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, Hub 4

    Email: ananta.dey@angstrom.uu.se
    Project title: Extraction of rare earth elements using lignin and silica-based materials.
    Advisor: Tetyana Budnyak
    Uppsala University

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

    Anton Eriksson

    Examined BSc student

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

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

    Arianna Koufopoulou

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Email: arianna.koufopoulou@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Crustal-scale seismic footprints of tier-1 critical raw materials.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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  • 2026-02-02 13:59 Early Career Professionals

    Christos Martzoukos

    MSc student

    Project title: Controls on graphite mineralisation in the Norberg area, central Sweden: implications from P–T pseudosection modelling and RSCM geothermometry.
    Supervisor: Iwona Klonowska
    Uppsala University

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  • 2026-02-02 13:59 Early Career Professionals

    Csaba Gyuris

    Erasmus MSc-level trainee

    Project title: Processing of active-source surface wave data for Alum Shale characterisation.
    Supervisors: Christian Schiffer, Myrto Papadopoulou & Iwona Klonowska
    Uppsala University

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

    Edgar Alan Martinez-Salines

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Email: edgar_alan.martinez_salinas@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Deciphering geological processes responsible for formation of selected REE and graphite deposits through combined petrological and geophysical approach.
    Supervisor: Iwona Klonowska
    Uppsala University

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

    Eman Elfakharany

    MSc student

    Project title: Upper Crustal structures of the Blötberget mining area, central Sweden: 2D reflection reprocessing of a sparse 3D dataset.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University & SINReM

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

    Florian Velter

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Project title: From crustal-scale to direct deep-targeting at Viscaria.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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  • 2026-02-02 13:59 Early Career Professionals

    Francis Long

    MSc student

    Project title: Geochemical and mineralogical changes in granites during regional Na-Ca alteration in the Västervik area, SE Sweden.
    Supervisor: Iwona Klonowska
    Uppsala University

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

    Frida Huononen

    Examined BSc student

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

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

    Félix Van Santvliet

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Email: felix.van.santvliet@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Targeting & characterization of mineral deposits through physical property analysis & reflection seismic methods.
    Supervisor: Magdalena Markovic
    Uppsala University

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

    Hedaya Alyousif

    PhD student, Hub 3

    Email: Hedaya.alyousif@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Fingerprinting of critical minerals using data mining.
    Supervisor: Bjarne Almqvist
    Uppsala University

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

    Helge Vinje Birgerheim

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Email: helge.vinje.birgerheim@gu.se
    Project title: Direct dating of Swedish ore deposits.
    Supervisor: Thomas Zack
    Gothenburg University

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

    Jolanta Putnaitė

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Email: jolanta.putnaite@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Seismic imaging of Ni-Cu-PGE mineralised mafic magmatic systems in Bergslagen, Sweden.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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

    Joshua Johannesen

    Examined BSc student

    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.
    Supervisor: Maria Ask
    Concluded June 2025. Link to access thesis.
    Uppsala University

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

    Julia Sordyl

    Postdoctoral researcher

    Email: julia.sordyl@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Magnetic properties of REE-minerals.
    Advisor: Jaroslaw Majka
    Uppsala University

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

    Kevin Gashi

    Examined BSc student

    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.
    Supervisor: Maria Ask
    Concluded June 2025. Link to access thesis.
    Uppsala University

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  • 2025-02-27 12:28 Early Career Professionals, Gender balance panel

    Laurens Tromp

    PhD student, Member of EDI panel, Hub 2

    Email: laurens.tromp@geo.su.se
    Project title: Stratigraphic and lithological controls on skarn-type REE
    mineralisation in Bergslagen, Sweden.
    Supervisor: Iain Pitcairn
    Stockholm University

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  • 2024-10-29 14:43 Early Career Professionals, Safety panel

    Lea Gyger

    PhD student, Member of HSE panel, Hub 2

    Email: lea.gyger@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Hardrock seismic imaging for mineral exploration using broadband sensors and distributed acoustic sensing.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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

    Liuqing Yang

    Postdoctoral researcher, Hub 3

    Email: liuqing.yang@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Developing machine-learning algorithms for hardrock seismic applications combined with cutting-edge DAS.
    Advisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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

    Lorena Ferrada Sepúlveda

    MSc student

    Project title: Mapping a Technology Management Strategy for the Smart Exploration Research Center.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Concluded August 2025. Link to access thesis.
    Uppsala University & SINReM

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

    Léopold Chicoine

    Examined MSc student

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

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

    Maria Arnover

    Examined BSc student

    Project title: REE Distribution and Mineralogy in the Blötberget Iron Oxide Apatite Deposit: Insights from the Kalv Ore Body.
    Supervisor: Iain Pitcairn
    Concluded June 2025. Link to access thesis
    Stockholm University

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

    María Margarita Ariza Acero

    Postdoctoral researcher, Hub 2

    Email: margarita.ariza_acero@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Characterization of experimentally derived phosphate phases enriched in REE.
    Advisor: Jaroslaw Majka
    Uppsala University

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

    Neethu Sasikumar

    Postdoctoral researcher, Hub 1

    Project title: Integrated distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for downhole seismic applications.
    Advisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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

    Pablo Petri

    PhD student, Hub 2

    Email: pablo.petri@geo.uu.se
    Project title: The Bergby Li-Cs-Ta-pegmatite field in central Sweden.
    Supervisor: Karin Högdahl
    Uppsala University

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

    Philip Landeman

    MSc student

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

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  • 2024-08-20 11:57 Early Career Professionals, Safety panel

    Péter Kelemen

    Postdoctoral researcher, Member of HSE panel, Hub 2

    Email: Peter.kelemen@gu.se
    Projekt: CRITTER – Strengthening the Critical Raw Material Independence of the EU through thermochronology.
    Advisor: Thomas Zack
    University of Gothenburg

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  • 2024-08-29 09:33 Early Career Professionals, Safety panel

    Robert Dunst

    PhD student, Member of HSE panel, Hub 2

    Email: Robert.dunst@geo.su.se
    Project title: Mobility of critical metals in the Bergslagen region during hydrothermal alteration related to ore formation.
    Supervisor: Iain Pitcairn
    Stockholm University

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

    Samuel Zappalà

    Researcher

    Email: samuel.zappala@geo.uu.se
    Project title: REEs rich carbonatite complex in Alnö area.
    Uppsala University

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

    Sara Rognås

    Examined MSc student

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

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

    Stefanos Sykiotis

    Examined MSc student

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

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

    Viktor Stender

    PhD student, Hub 4

    Project title: High-resolution seismic imaging for mine tailings characterization and prototype testing.
    Supervisor: Alireza Malehmir
    Uppsala University

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

    Yaman Abu Jaish

    PhD student, Hub 1

    Email: yaman.abu_jaish@tg.lth.se
    Project title: Integrated multi-scale petrophysical and geophysical characterization of the subsurface for mineral exploration.
    Supervisor: Tina Martin
    Lund University

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

    Zbigniew Wilczynski

    Examined PhD student

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

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

    Zinaida Bunina

    Postdoctoral researcher, Hub 4

    Email: zinaida.bunina@geo.uu.se
    Project title: Separation of critical raw materials, including Uranium, from deposits and tailings.
    Advisor: Tetyana Budnyak
    Uppsala University

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

    Zixuan Ding

    PhD student, Hub 4

    Email: zixuan.ding@angstrom.uu.se
    Project title: Utilization of Biopolymers for Extracting Rare Earth Elements.
    Supervisor: Chao Xu
    Uppsala University

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