Tidiga karriärer

Smart Exploration Research Center
Uppsala Sweden
Tidiga karriärer omfattar individer i ett tidigt skede av sin akademiska och professionella utveckling, inklusive
bachelor- och masterstudenter samt doktorander och postdoktorer m.fl. Gruppen utgör en central del av
centrets arbete med långsiktig kompetensförsörjning och kapacitetsuppbyggnad inom strategiskt viktiga
kunskapsområden. Genom centrets integrerade samverkan mellan akademi, industri och andra samhällsaktörer
skapas förutsättningar för kunskapsöverföring, praktisk tillämpning och ökad anställningsbarhet. Detta ger
deltagarna möjlighet att utveckla både vetenskaplig excellens och innovationsförmåga, samtidigt som forskningens
relevans och nyttiggörande stärks. På så sätt bidrar centret till att utveckla nästa generation forskare och specialister,
i linje med nationella och europeiska mål för hållbar kompetensförsörjning, innovationskraft och samhällsnytta.
Tidiga karriärer inom centret är:
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2025-10-22 12:33
Early Career Professionals
infoAnanta Dey
Postdoktor, Hubb 4
Email: ananta.dey@angstrom.uu.se
Projekt: Extraction of rare earth elements using lignin and silica-based materials.
Mentor: Tetyana Budnyak
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoAnton Eriksson
Examinerad BSc-student
Projekt: "REE Distribution and Mineralogy in the Blötberget Iron Oxide Apatite Deposit: Insights from the Hugget Ore Body.
Färdig Juni 2025.
Stockholms universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoArianna Koufopoulou
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Email: arianna.koufopoulou@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Crustal-scale seismic footprints of tier-1 critical raw materials.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2026-02-02 13:59
Early Career Professionals
infoChristos Martzoukos
MSc-student
Projekt: Controls on graphite mineralisation in the Norberg area, central Sweden: implications from P–T pseudosection modelling and RSCM geothermometry.
Handledare: Iwona Klonowska
Uppsala universitet -
2026-02-02 13:59
Early Career Professionals
infoCsaba Gyuris
Erasmus Master praktikant
Projekt: Processing of active-source surface wave data for Alum Shale characterisation.
Handledare: Christian Schiffer, Myrto Papadopoulou & Iwona Klonowska
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoEdgar Alan Martinez-Salines
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Email: edgar_alan.martinez_salinas@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Deciphering geological processes responsible for formation of selected REE and graphite deposits through combined petrological and geophysical approach.
Handledare: Iwona Klonowska
Uppsala universitet -
2025-01-29 12:21
Early Career Professionals
infoEman Elfakharany
MSc-student
Email: eman.elfakharany.7262@student.uu.se
Projekt: Seismic Reflection Imaging of the Alnö Alkaline and Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden: A Reprocessing Work.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet & SINReM -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoFlorian Velter
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Projekt: From crustal-scale to direct deep-targeting at Viscaria.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2026-02-02 13:59
Early Career Professionals
infoFrancis Long
MSc-student
Projekt: Geochemical and mineralogical changes in granites during regional Na-Ca alteration in the Västervik area, SE Sweden.
Handledare: Iwona Klonowska
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoFrida Huononen
Examinerad BSc-student
Projekt: The Triphylite Group Minerals from the Bergby-Axmarby LCT-Pegmatite Field, Central Sweden.
Färdig Juni 2025. Link to access thesis.
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoFélix Van Santvliet
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Email: felix.van.santvliet@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Targeting & characterization of mineral deposits through physical property analysis & reflection seismic methods.
Handledare: Magdalena Markovic
Uppsala universitet -
2025-01-23 14:21
Early Career Professionals
infoHedaya Alyousif
Doktorand, Hubb 3
Email: hedaya.alyousif@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Fingerprinting of critical minerals using data mining.
Handledare: Bjarne Almqvist
Uppsala universitet -
2025-02-19 10:42
Early Career Professionals
infoHelge Vinje Birgerheim
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Email: helge.vinje.birgerheim@gu.se
Projekt: Direct dating of Swedish ore deposits.
Handledare: Thomas Zack
Göteborgs universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoJolanta Putnaitė
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Email: jolanta.putnaite@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Seismic imaging of Ni-Cu-PGE mineralised mafic magmatic systems in Bergslagen, Sweden.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2025-04-29 07:54
Early Career Professionals
infoJoshua Johannesen
Examinerad BSc-student
Projekt: 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.
Handledare: Maria Ask
Färdig Juni 2025. Link to access thesis.
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoJulia Sordyl
Postdoktor
Email: julia.sordyl@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Magnetic properties of REE-minerals.
Mentor: Jaroslaw Majka
Uppsala universitet -
2025-04-29 07:54
Early Career Professionals
infoKevin Gashi
Examinerad BSc-student
Projekt: 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.
Handledare: Maria Ask
Färdig Juni 2025. Link to access thesis.
Uppsala universitet -
2025-02-27 12:28
Early Career Professionals, Gender balance panel
infoLaurens Tromp
Doktorand, Ledamot av EDI-panelen, Hubb 2
Email: laurens.tromp@geo.su.se
Projekt: Stratigraphic and lithological controls on skarn-type REE
mineralisation in Bergslagen, Sweden.
Handledare: Iain Pitcairn
Stockholms universitet -
2024-10-29 14:43
Early Career Professionals, Safety panel
infoLea Gyger
Doktorand, Ledamot av HSE-panelen, Hubb 2
Email: lea.gyger@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Hardrock seismic imaging for mineral exploration using broadband sensors and distributed acoustic sensing.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2024-08-20 16:23
Early Career Professionals
infoLiuqing Yang
Postdoktor, Hubb 3
Email: liuqing.yang@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Developing machine-learning algorithms for hardrock seismic applications combined with cutting-edge DAS.
Mentor: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2025-02-04 08:24
Early Career Professionals
infoLorena Ferrada Sepúlveda
MSc-student
Projekt: Mapping a Technology Management Strategy for the Smart Exploration Research Center.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Färdig Augusti 2025. Link to access thesis.
Uppsala universitet & SINReM -
2024-11-12 13:38
Early Career Professionals
infoLéopold Chicoine
Examinerad MSc-student
Email: guschicle@student.gu.se
Projekt: An investigation of the Rare Earth Elements in Blötberget.
Färdig September 2025.
Göteborgs universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoMaria Arnover
Examinerad BSc-student
Projekt: REE Distribution and Mineralogy in the Blötberget Iron Oxide Apatite Deposit: Insights from the Kalv Ore Body.
Handledare: Iain Pitcairn
Färdig Juni 2025. Link to access thesis
Stockholms universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoMaría Margarita Ariza Acero
Postdoktor, Hubb 2
Email: margarita.ariza_acero@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Characterization of experimentally derived phosphate phases enriched in REE.
Mentor: Jaroslaw Majka
Uppsala universitet -
2025-10-22 12:33
Early Career Professionals
infoNeethu Sasikumar
Postdoktor, Hubb 1
Projekt: Integrated distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for downhole seismic applications.
Mentor: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 17:32
Early Career Professionals
infoPablo Petri
Doktorand, Hubb 2
Email: pablo.petri@geo.uu.se
Projekt: The Bergby Li-Cs-Ta-pegmatite field in central Sweden.
Handledare: Karin Högdahl
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoPhilip Landeman
MSc-student
Projekt: High-resolution gravity and magnetic delineation of mafic-endowed Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in Bergslagen.
Handledare: Karin Högdahl
Uppsala universitet -
2024-08-20 11:57
Early Career Professionals, Safety panel
infoPéter Kelemen
Postdoktor, Ledamot av HSE-panelen, Hubb 2
Email: Peter.kelemen@gu.se
Projekt: CRITTER – Strengthening the Critical Raw Material Independence of the EU through thermochronology.
Mentor: Thomas Zack
Göteborgs universitet -
2024-08-29 09:33
Early Career Professionals, Safety panel
infoRobert Dunst
Doktorand, Ledamot av HSE-panelen, Hubb 2
Email: robert.dunst@geo.su.se
Projekt: Mobility of critical metals in the Bergslagen region during hydrothermal alteration related to ore formation.
Handledare: Iain Pitcairn
Stockholms universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoSamuel Zappalà
Forskare
Email: samuel.zappala@geo.uu.se
Projekt: REEs rich carbonatite complex in Alnö area.
Uppsala universitet -
2025-02-05 10:00
Early Career Professionals
infoSara Rognås
Examinerad MSc-student
Projekt: Unravelling Geological Structures Controlling the Groundwater Table in the Blötberget Mine Area.
Handledare: Magdalena Markovic
Färdig Augusti 2025. Link to access thesis
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 16:09
Early Career Professionals
infoStefanos Sykiotis
Examined MSc-student
Projekt: Predicting Physical Properties Using Neural Networks: A Case Study from Ludvika Mines – Central Sweden.
Färdig Maj 2025. Link to access thesis.
Uppsala universitet -
2024-05-21 17:29
Early Career Professionals
infoViktor Stender
Doktorand, Hubb 4
Email: viktor.stender@geo.uu.se
Projekt: High-resolution seismic imaging for mine tailing characterization and prototype testing.
Handledare: Alireza Malehmir
Uppsala universitet -
2026-01-30 09:15
Early Career Professionals
infoYaman Abu Jaish
Doktorand, Hubb 1
Email: yaman.abu_jaish@tg.lth.se
Projekt: Integrated multi-scale petrophysical and geophysical characterization of the subsurface for mineral exploration.
Handledare: Tina Martin
Lunds universitet -
2025-01-07 12:09
Early Career Professionals
infoZbigniew Wilczynski
Examinerad doktorand
Projekt: Active and passive seismic methods for near-surface investigations.
Handledare: Ayse Kaslilar
Färdig September 2025. Länk till avhandling.
Uppsala universitet -
2025-10-22 12:33
Early Career Professionals
infoZinaida Bunina
Postdoktor, Hubb 4
Email: zinaida.bunina@geo.uu.se
Projekt: Separation of critical raw materials, including Uranium, from deposits and tailings.
Mentor: Tetyana Budnyak
Uppsala universitet -
2025-02-14 17:36
Early Career Professionals
infoZixuan Ding
Doktorand, Hubb 4
Email: zixuan.ding@angstrom.uu.se
Projekt: Utilization of Biopolymers for Extracting Rare Earth Elements.
Handledare: Chao Xu
Uppsala universitet

