Faculty

Program Leadership

James Ranville

Geochem Title – Program Director
Rank – Professor
Department – Chemistry
Office – Coolbaugh Hall 256
Phone – 303-273-3004
Email – jranvill@mines.edu

Zhaoshan Chang

Geochem Title – Assistant Director
Rank – Professor and Charles F. Fogarty Endowed Chair in Economic Geology
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Office – 226A Berthoud Hall
Phone – 303-384-2127
Email – chang@mines.edu

Professors

Zhaoshan Chang

Rank – Professor and Charles F. Fogarty Endowed Chair in Economic Geology
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – chang@mines.edu
Phone – 303-384-2127

Linda Figueroa

Rank – Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email – lfiguero@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3491

Christopher Higgins

Rank – Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email – chiggins@mines.edu
Phone – 303-384-2002

John McCray

Rank – Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email – jmccray@mines.edu
Phone – 303-384-2002

Thomas Monecke

Rank – Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – tmonecke@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3841

James Ranville

Rank – Professor
Department – Chemistry
Email – jranvill@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3004

Jonathan Sharp

Rank – Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email – jsharp@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3473

John Spear

Rank – Professor
Department – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email – jspear@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3497

Bettina M. Voelker

Rank – Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – bvoelker@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3152

Alexis Navarre Sitchler

Rank – Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – asitchler@mines.edu
Phone – 303-384-2219

Associate Professors

Elizabeth Holley

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Mining Engineering
Email – eholley@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3409

Yvette Kuiper

Rank – Associate Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – ykuiper@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3105

Assistant Professors

Ryan Venturelli

Rank – Assistant Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – tventurelli@mines.edu
Phone – 303-273-3800

Research Associate Professors

Katharina Pfaff

Rank – Research Associate Professor
Department – Geology and Geological Engineering
Email – kpfaff@mines.edu
Phone – 303-384-2487

Affiliate Faculty

Nigel Kelly

Applied Petrology,
Geochemistry and
Geochronology
nkelly@mines.edu

Professors Emeriti

John B. Curtis, Geology and Geological Engineering
Wendy J. Harrison, Geology and Geological Engineering
Donald L. Macalady, Chemistry
Patrick MacCarthy, Chemistry
Samuel B. Romberger, Geology and Geological Engineering
Richard F. Wendlandt, Geology and Geological Engineering
Thomas R. Wildeman, Chemistry

Associate Professors Emeriti

L. Graham Closs, Geology and Geological Engineering
E. Craig Simmons, Chemistry