36 faculty and 21 courses in Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines.
- Andrew Herring, Professor h-index 48
Notable: “Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems” (2014) · 2,012 citations
- Zachary Aman, Affiliate Faculty h-index 43
Notable: “Gas hydrates in sustainable chemistry” (2020) · 784 citations
- Colin Wolden, Professor h-index 41
Focused on the synthesis of nanostructured materials and their application to solving challenges in the areas of renewable energy and sustainability. Synthesis techniques include both vapor deposition (sputtering, CVD) and solution proc
Notable: “CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects” (2023) · 371 citations
- Ning Wu, Professor h-index 40
Lies in finding simple and elegant ways to precisely control the structures of materials at different length scales. Multi-scale hierarchical structures are found abundantly in nature for surprisingly different purposes. For example, the am
- Michael Guarnieri, Adjunct Faculty h-index 39
Ed on protein crystallography and structure-guided drug design. Prior to his graduate studies, conducted undergraduate research at Brown University, examining viral secretion and virus-host interactions. Colorado School of Mines 1500 Illino
Notable: “Lignin valorization through integrated biological funneling and chemical catalysis” (2014) · 892 citations
- Kevin Cash, Associate Professor h-index 33
- Alexander Pak, Assistant Professor h-index 30
The design of reprogrammable protein-based bionanoreactors for carbon capture/conversion, nanobody therapeutics targeting protein lattice virulence factors, protein- and biopolymer-based hydrogels for drug delivery, plant-based mate
- Melissa Krebs, Associate Professor h-index 28
Notable: “Electrospinning alginate-based nanofibers: From blends to crosslinked low molecular weight alginate-only systems” (2011) · 284 citations
- Justin Shaffer, Teaching Faculty h-index 18
- Billy Stanbery, Research Faculty h-index 16
Notable: “Terawatt-scale photovoltaics: Transform global energy” (2019) · 520 citations
- Joseph Samaniuk, Associate Professor h-index 13
Notable: “Recycling glass fiber thermoplastic composites from wind turbine blades” (2018) · 364 citations
- Nikki Farnsworth, Associate Professor h-index 13
- Ramya Kumar, Assistant Professor h-index 12
- Jason Ganley, Teaching Faculty h-index 11
. In general, my research activities and interests lie in the fields of energy and the impact of energy use on the environment. Persistent environmental issues such as climate change, pollution impacting air quality, and thermal waste have
Notable: “A Priori Catalytic Activity Correlations: The Difficult Case of Hydrogen Production from Ammonia” (2004) · 507 citations
- Rachel Morrish, Associate Department Head h-index 10
In the surface chemistry and processing of thin film materials. Outside of teaching, I enjoy coordinating hands-on
Notable: “Plasma assisted synthesis of WS2 for gas sensing applications” (2014) · 183 citations
- John Jechura, Teaching Faculty h-index 7
Notable: “Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Process Design and Economics Utilizing Co-Current Dilute Acid Prehydrolysis and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Corn Stover” (2002) · 1,192 citations
- Tracy Gardner, Teaching Faculty h-index 4
In the field of pedagogy – understanding how people learn and retain information, skills, and ideas and what teaching methods best support that learning. Some past research projects included using technology such as pen-enabled devices
Notable: “UML Modelling of Automated Business Processes with a Mapping to BPEL4WS” (2003) · 130 citations
- Michael Barankin, Teaching Faculty h-index 1
Notable: “Preliminary Reflections and Assessment of the 2022 Chemical Engineering Summer School” (2024) · 1 citations
- Aaron Smoroda, Adjunct Faculty
- Ahmad Afif Abdul Majid, Affiliate Faculty
Studying the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of gas hydrates system. My current research works includes gas hydrate for technological applications such as desalination, separation, and energy storage. Education BSE Chemical Eng
- Amadeu K. Sum, Professor
- Anuj Chauhan, Professor
- Bruno Klein, Adjunct Faculty
Span conceptual process design, process integration, and simulation; sustainability assessment (TEA, LCA, and social assessment); biochemical conversion process pathways; algal biomass production and conversion; and business models for the
- Carolyn Koh, Professor
- Carrie Farberow, Affiliate Faculty
- David W.M. Marr, Professor
- Diego Gomez-Gualdron, Associate Professor
- Jenny Ketterling, Teaching Faculty
Ed on genetic engineering of plants in systems such as tomatoes, petunias, and Arabidopsis thaliana, with a particular emphasis on ethylene signaling and its involvement in developmental pathways. Her teaching philosophy centers on active l
- Jim Hutchins, Adjunct Faculty
- Josh Ramey, Teaching Faculty
- Matthew Crane, Assistant Professor
- Nanette Boyle, Department Head
Notable: “Investigating overflow metabolism in heterotrophic cultures of the green alga Chromochloris zofingiensis” (2026)
- Nick Thornburg, Adjunct Faculty
Ed on heterogeneous transition metal oxide catalysts in sustainable chemical manufacturing applications. Dr. Thornburg is passionate about industrial innovation, entrepreneurship, student development and pedagogy. Colorado School of Mines 1
- Stephanie Kwon, Assistant Professor
- Sumit Agarwal, Professor
Focused on the synthesis and characterization of solar and electronic materials. A significant part of our focus is on plasma-assisted materials processing to achieve atomic scale control over growth and removal of materials to enable t
- Suzannah Beeler, Teaching Faculty
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.