Petroleum Engineering Faculty and Staff

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

Jennifer L. Miskimins

F.H. Mick Merelli/Cimarex Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair in PE
Professor
Director, Fracturing, Acidizing, Stimulation Technology (FAST)
Director, Center for Earth Materials, Mechanics and Characterization
jmiskimi@mines.edu
303-384-2607

Luis E. Zerpa

Luis E. Zerpa

Associate Department Head, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
lzerpa@mines.edu
303-384-2627

Faculty

Linda Ann Battalora

Linda Ann Battalora

Teaching Professor
lbattalo@mines.edu
303-273-3903

Parisa Bazazi

Parisa Bazazi

Assistant Professor
pbazazi@mines.edu

Jim Crompton

Jim Crompton

Professor of Practice
jamescrompton@mines.edu

Mansur Ermila

Mansur Ermila

Teaching Associate Professor
mermila@mines.edu
303-384-2377

Yilin Fan

Yilin Fan

Assistant Professor
yilinfan@mines.edu
303-273-3749

William (Will) Fleckenstein

William (Will) Fleckenstein

Professor of Practice (AA)
wflecken@mines.edu
303-384-2030

Serveh Kamrava

Serveh Kamrava

Assistant Professor
kamrava@mines.edu
303-273-3966

Hossein Kazemi

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

Mark G. Miller

Mark G. Miller

Teaching Associate Professor
mmiller@mines.edu
303-273-3187

Jennifer L. Miskimins

Jennifer L. Miskimins

F.H. Mick Merelli/Cimarex Energy Distinguished Department Head Chair in PE
Professor
Director, Fracturing, Acidizing, Stimulation Technology (FAST)
Director, Center for Earth Materials, Mechanics and Characterization
jmiskimi@mines.edu
303-384-2607

Erdal Ozkan

Erdal Ozkan

Professor
Director Unconventional Reservoir Project (UREP)
Co-Director Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies (MCERS)
eozkan@mines.edu
303-273-3188

Pejman Tahmasebi

Pejman Tahmasebi

Associate Professor
tahmasebi@mines.edu
303-273-3965

Yu-Shu Wu

Yu-Shu Wu

Professor
Director of Energy Modeling Group (EMG)
ywu@mines.edu
303-384-2093

Xiaolong Yin

Xiaolong Yin

Associate Professor
Group of Multiphase Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Properties
Co-Director of Unconventional Reservoir Project (UREP)
xyin@mines.edu
303-384-2449

Luis E. Zerpa

Luis E. Zerpa

Associate Department Head, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Rock & Fluid Multiphysics
lzerpa@mines.edu
303-384-2627

Research Faculty

Philip H. Winterfeld

Philip H. Winterfeld

Research Associate Professor
pwinterf@mines.edu
303-384-2366

Emeritus Faculty

Alfred William (Bill) Eustes III

Alfred William (Bill) Eustes III

Associate Professor Emeritus
aeustes@mines.edu
303-273-3745

Ramona M. Graves

Ramona M. Graves

Professor Emeritus
Former Vice Provost and Dean
rgraves@mines.edu

Craig W. Van Kirk

Craig W. Van Kirk

Professor Emeritus
cvankirk@mines.edu

Bill Scoggins

Former Professor and President Emeritus
scoggins@mines.edu

Staff

Joe Chen

Laboratory Coordinator II
Marquez Hall 004
303-273-3291
jychen@mines.edu

Nellie Link

Department Manager and Graduate Program Manager
Petroleum Engineering
303-273-3740
link@mines.edu

Rachel McDonald

Program Assistant
Marquez Hall 206
303-273-3321
rmcdonald@mines.edu