About Nexus

The world faces multiple challenges in energy and sustainability presented by global megatrends and needs. The Mines/NREL Nexus facilitates cooperation in areas of common mission, where combined capabilities can lead to solutions for key global challenges, and a means to pursue opportunities to address them.

Nexus is the embodiment of the decades-long Mines/NREL relationship. It is a joint partnership that strengthens, accelerates, and enhances all separately funded collaborative activities between NREL and Mines.

nexus-logo_rgb_digital_600wide Our People

The people are the driving force behind what we do.

Find out more about our affiliations and collaborators on the projects page.

Affiliated Faculty at Colorado School of Mines

Sumit Agarwal, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Morgan Bazillian, The Payne Institute

Greg Bogin, Mechanical Engineering

Rob Braun, Mechanical Engineering

Geoff Brennecka, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Anuj Chauhan, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Cristian Ciobanu, Mechanical Engineering

Matthew Crane, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Gabe Fierro, Computer Science

Prashun Gorai, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Andrew Herring, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Cynthia Howell, Critical Materials Institute

Eliot Kapit, Physics

Mike Kaufman, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Dan Knauss, Chemistry

Carolyn Koh, Chemical and Biological Engineering

 

Amy Landis, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Junko Munakata Marr,  Civil and Environmental Engineering

Annalise Maughan, Chemistry

Mike McGuirk, Chemistry

Ryan O’Hayre, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Rajavasanth Rajasegar, Mechanical Engineering

Ryan Richards, Chemistry

Alan Sellinger, Chemistry

Meenakshi Singh, Physics

Billy Stanbery, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Vladan Stevanovic, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, Mechanical Engineering

Brian Trewyn, Chemistry

Colin Wolden, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Kei Yazawa, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Jeramy Zimmerman, Physics

AFFILIATED STAFF AT NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LAB 

Matt Beard, Materials Science

Panos Datskos, Senior Research Operations Director; Wind Manufacturing

Todd Deutsch, Chemistry

Ryan France, Materials Science

David Ginley, Chief Scientist, Photovoltaics

Peter Green, Deputy Laboratory Director, Science and Technology; Chief Research Officer; and Alliance Senior Vice President

Mike Guarnieri, Molecular Biology

Nancy Haegel, Center Director; Materials, Chemical and Computational Science

Steve Harvey, Materials Science

Jesse Hensley, Chemical Engineering

Justin Johnson, Chemistry

Benjamin Kroposki, Power Systems Engineering Center

Calvin Mukarakate, Biofuels

 

Bryan Pivovar, Materials Science

Matthew Reese, Physics

Janet Reyna, Building Energy Modeling

Kerry Rippy, Inorganic Chemistry

Daniel Ruddy, Inorganic & Materials Chemistry

David Robichaud, Computational Modeling

Daniel Ruddy, Inorganic & Materials Chemist

Jonathon Stickel, Senior Research Engineer, Renewable Energy

Paul Stradins, Principle Scientist; Energy Sciences

Adele Tamboli, Material Science

Matthew Thornton, Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center

Judith Vidal, Building Energy Science

Xingchao Wang, Engineering Thermodynamics

Adam Warren, Director Integrated Applications Center

Andriy Zakutayev, Physics

Center Staff

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Debbie Haywood

Center Administrator
dhaywood@mines.edu

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Kelly Hummel

Operations, Marketing and Stakeholder Relations
khummel@mines.edu