SMI Leadership

Professor Rick Valenta

Institute Director

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Melissa Glendenning

Director - Institute Operations

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professor Alice Clark

Deputy Director - Strategy

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professor Deanna Kemp

Deputy Director Research

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Director

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
Professor Claire Côte

Director

Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry
Director

Leading for High Reliability Centre
Group Leader

Environmental Excellence through the Mining Cycle
Professor Peter Erskine

Director

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation
Group Leader

Ecosystem Assessment, Restoration and Resilience
Professor Daniel Franks

Director

Global Centre for Mineral Security
Professor Maureen Hassall

Director

Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
Associate Professor Steven Micklethwaite

Program Leader

Resourcing Decarbonisation Program
Director

UQ Drone Research Platform
Principal Research Fellow – Geology

BRC
Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Director (Acting)

WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre
Group Leader

Mine Waste Transformation through Characterisation
Professor Mohsen Yahyaei

Director

Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
Program Leader

Future Autonomous Systems & Technologies (FAST)
Professor Mark Noppé

CEO (Acting)

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