In 2008, Dr. Bogin joined Prof. Anthony M. Dean's group in Chemical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines as a post-doctoral researcher under contract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), working on experimental validation of kinetic ignition models for alkanes and methyl esters. In 2009, Dr. Bogin was promoted to Assistant Research Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department and continued his work on kinetic ignition models working with the Center for Transportation Technologies and Systems (CTTS) Advanced Petroleum-Based Fuels (APBF) team at NREL under contract with CSM.