Embracing Multidisciplinary Approaches to Mineral Waste Management - Dr Tuan Nguyen

In this JKMRC Friday Seminar Dr Tuan Nguyen explores the adoption of multi-disciplinary approaches to tackle key issues such as tailing dewatering and its sticky problems, upcycling mineral wastes through geopolymer applications and the implementation of bio-based materials (peptides) in mineral processes.
Dr Tuan Nguyen is an UQ Amplify Fellow at the Sustainable Minerals Institute with a background in Chemical Engineering. With over 15 years of research and teaching at hashtag#UQ, he has been working in a diverse range of research projects, with a primary focus on advancing fundamental knowledge and developing environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions for minerals / oil / gas processing, and environmental pollution management. Tuan's current research is centered on Reprocessing / Redesigning Mineral Wastes for Good(s), which includes investigating non-conventional stabilisation / solidification technologies, carbon locking methods, and REE-biomining.