Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Minerals

Name: Dr. Oluwatoosin Agbaje
Affiliation: School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
Interests: mineralization; biomaterials; bioarcheology; synthetic chemistry; palaeobiology; geoscience; materials science; biophysics; biochemistry; smart concrete
Website: https://www.palaeome.org/collins-group/people/oluwatoosin-agbaje

Name: Dr. Vida Strasser
Affiliation: Laboratory for Biocolloids and Surface Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: biomineralization; calcium phosphates; calcium carbonates; nanomaterials; hydrogels; biomimetics; biomaterials; composites
Website: https://www.irb.hr/Zavodi/Zavod-za-fizicku-kemiju/Laboratorij-za-biokoloide-i-povrsinsku-kemiju/Zaposlenici/Vida-Strasser

Name: Dr. Emeline Raguin
Affiliation: Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Interests: bone; electron microscopy; cryo-FIBSEM; mineralization; calcium; development
Website: https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/6688214/development-of-mineralized-skeletal-materials

Name: Dr. Gábor Botfalvai
Affiliation: Department of Palaeontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross st 13, Budapest, Hungary
Interests: bioapatite; rare earth element geochemistry in fossil bones; trace element geochemistry in fossil bones; vertebrate paleontology; fossilization; taphonomy
Website: https://magyardinoszaurusz.hu/gabor-botfalvai/?lang=en

Name: Dr. Lucian Staicu
Affiliation: Institute for Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: biomineralization; calcium phosphates; calcium carbonates; nanomaterials; hydrogels; biomimetics; biomaterials; composites
Website: https://staiculab.com/team/

Name: Dr. Luoyang Li
Affiliation: Key Lab of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, Ministry of Education, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Interests: cambrian explosion; palaeontology and biostratigraphy; biomineralization; molluscs; cambrian marine invertebrates; cambrian marine ecosystem; small shelly fossils
Website: https://cmg.ouc.edu.cn/2016/0414/c13715a202253/page.htm

Name: Dr. Yi Zhou
Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: crystal structure and surface reactivity of clay minerals; design and synthesis of nanostructured materials for energy and environmental science
Website: http://www.mineralfunctionmaterial.cn/index_zhouyi.html

Name: Dr. Maxim Rudmin
Affiliation: Department of geology and minerals prospecting, Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
Interests: glauconite; clay minerals; iron ore; controlled-released fertilizer; chemical activation; mechanochemical activation; geochemistry; geology; mineralogy; applied mineralogy; mineral-based nanocomposites
Website: https://portal.tpu.ru/SHARED/r/RUDMINMA/eng

Name: Dr. Wenbin Yu
Affiliation: College of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
Interests: surface/interface reactivity of nanoporous minerals; high-efficiency applications of mineral resources; modification of nanoporous structures; effect of nanoconfinement
Website: https://dxy.glut.edu.cn/info/1117/10227.htm

Name: Dr. Qingze Chen
Affiliation: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
Interests: nanominerals; clay minerals; iron/manganese oxides; crystal nucleation and growth; microstructure; surface reactivity; environmental pollution remediation; energy storage; mineral-based functional nanomaterials
Website: https://people.ucas.ac.cn/~chenqingze

Name: Dr. Petros Petrounias
Affiliation: Section of Earth Materials, Department of Geology, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
Interests: mineral raw materials; sustainable construction; aggregate rocks; construction applications of rocks; circular economy; engineering properties of rocks; carbon capture and storage
Website: http://www.geology.upatras.gr/index.php/en/people-en/faculty-adjunct?layout=edit&id=1216

Name: Dr. Elena S. Zhitova
Affiliation: Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 683006 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Interests: mineral crystal structure; X-ray diffraction; vibrational spectroscopy; volcano, hydrothermal system; titanosilicate; layered double hydroxide
Website: https://crystal.geology.spbu.ru/about/assistants/60-zhitova-es

Name: Dr. Yun Li
Affiliation: School of Petroleum Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an 710065, China
Interests: in situ visualization techniques (Raman, X-ray CT and neutron scattering); molecular dynamics simulation combined with thermodynamic calculation method; the mineralogical mechanism of CO₂ capture and geological storage process and its application
Website: https://sygc.xsyu.edu.cn/info/1091/2164.htm

Name: Dr. Matteo Giordani
Affiliation: Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
Interests: mineral fibers; zeolites; environmental mineralogy; risk assessment for mineral fibers; surface properties
Website: https://www.uniurb.it/persone/matteo-giordani

Name: Dr. Ruggero Vigliaturo
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 251 Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, USA
Interests: state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopy; medical mineralogy; environmental mineralogy; biogeochemistry; electron microscopy; electron energy-loss spectroscopy; nanominerals; mineral fibers
Website: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/gierelab/people/

Name: Prof. Dr. Shuai Cao
Affiliation: School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: cemented tailings backfill technology; metal mine underground mining method; microstructural characteristics; cement-based composites; backfilling material preparation; solid waste disposal
Website: https://faculty.ustb.edu.cn/ShuaiCao/zh_CN/index/113475/list/index.htm

Name: Dr. Fan Wang
Affiliation: School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China
Interests: utilization of solid waste; cement-solidified polluted soil; environmental science and health; solid waste-based cementitious material; heavy metal solidification
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-155X

Name: Dr. Xiaobin Gu
Affiliation: Qinghai Institute of Salt Lake, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
Interests: mineral energy storage materials; interfacial photothermal water evaporation technology for seawater desalination/forced evaporation of brine applications, and solid waste resource utilization
Website: https://isl.cas.cn/rcdw/fgj/202409/t20240905_7333855.html

Name: Dr. Chaorong Chen
Affiliation: Department of Environment, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
Interests: mineral surface/interfacial reactivity; development of mineral functional materials and their application in pollution remediation; interactions between minerals and microorganisms and their environmental effects
Website: https://hjzy.xtu.edu.cn/info/1074/2774.htm

Name: Dr. Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari
Affiliation: Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Integrated and Advanced Technology, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur 313601, India
Interests: applied geochemistry; mineralogy, mining geology; medical geology; sustainable environment management
Website: https://www.spsu.ac.in/faculty-of-integrated-and-advanced-technology/faculty-members/

Name: Dr. Jelena T Petrović
Affiliation: Central Laboratory for Testing, Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Interests: waste biomass utilization; thermochemical technologies; hydrothermal carbonization; carbon materials; biofuel
Website: http://itnms.ac.rs/istrazivac.asp?id=123

Name: Dr. Anna Bogush
Affiliation: Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Wolston Ln, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3LG, UK
Interests: environmental science; geochemistry; environmental engineering; material science; analytical chemistry and biogeochemistry
Website: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/anna-bogush

Name: Dr. Fabio Perlatti
Affiliations: ¹ Department of Soil Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture-ESALQ, University of São Paulo—USP, Piracicaba 13418-260, SP, Brazil;
² National Mining Agency—ANM, Environment Technology, São Paulo 04040-033, SP, Brazil
Interests: soil biogeochemistry; ecological restoration; soil remediation; technosols; phytomining; rhizosphere processes; fate and dynamic of heavy metals; management of mining tailings dams; management and reuse of mining waste; sustainable mining; environmental and mineral policies
Website: https://www.escavador.com/sobre/617950/fabio-perlatti

Name: Prof. Dr. Qiusong Chen
Affiliation: School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: cemented paste backfill; mine backfill; phosphogypsum; backfill materials; mining technology
Website: https://srse.ustb.edu.cn/info/1168/8872.htm

Name: Dr. Muhammad Muniruzzaman
Affiliation: Water Management Solutions, Geological Survey of Finland, Vuorimiehentie 5, Espoo 02151, Finland
Interests: reactive transport; acid mine drainage; electrostatic interactions; low-permeability media
Website: https://www.gtk.fi/asiantuntijat/muniruzzaman-md/#en

Name: Dr. Andrea Ceci
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: geomicrobiology; bioremediation; biomineralization; bioleaching; bioweathering; biomining; resource biorecovery
Website: https://research.uniroma1.it/researcher/33b94b0fddef08d850e864da3397588d4d9a391b23c6f99fe8858c81

Name: Dr. Matteo Maron
Affiliation: Directorate for Environment and Ecological Transition–Veneto Region, Calle Priuli–Cannaregio 99, 30121 Venice, Italy
Interests: rock magnetism; paleomagnetism; stratigraphy
Website: https://unich-it.academia.edu/MatteoMaron/CurriculumVitae

Name: Dr. Yassine Taha
Affiliation: Geology & Sustainable Mining Institute (GSMI), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco
Interests: sustainable mining; circular economy; mine waste repurposing; resource recovery; critical raw materials; industrial ecology
Website: https://industrylink.eu/speaker/yassine-taha/

Name: Dr. Sumant Avasarala
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916, USA
Interests: biogeochemistry, fate and transport of heavy metal contaminants; water quality and water treatment
Website: https://gonzaric.people.unm.edu/team.html

Name: Dr. Hu Li
Affiliation: Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Yibin 644000, China
Interests: unconventional oil and gas geology; fault/fracture analysis; structural geology; rock mechanics and artificial intelligence

Name: Dr. Jianfeng Wang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou 510640, China
Interests: micro-mechanical properties and creep behavior of geological rocks; hydrocarbon generation; expulsion of source rock; carbon storage
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2018-3348

Name: Dr. Chengang Lu
Affiliation: National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing 102211, China
Interests: CCUS; geological hydrogen

Name: Dr. Qiuming Pei
Affiliation: Faculty of Geosciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China
Interests: exploration and evaluation of major mineral resources and strategic mineral resources; genesis of hydrothermal deposits; petrology; petrogeochemistry; rock tectonics; remote sensing for mineral exploration
Website: https://faculty.swjtu.edu.cn/peiqiuming/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Jian Li
Affiliation: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
Interests: ore-forming fluids; ore deposit; mineralization dynamics

Name: Dr. Wenyan Cai
Affiliation: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
Interests: ore-forming theory; magmatic hydrothermal deposits
Website: https://ziyuan.sdut.edu.cn/2020/1020/c8073a399937/page.htm

Name: Prof. Dr. Ming Wang
Affiliation: College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China
Interests: structural geology; tectonic evolution; Gondwana supercontinent; Tethys ocean; Tibet region
Website: https://teachers.jlu.edu.cn/WangMing/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Xinlu Hu
Affiliation: School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: mineralization prediction; structural geology; formation mechanism
Website: https://grzy.cug.edu.cn/huxinlu/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Shuiyuan Yang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: genesis of endogenic uranium polymetallic deposits
Website: https://grzy.cug.edu.cn/yangshuiyuan/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Bo Liu
Affiliation: School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: tectonics; igneous rocks; geochemistry; regional metallogeny
Website: http://faculty.neu.edu.cn/liubo1/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Nan Ju
Affiliation: Shenyang Center, China Geological Survey, Shenyang 110034, China
Interests: magmatism and mineralization; enrichment and mineralization of rare earth elements

Name: Dr. Byung Choon Lee
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
Interests: high-grade metamorphism; Precambrian geology; tectonic evolution
Website: https://natural.jnu.ac.kr/natural_eng/14560/subview.do?enc=Zm5jdDF8QEB8JTJGcHJvZiUyRm5hdHVyYWxfZW5nJTJGNDMyJTJGMjQxOSUyRnZpZXcuZG8lM0Y%3D

Name: Dr. Jeffrey Steadman
Affiliation: Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Interests: ore deposits; mineral chemistry; orogenic Au; IOCG
Website: https://discover.utas.edu.au/Jeff.Steadman

Name: Prof. Dr. Degao Zhai
Affiliation: School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: Ag-Pb-Zn deposits; epithermal deposits; ore genesis
Website: https://scholar.cugb.edu.cn/scholar/scholarDetail/2131.shtml

Name: Dr. Ilias Lazos
Affiliation: Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, 11810 Athens, Greece
Interests: active tectonics; crustal deformation; GNSS analysis; seismotectonics; tectonic geomorphology; structural geology; geological mapping
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6832-8801

Name: Dr. Ilaria Fuoco
Affiliation: Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DIBEST), University of Calabria (UniCAL), 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Interests: water quality; water–rock interaction; soil pollution; heavy metals; water remediation
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RM1cOJcAAAAJ&hl=en

Name: Dr. Kyu-Cheul Yoo
Affiliation: Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea
Interests: marine geology; paleoceanography; sediment trap; sediment core analysis; sediments in subglacial lake; sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to 2 degrees Celsius
Website: https://kpdc.kopri.re.kr/science-data/sedicore

Name: Dr. Elizaveta Kovaleva
Affiliation: School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville campus, Durban 4000, South Africa
Interests: metamorphic petrology and deformation in shear zones; tectonic deformation and shock deformation effects in accessory minerals; formation and evolution of shock-generated melts and other impactites
Website: https://agriculture-science.ukzn.ac.za/staff-profile/dr-elizaveta-kovaleva/

Name: Dr. Manuel Toscano
Affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Interests: ore mineralogy; ore processing; major and trace element geochemistry; isotopic geochemistry; volcanic massive sulphides; fluid inclusions; zircon; U-Pb dating of igneous and hydrothermal rocks; hydrothermal alteration
Website: https://produccioncientifica.uhu.es/investigadores/211306/detalle

Name: Dr. Nadia Mery 
Affiliation: Department of Mining Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago 8370450, Chile
Interests: geostatistics; machine learning; ore body evaluation; uncertainty quantification
Website: https://ingenieria.uchile.cl/sobre-la-fcfm/organizacion/personas/cuerpo-academico/ingenieria-de-minas?qui_id=93037

Name: Dr. Jia Lin
Affiliation: WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Kalgoorlie, WA 6430, Australia
Interests: rock mechanics; coal seam gas; fluid mechanics; CO₂ geo-sequestration; ECBM; mining engineering; permeability; gas diffusion in porous media; cemented past backfill; fly ash
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-7993

Name: Dr. Mohammad Parsa
Affiliation: Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E8, Canada
Interests: geochemical exploration; remote sensing; geomatics; geological mapping; mineral exploration; mining
Website: https://hes.laurentian.ca/people/mohammad-parsasadr-phd

Name: Dr. Sheida Makvandi
Affiliation: Application Competence Center, Malvern Panalytical B.V., Lelyweg 1 (7602 EA), P.O. Box 13, 7600 AA Almelo, The Netherlands
Interests: indicator minerals; mineral exploration; till geochemistry; applied mineralogy; applied geochemistry; minerals chemistry; multivariate statistical methods; micro-analytical techniques; LA-ICP-MS
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3071-8190

Name: Dr. Manuel Canovas
Affiliation: Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta CP 1270709, Chile
Interests: sustainable mining; blasting engineering; mining exploitation; risk assessment and management of contaminated sites; mathematical modeling; porous media
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-9271

Name: Dr. Mohammad Maleki
Affiliation: Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile
Interests: geostatistical modeling; resource estimation; data analysis
Website: https://ficg.ucn.cl/academicos/mohammadali-malekitehrani/

Name: Dr. Ziye Wang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: mineral prospectivity mapping; geological remote sensing; machine learning; big data
Website: https://grzy.cug.edu.cn/wangziye/en/index.htm

Name: Dr. Kati Laakso
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
Interests: hyperspectral; mineral exploration; spectroscopy
Website: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/earth-sciences/people/details.html?person=laakso

Name: Dr. Srikumar Roy
Affiliation: School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, A94T286 Dublin, Ireland
Interests: gas hydrates; seabed fluid-flow; carbon capture and geological storage; high-resolution 2D/3D pore-structure imaging techniques; shale gas characterization; igneous intrusions; submarine volcanic ridges
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2418-6300

Name: Dr. Michael Jorgensen  
Affiliations: ¹ TechnoImaging, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA;
² Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, USA
Interests: magnetics; magnetization vector inversion; 3D inversion; high-performance computing
Website: https://profiles.faculty.utah.edu/u0664660  

Name: Dr. Fenghao Duan
Affiliation: School of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710054, China
Interests: geochronology; geochemistry; magmatic rocks
Website: https://js.chd.edu.cn/dzgcychxy/dfh/list.htm

Name: Dr. Haibo Yan
Affiliation: Zijin School of Geology and Mining, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Interests: experimental geochemistry; element geochemistry; the mobility of metal complexes in the fluids
Website: https://zjxy.fzu.edu.cn/info/1172/6152.htm

Name: Dr. Yangyang Wang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: fluid/melt inclusions; mineralization; isotope geochemistry
Website: https://faculty.ustc.edu.cn/wangyangyang/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Maria Di Rosa
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: thermobarometry; geochronology; metamorphic petrology; mineral chemistry; geological mapping; tectonics; structural analysis; regional geology; stratigraphy
Website: https://unimap.unipi.it/cercapersone/dettaglio.php?ri=168041&template=dettaglio.tpl

Name: Dr. Grazina Skridlaite
Affiliation: Institute of Geology and Geography, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: petrology; field geology; geological processes; geochemistry; geochronology; petrography; regional geology; geoeducation; geoheritage
Website: https://gamtostyrimai.lt/en/darbuotojai/grazina-skridlaite/

Name: Dr. Vinod O. Samuel
Affiliation: Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Interests: petrology; geochemistry; tectonics; magmatism; metamorphism; metasomatism; fluids; pseudosection modeling
Website: http://geo.yonsei.ac.kr/en/index.php?hCode=STAFF_LIST&gubun=DR

Name: Prof. Dr. Gianni Gallello
Affiliation: Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Interests: archaeological science; chemical elements; archaeological materials; analytical chemistry
Website: https://www.uv.es/uvweb/college/en/profile-1285950309813.html?p2=gallello&idA=true

Name: Dr. Jinhe Pan
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coal Processing & Efficient Utilization, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: mineral processing; trace element occurrence; hydrometallurgy; utilization of coal combustion waste
Website: https://faculty.cumt.edu.cn/panjinhe/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Chenwei Li
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: enhancement of the flotation separation process for fine-grained coal/minerals; development of technologies for the resource utilization of waste lithium batteries and coal gasification residues and other solid wastes
Website: https://scet.cumt.edu.cn/c3/4f/c21941a639823/page.htm

Name: Dr. Yuqiang Mao
Affiliation: Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Interests: flotation theory and technology; comprehensive utilization of mineral resources; mineral surface interface wetting theory
Website: https://gzy.kmust.edu.cn/info/1069/2525.htm

Name: Dr. Dingzheng Wang
Affiliation: College of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Interests: recycling of secondary resources; efficient processing of mineral resources; preparation and application of mineral materials; wastewater and waste gas treatment
Website: https://prof.gxu.edu.cn/teacherDetails/2f88fe65-83c0-4f31-b7a0-aa19ca2b80ff

Name: Dr. Changtao Wang
Affiliation: Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Interests: flotation theory; reagents; processes and the comprehensive utilization of tailings resources
Website: https://gzy.kust.edu.cn/info/1069/2536.htm

Name: Dr. Yijiang Li
Affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Interests: flotation; flocculation; colloid and interface chemistry; intelligent mineral processing; design of mineral processing equipment
Website: https://jx.tyust.edu.cn/info/1201/4785.htm

Name: Dr. Mingyang Li
Affiliation: School of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243032, China
Interests: surface interaction; density functional theory; adsorption; chemical modification
Website: https://yjxy.ahut.edu.cn/info/2842/4399.htm

Name: Dr. Xinran Zhu
Affiliation: Department of Mineral Engineering, College of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: refractory iron ore; spodumene; vanadium-bearing shale; gold; pyrometallurgy; leaching; magnetic separation; phase transformation; magnetism; kinetics; XRD; Mössbauer spectroscopy; VSM; TG-DSC
Website: http://www.zitu.neu.edu.cn/2023/0714/c1088a233492/page.htm

Name: Dr. Xiangning Bu
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: flotation kinetics; nanobubbles; ultrasound cavitation; emulsified oily collectors; recycling of spent LIBs
Website: https://scet.cumt.edu.cn/f9/e4/c20581a588260/page.htm

Name: Dr. Ningning Liao
Affiliation: School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
Interests: comminution theory and technology; lithium resource efficient separation theory and technology; particle simulation and modeling
Website: https://zh.jxust.edu.cn/info/1146/14262.htm

Name: Dr. Liuyang Dong
Affiliation: Faculty of Land Resources Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Interests: mineral processing; froth flotation; flotation chemistry; flotation reagent design
Website: https://gzy.kust.edu.cn/info/1068/2704.htm

Name: Dr. Xiaomin Ma
Affiliation: Department of Mineral Processing Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Interests: solid–liquid separation; coal sludge; comprehensive utilization of coal waste
Website: https://kyxy.tyut.edu.cn/info/1120/4687.htm

Name: Dr. Hainan Wang
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: fine-grained flotation; fluid mechanics
Website: https://nerccpp.cumt.edu.cn/whn/list.htm

Name: Prof. Dr. Guixia Fan
Affiliation: Zhongyuan Critical Metals Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Interests: critical metal beneficiation and separation technology; surface/interface science engineering; solid waste resource recycling
Website: https://www7.zzu.edu.cn/criticalmetal/info/1125/1915.htm

Name: Dr. Weiping Liu
Affiliation: School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: froth flotation; hydrometallurgy; big data analysis; simulation
Website: https://faculty.csu.edu.cn/weipingliu/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Prof. Dr. Fang Zhou
Affiliation: School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, China
Interests: separation science and technology; mineral processing; surface chemistry; chemical engineering
Website: http://xfme.wit.edu.cn/info/1016/3042.htm

Name: Dr. Shichao Wu
Affiliation: Metallurgical Engineering‌, School of Metallurgy and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Interests: clean and efficient utilization of refractory metal mineral resources; low-carbon metallurgy; resource utilization of solid waste
Website: https://yn.kmust.edu.cn/info/1099/4287.htm

Name: Dr. Zhoujie Wang
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Interests: environmental sciences; colloid and interface science; natural organic matter; heavy metals; flotation
Website: https://hzxy.swust.edu.cn/2024/1106/c10656a207866/page.htm

Name: Dr. Tianfu Zhang
Affiliation: Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Interests: mineral flotation; efficient and clean utilization of renewable resources
Website: https://gzy.kmust.edu.cn/info/1069/2533.htm

Name: Dr. Qing Sun
Affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Interests: flotation separation; interface chemistry; surfactant synthesis
Website: https://hgxy.hunnu.edu.cn/info/1565/10236.htm

Name: Dr. Song Zou
Affiliation: School of Resource and Environment Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
Interests: low-carbon mineral processing theory and technology; molecular design and development of environmentally friendly mineral processing reagents; joint green utilization of secondary resources for mining and smelting
Website: https://zh.jxust.edu.cn/info/1146/14265.htm

Name: Dr. Sultan Ahmed Khoso
Affiliation: Department of Mining Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Interests: minerals’ extraction processes; process optimization; plant design; quality control
Websites: https://site.muet.edu.pk/departments/mining-engineering/faculty-members;
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sultan-Khoso-2

Name: Dr. Zhijie Chen
Affiliation: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
Interests: froth flotation; ore beneficiation; waste utilization; mineral materials; electrochemistry; environmental functional materials
Website: https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/jay-chen

Name: Dr. Gaofeng Wang
Affiliation: Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
Interests: clay mineral; mining; rare earth elements; ion-adsorption rare earth deposits; electrokinetics; adsorption; surfaces and interfaces
Website: https://gig.cas.cn/sourcedb/zw/rck/202505/t20250523_7790439.html

Name: Dr. Renji Zheng
Affiliation: School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: mineral material; semiconductor mineral; DFT calculation; catalysis; wastewater treatment
Website: https://faculty.csu.edu.cn/zhengrenji/zh_CN/index.htm

Name: Dr. Elif Emil Kaya
Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
Interests: hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; recycling of critical metals from secondary sources; recycling of permanent magnets and solar cells
Website: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/elif.e.kaya

Name: Prof. Dr. Hernán Anticoi
Affiliation: Departament d’Enginyeria Minera, Industrial i TIC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona Tech, Av. Bases de Manresa 61-63, 08242 Manresa, Spain
Interests: mineral processing; comminution; modeling; energy optimization; pollution remediation
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hernan-anticoi-sudzuki-66240461/?originalSubdomain=cl

Name: Dr. Gauti Asbjörnsson
Affiliation: Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
Interests: steady-state and dynamic process simulations; unit and process optimization; crushing and screening modelling; aggregates; data science; environmental product declarations and operator training
Website: https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/gauti/

Name: Dr. Theerayut Phengsaart
Affiliation: Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Interests: mineral processing; physical separation; coal cleaning; resource recycling; plastic separation; waste management; environmental remediation
Website: https://www.eng.chula.ac.th/en/staff/theerayut-phengsaart-ph-d

Name: Prof. Dr. Ye Chen
Affiliation: School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Interests: flotation theory and technology; quantum chemistry research on mineral flotation; comprehensive utilization of mineral resources
Website: https://prof.gxu.edu.cn/teacherDetails/a6daa6a7-d91e-4b3b-95cb-83ce7529f071