The Tailings Center

OUR TEAM

Center Director

TERRY BRAUN, MSc, PE, SME, ASCE

North American President, Principal Civil Engineer

SRK Consulting

thbraun@mines.edu

Industry Advisory Board Chair

PENDING

Industry Liaison & Co-Site Director

LINDA FIGUEROA, PhD, PE, BCEE, QP-MMSA

Professor of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

lfiguero@mines.edu

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

kraylux@arizona.edu

Co-Site Director

TEJO BHEEMASETTI, PhD

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

University of Arizona

 

Co-Site Director

NATHALIE RISSO, PhD

Assistant Professor of Mining & Geological Engineering

University of Arizona

 

Site Director

ALAN MENCIN, PhD

Mining Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

 

Site Director

JOSEPH SCALIA IV, PhD

Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Colorado State University

Joseph.Scalia@colostate.edu

FORMER LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS
MICHAEL HENDERSON

JAEHEON LEE

KIMBERLY FINKE MORRISON

PRISCILLA NELSON