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Past Research Staff

Amina Lamghari

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University
  • PhD (Computer Science), 2008, University of Montreal, Canada
  • MSc (Applied Mathematics), 1996, Mohamed V University, Morocco
  • BSc (Applied Mathematics), 1995, Mohamed V University, Morocco
Current Research:
  • Mine planning and related optimization problems
  • Stochastic optimization with applications to open pit mine design and production scheduling
Research Interests:
  • Combinatorial optimization, heuristic methods, scheduling applications
  • Mathematical programming, generalized monotonicity, linear complementarity problems
Work Experience:
  • University of Avignon et des pays de Vaucluse, France, invited teacher-researcher, 2009
  • HEC Montreal, Canada, teaching assistant, 2008-2009
  • University of Montreal, Canada, teaching assistant, 2005-2009

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Lingqing Yao

  • Lecturer
  • Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), 2020, École polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Ph.D. (Structural geology), 2008, Peking University, Beijing, China
  • M.Sc. (Geology), 2003, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
  • B.Sc. (Geology) 2000, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Research Interests:
  • High-order stochastic simulation methods and resource modeling
  • Statistical learning, machine learning methods for spatial uncertainty analysis
Work Experience:
  • Assistant Professor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China (July 2008 – present)
  • Software Engineer, Modern Zonkey Corp., Beijing, China (July 2003 – July 2004)

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Luis Montiel Petro

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University
  • Ph.D. (Mining Engineering), 2014, McGill University, Canada
  • Postgraduate formation in open pit mining, 2008, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, France
  • B.Sc. (Mining Engineering), 2005, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Current Research:
  • Integration of open pit and underground operations in strategic mine planning under uncertainty
  • Metaheuristics / heuristics to solve large combinatorial optimization problems
Research Interests:
  • Stochastic global optimization of mining complexes
  • Combinatorial optimization in mine planning
Work Experience:
  • Research assistant, COSMO – Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory, Montreal, Canada, 2009-2014
  • Internship in Mine Planning, Imerys Ceramic France, Z. I. de Beaujard, France, 2008
  • Mine Production Engineer, Argos Cement Company, Montebello, Colombia, 2005-2007

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Julien Herrero

  • Research Fellow
  • PhD in Numerical Geology (Earth Sciences) 2025 – University of Lorraine, GeoRessources (RING team), Nancy, France
  • M.Sc. in Numerical Geology (Earth Sciences) 2021 – University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
  • M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering (Earth Sciences) 2019 – University of Pau and the Adour Region, Pau, France
  • B.Sc. in Earth Sciences 2017 – University of Pau and the Adour Region, Pau, France
Current Interests:
  • High-order geostatistics and stochastic simulation methods for geological modeling and uncertainty quantification.
  • Kernel-based approaches to improve the efficiency of high-order geostatistical methods and testing these developments on practical applications such as mineral resource evaluation.
Past work experience
  • Work experience:
    • Intern geophysicist of subsurface magnetic method at BRGM & InfoGéo, Orléans, France – March 2019-Aug 2019
    • Geophysicist engineer at InfoGéo, Paris, France – Jan 2020-Aug 2020
    • Intern researcher at University of Lorraine, GeoRessources (RING team), Nancy, France – Feb 2021-May 2021
    • Intern research engineer in numerical geology at TotalEnergies, Pau, France  – May 2021-Oct 2021
    • PhD candidate in numerical geology at University of Lorraine, GeoRessources (RING team), Nancy, France – Jan 2022-May 2025
    • Postdoctoral research fellow at University of Lorraine, GeoRessources (RING team), Nancy, France – May 2025-Aug 2025

Contact information: julien.herrero@mcgill.ca

 

Jingyu Luo

  • Research Fellow
  • Ph.D. in Business Economics (Operations Research), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium – 2024
  • M.Sc. in Systems Engineering, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, China – 2017
  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, China – 2014

Research Interests:

  • Optimization and Scheduling
  • Machine Learning for Heuristics

 

Work experience:

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Shenzhen Metro Group Co., Ltd (Headquarters – Technology Center), Shenzhen, China – Sep. 2024 – Aug. 2025

 

Contact information: jingyu.luo@mcgill.ca

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