, Space Resources, Scientific Publishing
LDmeinert@gmail.com
BEN MIRUS
Landslides, Hydrology
bbmirus@usgs.gov
CLYDE MOORE
Carbonates, Geochemistry, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy of Carbonates
chmoore@mines.edu
LEAH MORGAN
Ar/Ar Dating, Economic Geology Applications
lemorgan@usgs.gov
WILLIAM RIDLEY
Isotope/Trace Element Geochemistry, Petrology, Economic Geology
wridley@usgs.gov
KEITH SHANLEY
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Petrophysics, Reservoir Characterization
keith.shanley@anadarko.com
DAVID WOOD
Structural Geology, Mineral System Mapping, Geometallurgy
davidwood@mines.edu