Mines Faculty, Staff, and Post-Docs
Co-Director
Thomas Monecke
Professor
Economic Geology, VMS Deposits, Hydrothermal Geochemistry, Archean Geology
tmonecke@mines.edu
303-273-3841
Academic Faculty
Mary Carr
Research Assistant Professor
Sedimentary Geology, Manager of the Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models
mcarr@mines.edu
303-273-3107
Zhaoshan Chang
Professor and Charles F. Fogarty Endowed Chair
Economic Geology
chang@mines.edu
303-384-2127
John Decker
Research Associate
Gold-Rich VMS Deposits, Geology of the Iskut River Area, Uranium and Vanadium Deposits
jdedecke@mines.edu
Ben Frieman
Research Assistant Professor
Structural Geology, Tectonics
bfrieman@mines.edu
303-273-3854
Richard Goldfarb
Research Professor
Economic Geology, Orogenic Gold Deposits, Tectonics
goldfarb@mines.edu
303-273-3800
Elizabeth Holley
Associate Professor
Economic Geology, Carlin-Type Deposits, Mining Engineering
eholley@mines.edu
303-273-3409
Yvette Kuiper
Associate Professor
Structural Geology, Field Geology, Geochronology
ykuiper@mines.edu
303-273-3105
David Leach
Research Professor
Economic Geology, Sedimentary-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits
dleach@mines.edu
303-273-3800
Jeff Lee
Research Professor
Tectonics, Crustal Fluid Flow,
lee1@mines.edu
Yaoguo Li
Professor
Geophysics, Mineral Exploration, Joint Inversion
ygli@mines.edu
303-273-3510
Thomas Monecke
Professor
Economic Geology, VMS Deposits, Hydrothermal Geochemistry, Archean Geology
tmonecke@mines.edu
303-273-3841
Katharina Pfaff
Research Associate Professor
Manager of the MMC Facility
Mineralogy, Igneous Petrology, Rare Metal Deposits
kpfaff@mines.edu
303-384-2487
Research Group
Erik Tharalson
Research Associate
Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits, Physical Volcanology, Igneous Petrology, Mafic-ultramafic Related Ni-Cu-PGE Deposits
etharals@mines.edu
Staff
Mary Doherty
Manager of the Professional Master’s in Mineral Exploration Program
medoherty@mines.edu
303-273-3930
Susann Stolze
Research Associate
Manager of the Stable Isotope Facility
Manager of the Palynology Laboratory
Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Palynology
sstolze@mines.edu
303-384-2128
Affiliate Faculty
Tucker Barrie
Genesis of Metallic Mineral Deposits, Igneous Geochemistry, Sustainable Resource Management
barriect@sympatico.ca
Nigel Kelly
Metamorphic Petrology, Economic Geology, Metamorphosed Ore Deposits, Geochronology
nkelly@mines.edu
Larry Meinert
Skarn Deposits, Economic Geology, Mineralogy, Critical Element Resources
ldmeinert@gmail.com
Richard Palin
Metamorphic Petrology
richard.palin@earth.ox.ac.uk
T. James Reynolds
Fluid Inclusions, Fluid-Fluid Interaction, Porphyry Copper Deposits, Epithermal Deposits, Orogenic Gold Deposits
fluidinc@comcast.net
David Wood
Structural Geology, Geometallurgy
davidwood@mines.edu
Yuanhai Yang
Petrophysics, Carbonate-Hosted Ore Deposits
steve.yang01@comcast.net