Experts and Staff
A dedicated experts and staff run the day-to-day operations of the Institute, and manage its research outputs, training, and public engagement activities. For media or interview inquiries with the Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian or any other of the Payne Institute leadership, please contact Greg Clough at (303)384-2218 or gclough@mines.edu.
Gregory Clough
Deputy Director, Payne Institute
Engineering Hall 123
303-384-2218
gclough@mines.edu
ANNA AHLSTROM LITTLEFIELD
Payne Institute CCUS Program Manager
and Research Associate
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 E
303-384-2742
annalittlefield@mines.edu
Aaron Malone
Payne Institute Research Associate
Research Assistant Professor, Mining Engineering
Brown Hall, BB210
amalone@mines.edu
Victoria Patti
Operations Coordinator
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 A
303-384-2721
victoria.patti@mines.edu
Juliana Reid
Communications and Events Manager
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 B
303-384-2730
jreid@mines.edu
Jennifer Warner
Events Convener
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 A
303-384-2732
jennifer.warner@mines.edu
EARTH OBSERVATION GROUP
Christopher Elvidge
Senior Research Associate
Director of Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 J
303-384-2731
celvidge@mines.edu
Namrata Chatterjee
Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 H
namratachatterjee@mines.edu
Tilottama (Tilo) Ghosh
Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 H
303-384-2735
tghosh@mines.edu
Feng Chi (David) Hsu
Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
fengchihsu@mines.edu
Stephen Pon
Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 G
303-384-2733
ypon@mines.edu
Tamara Sparks
Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 H
tsparks@mines.edu
Mikhail (Misha) Zhizhin
Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 370 I
303-384-2736
mzhizhin@mines.edu
ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS
Suzanne Beach
Program Coordinator
Advanced Energy Systems
(303)273-3627
sbeach@mines.edu
Valerie C. Holt
Administrative Director and Instructor
Advanced Energy Systems
(303)273-3620
vholt@mines.edu
AFFILIATED PARTNERS
Macdonald Amoah
Communications Associate
mamoah@mines.edu
Baba Freeman
Communications Associate
baba.i.freeman@gmail.com
Brad Handler
Program Manager,
Sustainable Finance Lab, and Researcher
bhandler@mines.edu
Rick Tallman
Program Manager, Native American
Mining and Energy Sovereignty Initiative
richard.tallman@mines.edu
Student researchers
Rueben Anafo
MS, Mineral & Energy Economics
Jared Andreatta
MS, Mineral & Energy Economics
Emmanuella Asiedu
MS, Mineral and Energy Economics
Felix Ayaburi
MS, Mineral and Energy Economics
Kemalcan Aydogdu
PhD, Mining Engineering
Vandan Bhalala
MS, Petroleum Engineering
Mary Bingham Chee
MS, Operations Research with Engineering
Rachel Chagnon
BS, Electrical Engineering
Gabriel Collins
MS, Mineral and Energy Economics
Reese Eppers
MS, Mineral and Energy Economics
Tobin Ford
BS, Metal & Materials Eng.
Isabel Guajardo
MS, Mineral and Energy Economics
Siddhant Kulkarni
MS, Mineral & Energy Economics
Ebenezer Manful-Sam
MS, Mineral and Energy Economics
Liam O’Byrne
BS, Computer Science
Brooke Olsson
BS, Engineering Physics
Ping Zhang
MS, Computer Science