Early Career Professionals

Early Career Professionals (ECPs) are those in the early stages of their academic careers who's work is connected to the Center and includes students at BSc, MSc and PhD level as well as post-doctoral researchers. The collaborative work across academia and industry within the Center enables ECPs to promote their research and development and to expand their network, leading to valuable advancements in their career.

The Early Career Professionals of the Center are:

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  • 2025-10-22 12:33 Early Career Professionals

    Ananta Dey

    Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University

    Project title: Extraction of rare earth elements using lignin and silica-based materials.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Anton Eriksson

    BSc student, Stockholm University

    Project title: "REE Distribution and Mineralogy in the Blötberget Iron Oxide Apatite Deposit: Insights from the Hugget Ore Body.
    Concluded June 2025.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Arianna Koufopoulou

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Crustal-scale seismic footprints of tier-1 critical raw materials.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Edgar Alan Martinez-Salines

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Deciphering geological processes responsible for formation of selected REE and graphite deposits through combined petrological and geophysical approach.

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  • 2025-01-29 12:21 Early Career Professionals

    Eman Elfakharany

    MSc student, SINReM & Uppsala University

    Project title: Upper Crustal structures of the Blötberget mining area, central Sweden: 2D reflection reprocessing of a sparse 3D dataset.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Frida Huononen

    BSc student, Uppsala University

    Project title: The Triphylite Group Minerals from the Bergby-Axmarby LCT-Pegmatite Field, Central Sweden.
    Concluded June 2025. Link to access thesis.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Félix Van Santvliet

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Targeting & characterization of mineral deposits through physical property analysis & reflection seismic methods.

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  • 2025-01-23 14:21 Early Career Professionals

    Hedaya Alyousif

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Fingerprinting of critical minerals using data mining.

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  • 2025-02-19 10:42 Early Career Professionals

    Helge Vinje Birgerheim

    PhD student, Gothenburg University

    Project title: Direct dating of Swedish ore deposits.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Jolanta Putnaitė

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Seismic imaging of Ni-Cu-PGE mineralised mafic magmatic systems in Bergslagen, Sweden.

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  • 2025-04-29 07:54 Early Career Professionals

    Joshua Johannesen

    BSc student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Development of a geological model based on borehole- and drill rig data: A pre-study for sustainable drilling at the Epiroc Test Center in Örebro.
    Concluded June 2025. Link to access thesis.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Julia Sordyl

    Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University

    Project title: Magnetic properties of REE-minerals.

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  • 2025-04-29 07:54 Early Career Professionals

    Kevin Gashi

    BSc student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Development of a geological model based on borehole- and drill rig data: A pre-study for sustainable drilling at the Epiroc Test Center in Örebro.
    Concluded June 2025. Link to access thesis.

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  • 2025-02-27 12:28 Early Career Professionals

    Laurens Tromp

    PhD student, Stockholm University

    Project title: Stratigraphic and lithological controls on skarn-type REE
    mineralisation in Bergslagen, Sweden.

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  • 2024-10-29 14:43 Early Career Professionals

    Lea Gyger

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Hardrock seismic imaging for mineral exploration using broadband sensors and distributed acoustic sensing.

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  • 2024-08-20 16:23 Early Career Professionals

    Liuqing Yang

    Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University

    Project title: Developing machine-learning algorithms for hardrock seismic applications combined with cutting-edge DAS.

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  • 2025-02-04 08:24 Early Career Professionals

    Lorena Ferrada Sepúlveda

    MSc student, SINReM & Uppsala University

    Project title: Mapping a Technology Management Strategy for the Smart Exploration Research Center.
    Concluded August 2025. Link to access thesis.

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  • 2024-11-12 13:38 Early Career Professionals

    Léopold Chicoine

    MSc student, Göteborg University

    Project title: An investigation of the Rare Earth Elements in Blötberget.
    Concluded September 2025.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Maria Arnover

    BSc student, Stockholm University

    Project title: REE Distribution and Mineralogy in the Blötberget Iron Oxide Apatite Deposit: Insights from the Kalv Ore Body.
    Concluded June 2025.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    María Margarita Ariza Acero

    Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University

    Project title: Characterization of experimentally derived phosphate phases enriched in REE.

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  • 2024-05-21 17:32 Early Career Professionals

    Pablo Petri

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: The Bergby Li-Cs-Ta-pegmatite field in central Sweden.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Philip Landeman

    MSc student, Uppsala University

    Project title: High-resolution gravity and magnetic delineation of mafic-endowed Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in Bergslagen.

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  • 2024-08-20 11:57 Early Career Professionals

    Péter Kelemen

    EU Postdoctoral Fellow | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

    Project title: CRITTER – Strengthening the Critical Raw Material Independence of the EU through thermochronology.

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  • 2024-08-29 09:33 Early Career Professionals

    Robert Dunst

    PhD student, Stockholm University

    Project title: Mobility of critical metals in the Bergslagen region during hydrothermal alteration related to ore formation.

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Samuel Zappalà

    Researcher, Uppsala University

    Project title: REEs rich carbonatite complex in Alnö area.

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  • 2025-02-05 10:00 Early Career Professionals

    Sara Rognås

    MSc student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Unravelling Geological Structures Controlling the Groundwater Table in the Blötberget Mine Area.
    Concluded August 2025. Link to access thesis

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  • 2024-05-21 16:09 Early Career Professionals

    Stefanos Sykiotis

    MSc student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Predicting Physical Properties Using Neural Networks: A Case Study from Ludvika Mines – Central Sweden.
    Concluded May 2025. Link to access thesis.

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  • 2024-05-21 17:29 Early Career Professionals

    Viktor Stender

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: High-resolution seismic imaging for mine tailings characterization and prototype testing.

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  • 2026-01-30 09:15 Early Career Professionals

    Yaman Abu Jaish

    PhD student, Lund University

    Project title: Integrated multi-scale petrophysical and geophysical characterization of the subsurface for mineral exploration.

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  • 2025-01-07 12:09 Early Career Professionals

    Zbigniew Wilczynski

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Active and passive seismic methods for near-surface investigations.
    Concluded September 2025. Link to access thesis.

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  • 2025-10-22 12:33 Early Career Professionals

    Zinaida Bunina

    Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University

    Project title: Separation of critical raw materials, including Uranium, from deposits and tailings.

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  • 2025-02-14 17:36 Early Career Professionals

    Zixuan Ding

    PhD student, Uppsala University

    Project title: Utilization of Biopolymers for Extracting Rare Earth Elements.

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