Minerals

Prof. Dr. Leonid Dubrovinsky

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Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Interests: mineral physics; crystallography; high pressure methodology; mineralogy of deep earth interiors; high pressure physics; high pressure chemistry

Prof. Dr. Theodore J. Bornhorst

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Emeritus Professor, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
Interests: economic geology; geochemistry, petrology, Precambrian geology and environmental geochemistry of mine wastes
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Dr. Yannicke Dauphin

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National d'Histoire Naturelle, Biodiversité, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: biomineralization; mollusc shells; coral skeletons; bone and teeth; mineralogy; organic matrices; SEM; AFM; chromatography; electrophoresis; Infrared and Raman spectroscopy; XANES; electron microprobe; fossilization and diagenesis
* Section: Biomineralization and Biominerals
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Prof. Dr. Zhiyong Gao

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School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: flotation of oxide minerals; mineral crystal chemistry; flotation reagent molecular design; mineral/reagent/water interfacial science; waste treatment in minerals processing
* Section: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
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Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev

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Laboratoire SUBATECH, UMR 6457–Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS/IN2P3, 44307 Nantes, France
Interests: computational molecular modeling of mineral-water interfaces and confined aqueous phases in clay, cement, and other nano-strucutred materials; environmental materials chemistry; geological nuclear waste disposal; physical chemistry of soil organic matter
* Section: Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials
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Prof. Dr. Urs Klötzli

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Laboratory for Geochronology, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Interests: geochronology sensu lato; petrochronology sensu lato; petrochronology of accessory minerals; in-situ U-Th-Pb dating; geology of the Alps; geology of the Ivrea Verbano zone; geology of Thailand
* Section: Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology
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Prof. Dr. Rafael Santos

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School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Interests: CO₂ sequestration and utilization; solid waste valorization; mineral synthesis; mineralogical characterization; (bio)hydrometallurgy; geochemical modeling; environmental remediation; process intensification
* Section: Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry
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Prof. Dr. Huifang Xu

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Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Interests: mineralogy; nano-minerals; origin of dolomite; carbon and carbonate cycles; interface geochemistry; XRD; electron microscopy; X-ray and neutron total scattering of minerals
* Section: Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals
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Prof. Dr. Michael S. Zhdanov

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Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Interests: theoretical and applied geophysics; inverse theory; joint inversion; mineral exploration; electromagnetic, gravity, magnetic, and seismic methods
* Section: Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications
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Dr. Pura Alfonso

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Departament Enginyeria Minera, Industrial i TIC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08242 Manresa, Spain
Interests: ore deposits; stable isotopes; geochemistry; quantitative mineralogy; geometallurgy; environmental pollution; waste recycling; supplementary cemetitous materials; calcined clays
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Prof. Dr. Sytle M. Antao

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Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Interests: crystal structure; chemistry; mineralogy; crystallography; powder diffraction; single-crystal diffraction; electron microscopy
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Prof. Dr. Jianhua Chen

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School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Interests: flotation theory; reagents; DFT simulation
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Prof. Dr. Alexander R Cruden

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School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melborne, VIC 3156, Australia
Interests: magma transport and emplacement; physical processes in magmatic sulfide deposits; structural controls on ore deposits
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Prof. Dr. Stanisław Mazur

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Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-002 Kraków, Poland
Interests: tectonics; exploration geophysics; structural geology; minerals; basin analysis
* Section: Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications
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Prof. Dr. Jianxi Zhu

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Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou 510640, China
Interests: clays and clay minerals; clay mineralogy; environmental mineralogy; organoclays; mineral surface/interface reactions; in-situ characterization technologies for clay minerals in water

Prof. Dr. Nigel J. Cook

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School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Interests: ore minerals; trace element analysis; ore deposit geology
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Prof. Dr. Yildirim Dilek

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Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
Interests: geology; structural geology; sedimentology; sedimentary basins; tectonics; geological processes; field geology; petrography
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Prof. Dr. Yaoling Niu

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Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Interests: petrology and geochemistry of mantle peridotites, basalts and basaltic rocks, granites and granitoid rocks, high- and ultra-high-pressure metamorphic rocks and ore deposits; ocean ridge magmatism, intraplate magmatism, subduction-zone processes, magmatism associated with continental collision and continental crust accretion; auses and effects of seafloor subduction and global tectonics, chemical geodynamics and mantle circulation; elemental and isotope geochemistry, geochronology and geological applications
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Prof. Dr. Holly J. Stein

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AIRIE Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Interests: metals and hydrocarbons; Re-Os isotope geochemistry; ore geology; calibrating earth time; fluids in the earth
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Prof. Dr. Jonas Addai-Mensah

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Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
Interests: hydrometallurgy; physical separation and beneficiation of mineral ores; flotation; colloid and interfacial science and particle interactions; thickening; dewatering and disposal of mineral waste tailings; process water treatment and environmental cleaning
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Dr. Shafiq Alam

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College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
Interests: mineral processing; hydrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; separation sciences
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Dr. Saiied Aminossadati

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Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: thermofluids; mine ventilation; CFD in mining; fibre optic sensing; gas management systems
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Prof. Dr. Santanu Banerjee

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Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
Interests: sedimentary deposits; glauconite; microbially induced sedimentary structures; Precambrian sedimentation; facies; basin analysis; sequence stratigraphy; ironstones
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Prof. Dr. Donatella Barca

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Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Interests: microanalytical techniques; laser ablation ICP-MS; provenance; obsidian; degradation of stone; mortars
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Dr. Andrei Y. Barkov

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Research Laboratory of Industrial and Ore Mineralogy, Cherepovets State University, 162600 Cherepovets, Russia
Interests: platinum-group minerals; ore minerals; Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE mineralization; mafic-ultramafic complexes; layered intrusions; ore-forming processes
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Prof. Dr. Ioannis Baziotis

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Mineral Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens, Greece
Interests: mineralogy; petrology; mantle xenoliths; meteorites; basalts; melts modeling
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Dr. Marco Benvenuti

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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Interests: slags; (ancient) metal artifacts; (ancient) coins; phase equilibria; geosites; ore geology; heavy metal pollution; applied mineralogy; archaeometallurgy; cultural heritage; atchaeometry; museum collections; conservation studies
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Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Boaretto

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Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science and D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Interests: archaeological material; radiocarbon dating; chronology; pyrotechnology; anthropogenic carbonate

Prof. Dr. Iuliu Bobos

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Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4168-007 Porto, Portugal
Interests: low-temperature mineralogy and geochemistry; stable and light isotope geochemistry; clay minerals and zeolites; hydrothermal alteration and diagenesis; biomineralization; uranium aqueous geochemistry; analytic techniques
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Dr. Delphine Bosch

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Earth Sciences Department, Géosciences Montpellier, UMR-CNRS 5243 - Univ. Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France
Interests: geochemistry; absolute geochronology; subduction geodynamics; lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction; sources; processes; ages

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