Research Fellow in Metallurgical Engineering
Spring 2023 - present
Research interest: Automated mineralogy, mineral processing of rare earth minerals, lithium clays
Research Fellow in Metallurgical Engineering
Summer 2023 - present
Research interest: Hydrometallurgy, rare earth minerals, lithium clays
Lab coordinator
Summer 2023 - present
Research interest: BET, particle density, zeta potential, mineral processing
Ph.D student in Mineral Resources Engineering
Fall 2022 - present
Research interest: Hydrometallurgical Processing Sedimentary Lithium Claystones, bio-leaching
PhD in Mineral Resources Engineering
Spring 2023 - present
Research interest: Virtual Reality, Molecular Simulation, Bio-approaches for mineral extraction
Masters in Metallurgical Engineering
Fall 2023 - present
Research interest: Mineralogy, Mineral Processing
Masters in Metallurgical Engineering
Fall 2023 - present
Research interest: Mineral Processing of Rare Earth Minerals
Undergraduate Research Students
Former Students
Sachin Urade (M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, 2023) - Metallurgical Engineering at Nevada Gold Mines
Isabel Penaloza (M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, 2023) - Metallurgical Engineer at Rio Tinto
Andrew Kershaw (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2023) - M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech
Richard Mesa (B.S. Microbiology, 2023)
Simmon Chung (B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, 2022)
Mahdieh Dianati
Mohammed Al-Masrouri (exchange mining engineering student from Curtin University)
Kenny Fox ( B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, 2022)
Dr. Saeed Ahmadvand (Postdoc fellow, 2021) - Tetratech
Dalen Police (M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, 2021) - Gold Resources Corp
Addi Quintillano (B.S. Materials Engineering, 2021) - Department of Defense