Unzile Yenial Arslan

Unzile holds a PhD in Mineral Processing Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and has broad experience across academia and industry. Before joining UQ, she worked as a Senior Metallurgist and Continuous Improvement Manager at a copper concentrator in Turkey, where she successfully led projects on circuit optimisation and reagent selection, marked ball wear testing, installation of Eh probes, and controlled air injection systems to address low sulphide mineral recovery. At UQ, Dr Yenial Arslan contributes to industry-focused research integrating geological data, surface reactivity, and flotation chemistry. Her current work includes studying induced polarisation techniques for geometallurgical characterisation, surface treatment of reactive minerals, and fluidised-bed flotation for coarse particle recovery. She has published in leading journals such as Minerals and Minerals Engineering, with notable works on pyrite texture, oxidation, and flotation performance. Dr Yenial Arslan aims to advance sustainable and efficient mineral processing technologies by bridging the fields of mineralogy, chemistry, and process engineering.