Faculty & Staff
Mines Petroleum Engineering
Our team has years of professional experience in the oil and gas industry and enjoys a worldwide reputation and recognition in their areas of teaching and research.
Department Leadership
Jennifer L. Miskimins
F.H. Mick Merelli/Cimarex Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair in PE, Professor
Director, Fracturing, Acidizing, Stimulation Technology (FAST)
jmiskimi@mines.edu
303-384-2607
Luis E. Zerpa
Harry D. Campbell Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Associate Department Head, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
lzerpa@mines.edu
303-384-2627
Faculty
Yilin Fan
Associate Professor
Director of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP)
yilinfan@mines.edu
303-273-3749
Hossein Kazemi
Professor, Chesebro’ Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Engineering
Co-Director of Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies (MCERS)
hkazemi@mines.edu
303-384-2072
Jennifer L. Miskimins
F.H. Mick Merelli/Cimarex Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair in PE, Professor
Director, Fracturing, Acidizing, Stimulation Technology (FAST)
jmiskimi@mines.edu
303-384-2607
Erdal Ozkan
Professor
Director Unconventional Reservoir Project (UREP)
Co-Director Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies (MCERS)
eozkan@mines.edu
303-273-3188
Luis E. Zerpa
Harry D. Campbell Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Associate Department Head, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
lzerpa@mines.edu
303-384-2627
Research Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
Xiaolong Yin
Affiliate Faculty
Group of Multiphase Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Properties
Co-Director of Unconventional Reservoir Project (UREP)
xyin@mines.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Staff
Nellie Link
Department Manager and Graduate Program Manager
Petroleum Engineering
303-273-3740
link@mines.edu
Joe Chen
Laboratory Coordinator II
Marquez Hall 004
303-273-3291
jychen@mines.edu
Rachel Beal
Program Assistant
Marquez Hall 206
303-273-3721
rachel.beal@mines.edu
Lindsey Daly
Major Academic CASA Advisor
Advises Petroleum major students with last names that begin with H-N.
Aspen Hall Room 212
303-273-3860
ltoper@mines.edu
Dana Morrison
