35 faculty and 23 courses in Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines.
- Ryan Richards, Professor h-index 54
- Matthew Posewitz, Professor h-index 53
Energy is inextricably linked to a society’s standard of living and the 21st century will see dramatic changes in how energy is generated, distributed and utilized. It is clear that diminishing fossil energy resources, climate change concer
- Alan Sellinger, Professor h-index 53
Below is a list of ongoing projects in the Sellinger group: Synthesis and evaluation of novel plastic scintillator materials for efficient characterization of gamma and neutron fields through pulse shape discrimination and enhanced photo pe
- Brian Trewyn, Interim Department Head h-index 46
We address in the Trewyn lab. Further developing the functionality of the porous materials in 3D printing and additive manufacturing is a new research focus area for the group. Education BS – University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
- Svitlana Pylypenko, Professor h-index 46
- Richard C. Holz, Professor h-index 38
- Joseph Sperling, Research Professor h-index 37
Areas Nuclear Energy for the Modern World Joe Sperling's Google Scholar Page Colorado School of Mines 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO / Admissions & Financial Aid Financial Aid Graduate Admissions Unde
- Bettina M. Voelker, Professor h-index 32
Biogeochemical cycling of toxic and nutrient metals. Photochemistry and free radical chemistry in aqueous environment systems. Publications Hansard S.P., Easter H.D., Voelker B.M. Rapid Reaction of Nanomolar Mn(II) with Superoxide Radical i
- Daniel Knauss, Professor h-index 31
Include: the synthesis of new types of polymers, the control of polymer architecture and functionalization, and the study of new reaction mechanisms through monomer and polymer synthesis. The types of applications include polymeric photovol
- David Halat, Assistant Professor h-index 28
- Mark Eberhart, Research Professor h-index 27
- Dylan Domaille, Associate Professor h-index 26
- Shubham Vyas, Professor h-index 25
- Samantha Johnson, Assistant Professor h-index 20
- Jenifer C. Shafer, Professor h-index 19
- Jessica Jackson, Research Professor h-index 7
Began with her studies at Washington State University first as an undergraduate in the laboratory of Dr. Donald Wall and then expanded through her graduate work under the tutelage of Professor Kenneth L. Nash. The bulk of her research while
- Christian Beren, Teaching Associate Professor h-index 6
Focus on the physical principles of viral self-assembly. Viruses are simple physical objects (and therefore, very simple organisms ), with the simplest viruses being composed of only two components, a single-stranded (ss)RNA genome and 180
- Aaron Goodman, Research Professor h-index 6
Es on developing new analytical methods in geochemistry and environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on nanoscale particles. His PhD and postdoctoral work focused on single particle ICP-MS methods to detect, quantify, and characterize nano
- Jonathan Miorelli, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 5
Revolve around theoretical and computational chemistry, with an interest in how the structure and evolution of a molecule/material’s electron density gives rise to its observed reactivity, specifically within the context of the Quantum Theo
- Megan Moyer, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 3
- Amanda Furness, Teaching Assistant Professor
- Amanda Jameer, Teaching Associate Professor
- Angela Sower, Teaching Professor
- Annalise Maughan, Assistant Professor
- C. Michael McGuirk, Associate Professor
- Erik Menke, Associate Department Head
Understanding aluminum ion behavior in organic solvents, motivated by developing electrolytes for rechargeable aluminum batteries, and developing educational interventions, such as culturally relevant science teaching, that positively i
- James Ranville, Professor
- Kim R. Williams, Research Professor
- Laurel Almer, Adjunct Professor
- Mark Jensen, Professor
Focused on the nuclear fuel cycle, ranging from mechanisms of selectivity in chemical separations to biologically-based metal separations and the biochemistry and environmental chemistry of the transuranium elements. Mark has been study
- Rebecca Smaha, Research Professor
Es on the design, discovery, and development of novel ternary nitrides as both bulk powders and thin films, both fundamentally and for applications including magnetism, optoelectronics, detection, and spintronics. Rebecca Smaha’s NLR
- Renee Falconer, Teaching Professor
Center around the environmental chemistry of organic pollutants and their transport and fate in the environment. Understanding the movement, distribution and degradation of these compounds in the environment is essential for determining the
- Thomas Albrecht, Professor
- Tom Gennett, Professor
- Yuan Yang, Research Professor
The development and application of new instrumentation and experimental methods of NMR spectroscopy to study molecular structure and dynamics. Due to the recent award, National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Grant
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 2026-07-01.