The 1st International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science

You are cordially invited to participate in the 1st International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Minerals. This is a new initiative which offers the opportunity for researchers engaged in the study of mineral science to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues. We take full advantage of the Internet, removing the need to travel and participation expenses.

As this is the first conference in mineral science, the range of topics will be very general. The conference will cover the following broad themes:

• Mineral Processing
• Environmental Mineralogy
• Mineral Deposits
• Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology
• Chemistry and Crystallography of Mineralogical Materials
• Nanominerals and Mineral Surfaces

This is a virtual conference held at www.sciforum.net/. Sciforum.net is a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize electronic conferences, and to provide our community with the technical support for hosting our digital conferences.

The participation is free of charge—both for authors and attendees. Accepted papers will be gathered in the Proceedings of the conference. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in journal Minerals with a discount of 20% on the Article Processing Charge (ISSN ISSN 2075-163X; Impact Factor: 2.088 (2016); Minerals).

I am looking forward to participate in exciting discussions, hearing new ideas and perspectives in the field and welcoming all participants to the online conference.

Best regards,

Prof. Dr. Paul Sylvester

Chair of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science
Editor-in-Chief, Minerals
Endowed Pevehouse Chair Professor, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, USA

Paul Sylvester has been the Endowed Pevehouse Chair Professor of Geosciences at Texas Tech University since 2014. He has held previous research and teaching positions at NASA Johnson Space Center, The University of Chicago, Australian National University and Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada). His research interests are focused on mineral geochemistry and geochronology, particularly as applied to understanding provenance, correlation and diagenesis of lithostratigraphic units. To support his research program, he has developed and operates a laser ablation – multicollector – magnetic sector – ICPMS laboratory at Texas Tech. Paul holds a BSc degree from Purdue University (Indiana, USA) and a PhD degree from Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, USA). He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and Mineralogical Society of America.