Faculty and Staff
Leadership
Faculty
Morgan D. Bazilian
Professor of Public Policy
Director of Payne Institute
303-384-2156
mbazilian@mines.edu
Jared Carbone
Professor
303-384-2175
jcarbone@mines.edu
David N. Culbreth
Professor of Practice
303-273-3492
dculbreth@mines.edu
Crystal Dobratz
Teaching Associate Professor Director of Graduate Online Certificate Program
303-273-3481
cldobratz@mines.edu
Roderick G. Eggert
Professor
Viola Vestal Coulter Chair in Mineral Economics
Deputy Director of Critical Materials Institute
303-273-3981
reggert@mines.edu
Tulay Flamand
Assistant Professor
303-273-3757
tflamand@mines.edu
Ben Gilbert
Assistant Professor
303-384-2359
bgilbert@mines.edu
Michael B. Heeley
Associate Professor
Director of Engineering and Technology Management Program
303-273-3167
mheeley@mines.edu

Qiaohai (Joice) Hu
Associate Professor
303-273-3542
qhu@mines.edu

Mona Jabbari
Teaching Assistant Professor
303-273-3531
monajabbari@mines.edu
Becky Lafrancois
Undergraduate Program Director and Teaching Professor
303-384-2063
blafranc@mines.edu
Ian Lange
Associate Professor
Director of Mineral and Energy Economics
303-384-2430
ilange@mines.edu

Patrick Leach
Professor of Practice
peleach@mines.edu
Andrew H. Pederson
Teaching Associate Professor
303-273-3426
apederso@mines.edu
Steven M. Smith
Assistant Professor
303-273-3150
ssmith1@mines.edu

Paul Zink
Professor of Practice
pzink@mines.edu
Staff

Kathleen Martin
Program Assistant
Engineering Hall 315
303-273-3482
kmartin@mines.edu

Denise Vigil
Administrative Assistant
Engineering Hall
303-273-3979
dcvigil@mines.edu
Adjuncts – SPRING 2022
Leocadio Bravo Barroso – EBGN 201 (Principles of Economics) and EBGN 302 (Intermediate Macroeconomics) barrosobravo@mines.edu
Denise Lefort – EBGN 307 (Business Communications) dlefort@mines.edu
Steve Piper – EBGN 301 (Intermediate Microeconomics) spiper@mines.edu
Chris Worley – EBGN 330 (Energy Economics) cworley@mines.edu
Kris Hefley – EBGN 308 (Principles of Marketing) khefley@mines.edu
EMERITIS
Carol A. Dahl
Research Professor
Professor Emeritus
303-273-3921
cadahl@mines.edu
Graham Davis
Professor Emeritus
gdavis@mines.edu
John Tilton
Research Professor
Professor Emeritus
jtilton@mines.edu
Michael R. Walls
Professor Emeritus
303-521-6801
mwalls@mines.edu