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25 Mines faculty members awarded promotion, tenure

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The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and/or tenure to 25 Mines faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year.  

Tenure 

  • Eric Anderson, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor:  

  • Mehmet Belviranli, Computer Science 
  • Nikki Farnsworth, Chemical and Biological Engineering 
  • Jonah Klemm-Toole, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 
  • Lori Tunstall, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Promotion to Professor:   

  • Chris Bellona, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
  • Nanette Boyle, Chemical and Biological Engineering 
  • Dorit Hammerling, Applied Mathematics and Statistics 
  • Reza Hedayat, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
  • Elizabeth Holley, Mining Engineering 
  • Zhenzhen Yu, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 
  • Xiaoli Zhang, Mechanical Engineering 

Promotion to Teaching Associate Professor:    

  • Suzy Beeler, Chemical and Biological Engineering 
  • Christian Beren, Chemistry 
  • Polina Brodsky, Mechanical Engineering 
  • Brendan Hanger, Geology and Geological Engineering 
  • Masakazu Ito, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 
  • Hisham Sager, Electrical Engineering 
  • Kim Scott, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 
  • Michael Sheppard, Engineering, Design & Society 
  • Rob Thompson, Computer Science 

Promotion to Teaching Professor:   

  • Daniel Blood, Mechanical Engineering 

Promotion to Librarian:  

  • Brianna Buljung, Arthur Lakes Library 

Promotion to Research Associate Professor: 

  • Garrison Hommer, Mechanical Engineering 
  • Mengli Zhang, Geophysics 
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