Faculty and Staff

Department Leadership

Paul Sava
Department Head and Professor of Geophysics; C.H. Green Chair of Exploration Geophysics
psava@mines.edu
303-384-2362

Brandon Dugan
Professor and Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics & Borehole Geophysics
Associate Department Head
dugan@mines.edu
303-273-3512
Academic Faculty

Eric Anderson
Associate Professor Jointly Appointed: Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geophysics
ejanderson@mines.edu
303-384-2148

Ebru BozdaÄŸ
Associate Professor Jointly Appointed: Applied Math & Statistics and Geophysics
bozdag@mines.edu
303-273-3578

Yaoguo Li
Professor; Director, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies (CGEM)
ygli@mines.edu
303-273-3510

Eileen Martin
Associate Professor Jointly Appointed: Geophysics and Applied Math & Statistics
eileenrmartin@mines.edu
303-273-3451

Manika Prasad
Professor; Director, Mines CCUS Innovation Center; Director, Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
mprasad@mines.edu
303-273-3457

Elizabeth Reddy
Assistant Professor Jointly Appointed: Division of Engineering, Design &; Society and Geophysics
reddy@mines.edu
503-810-2267

Kamini Singha
University Distinguished Professor Jointly Appointed: Geology and Geological Engineering and Geophysics
ksingha@mines.edu
303-273-3822

Roel Snieder
Professor; W.M. Keck Distinguished Chair in Professional Development
rsnieder@mines.edu
303-273-3456
Research Faculty
Research Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors & Joint Appointees

Richard Krahenbuhl
Research Associate Professor; Director, Humanitarian, Engineering & Science Graduate Program
rkrahenb@mines.edu
303-384-2329

Mengli Zhang
Research Assistant Professor; Co-director Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies
menglizhang@mines.edu
Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty

Timothy Collett
Affiliate Faculty;
Senior Scientist, USGS
303-236-5731
tcollett@usgs.gov
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Whitney Trainor-Guitton
Affiliate Faculty
wtrainor@mines.edu

Morgan Moschetti
Affiliate Faculty;
Research Geophysicist, USGS
Geologic Hazards Science Center
mmoschetti@usgs.gov

Ryan North
Affiliate Faculty;
Principal Geophysicist,
ISC Geoscience
970-718-0085
rnorth@mines.edu

Nathaniel Putzig
Affiliate Faculty;
Senior Scientist, PSI
720-549-8836
nputzig@mines.edu

Andrei Swidinsky
Affiliate Faculty;
University of Toronto
andrei.swidinsky@utoronto.ca

David Wald
Affiliate Faculty
US Geological Survey
wald@usgs.gov
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Research Associates
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Emeritus Faculty

Thomas M. Boyd
Emeritus Associate Professor
tboyd@mines.edu

Thomas L. Davis
Emeritus Professor
tdavis@mines.edu

Dave Hale
Emeritus Professor
dhale@mines.edu

Ken Larner
Emeritus Professor
klarner@mines.edu

Gary R. Olhoeft
Emeritus Professor
golhoeft@mines.edu

Terence K. Young
Emeritus Professor
tkyoung@mines.edu
Department Staff

Rachel Plotts
Department Manager
Geophysics
924 16th St, Suite 283
Golden, CO 80401
rachelplotts@mines.edu
303-273-3935

Noelle Vance
Program Manager
Center for Wave Phenomena (CWP) and Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
nvance@mines.edu
303-273-3458

Melinda Gale
External Relations Coordinator, Dept. of Geophysics; Program Manager Reservoir Characterization Project
msgale@mines.edu