Joint Faculty & Researchers

Transdisciplinary collaboration is essential to our success, which is why we cultivate a diverse community of mining and minerals-focused faculty for joint appointments. Our school supports faculty from all disciplines in addressing sustainable mining and mineral resource challenges. 

Interested in becoming a member of the school? Click below to learn more and apply.

About Joint Faculty Membership

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Angelina Anani

Associate Professor, Mining & Geological Engineering

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Flurin Babst

Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment

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Alicja Babst-Kostecka

Assistant Professor, Environmental Science 

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Isabel Barton

Associate Professor, Mining & Geological Engineering

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Mark Barton

Director, Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources. 

Professor, Geosciences

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Leonard D. Brown

Assistant Research Professor, Community, Environment, and Policy

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Hannah Budinoff

Assistant Professor, Systems and Industrial Engineering

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Hsin-I Chang

Hsin-I Chang

Assistant Research Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences

Co-Director, Center for Applied Hydroclimate Sciences

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Marta Codeço

Manager, Lowell Program in Economic Geology

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Ty P. A. Ferré

Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences

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Jim A. Field

Associate Dean, College of Engineering for Graduate Studies

Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Carmala Garzione

Dean, College of Science

Professor of Geosciences

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David Hahn

Craig M. Berge Dean of the College of Engineering

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Gail Heath

Associate Professor of Practice, Mining and Geological Engineering

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Erin Heinz

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Instructor, School of Sociology

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David Hogan

Assistant Research Professor, Environmental Science

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Amanda Hughes

Assistant Professor of Practice, Geosciences

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Hee Jeong Kim

Assistant Professor, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics

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Jason Kirk

Research Scientist, Geosciences

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Priyanka Kushwaha

Research Scientist III, Environmental Science

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Douglas A. Loy

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry Departments

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Eric Lutz

Assistant Professor, Community, Environment and Policy Division

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Kray Luxbacher

Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Leadership Chair & Department Head, Mining & Geological Engineering

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Venkat Rao Manga

Assistant research professor, Materials Science and Engineering

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Ananya Mallik

Assistant Professor, Geosciences

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Paul Melendez

Professor, Eller College of Management

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Moe Momayez

Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering

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Julie Neilson

Associate Research Professor, Environmental Science

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Hervé Rezeau

Assistant Professor, Lundin Chair in Economic Geology, Geosciences

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Carson Richardson

Chief, Mineral Resources & Bedrock Geology, Arizona Geological Survey

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Nathalie Risso

Assistant Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering Department

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Sierra Alvarez Reyes

Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Bradley Ross

Professor of Practice
Director, Geotechnical Center for Excellence

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Professor Ben Sternberg

Ben Sternberg

Professor, and Director of Laboratory for Advanced Subsurface Imaging (LASI)

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Victor Tenorio

Professor of Practice, Mining and Geological Engineering

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Muhammad Waqas

Assistant Professor of Practice, Mining and Geological Engineering

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Edward Wellman

Research Engineer/Scientist, Geotechnical Center of Excellence

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Andrew Wessman

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

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Jinhong Zhang

Associate Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering

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Lianyang Zhang

Professor, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics

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Tejo Bheemasetti

Tejo Bheemasetti

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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Frank Mazdab

Frank Mazdab

Researcher 

Analytical mineralogy