Faculty & Staff

Robert L. Siegrist, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Small Flows Program
Professor and Division Director
Colorado School of Mines
Environmental Science & Engineering
Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 303-384-2158, Telefax: 303-273-3413
Email: siegrist@mines.edu, web site
Dr. Siegrist’s relevant research interests include environmental characterization and risk assessment; subsurface manipulation and in situ treatment of contaminated land, water, and waste water treatment, and reuse in natural and alternative systems.


Kathryn S. Lowe, M.S.
Manager, Mines Park Water Reclamation Test Site
Senior Research Associate
Colorado School of Mines
Environmental Science & Engineering
Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 303-273-3685, Telefax: 303-273-3413
Email: klowe@mines.edu, web site
Ms. Lowe’s relevant research interests include applied field research and evaluation of onsite wastewater treatment systems; in situ treatment of hazardous waste contaminated soil and ground water; environmental characterization and assessment of contaminant fate and transport in the vadose and saturated zones.


Tzahi CathDr. Tzahi Cath
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Division of Environmental Science and Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401-1887
USA

Phone: (303) 273-3402; Fax: (303) 273-3413
E-mail: tcath@mines.edu

Dr. Cath's relevant research interests includemembrane processes for seawater and brackish water desalination and for wastewater reclamation and reuse; zero liquid discharge processes for enhancement of water recovery; optimization and energy recovery in water and wastewater treatment processes.


Jorg Drewes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Environmental Science & Engineering
Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 303-273-3401, Telefax: 303-273-3413
Email: jdrewes@mines.edu, web site
Dr. Drewes’ relevant research interests include water and wastewater treatment engineering; potable and non-potable water reuse; state-of-the-art characterization of natural and effluent organic matter; contaminant transfer among environmental media; fate of endocrine disrupting compounds and pharmaceuticals in natural and engineered systems.


Linda Figueroa, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Environmental Science & Engineering
Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 303-273-3491, Telefax: 303-273-3413
Email: lfiguero@mines.edu, web site
Dr. Figueroa’s relevant research interests include microbially mediated radionuclide and metals removal, biotransformation of nitrogen, application of molecular tools, water and waste treatment.


John McCray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Environmental Science & Engineering Division
Golden, CO, 80401
Telephone: (303) 273-3490
Email: jmccray@mines.edu

Dr. McCray’s relevant research interests include analysis of field or laboratory experimental data with mathematical models, site-scale and watershed-scale hydrology and pollutant transport, and pollutant transport in the vadose zone.


Junko Munakata Marr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Environmental Science & Engineering
Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 303-273-3421, Telefax: 303-273-3413
Email: jmmarr@mines.edu, web site
Dr. Munakata Marr’s relevant research interests include biological degradation of organic compounds; microbial communities in groundwater and water treatment systems; application of molecular biology techniques to environmental systems.


Eileen Poeter, Ph.D.
Director, International Ground Water Modeling Center
Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Geology & Geological Engineering
Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: 303-273-3829, Telefax: 303-273-3859
Email: epoeter@mines.edu, web site
Dr. Poeter’s relevant research interests include groundwater flow and transport modeling, inverse modeling, uncertainty evaluation, subsurface characterization, and geostatistical simulation.