List of Current Parker Centre Students
| PhD Students | ||||
| Name | Year Started |
University Enrolled |
Project Title | Supervisors (Organisation) |
| Nicole Botsis | 2006 | Curtin | The prediction, modelling and fundamental understanding of nickel laterites and its impact on the leaching process | A/Prof Bill van Bronswijk (Curtin) |
| Geoffery Carter | 2006 | Curtin | Controlling precipitation processes in the production of value-added zirconia |
A/Prof
Mark Ogden (Curtin) A/Prof Craig Buckley (Curtin) Mr Heath Rossiter (Doral) |
| Congli Cheng | 2002 | Curtin | Design and CFD simulation of pipe reactors for the pre-treatment of refractory gold ores | Prof
Moses Tadé (Curtin) Dr Vishnu Pareek (Curtin) |
| Joel Collard | 2004 | Curtin (WASM) | Extraction and separation of cobalt and nickel from PAL solutions using ESPLIM | A/Prof Don Ibana (WASM) |
| Melissa Corbett | 2007 | Curtin | The study of Leptospirillium gene pathways within bioleaching systems | Dr Elizabeth
Watkin (Curtin) Dr Helen Watling (CSIRO) |
| Laurence Dyer | 2006 | Curtin | Iron and silica co-precipitation from zinc solutions | Dr Bill
Richmond (Curtin) Dr Phil Fawell (CSIRO) Dr Mike Newman (Zinifex) |
| Heather Evans | 2004 | Murdoch | Modelling and flowsheet design for solvent extraction circuits | Prof
Parisa Arabzadeh Bahri (Murdoch) |
| Michelle Helm | 2005 | Murdoch | Characterising pre-robbing ores | Mr Bill
Staunton (Murdoch) A/Prof Jeff Vaughan (Curtin) Prof Mike Nicol (Murdoch) |
| Felicia Lee | 2001 | Curtin | Interfacial surface chemistry of the Bayer process | Dr Chris
Vernon (CSIRO) A/Prof Bill van Bronswijk (Curtin) Prof Gordon Parkinson (Alcoa World Alumina) |
| Jonathon Morton | 2003 | Curtin | Better batteries via controlling the properties of electrolytic manganese dioxide | A/Prof
Andrew Rohl (Curtin) |
| Abrar Muslim | 2007 | Curtin | Modelling the gold thiosulfate leaching system | Dr Vishnu
Pareek (Curtin) Prof Moses Tadé (Curtin) Dr Matthew Jeffrey (CSIRO) |
| El-Sayed Oraby | 2007 | Curtin | Thiosulfate leaching of gold | Dr Richard
Browner (CUT) Dr Matthew Jeffrey (CSIRO) |
| Dmitry Pugaev | 2005 | Murdoch | The mechanisms of the dissolution and passivation of base metal sulfide minerals | Prof Mike Nicol (Murdoch) |
| Denis Shiers | 2008 | Murdoch | Catalysis of base metal sulfide dissolution | Dr David Ralph (Murdoch) Dr Helen Watling (CSIRO) |
| Marc Steffens | 2005 | Curtin (WASM) | Extraction and separation of cobalt and nickel from PAL solutions using electrostatic pseudo liquid membrane | A/Prof Don Ibana (WASM) |
| Venny Tjandrawan | 2007 | Murdoch | The effect of manganese on the corrosion behaviour of lab anodes in copper and zinc electrowinning | Prof Mike Nicol (Murdoch) |
| Lilian Velásquez | 2004 | Murdoch | The kinetics and mechanism of the dissolution of chalcopyrite in chloride solutions | Prof Mike Nicol (Murdoch) |
| Travis Woodward | 2002 | Murdoch |
Economic operability assessment of leaching process at Kwinana Nickel Refinery | Prof
Parisa Arabzadeh-Bahri |
| Fei (Phoebe) Wu | 2008 | Curtin | Aluminous goethite in the Bayer process | Dr Bill Richmond (Curtin) Dr Peter Smith (CSIRO) |
| Carla Zammit | 2007 | Curtin | Bioleaching in high-TDS (total dissolved solids) water | Dr Elizabeth Watkin (Curtin) Dr Lesley Mutch (Curtin) Dr Helen Watling (CSIRO) |
| Li Zeng | 2008 | Central South University, China | The development of SX processes to recover vanadium and molybdenum from spent hydrodesulfurisation catalysts | Dr Qixiu Zhang (Central South University, China) Dr Chu Yong Cheng (CSIRO) |
| MSc Students | ||||
| Name | Year Started |
University Enrolled |
Project Title | Supervisors (Organisation) |
| Alexander Senaputra | 2006 | Murdoch | Nickel laterite leaching | Prof
Mike Nicol (Murdoch) Dr Gamini Senanayake (Murdoch) |
| Honours Students | ||||
| Name | Year Started |
University Enrolled |
Project Title | Supervisors (Organisation) |
| Simon Assmann | 2008 | Curtin (WASM) | Mass transfer in electrostatic solvent extraction | A/Prof Don Ibana (WASM) |
| Rachel Candy | 2008 | Murdoch | Bacterial iron oxidation | Dr David Ralph (Murdoch) |
| Jeremy Hartley | 2008 | Murdoch | Biooxidation of a stannite mineral | Dr David Ralph (Murdoch) |
| Daniel Hoath | 2008 | Curtin | Identification of potentially novel iron oxidising chemolithoautotrophs associated with inland acid sulfate soils | Dr Elizabeth Watkin (Curtin) Dr Lesley Mutch (Curtin) A/Prof Ron Watkins (Curtin) |
CSIRO = CSIRO Minerals
Curtin = Curtin University of Technology
Murdoch = Murdoch University
UQ = University of Queensland
WASM = WA School of Mines
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