Faculty and Staff

Laurel Almer, PhD

Adjunct Professor
lsalmer@mines.edu

Mark Allendorf, PhD

Mark Allendorf’s Sandia page
Co-Director of the DOE Hydrogen Materials – Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC) and Senior Scientist
Sandia National Laboratories
925-294-2895
mdallen@sandia.gov

Eric Bauer, PhD

Technical Staff Member, MPA-Q
Los Alamos National Laboratory
505-665-0942
edbauer@lanl.gov

Matt Beard, PhD

Matt Beard NREL page
Senior Research Fellow I – Material Science
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-6781
Matt.Beard@nrel.gov

Patrick Feng, PhD

Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
925-667-6475
plfeng@sandia.gov

Gregory Holmbeck, PhD

Director of the INL Center for Radiation Chemistry Research and Staff Scientist
Idaho National Laboratory
574-252-6022
Gregory.p.horne@gmail.com

Lieve Laurens, PhD

Senior Scientist II
National Bioenergy Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-330-4332
Lieve.laurens@nrel.gov

Daniel Ruddy, PhD

Daniel Ruddy’s NREL page
Inorganic & Materials Chemist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-6322
dan.ruddy@nrel.gov

Paul Tobash, PhD

Technical Staff Scientist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
505-665-0845
ptobash@lanl.gov

Judah Friese, PhD

Judah Friese’s PNNL page
Radiochemist, Laboratory Fellow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
509-375-1778
Judah.friese@pnnl.gov  

Joseph Meyer, PhD

Chief Scientist
Applied Limnology Professionals LLC
414 Anvil Way, Golden, CO 80401
303-524-4373
jsmeyer@alpscolorado.com 

Nicholas Strange, PhD

Nicholas Strange’s SLAC page
Staff Scientist
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
650-926-5527
Nstrange@slac.stanford.edu 

Derek Vardon, PhD

Derek Vardon’s Alder Renewables page
CEO
Alder Renewables
dvardon@alderrenewables.com 

Liz Ware, PhD

Liz Ware’s NREL page
Researcher IV-Chemistry
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Anne.ware@nrel.gov 

Scott W. Cowley

Patrick MacCarthy

Kent J. Voorhees

Ronald W. Klusman

Michael J. Pavelich

Thomas R. Wildeman

Donald Langmuir

Mark R. Seger

David Wu

Megan Paulson

Department Manager & Graduate Program Coordinator
303-273-3637
mpaulson@mines.edu

Ed Dempsey

Instrument Engineer and Designer
edempsey@mines.edu

Gabrielle Laatsch

Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Office Manager
303-273-3610
gabrielle.laatsch@mines.edu

Ramona Figueroa

Laboratory Coordinator
Coolbaugh Hall 311
303-384-2572
rfiguero@mines.edu