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Meet the Mines Experts
Colorado School of Mines is home to the world’s top interdisciplinary experts in the entire minerals life-cycle, ranging from cutting-edge geoscience data in exploration to advanced extraction techniques to supply-chains and trade. It has the only mineral economics programs in the United States and has a long history of global partnerships to inform the international applicability of the pursuit.
Innovative Mining for Critical Minerals Steering Committee
Elizabeth Holley
Professor, Mining Engineering
Expertise: Mineral exploration, geologic controls on production and processing
Jim Ranville
Professor, Chemistry
Expertise: Colloids and particles in environmental processes, pollutants
Kristin Seyboth
Innovative Mining Project Manager
Expertise: Interdisciplinary collaboration, global-scale applications
Corby Anderson
Professor, Mining Engineering, Director, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
Expertise: Extractive metallurgy, mineral processing, waste minimization, recycling
Jaeheon Lee
Associate Professor, Mining Engineering
Expertise: Ore characterization, extractive metallurgy, recovery of metals from aqueous solutions
Rod Eggert
Research Professor, Economics and Business
Expertise: Mineral economics and public policy on critical minerals and materials
Aaron Malone
Research Assistant Professor, Mining Engineering
Expertise: Development and economic geography, livelihoods, sustainability, environmental conflicts
Linda Figueroa
Professor, Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering
Expertise: Resource recovery from mine wastes, mine closure and remediation
Alan Mencin
Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
Expertise: Economic feasibility assessment and evaluation, Technical due diligence and feasibility reviews
Aaron Goodman
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Expertise: Nanoparticle analysis, geochemical processes, acid mine drainage
Priscilla Nelson
Professor, Mining Engineering
Expertise: Geotechnical, geological & geoenvironmental engineering, risk-based performance assessment
Reza Hedayat
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Geomaterials, construction materials, reuse of mine tailings
Nicole Smith
Associate Professor, Mining Engineering
Expertise: Anthropology, corporate social responsibility, livelihoods, community acceptance
Jihye Kim
Assistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Expertise: Hydrometallurgical processing of secondary resources
Erik Spiller
Research Professor, Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Adjunct Professor, Mining Engineering
Expertise: Extractive metallurgy, mineral processing, particulate seperation
Isabel Guajardo
Critical Minerals Research Associate, Payne Institute
Expertise: Economic and policy analysis of critical mineral supply chains
Ian Lange
Professor, Economics and Business
Expertise: Environmental, resource and behavioral economics
Ryan Richards
Professor, Chemistry
Expertise: Nanostructured inorganic materials and surface chemistry
CONTACT US TO GET INVOLVED: Kristin Seyboth, miningresearch@mines.edu