SMI Leadership

Professor Rick Valenta

Director (Acting)

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Melissa Glendenning

Deputy Director - Operations

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professor Alice Clark

Deputy Director - Strategy

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professor Daniel Franks

Deputy Director – Research

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Program Leader

Development Minerals, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Associate Professor Claire Côte

Director

Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Group Leader

Environmental Excellence through the Mining Cycle
Professor Peter Erskine

Director

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Group Leader

Ecosystem Assessment, Restoration and Resilience
Professor Deanna Kemp

Director

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Dr Maureen Hassall

Director

Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
Susan Johnston

Program Leader

Governance and Leadership in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professor Mohsen Yahyaei

Director

Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
Program Leader

Future Autonomous Systems & Technologies (FAST), Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professor Anna Littleboy

Program Leader

Transitions in Mining Program, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Professorial Research Fellow

Sustainable Minerals Institute
Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Director (Acting)

W.H.Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre (BRC)
Group Leader - Mine Waste Transformation through Characterisation (MIWATCH)

BRC
Associate Professor Steven Micklethwaite

Program Leader (Acting)

Complex Orebodies Program, Sustainable Minerals Institute
Principal Research Fellow – Geology

BRC