Mines Faculty, Staff, and Post-Docs

Co-Director

Professor
Economic Geology, VMS Deposits, Hydrothermal Geochemistry, Archean Geology
tmonecke@mines.edu
303-273-3841

Research Assistant Professor
Sedimentary Geology, Manager of the Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models
mcarr@mines.edu
303-273-3107

Professor and Charles F. Fogarty Endowed Chair
Economic Geology
chang@mines.edu
303-384-2127

Research Assistant Professor
Structural Geology, Tectonics
bfrieman@mines.edu
303-273-3854

Research Professor
Economic Geology, Orogenic Gold Deposits, Tectonics
goldfarb@mines.edu
303-273-3800

Associate Professor
Economic Geology, Carlin-Type Deposits, Mining Engineering
eholley@mines.edu
303-273-3409

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

Research Professor
Economic Geology, Sedimentary-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits
dleach@mines.edu
303-273-3800

Professor
Geophysics, Mineral Exploration, Joint Inversion
ygli@mines.edu
303-273-3510

Professor
Economic Geology, VMS Deposits, Hydrothermal Geochemistry, Archean Geology
tmonecke@mines.edu
303-273-3841

Research Associate Professor
U.S. Geological Survey
Mineralogy, Igneous Petrology, Rare Metal Deposits
kpfaff@usgs.gov
Research Group

Manager of the Professional Master’s in Mineral Exploration Program
medoherty@mines.edu
303-273-3930

Genesis of Metallic Mineral Deposits, Igneous Geochemistry, Sustainable Resource Management
barriect@sympatico.ca

Metamorphic Petrology, Economic Geology, Metamorphosed Ore Deposits, Geochronology
nkelly@mines.edu

Skarn Deposits, Economic Geology, Mineralogy, Critical Element Resources
ldmeinert@gmail.com

Fluid Inclusions, Fluid-Fluid Interaction, Porphyry Copper Deposits, Epithermal Deposits, Orogenic Gold Deposits
fluidinc@comcast.net

Structural Geology, Geometallurgy
davidwood@mines.edu

Petrophysics, Carbonate-Hosted Ore Deposits
steve.yang01@comcast.net