Senators

2025-2026 Senators

Shubham Vyas Headshot

Shubham Vyas
Term 2023-2026

Faculty Senate President
Associate Professor, Chemistry
106 Coolbaugh Hall 
(303) 273-3632
svyas@mines.edu

Nicole Becwar Headshot

Nicole Becwar
Term 2024-2027

Assistant Librarian
Metadata Inititatives Librarian
Library Room 166
(303) 273-3691
nbecwar@mines.edu

Terry Bridgman Headshot

Terry Bridgman
Term 2025-2028

Teaching Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Stratton Hall 208
(303) 384-2447
tbridgma@mines.edu

Alina Handorean Headshot

Alina Handorean
Term 2025-2028

Teaching Professor, Engineering, Design & Society
Joint Appointment, Civil and Environmental Engineering
General Research Lab Annex 217
(303) 273-3592
ahandorean@mines.edu

Cortney Holles Headshot

Cortney Holles
Term 2023-2026

Teaching Professor, Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Stratton Hall 311 
(303) 273-3595 
cholles@mines.edu

Jeff Holley Headshot

Jeffrey A. Holley
Term 2024-2027

Teaching Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chauvenet Hall 197 
(303) 273-3533 
jholley@mines.edu 

 

Paul Martin Headshot

Paul Martin
Term 2024-2027

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Chauvenet Hall 244 
(303) 273-3895 
pamartin@mines.edu

Piret Plink-Bjorklund Headshot

Piret Plink-Björklund
Term 2024-2027

Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering
Berthoud Hall 411B
(303) 384-2042
pplink@mines.edu

 

Ryan Richards Headshot

Ryan M. Richards
Term 2025-2028

Professor, Chemistry
Director, Joint Mines/NREL NEXUS Center
304 Coolbaugh Hall
(303) 273-3612
rrichard@mines.edu

Jamal Rostami Headshot

Jamal Rostami
Term 2023-2026

Professor, Timothy J. Haddon / Alacer Gold Chair in Mining Engineering
Brown Hall 217 
(303) 273-3041 
rostami@mines.edu

Chelsea Salinas Headshot

Chelsea Salinas
Term 2025-2028

Teaching Professor and EDS Assistant Department Head
General Research Lab Annex 203
(303) 384-2290
csalinas@mines.edu

John Spear Headshot

​John Spear
TERM 2024-2027

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Coolbaugh Hall 334
(303) 273-3497
jspear@mines.edu

Chuck Stone Headshot

Charles (Chuck) Stone
Term 2024-2027

Teaching Professor, Physics
CoorsTek 302 
(303) 273-3762 
cstone@mines.edu

Tom Williams Headshot

Tom WIlliams
Term 2025-2028

Associate Professor, Computer Science
Brown Building 280-J 
(303) 273-3820 
twilliams@mines.edu

 

 

Ning Wu Headshot

NING WU
TERM 2023-2026

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
441 Alderson Hall
(303) 273-3702
ningwu@mines.edu

 

Non-Voting Representatives

Dinesh Mehta Headshot

Dinesh Mehta

Faculty Trustee
Professor, Computer Science
(303) 273-3713
CTLM 257
dmehta@mines.edu

TBD

Graduate Student Government

TBD

Undergraduate Student Government

Office Staff

Kristeen Serracino Headshot

Kristeen Serracino

Program Assistant I, Academic Affairs/Registrar’s Office
(303) 273-3236
324 Guggenheim Hall
kristeen.serracino@mines.edu