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Biography
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Jyothi has joined the Processing Team based at our Waterford site in Jan 2024. He is a Senior Research Scientist, Critical Minerals Hydrometallurgy Innovations.
Rajesh has over 20 years of R&D experience in hydrometallurgy (After PhD), sustainable recycling and secondary resource innovation, and clean energy technology solutions and applications. He completed a BSc and MSc at Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), and PhD with CSIR-IICT & SVU in India. He then joined KIGAM in Korea where he has undertaken roles of Associate Professor (becoming Professor in 2018), Senior Researcher and Principal Researcher.
He has received numerous awards and is an editorial board member of several journals. He has published 5 books, 7 book chapters, 9 patents, 12 review articles, 102 research articles, 55 conference papers, 62 abstracts and has a h-index of 29 (Scopus Jan 2024). Rajesh is excited to be joining the CSIRO team and will be working on opportunities in critical minerals.
Research Areas:
Critical Minerals Hydrometallurgy, Applied & Industrial Inorganic Chemistry
Other Interests
Hydrometallurgy & Urban Mining
Resource Recovery for Inorganic Materials Preparation
Secondary Resources Innovation: Processed for Clean Energy Applications
Sustainable Recycling for Mitigating Climate Change
Establish Policy for Resource Recovery & Recycling (3R)
Master's and PhD Courses Created, Developed, and Taught at KIGAM School, under UST, Daejeon, South Korea
Courses are as follows: 1) Advanced Hydrometallurgy, 2) Industrial Ecology & Sustainability, 3) Sustainable Recycling for Mitigating Climate Change, 4) Basic Hydrometallurgy: Aqueous Processing of Metals, 5)
Resources Recovery from Process Wastes, 6) Recycling of the Metals by Environmentally Friendly Routes
Academic Qualifications
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2005
PhD in Chemistry (The subject of the PhD thesis was Hydrometallurgy)
Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati 517 502, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) National Laboratory, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Hyderabad 500 007, Telangana, India -
1999
MSc in Inorganic Chemistry
Dept. of Chemistry, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (SMPS), Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati 517 502, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India -
1996
BSc in Geology, Physics, Chemistry
SBVR Degree College (Badvel Town, Cuddapah Dist.), affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati 517 502, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Achievements and Awards
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2023-2023
Fellow
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Australia -
2023-2023
Fellow
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3), London, UK -
2022-2023
Referee
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, Fellow and Member Applicants -
2021-2021
Fellow
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK -
2021-2021
Foreign Fellow
Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS), India -
2021-2024
Listed top 2% Researchers in the Standard Citation Metrics database
Stanford University, USA authors Jeroen et al., under Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering research areas -
2020-2020
Received Excellent Research Paper Award
Journal of the Korean Institute of Resources Recycling, KIRR Society, Seoul, South Korea -
2018-2018
Outstanding Reviewer
ELSEVIER Journals such as Hydrometallurgy, Minerals Engineering, Separation and Purification Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Waste Management, Journal of Industrial Engineering & Chemistry, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology -
2017-2017
Received Award as a one of the team member for Top 100 Excellence R & D Projects
Ministry of Science & ICT, Govt. of Korea -
2010-2016
Korean National News Channels MBC & YTN Science telecast about my career achievements in KIGAM
MBC, YTN, KBS News Channels -
2016-2016
KIGAM monthly bulletin published article on my achievements under Creative People
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, South Korea -
2012-2012
Best Scientific and Technological Innovation
WasteEng12 Organizing Committee at Porto, Portugal -
2009-2024
First foreigner to get selected as a permanent position
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, South Korea -
2007-2009
Post-doctoral fellowship awarded
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, South Korea -
2004-2006
CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)
CSIR, Govt. of India -
2002-2005
Best Research Scholar Award
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, AP State, India -
1990-1992
Received Appreciation certificate from Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for Total Literacy Campaign (AKSHARA RASMI)
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh , India -
1990-1992
Unit Leader for National Service Scheme (NSS)
SKP Jr College, Badvel Town, Kadapa Dt. AP State, India
Current Roles
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Senior Research Scientist
Hydrometallurgy Innovations, Critical Minerals Group, Processing Programme, CSIRO Mineral Resources, Waterford WA 6152, Australia
Grants
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2023-2023
Development of eco-friendly metallurgical processes for production of Mg metal with purity of 99.995% from waste refractories (KIGAM 23-9830)
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2022-2023
Development of reclamation process for spent PDH catalysts and by-products from spent desulfurization catalysts recycling process (KIGAM 4855)
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2021-2023
Development of platform process using common core and materialization technology for rare metal recovery from industrial low-grade waste liquid (KIGAM 21-4841)
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2022-2023
Development of a novel and environmentally-sound process for the recovery of metals and elemental sulfur from nickel ore (KIGAM 23-3803)
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2020-2024
Development of environmentally sound copper production process with zero emission of SOx gas refining process for the production of high purity copper metal and commercialization technologies (KIGAM 20-9809)
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2022-2024
Development of reclamation process for spent PDH catalysts and by-products from spent desulfurization catalysts recycling process (KIGAM 22-4855)
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2022-2022
Development of a novel and environmentally-sound process for the recovery of metals and elemental sulfur from nickel ore (KIGAM 22-3803)
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2021-2021
Development of Concentration, Refining, and Utilization Processes for Domestic Vanadium Ore (KIGAM 20-3212-1)
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2021-2022
Demonstration of mini-pilot plant for recovery of rare earth element from coal power plant ash (KIGAM 21-9822)
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2019-2020
Development of process for recovery and preparation of high purity valuable metal from tungsten soft scrap by alkali fusion (KIGAM 19-9895)
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2021-2022
Eco-friendly Technology Development of Processing of purified rare earths compounds recovery from Monazite Ores (KIGAM 20-8704)
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2020-2021
Comminution of waste HDD (KIGAM 20-9894)
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2015-2018
Development of technology for practical application with rare-earth mineral resources of North Korea (KIGAM 18-8904)
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2015-2018
Development eco-friendly process for rare earth separation refining and management technology for cost reduction (KIGAM 16-9418, 16-4822)
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2015-2018
Development of advanced mineral and metallurgical processing for strategic mineral resources in Korean Peninsula (KIGAM 15-8902)
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2018-2019
Efficiency evaluation for recovery of vanadium from Ockcheon black shale minerals (KIGAM 18-5802)
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2015-2017
Global Convergence Cluster: Waste Recycling Treatment Technology (KIGAM 15-8602)
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2016-2019
Separation and purification of Rare Earth Elements and Non-Rare Earth Elements (KIGAM 16-9421, 16-9418, 18-9893)
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2016-2019
Development of commercial process and export package system for recovering valuable metals from spent catalysts (KIGAM 16-9411, 17-9874)
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2015-2016
Recovery of valuable metals(Cu, Ni, Co) from low-grade copper ore (KIGAM 15-3243)
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2014-2019
Refinement of coal ash and stabilization of heavy metals of inorganic wastes for CO2 solidification technology commercialization (KIGAM 14-4819)
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2013-2014
Studies on solvent extraction processing of the PGM’s and green solvents role (KIGAM 13-7603)
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2012-2014
Development of advanced metallurgical process by melting-reduction method for low grade metallic minerals (KIGAM 12-3111)
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2011-2017
Recovery of rare earth metal from spent magnet (KIGAM 13-9414)
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2011-2016
Recovery of rare metals (V, W) from the spent deNOx catalyst and materialization for the catalyst (KIGAM 11-9411)
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2011-2014
Preparation of purified rare-earth compounds from the domestic rare-earth ore (KIGAM 11-8101)
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2010-2013
High value-addition of by-product with Li-recovery process (KIGAM 10-4417)
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2010-2013
Physical and Chemical mineral dressing/refining of low grade uranium ore (KIGAM 10-4415)
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2010-2011
Development of advanced beneficiation and metallurgy techniques for utilization of domestic rare earth minerals (KIGAM 10-4414)
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2010-2011
Development of valuable metal recovery technology from Hong-Cheon Deposit (KIGAM 10-3217)
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2009-2011
Total cycle technical development for securing of domestic and overseas uranium resources (KIGAM 10-3211)
Other highlights
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2023-2023
Invited and supported as a Guest Professor to provide lectures on Basic Hydrometallurgy and Applied to Waste Permanent Magnets Processing at KTH-Royal Institute of Technology (QS World Ranking: 73), Sweden
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2021-2021
Delivered a plenary talk on “Secondary resources innovation: Sustainable Green Technology Development to Mitigate the Climate Change” Virtual International Conference on Physical Sciences (ICPS-2021) on 5th & 6th February at S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India.
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2020-2020
Delivered a plenary talk on “Secondary recourse to clean energy materials via environmental management” at The 14th International Conference on Multi-functional Materials Applications, Sun Moon University, Korea, November 26-27 (Online Virtual Conference).
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2018-2018
Delivered a plenary talk on “Secondary Resources to Sustainable Resources Innovations” at The 12th International Conference on Multi-functional Materials Applications, Inha University, Incheon, Korea, November 22-25.
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2022-2022
Delivered a keynote talk on “Secondary Resource Recovery for Inorganic Materials Preparation” at Recent Trends on Prospective Applications of Advanced Materials-2022 (RTPAAM-2022), FM University, Odisha, India during Dec 1 and 2.
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2020-2020
Delivered a keynote talk on “Clean Energy Applications: Recovery of Rare Earths from e-Waste” The Fifth International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection (EEEP), China, November 17-19 (Online Virtual Conference).
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2019-2019
Delivered a keynote talk on “Secondary Resources Innovations” The 12th International Symposium on East Asia Resources Recycling Technology (EARTH 2019), at Alpensia Resort Center, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea during 11th-17th Oct.
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2023-2023
Delivered an invited talk on “Recovery and Separation of Vanadium and Tungsten from Spent SCR Catalyst by Hydrometallurgical / Hybrid Routes”, at TMS 2023, San Diego, USA.
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2022-2022
Delivered an invited talk on “Development of Processing Technology for Recovery of Strategic Metals from Spent Catalyst: Integrated Hydrometallurgical Approach”, at The 16th International Conference on Multi-Functional Materials and Applications (ICMMA 2022), Jinju, Korea.
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2021-2021
Delivered an invited talk on “Secondary Resources to Industrial Materials Preparation via Environmental Management” 2nd International Conference on Chemical Sciences in Sustainable Technology and Development (2IC2S2TD-2021), Organized by Applied Chemistry Department, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India, during Nov 24th to 26th.
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2021-2021
Delivered an invited talk on “Technologies Development For Secondary Resources To Industrial Materials Preparation Via Environmental Management”, Online Short Term Training Programme (STTP) ON Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials (OIHM-2021), Organized by Applied Chemistry Department, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India, during October 4th to 8th.
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2021-2021
Delivered an invited talk on “Sustainable Recycling for Mitigating Climate Change” as Resource Person at Faculty Development Programme (FDP) organized by KL University & APAS, AP, India, during 30th July.
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2020-2020
Delivered an invited talk on “E-Waste management: Rare earths recovery from waste permanent magnets for clean energy applications”, Virtual International Conference on Chemical Sciences in Sustainable Technology and Development (IC2S2TD-2020), Organized by Applied Chemistry Department, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India, during December 1st to 3rd.
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2020-2020
Delivered an invited talk on “e-Waste Management: Sustainable Clean Energy Applications” at International Webinar on Chemistry for the Societal Advancement” during 16th to 18th August conducted by Dr B R Ambdkar University, Srikakulam & Andhra Pradesh Academi of Sciences, Amaravati, India.
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2020-2020
Delivered a invited talk on “Environmentally friendly technology development for rare earths recovery from permanent magnets scraps: sustainable clean energy applications” at International Virtual Conference on “Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications (ICAMEEA-2020)” during 26 and 27 June conducted by Nanotechnology and catalysis research Center, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India Co-sponsored by University of Malaya and Materials Research Society of India.
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2019-2019
Delivered an invited talk on “Critical Rare Earths Recovery for Clean Energy Technology Applications” at The 13th International Conference on Multi-Functional Materials and Applications (ICMMA 2019), Bengbub University, China.
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2018-2018
Delivered Invited Talk on “Secondary Resources to Sustainable Materials Production” at 3rd International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials Newcastle City, Australia, Oct 30th to Nov 2nd.
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2018-2018
Delivered an Invited Talk on “Resource Recovery from Mining Tailings: Hydrometallurgy Role in Metal Recovery Processing” at 6th International Symposium on Mine Reclamation held from 08 to 09 November in MIRECO, Kangwon Land, Korea.
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2018-2018
Delivered an Invited Talk on “Rare earths recovery from permanent magnets scraps by hydrometallurgical methods” at International Conference on Science, Technology and Applications of Rare Earths (ICSTAR-2018), Tirupati City, India, Sep 23rd to 25th.
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2017-2017
Delivered a invited talk on “Recovery of Rare Earths for Green Technology Applications: Grand Opportunities to Create Wealth from Waste” at The 11th International Conference on Multi-functional Materials and Applications, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei City, China, Nov 16th to 18th.
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2016-2016
Delivered an invited talk on “Separation and Recovery of Rare Earths for Sustainable Developments: By Environmentally Sound Solutions” at The 10th International Conference on Multi-functional Materials and Applications, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, Dec 2nd.
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2016-2016
Delivered an invited talk on “Future Prospects & Challenges in Recycling of Rare Earths Based Materials for Sustainable Energy Sources “at International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2016) at, TCS, Pune, India.
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2016-2016
Delivered an invited talk on “Current Global Trends and Future Visions of Hydrometallurgical Technologies for Sustainable Development “at 103rd Indian National Science Congress at University of Mysore, India.
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2012-2012
Delivered an Invited talk on “Uranium Processing Technologies” at 10th Korea-Japan International Symposium on Resources Recycling and Materials Science at DCC, Daejeon, Korea.
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2023-2023
Delivered an invited lectures on “1) Basic Principles of Hydrometallurgy & 2) Application of Hydrometallurgical Methods to recovery Rare Earths from Waste Permanent Magnets”, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, QS World Ranking: 73.
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2023-2023
Delivered an invited lecture on “Secondary Resources Innovation & Processing: Sustainable Environmental Management”, University of Malaya, Malaysia, QS World Ranking: 70.
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2022-2022
Delivered an invited lecture on “Secondary Resources Innovation & Hydrometallurgical Treatment” 3rd Oct at Resources Recovery Division, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 03rd, QS World Ranking: 73.
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2019-2019
Delivered a guest lecture on “Rare Earth Recovery from Permanent Magnets Scraps by Hydrometallurgical Methods”, Department of Humanities and Sciences, Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences (AITS), Kadapa, AP, India.
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2019-2019
Delivered a lecture on Secondary Resources to Industrial Materials Preparation via Environmental Management at Environmental Engineering Department, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea.
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2017-2017
Delivered a lecture on Hydrometallurgy at Dept. of Energy & Resources Engineering, Choonam National University, Gwangju, Korea, Nov 23rd.
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2016-2016
Delivered a lecture on “Grand Opportunities and Challenges in Rare Earths Based Materials Recycling for Sustainable Developments” at Dept. of Chemical Engineering National University of Singapore, Singapore, QS World Ranking: 11.
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2016-2016
Delivered a lecture on Hydrometallurgy at Dept. of Energy & Resources Engineering, Choonam National University, Gwangju, Korea, Dec 1st.
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2015-2015
Delivered a guest lecture on Mineral Processing and Metallurgy at Dept. of Energy & Resources Engineering, Choonam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
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2012-2012
Delivered an Invited lecture on Uranium Processing at Dept. of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Prague, Czech Republic, QS World Ranking: 358.
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2011-2011
Delivered an Invited lecture on Rare Earths Processing by Liquid-Liquid Extraction at Environ. Eng. Dept. at Da-Yeh University, Taiwan.
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2022-2022
Appointed to the UST, Korea, screening committee for the selection of master's and doctoral candidates
Professional Experiences
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July 2015-Jan 2024
Principal Researcher in Mineral Processing and Metallurgy Research
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, South Korea -
Sep 2018-Jan 2024
Professor (Con-current position) in Resources Engineering Department
Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, South Korea -
March 2012-Feb 2018
Associate Professor (Con-current position) in Resources Recycling Major
Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, South Korea -
Dec 2009-June 2015
Senior Researcher in Extractive Metallurgy emphasis to Hydrometallurgy R & D
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, South Korea -
May 2007-Dec 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher in Metals Recovery by Hydrometallurgical Methods
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon 34132, South Korea -
April 2004-May 2006
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow
Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati 517 502, Chittoor Distract, Andhra Pradesh State, India -
Aug 2002-March 2004
CSIR-Project Trainee & Assistant
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), CSIR, Hyderabad 500 007, Telangana State, India
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2023-2023
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Australia
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2023-2024
Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS), BARC, Mumbai, India
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2022-2022
IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) Affiliate Member
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2022-2022
Institute of Materials, Minerals & Metals (IoM3), UK
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2021-2024
The Electrochemical Society of India (ESI), IISc Bangalore, India
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2018-2018
Institute of Materials, Minerals & Metals (IoM3), UK
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2014-2018
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Canada
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2013-2013
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, UK
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2013-2013
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, (AAAS), USA
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2013-2024
Korean Institute of Resources Recycling (KIRR), Seoul, Korea
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2013-2024
Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Bangalore, India
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2012-2012
Brazilian Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Association - ABM, Brazil
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2012-2024
Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Kolkata, India
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2011-2011
American Chemical Society (ACS), Washington D.C, USA
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2011-2024
Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME), Jamshedpur, India
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2010-2010
Korean Society for Geoscience & Engineering, Seoul, Korea
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2009-2024
National Environment Science Academy (NESA), Delhi, India
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2003-2024
Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS), Mumbai, India
Professional Areas
Related links
- Editor for Book on Rare-Earth Metal Recovery for Green Technologies
- Editor for Book on Clean Coal Technologies
- Editor for Book on Mineral Processing: Methods, Applications and Technology
- Author for Book on Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Tetravalent Platinum
- Author for Book on Studies on Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Tetravalent Zirconium and Hafnium
Publications
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