Employee Spotlight

Luis Villalobos is an alum of CU Boulder, having earned his bachelor’s degree in ethnic studies. As the engineering recruitment senior specialist, Luis works to bring in the brightest and hardest-working young minds to CU

After bouncing through North Carolina and Japan (Marine Corps JAG attorney father) I grew up in the DC Metro area, did undergrad at CSU, and was fortunate to linger in New England for nearly 20 years as both a lifeguard in the

I am a multi-disciplinary researcher focused on engineering design methods for social impact and sustainable development applications: I am passionate about improving design practices for the benefit of humanity! I am a new

My name is Dorothy, and I have been working in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering since 2008, first as a PRA in Scott Summers’ lab, while I pursued a master’s degree, and since 2016 as the

Sarah advises first- and second-year students at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction who are pursuing degrees through the CU-CMU Engineering Partnership Program. She holds a master’s degree in rehabilitation and

Novella joined the Biomedical Engineering Program in June 2022. She completed her PhD in biomedical engineering at the Oregon Health & Science University, where she worked on developing novel antithrombotic therapies and engineering novel

Karen Crofton is the entrepreneur in residence for the college. She teaches a venture capital course for the Leeds School of Business, as well as courses for the Engineering Management Program. She is the faculty advisor for the HackCU hackathon and

Dan has been a faculty member at CU Boulder since 2001. He and his wife Maureen live in south Boulder with their dogs.

Kyle aspires to become an audiologist.

Karen enjoys running, paddle boarding, gardening, crafting greeting cards, camping, listening to audiobooks/podcasts, and watching Raider football.