Topical Advisory Panel

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Molecular Quantum Dynamics Group, Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert Einstein Str. 23-24, 18059 Rostock, Germany
Interests: computational chemistry; molecular modeling; intermolecular interactions; environmental chemistry; soil chemistry; minerals-water interfaces; soil organic matter; organic pollutants; phosphates in soil; adsorption processes
Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Montana Technological University, Butte, MT 59701, USA
Interests: iron and steel making; agglomeration; induration; smelting; direct reduction; high-temperature processing; blast furnace ferroalloys and their production; slag manipulation; metal manipulation; reaction kinetics
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Department of Earth Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates
Interests: U-Pb geochronology (zircon, apatite, titanite, rutile, monazite); tectonics; sediment transport; laser ablation (LA-ICPMS); low-temperature thermochronology

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Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, O IRD, Géoazur, 250 rue Albert Einstein, 06560 Valbonne, France
Interests: tectonics; structural geology; petrochronology; thermochronology; geochronology; exhumation processes; passive margins
Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa
Interests: igneous and metamorphic petrology; lithogeochemistry; economic geology
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Project Development Scientist KTP Associate, Faculty Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Interests: waste to energy and value added product; environmental biotechnology; bioremediation and pyrolysis

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Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University, 48000 Menteşe/Muğla, Turkey
Interests: biohydrometallurgy of base and precious metals; gold leaching; treatment of refractory gold ores; graphite purification; electrochemical methods in leaching applications; mineral electrode; WEEE; quartz bleaching
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Institute of GeoEnergy, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/IG), 73100 Chania, Greece
Interests: petroleum geology; hydrocarbons; oil-gas; shale gas; geochemistry; source rocks; laminites; diatomite; sapropel; mudstones; basin development; rock eval pyrolysis; GC/MS chromatography; SEM; biostratigraphy; CO2, CH4, H2 underground storage, reservoir quality; paleo-environment; redox; MOZ
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Department of Engineering, University of Borås, S-506 30 Borås, Sweden
Interests: comminution processes; Crushers; screens; HPGR; UFG; process simulations and optimization; multidiciplinary optimization of comminution processes including business mangement; optimization; machine learning; artificial intelligence
Campus of Saint-Etienne 158, National School of Mines of Saint-Etienne (ENSM-SE), Cours Fauriel, 42000 Saint-Etienne, France
Interests: recycling and recovery of industrial waste (circular economy); rehabilitation of industrial wastelands; polluted sites; biotechnology; Precision Agriculture; geo-resources and built cultural heritage
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, DC 02139, USA
Interests: hydrometallurgy; separation process; electrodialysis; reverse osmosis; ultrafiltration; microfiltration; solvent extraction; recycling processes; circular economy; SDGs; net-zero emission
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Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Interests: drill & blast; quarrying; mining exploitation; dimension stones; mining equipment; controlled blasting; vibration monitoring; conventional & mechanised tunnelling; rock-tool interaction; excavation specific energy
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Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi, 103, 41125 Modena, Italy
Interests: clay minerals; silicates; adsorption; intercalation; catalysis; gas-trapping; ion exchange; deflocculation; chemical garden
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Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 310027, China
Interests: Ca isotope; hydrothermal system; methane; carbon cycle
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Interests: high-grade metamorphism; subduction zone geodynamics; thermodynamic modeling; HP-UHP minerals; EPMA microanalyses and applications; crust-mantle interactions

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Institute for the Development of Energy for African Sustainability, University of South Africa, Pretoria 0003, South Africa
Interests: crushing; grinding; comminution; comminution circuit optimisation.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
Interests: biomining; chalcopyrite; ecology; extremophiles; horizontal gene transfer; genetics; CRISPR/Cas

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Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Interests: material characterization; spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance; infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Raman optical activity; UV-Vis spectroscopy; quantum-chemical calculations
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Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, Monserrato, 09042 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: georesources; mineralogical and petrographic applications for environment and cultural heritage; alteration and provenance of stones and mortars; petrophysical-mechanical characterization of geomaterials
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Development of New Mining Resources, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
Interests: economic geology; metallogeny; igneous petrology; regional geology; ore geology; exploration geology
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Turin, Italy
Interests: scanning electron microscopy; microanalysis of minerals; multivariate statistics of mineral phases; asbestos fibers quantification; x-Ray spectrometry; trace elements; vibrational spectroscopy; luminescence
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
Interests: mantle petrology; HP-UHP minerals; ophiolites; fluid inclusions; impact cratering; origin of life; ore geology
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore
Interests: urban mining; electronic waste recycling; biohydrometallurgy; biomineralization

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Department of Geology, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX 77089, USA
Interests: low temperature geochemistry; stable isotope geochemistry; paleoclimate; paleoenvironment
Circular Economy Solutions Unit, Circular Raw Materials Hub, Geological Survey of Finland, F1-02151 Espoo, Finland
Interests: geometallurgy; process mineralogy; gravity concentration; Flotation; theory of sampling (TOS); battery minerals; critical metals; rare earths; cobalt
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Department of Earth Systems Analysis, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Interests: clay minerals properties; hydrothermal alteration; rare earth elements recovery from unconventional deposit and mine waste

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National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, and Milazzo Office, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo (ME), Italy
Interests: petrography; mineralogy and geochemistry of magmatic rocks; metal depositions of hydrothermal origin; environmental mineralogy and geochemistry; ancient and recent volcanic systems; archaeometry, analogues of hydrothermal systems on other planets of the Solar System; studies of hydrothermal systems
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Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry, AGH University of Science and Technology, Av. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Interests: gemstones; igneous petrology; alkaline rocks; ore deposits
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Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
Interests: composition and evolution of mantle; thermal and redox state of subcratonic lithospheric mantle; mantle rocks and minerals; mineral thermobarometry; mineral oxybarometry; thermodynamics of minerals
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