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
Brandon Dugan
Professor and Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics & Borehole Geophysics
Associate Department Head
dugan@mines.edu
303-273-3512
Yaoguo Li
Professor; Director, Center for Gravity, Electrical, and Magnetic Studies (CGEM)
ygli@mines.edu
303-273-3510
Manika Prasad
Professor; Co-director, Center for Rock and Fluid Multiphysics
mprasad@mines.edu
303-273-3457
Roel Snieder
Professor; W.M. Keck Distinguished Chair in Professional Development
rsnieder@mines.edu
303-273-3456
Joint Appointment Faculty
Kamini Singha
Rank - Professor and Ben Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence
Department - Geology and Geological Engineering
Email - ksingha@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3822
Danica Roth
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Geology and Geological Engineering
Email - droth@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3802
Research Faculty
Jyoti Behura
Research Assistant Professor; Co-director, Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
jbehura@mines.edu
303-818-0240
Richard Krahenbuhl
Research Assistant Professor; Associate Director, Humanitarian, Engineering & Science Graduate Program
rkrahenb@mines.edu
303-384-2329
Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty
Timothy Collett
Adjunct Faculty
Senior Scientist, USGS
303-236-5731
tcollett@usgs.gov
Gavin Hayes
Adjunct Faculty
NEIC Research Seismologist, USGS
303-273-8421
ghayes@usgs.gov
Morgan Moschetti
Adjunct Faculty
Research Geophysicist, USGS
Geologic Hazards Science Center
mmoschetti@usgs.gov
Ryan North
Adjunct Faculty
Principal Geophysicist,
Olson Engineering
970-718-0085
rnorth@mines.edu
Nathaniel Putzig
Adjunct Faculty
Senior Scientist, PSI
720-549-8836
nputzig@mines.edu
Andreas Rueger
Adjunct Faculty
arueger@mines.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Thomas M. Boyd
Emeritus Associate Professor
tboyd@mines.edu
Thomas L. Davis
University Emeritus Professor
tdavis@mines.edu
Dave Hale
Emeritus Professor
dhale@mines.edu
Ken Larner
University Emeritus Professor
klarner@mines.edu
Gary R. Olhoeft
Emeritus Professor
golhoeft@mines.edu
Terence K. Young
Emeritus Professor
tkyoung@mines.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Department Staff
Noelle Vance
Program Manager
Center for Wave Phenomena (CWP) and Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
nvance@mines.edu
303-273-3458
