Dr Juarez Amaral-Filho
Scientific Officer
Integrating ARD Prevention and Mine Waste Minimisation through the circular economy: Re-purposing pyrite Fabricated soils from South African coal processing waste Preventing ARD from Coal Waste Rock
My research interests include environmental issues related to characterization, processing, discard and disposal of minerals processing wastes and effluents; mineral processing for recovery value from mine wastes; mineral wastes characterization and sustainable water management; sustainability through resources recycling and conservation; acid rock drainage characterization, control and mitigation; applications of interfacial phenomena in processing liquid effluents, ores and wastes.
Current Supervision Doctorate 1 Graduated Supervision Doctorate 1 Current Supervision Masters 2 Graduated Supervision Masters 1 In refereed Journals 11 In refereed Books n/a In refereed Conference Proceedings 25 Presented at International Conferences 4 Technical Reports 4 Patents n/a
Professional History
2021-present Scientific Officer, CeBER, UCT 2015-2020 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, CeBER UCT 2014-2015 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, UFRGSQualifications
2014 DSc Mineral and Environmental Technology MSc Mineral and Environmental Technology 2008 BSc Environmental Engineering