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

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)
Director, Center for Earth Materials, Mechanics and Characterization
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

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