Minerals

Dr. Rodrigo Magalhães de Carvalho

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro CEP 21941-972, RJ, Brazil
Interests: comminution; discrete element method; modeling and simulation; classification; numerical methods; materials handling; mineral processing
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Dr. Lluís Casas

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Department de Geologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Edifici C, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
Interests: archaeometry; crystallography; magnetism; petrography; physical–chemical characterization; X-ray microdiffraction; Raman microscopy (RM); magnetic nanoparticles; 3D-printing
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Prof. Dr. João Castro-Gomes

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Centre of Materials and Civil Engineering for Sustainability, University of Beira Interior, 6200-358 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: carbonated and alkali-activated cementitious materials; industrial waste recycling and valorization; sustainable solutions for construction infrastructure
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Dr. Michel Cathelineau

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Laboratoire GeoRessources, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France
Interests: ore genesis; water-rock interactions; fluid inclusions; rock geochemistry; mineral crystal-chemistry; geo-thermo-barometry
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Dr. Francesco Cavalcante

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Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Italian National Research Council, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: clays; clay minerals; geodynamic; climate change; provenance; diagenesis; low grade metamorphism; mixed-layers clay minerals and quantitative analysis of clays
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Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sabri Celik

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Department of Mineral Processing Engineering, Faculty of Mines, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Interests: flotation; adsorption; industrial minerals; waste treatment
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Prof. Dr. Paolo Censi

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Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi, 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Interests: geochemistry of rare metals (Zr, Hf, REE); trace elements; Zr-Hf fractionation; environmental geochemistry; aqueous geochemistry; solid-liquid interface processes

Dr. Gareth Chalmers

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School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
Interests: mineralogy; sedimentary processes; diagenesis; electron microscopy; geochemistry; permeability; pore development; unconventional petroleum resources; sustainability; environmental mineralogy; contaminated sediments
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Dr. Alain Chauvet

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UMR 5243, Géosciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, cc 60, CEDEX 5, 34095 Montpellier, France
Interests: structural context; mineralized lode; internal texture; trap geometry; magmatism
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Prof. Dr. Yanjing Chen

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School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Interests: mineral deposits in orogens and oil accumulations in basins; genetic types of mineral deposits; magmatism, metallogeny and fluid flow during continental collision and accretion; early Precambrian geological and environmental change and associated mineralization

Dr. Zhenyu Chen

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Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
Interests: genetic and prospecting mineralogy; microbeam analysis technique and its standardization
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Prof. Dr. Hongfei Cheng

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School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710054, China
Interests: mineralogy; applied clay science; environmental science; soil science
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Prof. Dr. Georgy Cherkashov

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Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean (FSBI “VNIIOkeangeologia”), 1 Angliisky Ave., 190121 St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: marine minerals; deep sea mineral deposits; geochemistry and mineralogy; methods of marine exploration; seafloor massive sulfides; evolution of hydrothermal systems
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Prof. Dr. Yosoon Choi

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Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
Interests: smart mining; renewables in mining; space mining; AICBM (AI, IoT, cloud, big data, mobile) convergence; unmanned aerial vehicle; mine planning and design; open-pit mining operation; mine safety; geographic information systems; 3D geo-modeling; geostatistics; hydrological analysis; energy analysis and simulation; design of solar energy conversion systems; renewable energy systems
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Dr. Nikita V. Chukanov

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Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moscow, Russia
Interests: new mineral species; infrared spectroscopy of minerals; mineralogy of akaline rocks and related pegmatites and hydrothermal systems; organic mineralogy; crystal chemistry and properties of microporous minerals
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Prof. Dr. Luis A. Cisternas

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Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Process, Universidad of Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
Interests: flotation systems analysis; flotation process optimization; circular economy in mining; mineral processing sustainability
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Prof. Dr. David Cliff

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Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: spontaneous combustion; fires; explosions; gas analysis; emergency preparedness; incident management; hours of work and OHS; occupational hygiene; fatigue; fitness for duty; coal mine fires; respirable dust; noise; occupational health and safety in mining
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Dr. Alessandra Costanzo

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Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland
Interests: mineralogy; gemology; geofluids; igneous petrology; economic geology; sedimentary deposits
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Prof. Dr. Alexandra Courtin

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Earth Sciences Department, Orsay Sciences Faculty, Paris Saclay University, 91405 Orsay, France
Interests: environmental mineralogy; minerals chemistry; environmental issues and natural resources
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Dr. Jean-Pierre Cuif

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Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: coral and shell growth-modes at the micrometer and infra-micrometer levels; microstructure and fossilization: fossils as environmental archives; microstructural development of the pearl layers: from early post-grafting stages to nacre biomineralization
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Prof. Dr. Massimo D’Antonio

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Vicinale Cupa Cintia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
Interests: geochemistry; radiogenic and stable isotopes geochemistry; igneous petrology; volcanology; tephrochronology and tephrostratigraphy; diffusion chronometry; human mobility and diet; environmental isotope geochemistry; archaeometry
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Dr. Lidong Dai

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School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
Interests: electrical properties of mineral and rock; spectroscopy property measurements; X-Ray diffraction for synchrotron; scanning electron microscope; high-temperature; high-pressure
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Prof. Dr. Shifeng Dai

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State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Interests: coal mineralogy; coal geochemistry; coal petrology; coal combustion products
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Dr. José António de Almeida

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Earth Sciences Department and GeoBioTec, FCT-NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: geostatistics; geological modelling; data analysis; remote sensing in geosciences; mineral resource assessment; circular economy
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Prof. Dr. Alberto De Bonis

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Vicinale Cupa Cintia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
Interests: archaeological ceramics; clay raw materials; ancient mortars; provenance and technology; archaeometry

Prof. Dr. Emerson H. De Faria

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Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca 14404-600, SP, Brazil
Interests: clay minerals; kaolinite; saponite; bentonite; montmorillonite; layered materials; hybrid materials; adsorbents; sensors; catalysts and photocatalysts; controlled release systems
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Dr. Giovanni De Giudici

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Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: biomineralization processes; bioremediation and biomonitoring; environmental mineralogy; stability and reactivity of minerals; sustainability of mine processes; synchrotron techniques applied to environmental studies

Dr. Chad D. Deering

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Department of Geological/Mining Engineering & Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
Interests: geochemistry; mineralogy; magmatology; volcanology; igneous petrology
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Prof. Dr. Dave Deglon

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Centre for Minerals Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa
Interests: mineral flotation; flotation cells; computational fluid dynamics
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Dela Pierre

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Department of Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
Interests: stratigraphic architecture of sedimentary basins; sedimentology, petrography, and geochemistry of carbonates and evaporites
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