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Dr Laura Jackson
Dr

Laura Jackson

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Overview

Background

Dr Laura Jackson obtained her PhD at the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania (2020). Her research as part of the Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC), developing new tests and protocols for improving waste characterisation with a focus on integrating waste characterisation across the entire mining value chain to enable the use of new techniques and technologies for early life-of-mine geoenvironmental forecasting. Professionally, she has worked at an environmental consultancy as a senior geochemist on a range of industry and government projects from prefeasibility through to closure and rehabilitation (2018-20). Currently, Dr Jackson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geometallurgy and Applied Geochemistry at the W.H Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre within the Sustainable Minerals Institute.

Availability

Dr Laura Jackson is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania

Funding

Past funding

  • 2024
    Geometallurgical characterisation of the Challenger tailings
    Barton Gold Holdings Limited
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Mine waste sampling and characterisation in Western Australia
    Western Australia Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Understanding cycling of indium in mine waste systems: transforming waste into a critical resource
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    MIM Tailings Reprocessing Study Initiation
    Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Geometallurgical characterisation of tailings - from sampling to metal extraction
    Regeneration Enterprises, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Expanding exploration opportunities of new economy metals in Queensland's mine waste
    Queensland Department of Resources
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Geometallurgical characterisation of the Bobadil tailings
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Drones4waste - A multi-scale, ground-to-air characterisation of waste and rehabilitation, Hercules mine site, Tasmania (304MMGHDRONE)
    MMG Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Geometallurgical characterisation of the Old Tailings Dam (OTD) for the recovery of Cobalt
    Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

Media

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