Mines Faculty, Staff, and Post-Docs

Co-Director

Thomas Monecke

Thomas Monecke

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

Academic Faculty

Mary Carr

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

Zhaoshan Chang

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

John Decker

John Decker

Research Associate
Gold-Rich VMS Deposits, Geology of the Iskut River Area, Uranium and Vanadium Deposits
jdedecke@mines.edu

Ben Frieman

Ben Frieman

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

Richard Goldfarb

Richard Goldfarb

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

Elizabeth Holley

Elizabeth Holley

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

Yvette Kuiper

Yvette Kuiper

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

David Leach

David Leach

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

Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee

Research Professor
Tectonics, Crustal Fluid Flow,
lee1@mines.edu

Yaoguo Li

Yaoguo Li

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

Thomas Monecke

Thomas Monecke

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

Katharina Pfaff

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

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

Mary Doherty

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

Susann Stolze

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

Tucker Barrie

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

Nigel Kelly

Nigel Kelly

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

Larry Meinert

Larry Meinert

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

Richard Palin

Richard Palin

Metamorphic Petrology
richard.palin@earth.ox.ac.uk

T. James Reynolds

T. James Reynolds

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

David Wood

David Wood

Structural Geology, Geometallurgy
davidwood@mines.edu

Steve Yang

Yuanhai Yang

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