Name: The 3rd International Online Conference on Mineral Science
Start: 2026-03-10T00:00:00
End: 2026-03-12T00:00:00

Speakers

Invited Speakers

S1. Mineral Geochemistry: Environmental Applications and Recent Advances

Dr. Saglara Mandzhieva

Academy of Biology and Medicine, Southern Federal University, 105 Bolshaya Sadovaya St., Rostov-on-Don, Russia

S2. Mineral Systems and Ore Deposits: From Formation to Exploration

Prof. Dr. Huan Li

Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring, Ministry of Education, School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China

Dr. Michel Cathelineau

GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine-CNRS, Nancy, France

Dr. Pura Alfonso

Department d’Enginyeria Minera, Industrial i TIC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. de les Bases de Manresa, Manresa, Spain

S3. Nanominerals and Clays: Emerging Applications in Materials Science

Prof. Dr. Lucas Meili

Laboratory of Processes Applied to Water Treatment (LAPRO), Center of Technology, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, Tabuleiro dos Martins, Maceió, AL, Brazil

Prof. Dr. Fernando Rocha

Geosciences Department, Geobiotec Research Unit, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

Dr. Marina Massaro

Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

S4. Minerals in Extreme Environments: From Earth's Depths to Space

Dr. Jordi Ibáñez-Insa

Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN-CSIC), Lluis Sole i Sabaris s/n, Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Olga Yakubovich

Department of Crystallography, Geological Faculty, Moscow
M.V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia

Prof. Dr. José António de Almeida

Earth Sciences Department and GeoBioTec, FCT-NOVA
University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal

S5. Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Innovations: From Extraction to Refinement

Prof. Dr. Qicheng Feng

State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China

Prof. Dr. Lixia Li

School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China

Prof. Dr. Luis Alberto Cisternas

1. Department of Chemical and Mineral Process Engineering Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile

2. Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), Chile

S6. Emerging Frontiers in Mineral Science: Breakthrough Areas and Future Directions

Dr. Anna Pakhomova

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France

Prof. Dr. Ekaterina S. (Kate) Kiseeva

1. American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA
2. School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Dr. Xiang Li

1. Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Germany
2. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Pete Hollings
NOHFC Chair in Mineral Exploration, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

S2. Mineral Systems and Ore Deposits: From Formation to Exploration

Dr. Hollings completed his Ph.D. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1998 where he investigated the geochemistry of the 2.7-3.0 Ga Uchi Subprovince from Red Lake to Pickle Lake. During a two-year NSERC funded postdoctoral fellowship at CODES Dr. Hollings participated in a multi-disciplinary research project investigating the genesis of giant copper-porphyry deposits in Chile. As a faculty member at Lakehead University since 2001, Dr. Hollings is continuing his research into the relationship between igneous petrogenesis and mineralisation in a variety of deposit types including porphyry, orogenic gold and Ni-Cu-PGE. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers on these topics. Hollings is currently the NOHFC IRC Chair in Mineral Exploration and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining and Exploration at Lakehead University.

Prof. Dr. David Avnir
Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

S6. Emerging Frontiers in Mineral Science: Breakthrough Areas and Future Directions

David Avnir is a Professor (Em.) of Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he also obtained all his academic training, and where he has held the positions of Head of the School of Chemistry, Head of the Institute of Chemistry, and Head of the Graduate School of the Experimental Sciences. His current scientific activities include geochemistry, astrochemistry, materials science, chirality and symmetry in experiments and theory. He has co-authored 420 papers, which have been cited over 43,000 time, several of which have been cited over 1000 times. His current Hirsch citation h-index is 88. Amongst his awards is the Israel Chemical Society Distinction Prize (2011), Life-time Achievement Award of the International Sol-Gel Society (2013), Distinguished Scientist of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018), Gold Medal of the Israel Chemical Society (2024), and more.

Young Investigator Speakers

S1. Mineral Geochemistry: Environmental Applications and Recent Advances

Dr. Sara Houshmand-Manavi

Department of Petrology and Economic Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

Dr. Mohammad Goudarzi

Department of Geology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran