Faculty and Staff
Leadership
Tom Gennett
Department Head
Renee Falconer
Associate Department Head
Adjunct Faculty
Joint Appointments
Matt Beard, PHD
Matt Beard NREL page
Senior Research Fellow I – Material Science
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-6781
Matt.Beard@nrel.gov
Wade Braunecker, PhD
Wade Braunecker NREL page
Researcher IV – Chemistry
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-7616
Wade.Braunecker@nrel.gov
Todd Deutsch, PhD
Todd Deutsch NREL page
Researcher V – Chemistry
Chemistry & Nanoscience Center
Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-275-3727
Todd.Deutsch@nrel.gov
Justin Johnson, PhD
Justin Johnson NREL page
Researcher VI – Chemistry
Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-6190
Justin.Johnson@nrel.gov
Calvin Mukarakate, PhD
Calvin Mukarakate NREL page
Senior Scientist
National Bioenergy Center
Heterogeneous Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-7724
Calvin.Mukarakate@nrel.gov
Bryan Pivovar, PhD
Bryan Pivovar NREL page
Group Research Manager III-Chemistry
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-275-3809
Bryan.Pivovar@nrel.gov
Daniel Ruddy, PhD
Daniel Ruddy’s NREL page
Inorganic & Materials Chemist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-6322
dan.ruddy@nrel.gov
Affiliate Appointments
Samuel Bryan, PhD
Samuel Bryan’s PNNL page
Scientist V
Nuclear Chemistry & Engineering
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(509) 375-5648
sam.bryan@pnnl.gov
Stosh Kozimor, PhD
Stosh Kozimor LANL page
Chemist, C – IIAC
Radioactive Isotopes
Los Alamos National Laboratory
505-667-1091
stosh@lanl.gov
Lieve Laurens , PhD
Senior Scientist II
National Bioenergy Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-330-4332
Lieve.laurens@nrel.gov
Joseph Meyer, PhD
Chief Scientist
Applied Limnology Professionals LLC
414 Anvil Way, Golden, CO 80401
303-524-4373
jsmeyer@alpscolorado.com
Kathleen S. Smith, PhD
Research Geochemist
Scientist Emeritus, U. S. Geological Survey
kathysmithgeochemist@gmail.com
Angela Stelson, PhD
Physicist
Communications Technology Laboratory
RF Technology Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
(303) 497-6864
angela.stelson@nist.gov
Emeritus Faculty
Scott W. Cowley
Patrick MacCarthy
Kent J. Voorhees
Ronald W. Klusman
Michael J. Pavelich
Thomas R. Wildeman
Donald Langmuir
Mark R. Seger
David Wu
Donald L. Macalady
E. Craig Simmons
Staff
Megan Paulson
Department Manager & Graduate Program Coordinator
303-273-3637
mpaulson@mines.edu
Ed Dempsey
Instrument Engineer and Designer
edempsey@mines.edu
Gabrielle Edwards
Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Office Manager
303-273-3610
gedwards1@mines.edu
Ramona Figueroa
Laboratory Coordinator
303-384-2572
rfiguero@mines.edu
Joe Stranahan
Laboratory Coordinator
303-273-3611
jstranah@mines.edu