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Professor Rick Valenta
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Rick Valenta

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Overview

Availability

Professor Rick Valenta is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University

Works

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113 works between 1989 and 2025

41 - 60 of 113 works

2021

Journal Article

Governing deep sea mining in the face of uncertainty

Kung, Anthony, Svobodova, Kamila, Lèbre, Eléonore, Valenta, Rick, Kemp, Deanna and Owen, John R. (2021). Governing deep sea mining in the face of uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management, 279 111593, 111593. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111593

Governing deep sea mining in the face of uncertainty

2021

Journal Article

Novel vaccines for allergen-specific immunotherapy

Akinfenwa, Oluwatoyin, Rodriguez-Dominguez, Azahara, Vrtala, Susanne, Valenta, Rudolf and Campana, Raffaela (2021). Novel vaccines for allergen-specific immunotherapy. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 21 (1), 86-99. doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000706

Novel vaccines for allergen-specific immunotherapy

2021

Journal Article

Past, presence, and future of allergen immunotherapy vaccines

Dorofeeva, Yulia, Shilovskiy, Igor, Tulaeva, Inna, Focke-Tejkl, Margarete, Flicker, Sabine, Kudlay, Dmitriy, Khaitov, Musa, Karsonova, Antonina, Riabova, Ksenja, Karaulov, Alexander, Khanferyan, Roman, Pickl, Winfried F., Wekerle, Thomas and Valenta, Rudolf (2021). Past, presence, and future of allergen immunotherapy vaccines. Allergy, 76 (1), 131-149. doi: 10.1111/all.14300

Past, presence, and future of allergen immunotherapy vaccines

2021

Journal Article

ARIA digital anamorphosis: digital transformation of health and care in airway diseases from research to practice

Bousquet, Jean, Anto, Josep M., Bachert, Claus, Haahtela, Tari, Zuberbier, Torsten, Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Bedbrook, Anna, Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia, Walter Canonica, G., Cardona, Victoria, Costa, Elisio, Cruz, Alvaro A., Erhola, Marina, Fokkens, Wytske J., Fonseca, Joao A., Illario, Maddalena, Ivancevich, Juan-Carlos, Jutel, Marek, Klimek, Ludger, Kuna, Piotr, Kvedariene, Violeta, Le, L. T. T., Larenas-Linnemann, Desiree E., Laune, Daniel, Lourenco, Olga M., Melen, Erik, Mullol, Joaquim, Niedoszytko, Marek, Odemyr, Mikaela ... Zidarn, Mihaela (2021). ARIA digital anamorphosis: digital transformation of health and care in airway diseases from research to practice. Allergy, 76 (1), 168-190. doi: 10.1111/all.14422

ARIA digital anamorphosis: digital transformation of health and care in airway diseases from research to practice

2021

Journal Article

IgE-reactivity profiles to allergen molecules in Russian children with and without symptoms of allergy revealed by micro-array analysis

Elisyutina, Olga, Lupinek, Christian, Fedenko, Elena, Litovkina, Alla, Smolnikov, Evgenii, Ilina, Nataliya, Kudlay, Dmitry, Shilovskiy, Igor, Valenta, Rudolf and Khaitov, Musa (2021). IgE-reactivity profiles to allergen molecules in Russian children with and without symptoms of allergy revealed by micro-array analysis. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 32 (2), 251-263. doi: 10.1111/pai.13354

IgE-reactivity profiles to allergen molecules in Russian children with and without symptoms of allergy revealed by micro-array analysis

2020

Journal Article

Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Uranium Metallurgical Process Tailings

Vaughan, James , Tungpalan, Kate , Parbhakar-Fox, Anita , Fu, Weng, Gagen, Emma , Nti Nkrumah, Philip , Southam, Gordon, van der Ent, Antony, Erskine, Peter, Gow, Paul and Valenta, Rick (2020). Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Uranium Metallurgical Process Tailings. JOM, 73 (1), 39-53. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04451-7

Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Uranium Metallurgical Process Tailings

2020

Journal Article

The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals

Lèbre, Éléonore, Stringer, Martin, Svobodova, Kamila, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Côte, Claire, Arratia-Solar, Andrea and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4823, 4823. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18661-9

The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals

2020

Journal Article

Cabbage and fermented vegetables: From death rate heterogeneity in countries to candidates for mitigation strategies of severe COVID-19

Bousquet, Jean, Anto, Josep M., Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Haahtela, Tari, Fonseca, Susana C., Iaccarino, Guido, Blain, Hubert, Vidal, Alain, Sheikh, Aziz, Akdis, Cezmi A., Zuberbier, Torsten, Abdul Latiff, Amir Hamzah, Abdullah, Baharudin, Aberer, Werner, Abusada, Nancy, Adcock, Ian, Afani, Alejandro, Agache, Ioana, Aggelidis, Xenofon, Agustin, Jenifer, Akdis, Cezmi A., Akdis, Mubeccel, Al-Ahmad, Mona, Al-Zahab Bassam, Abou, Alburdan, Hussam, Aldrey-Palacios, Oscar, Alvarez Cuesta, Emilio, Alwan Salman, Hiba, Alzaabi, Ashraf ... Zubrinich, Celia (2020). Cabbage and fermented vegetables: From death rate heterogeneity in countries to candidates for mitigation strategies of severe COVID-19. Allergy, 76 (3), 735-750. doi: 10.1111/all.14549

Cabbage and fermented vegetables: From death rate heterogeneity in countries to candidates for mitigation strategies of severe COVID-19

2020

Other Outputs

Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it

Sonter, Laura, Watson, James and Valenta, Richard (2020, 09 02). Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it The Conversation

Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it

Featured

2020

Journal Article

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

Sonter, Laura J., Dade, Marie C., Watson, James E. M. and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4174, 4174. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17928-5

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

2020

Journal Article

Antibodies in serum of convalescent patients following mild COVID-19 do not always prevent virus-receptor binding

Gattinger, Pia, Borochova, Kristina, Dorofeeva, Yulia, Henning, Rainer, Kiss, Renata, Kratzer, Bernhard, Muehl, Bernhard, Perkmann, Thomas, Trapin, Doris, Trella, Martina, Ettel, Paul, Tulaeva, Inna, Pickl, Winfried F. and Valenta, Rudolf (2020). Antibodies in serum of convalescent patients following mild COVID-19 do not always prevent virus-receptor binding. Allergy, 76 (3), 878-883. doi: 10.1111/all.14523

Antibodies in serum of convalescent patients following mild COVID-19 do not always prevent virus-receptor binding

2020

Other Outputs

NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - Valhalla

Valenta, Rick and Gow, Paul (2020). NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - Valhalla. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute.

NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - Valhalla

2020

Other Outputs

Research and Development Priorities for Minerals in Queensland

Valenta, Rick (2020). Research and Development Priorities for Minerals in Queensland. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Queensland Government.

Research and Development Priorities for Minerals in Queensland

2020

Book Chapter

Lessons from tailings facility data disclosures

Franks, Daniel M., Stringer, Martin, Baker, Elaine, Valenta, Rick, Torres-Cruz, Luis A., Thygesen, Kristina, Matthews, Adam, Howchin, John and Barrie, Stephen (2020). Lessons from tailings facility data disclosures. Towards Zero Harm: A Compendium of Papers Prepared for the Global Tailings Review. (pp. 84-108) edited by Bruno Oberle, David Brereton and Antonia Mihaylova. London, United Kingdom: Global Tailings Review.

Lessons from tailings facility data disclosures

2020

Conference Publication

Application of new technologies for remote operational support in metallurgical plants

Yahyaei, Mohsen, Verster, Isabella, Wong, Bevin, Valenta, Rick, Ziemski, Marcin and O'Donnell, Roxanne (2020). Application of new technologies for remote operational support in metallurgical plants. 16th International Mineral Processing Conference, Santiago, Chile (Online), 23-27 November 2020. Santiago, Chile: Universidad de Concepción.

Application of new technologies for remote operational support in metallurgical plants

2020

Other Outputs

NW Mineral Province 3D Deposit Atlas - Osborne and Kulthor

Gow, Paul, Valenta, Rick and Fox, Nathan (2020). NW Mineral Province 3D Deposit Atlas - Osborne and Kulthor. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.1

NW Mineral Province 3D Deposit Atlas - Osborne and Kulthor

2019

Journal Article

Unlocking the potential of advanced high voltage pulse comminution technology for the mining industry

Shi, Fengnian, Runge, Kym, Christian, Antonio and Valenta, Rick (2019) Unlocking the potential of advanced high voltage pulse comminution technology for the mining industry. MINERÍA, 506 26-33.

Unlocking the potential of advanced high voltage pulse comminution technology for the mining industry

2019

Other Outputs

NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - George Fisher

Fox, Nathan, Gow, Paul and Valenta, Rick (2019). NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - George Fisher. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute.

NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - George Fisher

2019

Journal Article

Source risks as constraints to future metal supply

Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Corder, Glen D., Kemp, Deanna, Stringer, Martin and Valenta, Rick K. (2019). Source risks as constraints to future metal supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (18), 10571-10579. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02808

Source risks as constraints to future metal supply

2019

Other Outputs

NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - Gunpowder

Gow, Paul, Fox, Nathan and Valenta, Rick (2019). NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - Gunpowder. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute.

NW Mineral Province Deposit Atlas - Gunpowder

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Optimising future copper production in the NW Mineral Province -Stage 1 scoping
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Ecologically responsible mining to fuel a green energy transition
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer (Trailblazer University Program administered by Curtin University)
    Curtin University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Industrial disasters, disclosure deficit: Can transparency level the field?
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2028
    Deep Mining Geology (DMG) Initiative
    The Bryan Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2028
    Research Director, CRC TiME
    CRC TIME Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2029
    Unlocking the potential of high voltage pulse comminution
    Newmont USA Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2027
    Newcrest - UQ Higher Degree Research Projects in Cave Mining
    NewCrest Mining Limited
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Critical Metals from Source to Waste - National Data Infrastructure
    AuScope Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Provision of 2D and 3D interpretation of the Burnside area, Pine Creek Orogen
    Northern Territory Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Metal extraction pilot study
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    3D Decision-Making: Digital Earth-GeoResGlobe Integration (Phase 2)
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Microanalytical Facility Supporting Resources Development and Manufacturing
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    3D Decision-Making: A Seamless Digital Earth Visualisation of North West Minerals Province, Queensland (Drill Core, Geochemistry and Geophysics)
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Battery Metal Supply and Source of Risk
    DeepGreen Metals Inc
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Tennant Creek - Provision of the Warramunga Mineral Deposit Series
    Northern Territory Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Transitions and Climate Change
    CRC TIME Limited
    Open grant
  • 2021
    A Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (304MMGIZOK)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Exploration of new economy metals in Queensland's mine waste
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Supergene enrichment of REE in phosphorite
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    North-East Queensland Mineral Deposit Atlas
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Assessing Recommercialisation Potential at the Mary Kathleen mine, Queensland
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Queensland New Economy Minerals Compilation
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Mary Kathleen Mineral Deposit Atlas
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Extracting Queensland's Rare Earth Elements Sustainably
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Tennant Creek - Provision of Rover Field Synthesis
    Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries and Resources
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Diamantina Project - Geological & Structural Study
    Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Cobalt and other critical metals in tailings of major mineral deposits in North Queensland
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Geometallurgical characterisation for Nueva Union: Comminution proxies using Hyperspectral data and multi-element geochemistry (Nueva Union project led by SMI-ICE-CHILE)
    SMI International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile)
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Geometallurgical characterisation work
    SolGold PLC
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Central Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Solid Geology Interpretation
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Central Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Solid Geology Interpretation
    Mount Isa Mines Limited
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Target generation for pelletal phosphorite in the Georgina Basin - Stage I
    Centrex Metal Limited
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Northwest Mineral Province Deposit Atlas
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Northwest Mineral Province Discovery Program Compilation
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Northwest Mineral Province Discovery Program Management
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Mt Isa Copper - Reactive Pyrite Characterisation Project (STAGE 1)
    Mount Isa Mines Limited
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Northwest Queensland Mineral Province Scoping Study
    Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Rick Valenta is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Learning a mineralised fault network at the Cracow Gold Mine from geologically-informed 3D synthetic seismic data

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Dion Weatherley, Professor Geoffrey McLachlan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Incorporation of Sustainability Variables in Strategic Mine Planning

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Claire Cote

  • Doctor Philosophy

    How and to what extent can copper metal be substituted by other metals and materials?

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Steven Micklethwaite

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Regional Geological context of the giant Wafi-Golpu Cu-Au deposit, PNG

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Footprint of the giant Mount Isa Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag system

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Nathan Fox

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Building Geospatial Models to Inform Critical Mineral Extraction from Mine Waste: Towards a New Industry Standard

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing Orebody Knowledge of VHMS Systems in the Rosebery Mineral Field, Tasmania

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Dr Nathan Fox

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Geometallurgical studies aimed at managing mining waste

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Laura Jackson, Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Completed supervision

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