Faculty and Staff

Tom Gennett

Department Head

Renee Falconer

Associate Department Head

Associate Professors

Svitlana Pylypenko

Brian Trewyn

Shubham Vyas

Assistant Professors

Dylan Domaille

Annalise Maughan

C. Michael McGuirk

Teaching Professors

Renee Falconer

Angela Sower

Teaching Associate Professors

Erik Menke

Teaching Assistant Professors

Abby Boyd

Christian Beren

Amanda Jameer

Megan Moyer

Jonathan Miorelli

Research Professors

Mark Eberhart

Donald Macalady

Christine Morrison

Kim R. Williams

Research Assistant Professors

Shane Galley

Jessica Jackson

Yuan Yang

Adjunct Faculty

Laurel Almer, PhD

Adjunct Professor
lsalmer@mines.edu

Nicholas Bedford, PhD

Adjunct Professor
nicholas.bedford@mines.edu

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

Jesse Hensley, PhD

Jesse Hensley NREL page
Group Research Manager III – Chemical Engineering
National Bioenergy Center
Heterogeneous Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
Thermochemical Process Integration, Scale-Up, and Piloting
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-7914
Jesse.Hensley@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

David Robichaud, PhD

David Robichaud’s NREL page
Chemist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
303-384-7790
David.Robichaud@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