22 Mines faculty awarded promotion and tenure

Twenty-two Colorado School of Mines faculty members who were awarded promotion and/or tenure were recognized at the annual faculty awards celebration held April 24.

Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Cecilia Diniz Behn, tenure and promotion to associate professorKarin Liederman Gregg, tenure and promotion to associate professor

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Christopher Higgins, promotion to professorMelissa Krebs, tenure and promotion to associate professor

Chemistry

Alan Sellinger, promotion to professor

Computer Science

Qi Han, promotion to professorChristopher Painter-Wakefield, promotion to teaching professorBo Wu, tenure and promotion to associate professorDejun Yang, tenure and promotion to associate professor

Economics and Business

Becky Lafrancois, promotion to teaching professor

Electrical Engineering

Michael Wakin, promotion to professor

Geology and Geological Engineering

Zhaoshan Chang, tenure

Geophysics

Andrei Swidinsky, tenure and promotion to associate professor

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Jonathan Cullison, promotion to teaching professorPaula Farca, promotion to teaching professorJon Leydens, promotion to professor

Mechanical Engineering

Steven DeCaluwe, tenure and promotion to associate professorGarritt Tucker, tenure and promotion to associate professorXiaoli Zhang, tenure and promotion to associate professor

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Amy Clarke, tenureKip Findley, promotion to professor

Petroleum Engineering

Luis Zerpa, tenure and promotion to associate professor

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