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 18 faculty, 1 teaching faculty, 15 research faculty, and several active emeritus professors. 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 excellent staff members in the department who are happy to help.

Department Head

M. Stephen Enders

Research Professor of Economic Geology and Interim Department Head
menders@mines.edu
303-273-3066

Kamini Singha

Professor of Hydrology and Associate Department Head
ksingha@mines.edu
303-273-3822

Academic Faculty

David Benson

Professor of Hydrology
dbenson@mines.edu
303-273-3806

Alexander Gysi

Assistant Professor of Lithogeochemistry
agysi@mines.edu
303-273-3828

Wendy Harrison

Professor of Aqueous Geochemistry and Geochemical Modeling
wharriso@mines.edu
303-273-3821

Yvette Kuiper

Associate Professor of Structural Geology, Field Geology, and Geochronology
ykuiper@mines.edu
303-273-3105

Reed Maxwell

Professor of Hydrology and Director of IGWMC
rmaxwell@mines.edu
303-384-2456

Alexei Milkov

Professor of Petroleum Geology, Geochemistry and Director of Potential Gas Agency
amilkov@mines.edu
303-273-3887

Thomas Monecke

Associate Professor of Economic Geology
tmonecke@mines.edu
303-273-3841

Alexis Navarre-Sitchler

Assistant Professor of Aqueous Geochemistry
asitchle@mines.edu
303-384-2219

Piret Plink-Björklund

Associate Professor of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
pplink@mines.edu
303-273-2042

Richard Palin

Assistant Professor of Metamorphic Petrology
rmpalin@mines.edu
303-273-3819

Paul Santi

Professor of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
psanti@mines.edu
303-273-3108

Christian V. Shorey

Teaching Professor of Environmental Science and Climatology
cshorey@mines.edu
303-273-3556

Kamini Singha

Professor of Hydrology and Associate Department Head
ksingha@mines.edu
303-273-3822

Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Professor and Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology
ssonnenb@mines.edu
303-384-2182

Bruce Trudgill

Associate Professor of Petroleum and Structural Geology
btrudgil@mines.edu
303-273-3883

Gabriel Walton

Assistant Professor of Engineering Geology and Underground Construction & Tunneling
gwalton@mines.edu
303-384-2235

Richard (Ric) F. Wendlandt

Professor of Geochemistry and Mineralogy
rwendlan@mines.edu
303-273-3809

Lesli J. Wood

Professor of Geology and Weimer Distinguished Chair
lwood@mines.edu
303-273-3801

Wendy Zhou

Associate Professor of Engineering Geology and GIS
wzhou@mines.edu
303-384-2181

Research Faculty

Mary Carr

Research Assistant Professor of Petroleum Geology
mcarr@mines.edu
303-273-3107

M. Stephen Enders

Research Professor of Economic Geology and Interim Department Head
menders@mines.edu
303-273-3066

Marsha French

Research Professor of Petroleum Geology
mwfrench@mines.edu
303-273-3800

Richard Goldfarb

Research Professor of Geology and Metallogeny
goldfarb@mines.edu
303-273-3800

Zane R. Jobe

Research Associate Professor of Sedimentary Systems
zanejobe@mines.edu
303-273-3601

David Leach

Research Professor of Sedimentary Metal Ore Deposits
dleach@mines.edu
303-273-3800

Katharina Pfaff

Assistant Research Professor of Mineral Exploration
kpfaff@mines.edu
303-384-2487

J. Fredrick (Rick) Sarg

Research Professor of Petroleum Geology and Stratigraphy
jsarg@mines.edu
303-273-3729

Susann Stolze

Research Associate of Isotopy, Palynology
sstolze@mines.edu
303-273-3120

Affiliate Faculty

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

Murray W. Hitzman

Professor Emeritus
Economic Geology
mhitzman@mines.edu

Neil F. Hurley

Professor Emeritus
Petroleum Geology
nhurley@slb.com

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

Program Assistant
dchen1@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall 221E
303-273-3978

Kathy Emme

Research Associate, Program Coordinator for Bakken, Niobrara, and Vaca Muerta consortiums
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 Support, Hydrology Program
jrandell@mines.edu
Berthoud Hall
303-273-3800