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 Bozdağ
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
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
Roel Snieder
Emeritus Professor
rsnieder@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
