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.

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
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