Senators
2024-2025 Senators
Brandon Dugan
Term 2022-2025
Faculty Senate President
Associate Department Head and Professor, Geophysics
Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics
(303) 273-3512
dugan@mines.edu
Cristian V. Ciobanu
Term 2022-2025
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(303) 384-2119
CoorsTek 225
cciobanu@mines.edu
Piret Plink-Bjorklund
Term 2024-2027
Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering
(303) 384-2042
Berthoud Hall 411B
pplink@mines.edu
Nicole Becwar
Term 2024-2027
Assistant Librarian
Metadata Inititatives Librarian
(303) 273-3691
nbecwar@mines.edu
John Spear
TERM 2024-2027
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
(303) 273-3497
jspear@mines.edu
NING WU
TERM 2023-2026
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
(303) 273-3702
ningwu@mines.edu
Mansur Ermila
Term 2022-2025
Teaching Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
(303) 384-2377
Marquez Hall 313
mermila@mines.edu
Charles (Chuck) Stone
Term 2024-2027
Teaching Professor, Physics
(303) 273-3762
CoorsTek 302
cstone@mines.edu
Cortney Holles
Term 2023-2026
Teaching Professor, Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
(303) 273-3595
Stratton Hall 311
cholles@mines.edu
Ventzi Karaivanov
Term 2022-2025
Online Standards Committee Chair
Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(303) 384-2207
Brown Hall W310E
vkaraiva@mines.edu
Paul Martin
Term 2024-2027
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
(303) 273-3895
Chauvenet Hall 224
pamartin@mines.edu
Jamal Rostami
Term 2023-2026
Professor, Timothy J. Haddon / Alacer Gold Chair in Mining Engineering
(303) 273-3041
Brown Hall 217
rostami@mines.edu
vacant
Shubham Vyas
Term 2023-2026
Associate Professor, Chemistry
(303) 273-3632
106 Coolbaugh Hall
svyas@mines.edu
Jeffrey A. Holley
Term 2024-2027
Teaching Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
(303) 273-3533
Chauvenet Hall 197
jholley@mines.edu
Non-Voting Representatives
Dinesh Mehta
Faculty Trustee
Professor, Computer Science
(303) 273-3713
CTLM 257
dmehta@mines.edu
Kathleen Tomon
Graduate Student Government
Mikhaila Powers
Undergraduate Student Government
Office Staff
Kristeen Serracino
Program Assistant I, Academic Affairs/Registrar’s Office
(303) 273-3236
324 Guggenheim Hall
kristeen.serracino@mines.edu