Assistant Professors

PARISA BAZAZI, 2021- B.S., University of Tehran, Iran; M.S., Ph.D. University of Calgary; Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

MEHMET BELVIRANLI, 2019-B.S., M.S., Bilkent University; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

GABRIEL SANTAMARIA BOTELLO, 2023-B.S., University of Carabobo, Venezuela; Ph.D., Charles III University of Madrid; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

MAXWELL BROWN, 2024-A.S., North Dakota State College of Science; B.S., North Dakota State University; M.S., University of Maine; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Assistant Professor of Economics and Business

KEVIN CANNON, 2020-B.S, Queen's University; M.S., Ph.D. Brown University, Assistant Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering

DONG CHEN, 2022-Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D., Northeastern University; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

MATTHEW CRANE, 2022-B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Washington; Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

NEIL T. DANTAM, 2017-B.S., M.E., Purdue University, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

YILIN FAN, 2018-B.S., China University, M.S., Ph.D., University of Tulsa; Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

NIKKI FARNSWORTH, 2019-B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

KAVEH FATHIAN, 2023-B.S., Imam Khomeini International University in Iran; Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

GABRIEL FIERRO, 2021-B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

TULAY FLAMAND, 2016-B.S., Yildiz Technical University; M.S., Istanbul Technical University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Assistant Professor of Economics and Business

KELSEY FULTON, 2023-B.S., Millersville University; Ph.D., University of Maryland; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

MEGAN E. HOLTZ, 2021-B.S., Trinity University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University; Assistant Professor of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

SERVEH KAMRAVA, 2021 - B.S., Sahand University of Technology; M.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Southern California; Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

JIHYE KIM, 2022-B.A.Sc., M.A. Sc., Seoul National University; Ph.D., University of Toronto; Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

JONAH KLEMM-TOOLE, 2020-B.S., University of Florida; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

KATIE KNAUS, 2023-B.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

GEORGIOS KONTOUDIS, 2024-B.S., University of West Attica, Greece, Ph.D., Virginia Tech; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

RAMYA KUMAR, 2022-B.E., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

STEPHANIE KWON, 2020-B.S., Seoul National University; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

GUANNAN LIU, 2023-B.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., Virginia Tech; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

ADRIENNE MARSHALL, 2019 - B.A., Scripps College; M.S., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Idaho; Assistant Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering

ANNALISE MAUGHAN, 2021-B.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., Colorado State University; Assistant Professor of Chemistry

ERIC MAYOETTE, 2023-B.S., Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Assistant Professor of Physics

C. MICHAEL MCGUIRK, 2019-B.A., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Chemistry

DANIEL MCKENZIE, 2019- B.S., M.S., University of Cape Town; Ph.D., University of Georgia; Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics 

CHRISTINE MORRISON, 2019-B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology; Assistant Professor of Chemistry

EVE MOZUR, 2022-B.A., Reed College; PhD, Colorado State University; Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

ANDREW OSBORNE, 2018-B.S., Ph.D., University of Glasgow; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

ALEXANDER PAK, 2021-B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin; Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

YAMUNA PHAL, 2023-B.Tech., Indian Institute of technology Roorkee, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

RAJA RAJASEGAR, 2024-B.S., National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

ELIZABETH REDDY, 2018-B.A., Reed College; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; Assistant Professor of Engineering, Design & Society

SUSANTA K. SARKAR, 2014-B.S., University of Northern Bengal; M.S., Indian Institute of Science; Ph.D., University of Oregon; Assistant Professor of Physics

YANGMING SHI, 2023-B.S., Ningbo University; M.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Florida; Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

MEENAKSHI SINGH, 2017-B.S., University of Lucknow; M.S., Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; Assistant Professor of Physics

COLLEEN ESTELLE SMITH, 2023- B.A., B.S., Ph.D, University of Minnesota; Assistant Professor of Computer Science

BRENNAN SPRINKLE, 2018- B.S., Colorado School of Mines; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Applied Math and Statistics 

ANNA STAERZ, 2023-B.S., M.S., Dr. Rer.Nat., Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen; Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

LORI TUNSTALL, 2019-B.S., The College of New Jersey; Ph.D., Princeton University; Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

RYAN VENTURELLI, 2021- B.S.,  Indiana University Northwest, M.S., Indiana State University; Ph.D., University of South Florida; Assistant Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering 

BIA VILLAS BOAS, 2020- B.S., Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte; M.S., University of São Paulo; Ph.D.,  University of California San Diego; Assistant Professor of Geophysics

SAMY WU FUNG, 2019 - B.S., Brown University; Ph.D., Emory University; Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics