Faculty and Staff

Robb M Winter
Department Head/Professor
Email: robb.winter@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1237
Office: CBC 2202A
B.A. Dickinson State University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Utah
Kenneth M Benjamin
Associate Professor
Email: Kenneth.Benjamin@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2636
Office: CBC 2202E
B.S., University of Michigan
M.S., University of Colorado at Boulder
PhD., University of Michigan
Timothy M Brenza
Assistant Professor
Email: Timothy.Brenza@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-1766
Office: CBEC 2202B
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Saurabh Dhiman
Research Scientist III

Email: Saurabh.Dhiman@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-5146
Office: CBEC 3308
M.S., K.U. Kurukshetra
Ph.D., K.U. Kurukshetra
David J Dixon
Professor
Email: david.dixon@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1235
Office: CBEC 2209
B.S., M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., University of Texas
Keith Flanegan
Instructor
Email: Keith.Flanegan@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2543
Office: CBEC 3307
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Patrick C Gilcrease
Professor
Email: Patrick.Gilcrease@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1239
Office: CBEC 2208
B.S., Colorado School of Mines
M.S., Colorado State University
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Lori J. Groven
Assistant Professor
Email: Lori.Groven@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-5117
Office: CBC 2202D
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Kevin R Hadley
Assistant Professor
Email: kevin.hadley@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2627
Office: CBC 2202C
B.S., Colorado School of Mines
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Jennifer M. Leberknight
Lecturer
Email: Jennifer.Leberknight@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2543
Office: CBC 3310
B.S., University of Wyoming
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Todd J Menkhaus
Professor
Email: Todd.Menkhaus@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2422
Office: CBEC 2210
B.S., University of Wyoming
Ph.D., Iowa State University
Jan A Puszynski
Professor
Email: jan.puszynski@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2493
Office: OH 102
M.S., Technical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Ph.D., Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czechoslovakia
David R Salem
Professor
Email: David.Salem@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-5271
Office: CAPE
B.S., University of Bradford, U.K.
Ph.D., University of Manchester, U.K.
Rajesh K Sani
Associate Professor
Email: Rajesh.Sani@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1240
Office: CBEC 2211
B.S.C., Meerut University
M.S.C., Indore University
Ph.D., Institute of Microbial Technology/Panjab University
Rajesh V Shende
Associate Professor
Email: Rajesh.Shende@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1231
Office: CBEC 2207
B.S., Nagpur University
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai
Weisong Tian
Research Engineer II - BSLIM

Email: Weisong.Tian@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-1730
Office: CBEC 3309
Ph.D., University of Texas-San Antonio
M.S., University of Texas-San Antonio
B.S., Sichuan University
Guodong Wang
Research Scientist II
Email: Guodong.Wang@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2451
Office: EP 339
B.S., Henan Polytechnic University
M.S., Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lila K. Baskerville
Senior Secretary
Email: Lila.Baskerville@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2421
Office: CBC 2202
Ivan V Filipov
Chemical Equipment and Instrumentation Specialist
Email: Ivan.Filipov@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1280
Office: CBC 224
M.S., Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov Higher Institute of Chemistry and Technology-Bourgas
Lori L. Litzen
Program Assistant I
Email: Lori.Litzen@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2828
Office: CBC 2202
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Sookie S. Bang, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
PhD, University of California, Davis

Dr. Larry Bauer, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
PhD, Iowa State University

Dr. James Munro, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
PhD, University of Utah