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Friday, September 3, 2021
Online
11.00AM – Cam Knight – Stand-up Comic
11.10AM – Franco Pirajno – Alkaline complexes, carbonatites, rare earths; their significance in modern technology
11.50AM – Happy Hour – Q&A + Networking
Franco Pirajno
Franco has considerable experience in tectonics, ore deposit geology and mineral exploration in many parts of the world.
Following a spell as a post-doctoral research scientist at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory, he worked for the AngloAmerican Corporation of South Africa Ltd, as Exploration Manager of the Corporation’s activities in the South West Pacific. In 1983 he was appointed to the Chair of Exploration Geology at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. In 1993 joined the Geological Survey of Western Australia till October 2015.
Currently, Franco is Adjunct Professor at The University of Western Australia, Institute of Mineral Resources at the CAGS, Beijing, Honorary Professor at China University of Geosciences, Honorary Research Fellow at CECAMS Natural History Museum, London. Franco Pirajno is the single author of 4 books. He was nominated as a top 1% Highly Cited Researcher in 2019. Visiting Professor at Peking University in 2003 and China University of Geosciences, Beijing in 2004. Distinguished Foreign Professor at Hefei University of Technology, September-October 2012. On the Editorial Board of Russian Geology and Geophysics. Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Ore Geology Reviews in March 2012 and Series Editor of Solid Earth Sciences (Springer) in November 2012. Franco has 230 published peer-reviewed papers and 69 unpublished industry-related papers. He conducted special courses for Korean Institute of Mineral Resources (KIGAM) in South Korea between 2010 and 2018.
More details are available on his website: www.francopirajno.com
