Minerals

Dr. José Francisco Santos

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Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: igneous and metamorphic petrology; geochemistry; radiogenic isotope geology; sediment provenance studies; provenance studies applied to archaeology; geology of Iberia; geology of Iran

Dr. Gamini Senanayake

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Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering & Chemistry, School of Engineering & Information Technology, Murdoch University, 90, South Street, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
Interests: characterization; pre-treatment; thermodynamic-kinetic-transport modelling related to metal extraction; mineral-gangue-electro-solution chemistry; roasting; leaching; precipitation; purification; metal recovery; recycling; education

Prof. Dr. Guanghai Shi

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State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: mineralogy; petrology; ore deposits; U-Pb geochronology gemmology; microstructures
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Dr. Carlos Sierra Fernández

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Department of Mining, Topography and Structural Engineering, University of León, Av/Silverio Fernández Tirador, 24007 León, Spain
Interests: environmental engineering; process engineering; mineral processing; environmental conditions in mines; risk assessment; geometallurgy; environmental geochemistry; soil pollution; soil washing; hazardous materials management
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Dr. Ricardo Silva

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Department of Geology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 1 Park Ln E, Dublin 2, Ireland
Interests: petrography; microfacies analysis; sedimentary basins; sedimentology; petroleum geology; geochemistry; sediments; stratigraphy; climate change

Prof. Dr. Rolf Sjöblom

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Waste Science & Technology, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
Interests: inorganic, physical and structural chemistry; waste and tailings management; industrial processes; archaeological and historic aspects

Dr. Alexander G. Sokol

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V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: mantle petrology; fluid regime; abiotic hydrocarbons; diamond genesis; kimberlite
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Prof. Dr. Alireza Somarin

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Department of Geology, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada
Interests: mineralogy; geochemistry; hydrothermal alteration; ore deposit

Dr. Mercedes Suárez

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Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza del la Merced s/n, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Interests: industrial minerals; clay minerals; physicochemical
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Dr. Abbas Taheri

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Chair in Mine Design, The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Interests: drilling performance; rock burst investigation; behaviour of cement paste backfill material; slope and underground opening stability; advanced laboratory and field testing methods; soil improvement methods
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Dr. Yutaro Takaya

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Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
Interests: mineral processing; hydrometallurgy; CCS; CCUS
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Dr. Denis Thiéblemont

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French Geological Survey - BRGM, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin BP 36009, CEDEX 2, 45060 Orléans, France
Interests: geochemistry; geological mapping; surficial geology; mineral resources; petrology; Africa; Alps; Europa; Arabia

Prof. Dr. Phil C. Thurston

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Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
Interests: Precambrian; greenstone stratgraphy; BIF; gold
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Prof. Dr. Erkan Topal

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Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, WA School of Mines, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Interests: underground and surface mine planning and optimisation; mineral and energy economics; operation research

Prof. Dr. Basilios Tsikouras

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Geosciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE 1410, Brunei Darussalam
Interests: genesis of chromitites and associated platinum group minerals; soil and environmental geochemistry; petrogenetic processes in ophiolites; abiotic methane in ultramafic rocks; quality assessment of aggregates and industrial minerals
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Prof. Dr. Daniel Tunega

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Institute for Soil Research, BOKU University, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Interests: application of molecular modeling methods (from force-field-based to quantum chemical methods) in the field of material chemistry; environmental chemistry; soil chemistry and geochemistry
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Dr. Gianfranco Ulian

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Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, P. Porta San Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: mineralogy; density functional theory (DFT); thermodynamics of minerals; thermoelastic properties of minerals; Raman and infrared spectroscopy; surface properties; mineral-environment reactions

Prof. Dr. Eric D. van Hullebusch

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Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: solid waste management; biological waste water treatment; anaerobic digestion; biofilms
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Dr. Hugo Marcelo Veit

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LACOR–PPGE3M, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90040-060, RS, Brazil
Interests: materials recycling; waste electrical and electronic waste; metals recycling; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; waste management
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Dr. Michel Villeneuve

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OSU Pytheas, Aix-Marseille University, Centre St Charles, Case 48, 3, Place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille CEDEX 03, France
Interests: geodynamic; tectonic; paleogeography; natural hazards; North Africa; West Africa; Central Africa; South East Asia; Vietnam; Pan-African belts; Variscan belts; Alpine orogens
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Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Voudouris

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Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, GR-15784 Athens, Greece
Interests: ore minerals; critical metals; magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits; mineralogy of hydrothermal alterations in porphyry-epithermal systems; mineralogy and genesis of gemstones
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Dr. Liguang Wang

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School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: froth flotation; mineral processing; coal cleaning; foam; froth

Prof. Dr. Xiaolei Wang

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School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Interests: precambrian geology; granites and crustal evolution; magmatism in South China block; geochronology; geochemistry

Prof. Dr. Steve Weiner

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Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl St 234, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel
Interests: biomineralization; bone structure-function
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Dr. Frank Wendler

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Department of Materials Science, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dr.-Mack-Strasse 77, 90762 Fürth, Germany
Interests: modelling and simulation; multiscale modeling; hydrothermal; growth; rock vein sealing; partially molten rocks; micromagnetism; displacive phase transitions

Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Wenk

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Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: mineralogy; crystallography; mineral physics; texture; anisotropy

Prof. Dr. Anthimos Xenidis

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School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece
Interests: processing; metallurgy; geochemistry; environmental technologies for waste treatment; contaminated soils and groundwater; risk assessment
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Prof. Dr. Xianming Xiao

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School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Interests: shale reservoir; nanopore system in shale; thermal maturation; petroleum inclusion; petroleum geology and geochemistry
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Prof. Dr. Paris Xypolias

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Lab of Structural Geology and Tectonics, Department of Geology, University of Patras, Patras Uni Campus, GR26500 Patras, Greece
Interests: ductile deformation; shear zones; vorticity analysis; strain analysis; dynamic recrystallization; crystallographic preferred orientation; exhumation of high-pressure rocks; fabric-forming amphiboles in high-pressure rocks; Blueschists; Eastern Mediterranean Tectonics

Prof. Dr. Xiaoyong Yang

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CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Interests: mineral deposits; application of high-purity quartz
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