The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and/or tenure to 19 Mines faculty members for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Additionally, five Mines faculty members were granted the title of University Distinguished Professor, the highest honorific title that can be conferred on a tenured full professor who does not currently hold a chaired professorship.
New for the 2022-2023 academic year, the five-year renewable appointment is selectively granted to those who have brought great distinction to Mines through the teaching, mentoring, discovery, innovation efforts and international recognition.
The inaugural University Distinguished Professors are:
- Thomas Albrecht-Schoenzart, Professor of Chemistry
- Christopher Higgins, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Ryan O’Hayre, Professor of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
- Kamini Singha, Professor of Geology & Geological Engineering
- Ilya Tsvankin, Professor of Geophysics
Promotion and tenure awards for 2022-2023:
Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Kevin Cash, tenure and promotion to associate professor
- Diego Gomez Gualdron, tenure and promotion to associate professor
- Joseph Samaniuk, tenure and promotion to associate professor
Chemistry
- Jenifer Shafer, promotion to professor
Computer Science
- Tom Williams, tenure and promotion to associate professor
Economics and Business
- Jared Carbone, promotion to professor
Engineering, Design & Society
- Jessica Smith, promotion to professor
- Yosef Allam, promotion to teaching professor
Geophysics
- Ebru Bozdag, tenure and promotion to associate professor
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Adrianne Kroepsch, tenure and promotion to associate professor
- Derrick Hudson, promotion to teaching professor
Mechanical Engineering
- Andrew Petruska, tenure and promotion to associate professor
- Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, tenure and promotion to associate professor
- Mohsen Alse Zaeem, promotion to professor
- Jeff Ackerman, promotion to teaching associate professor
- Jeff Wheeler, promotion to teaching associate professor
Mining Engineering
- Rennie Kaunda, tenure and promotion to associate professor
Physics
- Eliot Kapit, tenure
- Eric Toberer, promotion to professor
About Mines
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and innovations to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.
