Technical Specialist – Mine Optimization at Newmont Mining Corporation
Mohammad Waqar Ali Asad
Research Associate
PhD in Mining and Earth Systems Eng., Colorado School of Mines, USA, 2001
M.Sc. in Mining Eng., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, 1997
B.Sc. in Mining Eng., NWFP Univ. of ET (NWFP UET), Pakistan, 1993
Current Position:
Senior Lecturer, Department of Mining Engineering, Western Australian School of Mines, Kalgoorlie Campus, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University
Ilnur Minniakhmetov
Research Fellow
Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics), 2013, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT), Russia
M.Sc. (Applied Physics and Mathematics), 2010, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT), Russia
B.Sc. (Applied Physics and Mathematics), 2008, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT), Russia
Current Position:
Principal Geoscientist Data & Numeric Modelling, BHP, Perth, Australia.
M.Sc. (Computer Science), 2007, University of Alberta, Canada
B.Sc. (Computer Science), 2003, University of Bucharest, Romania
Current Position:
Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
Ray (Jian) Zhang
Research Fellow
Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), 2013, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
M.Sc. (Management Science and Engineering), 2007, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
B.Admin. (Management Information System), 2005, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Business Technology Management, University of Calgary
Jongik Byun
Research Associate 2011-2012
Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), 2011, KAIST, Republic of Korea
MS.c. (Industrial Engineering), 2000, KAIST, Republic of Korea
BS.c. (Physics & Industrial Engineering), 1998, KAIST, Republic of Korea
Current Position:
Manager, Supply Chain Management Team, LG Display, Korea
Snehamoy Chatterjee
Research Associate 2008-2010
Ph.D. (Geostatistics and vision-based quality control of minerals), 2007, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India
M. Eng. (Mining Engineering), 2002, Bengal Engineering and Science University, India
B. Eng. (Mining Engineering), 2000, Bengal Engineering and Science University, India
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Mining and Geological Engineering, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University
Ayoub Insa Correa
Research Associate 2012-2013
Ph.D. (Mathematics of Engineering – Operations Research), 2005, École Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
M. Sc. (Applied Mathematics – Mathematical Optimization), 1995, Cheikh Anta Diop Uiversity of Dakar, Senegal
Current Position:
Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics at the Unit of Education and Research in Engineering Sciences, University of Thiès, Thiès, Senegal (West africa)
Erwan Gloaguen
Research Associate 2005 – 2007
PhD (Geostatistics & Geophysics), 2004, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
Assistant Professor, Centre eau-terre-environnement de l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Centre eau-terre-environnement de l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)