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

Baba Freeman

Payne Institute ESG Research Associate
Energy, Critical Minerals and Metals
bifreeman@mines.edu

ANNA AHLSTROM LITTLEFIELD

Payne Institute CCUS Program Manager
and Research Associate
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150C
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 150C
victoria.patti@mines.edu 

Juliana Reid

Communications and Events Manager
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150C
303-384-2730
jreid@mines.edu

 

 

 

Jennifer Warner

Events Convener
Green Center, Suite 221
jennifer.warner@mines.edu 

EARTH OBSERVATION GROUP

Christopher Elvidge

Senior Research Associate
Director of Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150D
303-384-2731
celvidge@mines.edu

Namrata Chatterjee

Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150D
namratachatterjee@mines.edu

Tilottama (Tilo) Ghosh

Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150D
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 150D
ypon@mines.edu

 

Tamara Sparks

Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150D
tsparks@mines.edu

 

Mikhail (Misha) Zhizhin

Payne Institute Research Associate
Earth Observation Group
1600 Jackson Street, Suite 150D
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

Brooke Bowser

Communications Associate

Brad Handler

Program Manager,
Sustainable Finance Lab, and Researcher
bhandler@mines.edu 

Simon Lomax

Responsible Gas Program Manager and Editor-at-Large
slomax@mines.edu 

 

 

 

Rick Tallman

Advisor, Center for Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty
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

Rachel Chagnon

BS, Electrical Engineering

Cash Cherry

BS, Geophysical Engineering

Gabriel Collins 

MS, Mineral and Energy Economics

Tobin Ford

BS, Metal & Materials Eng. 

Isabel Guajardo

MS, Mineral and Energy Economics

Tinzar Htun

MS, Natural Resources and Energy Policy

Siddhant Kulkarni​

MS, Mineral & Energy Economics

Ebenezer Manful-Sam

MS, Mineral and Energy Economics

Yasmin Marin Alvarez

MS, Mineral & Energy Economics

Liam O’Byrne

BS, Computer Science

 

 

Brooke Olsson

BS, Engineering Physics

Vince Palombi

BS, Engineering Physics

Darshil Shah​

MS, Mineral and Energy Economics

Addison Thalhamer

MS, Advanced Energy Systems

Taher Wahdan

MS, Advanced Energy Systems

Iyanna White

MS, Mineral and Energy Economics

Ping Zhang

MS, Computer Science