Parker Centre

Base Metals Market Leader: Dr Dave Robinson
	CSIRO Minerals PO Box 7229 Karawara, WA 6152 Australia Ph: (08) 9334 8913 Fax: (08) 9334 8001 E-mail: David.Robinson@csiro.au
Positions:	Base Metals Market Leader for the Parker Centre's Base Metals research CSIRO Minerals’ Research Program Leader - Base Metals Hydrometallurgy
Brief Career History:	Dr Dave Robinson has a BSc (Hons) degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield in the UK (awarded in 1983) and a MSc from Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa (awarded in 1984). He subsequently worked for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (the South African equivalent of CSIRO) in Pretoria until 1987, whilst also doing a part-time PhD in organometallic chemistry through the University of South Africa. Following his PhD, he undertook postdoctoral research in the US at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire related to platinum group metals. He returned to South Africa in 1989 to work for Johannesburg Consolidated Investments (JCI) as a commissioning engineer. Dr Robinson then spent 17 years in various roles in the chemical and minerals industries of South Africa, predominantly for Amplats (which evolved from the platinum side of JCI), its successor Anglo Platinum and also for Anglo Research. He was awarded a Master of Business Administration from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2003. He joined CSIRO Minerals in April 2007, and took over from Dr Helen Watling as the Parker Centre's Base Metals Market Leader in September 2007.
Research Interests:	Dr Robinson's expertise includes processing, separation and refining of the platinum group metals and associated base metals; fundamental metals speciation and applied analytical technology; technology transfer and the application of fundamental knowledge to 'real-world' problems and the relationship development and management within the technology spectrum. His research interests include deriving value from improved science; developing truly collaborative relationships between differing groups in the technology development chain and understanding people, relationships and the methods of encouraging best performance.