Editorial Board
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Section
- Mineral Deposits Section
- Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry Section
- Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology Section
- Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals Section
- Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications Section
- Biomineralization and Biominerals Section
- Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members (405)

Interests: laser ablation ICP-MS; automated SEM; accessory mineral geochronology; mineral geochemistry; ore mineralogy; shale mineralogy
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Interests: economic geology; geochemistry, petrology, Precambrian geology and environmental geochemistry of mine wastes
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Interests: ore minerals; trace element analysis; ore deposit geology
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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
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Interests: biocorrosion; bioelectrochemistry; bioflotation; biogeochemistry; bioleaching; biomining; biooxidation; bioprecipitation; bioreduction; bioremediation; circular economy; resource recovery; waste management; wastewater treatment
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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
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Interests: flotation; magnetic separation; mineral processing; surface chemistry; surface spectroscopy; XPS; ToF-SIMS; synchrotron science; hydrometallurgy

Interests: mineralogy; nano-minerals; origin of dolomite; carbon and carbonate cycles; interface geochemistry; XRD; electron microscopy; X-ray and neutron total scattering of minerals
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Interests: theoretical and applied geophysics; inverse theory; joint inversion; mineral exploration; electromagnetic, gravity, magnetic, and seismic methods
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Interests: crystal structure; chemistry; mineralogy; crystallography; powder diffraction; single-crystal diffraction; electron microscopy
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Interests: magma transport and emplacement; physical processes in magmatic sulfide deposits; structural controls on ore deposits
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Interests: isotope geochemistry; geochronology; laser ablation-ICP-MS; nuclear forensics; geochemistry; igneous petrology; carbonatites
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Interests: flotation of oxide minerals; mineral crystal chemistry; flotation reagent molecular design; mineral/reagent/water interfacial science; waste treatment in minerals processing
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Interests: geology; structural geology; sedimentology; sedimentary basins; tectonics; geological processes; field geology; petrography
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Interests: mineral physics; crystallography; high pressure methodology; mineralogy of deep earth interiors; high pressure physics; high pressure chemistry

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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Interests: integration of geochemical and geophysical datasets; lithosphere structure; lithosphere evolution; mantle geochemistry; mantle xenoliths; lower crust formation; isotopic mapping; crust-mantle connections; geochronology of lithosphere terranes

Interests: metals and hydrocarbons; Re-Os isotope geochemistry; ore geology; calibrating earth time; fluids in the earth
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Interests: hydrometallurgy; precipitation industrial crystallization and aqueous extractions of metals; physical separation and beneficiation of mineral ores with links to flotation; colloid and interfacial science and particle interactions; rheology of particulate fluids with links to hydro-transport and flotation of ores; plant fouling and its mitigation; thickening, dewatering, and disposal of mineral waste tailings; process water treatment and environmental cleaning; high-level nuclear waste and radioactive tailings treatment and disposal
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Interests: mineral processing; hydrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; separation sciences
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Interests: ore deposits; stable isotopes; geochemistry; quantitative mineralogy; geometallurgy; environmental pollution
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Interests: extremophile; microbialite; geochemistry; hydrothermal; orogeny; rift

Interests: mineralogy; crystallography; experimental mineralogy; mineral physics; mineral inclusions
Interests: thermofluids; mine ventilation; CFD in mining; fibre optic sensing; gas management systems
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Interests: sedimentary deposits; glauconite; microbially induced sedimentary structures; Precambrian sedimentation; facies; basin analysis; sequence stratigraphy; ironstones
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Interests: microanalytical techniques; laser ablation ICP-MS; provenance; obsidian; degradation of stone; mortars
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Interests: platinum-group minerals; ore minerals; Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE mineralization; mafic-ultramafic complexes; layered intrusions; ore-forming processes
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Interests: mineralogy; petrology; mantle xenoliths; meteorites; basalts; melts modeling
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Interests: applied mineralogy; archaeometallurgy; cultural heritage; atchaeometry; museum collections; conservation studies
Interests: fluid rock interaction; gas sorption; experimental geochemistry and petrophysics; medical geology; interface mineralogy; analytical methods in geoscience
