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Past Graduate Students

Jake Cutler

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Mineral Resource Engineering Cooperative Program – Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Complete May 2021)
Work Experience:
  • Internship Imperial Oil Resources 2019-2020

João Pedro de Carvalho

  • Research Assistant
  • Ph.D. (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • M.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2019 – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2016 – Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Work Experience:
  • Internship, Mineral Processing Lab – UFMG, Brazil, August 2013- August 2014
  • Internship, Vale S.A. – CDM, Brazil, April 2016 – June 2016

Laura Andrade

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2019 – Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Work Experience:
  • Internship, Hatch, Brazil, November 2018 – February 2020
  • Internship, Cedro Mineração, Brazil, April 2018 – November 2018
  • Internship, Rock Mechanics Laboratory – UFMG, Brazil, March 2016 – August 2017

Liam Findlay

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Eng. (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2020 – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Work Experience:
  • Internship, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., 2019
  • Internship, Syncrude Canada Ltd., 2017

Will Yi Jiang

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc. (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2020 – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Work Experience:
  • Engineering Co-op, Suncor Energy Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, January 2019 – August 2019
  • Engineering Co-op, Syncrude Canada Ltd, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, September 2017 – April 2018
  • Undergraduate Research Assistance, Mine design & numerical modeling laboratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2017 – August 2017

Contact Information: yi.jiang4@mail.mcgill.ca

Victor Guimaraes

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2023 – Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Work Experience:
  • Internship, Rock Mechanics Laboratory – UFMG, Brazil, November 2020- July 2023
  • Undergraduate Research Assistance, Rock Mechanics Laboratory – UFMG, Brazil, November 2020- July 2023

 

Contact Information: victor.guimaraes@mail.mcgill.ca

Lidiia Shchichko

  • Research Assistant
  • Ph.D. (In Progress – Supply chain management) – Concordia University (joint program with McGill, HE, UQAM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • M.Sc.(Supply chain management)2022 – Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Com. (Management) 2016 – Odesa National University of Economics, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
Work Experience:
  • Research Assistant, CIRRELT (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les reseaux d’entreprise, la logistique et le transport), Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2023 – current)
  • Tutor for Business Statistics course at JMSB, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2021 – current)
  • Supply Chain Manager, S-Engineering, Odesa, Odesa, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine (2016-2017)

 

Contact Information: lidiia.shchichko@mail.mcgill.ca

Ronak Vimadalal

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • -B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering) 2022 – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Work Experience:
  • Graduate Process Engineer, Rio Tinto, August 2022 – July 2024

Contact information:  ronak.vimadalal@mail.mcgill.ca

Saboor Torabi

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • MSc. (Energy and Mineral Engineering) 2023 – The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
  • -B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2018 – IIT (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India
Work Experience:
  • Operation Office and Exploration Geologist, Silk Road Mining – January 2019- February 2022 – Herat, Afghanistan
  • Mining Engineer – Herat Directorate of Mines and Petroleum – June 2018- December 2018 – Herat, Afghanistan
  • Summer Internship, NMDC, India – Summer 2017
  • Summer Internship, CIL, India – Summer 2016

Contact information: saboor.torabi@mail.mcgill.ca

Frederick Appiah

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.Sc.((Hons) Geological Engineering) 2005-2009, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa
Work Experience:
  • Internship, Golden Star Exploration Ltd., Takoradi, Ghana, June 1 – July 31, 2008
  • Grade Control Geologist, Golden Star Bogoso/Prestea Ltd., Bogoso, Ghana, November 2009-June 2011
  • Grade Control Geologist, Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd., Ahafo Mine, Ghana, July 2011 to November 2011
  • Production Geologist, Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd., Ahafo Mine, Ghana, December 2011 to April 2017
  • Resource Geologist, Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd., Accra, Ghana, May 2017 to July 2021
  • Senior Resource Modeler, Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd., Accra, Ghana, May 2017 to July 2021

Contact information: frederick.appiah@mail.mcgill.ca

Victor Balboa

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • -B.Eng (Mining Engineering)- Universidad técnica Federico Santa María (Technical university of Federico Santa María), Chile
Work experience:
  • Researcher,  SMI-ICE-Chile – January 2024-June 2024 – Santiago, Chile
  • Junior research engineer, SMI-ICE-Chile – October 2022-January 2024 – Santiago, Chile
  • Junior project engineer, National Centre for Piloting Mining Technologies – March 2022-September 2022 – Santiago, Chile
  • Technological Surveillance Analyst,  National Centre for Piloting Mining Technologies – December 2021-September 2022 – Santiago, Chile
  • Technological Surveillance Analyst,  National Centre for Piloting Mining Technologies – March 2021 – Santiago, Chile
  • Technological Surveillance Analyst, Codelco – July 2020-October 2020 – Santiago, Chile
  • Summer Internship, Codelco – Summer 2020 – Santiago, Chile

Contact information:

victor.balboa-espinoza@mail.mcgill.ca

İbrahim Çetin

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • -B.Eng (Mining Engineering) 2019 – Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Work Experience

 

  • Senior Mine Planning Engineer, Esan, Turkey, 2023-2024
  • Mine Planning Engineer, RHI Magnesita, Turkey, 2022-2023
  • Mine Planning Engineer, Demir Export, Turkey, 2019-2022

 

Contact Information: ibrahim.cetin@mail.mcgill.ca

 

 

Angus MacRae

  • Research Assistant
  • M.Sc (In Progress – Mining Engineering) – McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • B.A.Sc. and B. Comp. (Mining Engineering and Computing) 2025 – Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Work experience:
• Mining Engineering Intern at Arctic Canadian Diamond Company (Burgundy Diamond Mines) – May 2022-Aug 2023
• Long-Range Planning Intern at Kinross Gold Corp. – Summer 2024

 

Contact information: angus.macrae@mail.mcgill.ca

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