The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and/or tenure to 28 Mines faculty members for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor:
Dong Chen, Computer Science
Yilin Fan, Petroleum Engineering
Mike McGuirk, Chemistry
Andrew Osborne, Mechanical Engineering
Promotion to Professor:
Soutir Bandyopadhyay, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Cecilia Diniz Behn, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Shiling Pei, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Svitlana Pylypenko, Chemistry
Brian Trewyn, Chemistry
Ning Wu, Chemical & Biological Engineering
Ian Lange, Economics & Business
Gabriel Walton, Geology & Geological Engineering
Anne Silverman, Mechanical Engineering
Vladan Stevanovic, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Kyle Leach, Physics
Promotion to Teaching Associate Professor:
John Griesmer, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Daisy Philtron, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Chelsea Panos, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Kelly Rickey, Mechanical Engineering
Aubrey Wigner, Engineering, Design & Society
Jim Wong, Mechanical Engineering
Promotion to Teaching Professor:
Jack Bringardner, Engineering, Design & Society
Hongyan Liu, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Josh Ramey, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Alex Wayllace, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Promotion to Research Associate Professor:
Shane Galley, Chemistry
Joseph Sperling, Chemistry
Promotion to Research Professor:
Sandrine Ricote, Mechanical Engineering
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.
