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Updated in Feb 2026
Updated in Feb 2026
Current:
Current:
Postdoc Research Fellows:
Postdoc Research Fellows:
Dr. Rui Tian, Postdoc Research Fellow (11/2025 - present)
Email: rtgtr@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research interest: mineral processing, AI application in mining, critical minerals
Ph.D. Students:
Ph.D. Students:
Mirza Muhammad Zaid, Ph. D. Candidate (Fall 2021 -)
Email: mmzvrm@mst.edu
Research Topic: Novel filter material
Aamir Iqbal, Ph. D. Candidate (Spring 2022 -)
Email: aiqbal@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research Topic: battery fire safety
Ellen Amoako Afful, Ph. D. Candidate (Spring 2024 -)
Email: eaaczc@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research Topic: acid mist suppression in electrowinning
Syed Talha, Ph. D. Candidate (Spring 2024 -)
Email: syedtalhariaz@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research Topic: battery fire safety
Songtao Zhang, Ph. D. Candidate (Fall 2024 -)
Email: sztw3@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research Topic: use tailings as backfill material
Mahsa Moradi, Ph. D. Candidate (Spring 2024 -)
Email: mmfm2@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research Topic: coal and silica dust control
Wenting Feng, Ph. D. Candidate (Fall 2025 -)
Email: wfcw5@mst.edu
Research Topic: rare earth element recovery
Chao Che, Ph. D. Candidate (Fall 2025 -)
Email: cchr9@mst.edu
Research Topic: battery recycling
Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Finnur Shelton, UG Research Assistant (Spring 2026 - Current)
Email: fasqwb@mst.edu, Linkedin
Past:
Past:
Postdoc Research Fellows:
Postdoc Research Fellows:
Dr. Jingmin Xu, (02/2025 - 01/2026)
Email: jx3yt@mst.edu, Linkedin
Current position:
Dr. Ashish Kakoria, (04/2023 - 12/2025)
Email: akumar@mst.edu, Linkedin
Current position:
Dr. Ashish Kumar (09/2020 - 7/2022)
Email: awk5528@psu.edu, Linkedin
Current position: assistant professor at the Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Robert Pushparaj (11/2021 - 7/2023)
Email: ilango7yk@gmail.com, Linkedin
Current position: Senior Manager at MUNOTH INDUSTRIES LIMITED, India
Ph. D. Students:
Ph. D. Students:
Oluwafemi Salami (MVENT06, Spring 2021 - Spring 2024)
Email: obsalami@mineproandenergy.com, Linkedin
Current position: CEO at MinePro and Energy, USA
Nana Kobina Amoah (MVENT05, Spring 2020 - Fall 2023)
Email: amoakoamoah1@gmail.com, Linkedin
Current position: Research chemist at Syensqo, USA
Yinping Chen (MVENT04, Spring 2020)
Email: chenyinping0419@hotmail.com
Current position: Specialist Product Quality at BHP Australia
Ping Chang (MVENT03, Fall 2019)
Email: chpjz0391@gmail.com, Linkedin
Current position: senior lecturer at Curtin University, Australia
Jinxin Huang (MVENT02, Fall 2019)
Email: jxhuang1993@outlook.com, Linkedin
Current position: senior mining engineer at Mineral Resources Limited Australia
Xuhan Ding (MVENT01, Fall 2018)
Email: dingxuhan1990@xust.edu.cn
Current position: associate professor at Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China
Master's Students:
Master's Students:
Thurman Kollie Elgin Jr, MS (Spring 2024)
Email: ***, Linkedin
Current position: Metallurgist at Freeport-McMoran, USA
Zidong Zhao, MS (Spring 2019)
Email: **
Obtained Ph. D. later at Curtin University
Current position: lecturer at Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Xingyun Guo, MS (Fall 2018)
Email: **
Current: Ph. D. student at University of Queensland
Undergraduate Research Assistance:
Undergraduate Research Assistance:
Nadia Mimlitz, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2024 )
Email: nmmwtm@mst.edu, Linkedin
Research Topic: dust contrl
Holli Finnell
Email: hpfwmq@mst.edu, Linkedin
Current position: Ph. D. student at Missouri University of Science and Technology
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