Our Team

OUR TEAM

Center & Site Director

LINDA FIGUEROA,
PhD, PE, BCEE, F.ASCE
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois Street
Golden, CO  80401

[email protected]
Office:  +1-303-273-3491

Industry Advisory Board Chair

TERRY BRAUN
MSc, PE, SME, ASCE
North American President, Principal Civil Engineer
SRK Consulting
125 17th St – Ste 600
Denver, CO 80202
[email protected]
Office:  +1-303-985-3491

Industry Liaison &
Past Director

MICHAEL HENDERSON
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
50 Illinois St.
Golden, CO 80401

[email protected]
Office: +1 303-273-3700

Tailings Center Support

CRISTIN GEORGIS
Department Head and Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Leadership Chair, Professor of Mining & Geological Engineering
University of Arizona
1500 Illinois St.
Golden, CO 80401
[email protected]
Office: +1520-621-6686 

Site Director

KRAY LUXBACHER, PhD, PE
Department Head and Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Leadership Chair, Professor of Mining & Geological Engineering
University of Arizona
1235 E. James E. Rogers Way P.O. Box 210012
Tucson AZ 85721-0021
[email protected]
Office: +1520-621-6686 

Director of E&O

PRISCILLA NELSON, PhD, D. ASCE, DGE, F.ARMA
Professor of Geological, Geotechnical, Civil and Mining Engineering; Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO  80401
[email protected]
Office:  +1-303-384-2606
Mobile:  +1-303-810-7875

Site Director

JOSEPH SCALIA IV, PhD
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
1372 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523

[email protected]
Office: +1-970-491-3774 

Associate Site Director

JAEHEON LEE, PhD
Ass. Prof. of Mining Engineering
Associate Director of Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401
[email protected]
Office: (303) 384-2132