MIRARCO Staff Profiles

Dr. Peter Kaiser - Geomechanics and Rock Support

Dr. Peter K. Kaiser, President of Laurentian University's Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO), Professor of Mining Engineering, Chair for Rock Engineering and Ground Control, and Director of the Geomechanics Research Centre, is a specialist in applied research for mining. His particular interests lie in geomechanics, tunnelling, and applications of new technologies to mining operations in order to increase safety and productivity.
Dr. Kaiser brings extensive experience to this area from both the industrial and academic sectors, having served as a consulting engineer for many companies, mines and public agencies. Dr. Kaiser is the author of approximately 150 technical and scientific publications in the field of geomechanics, tunnelling and mine design.

Click here for Peter Kaiser's CV (PDF 33K).

Dr. Paul Dunn - Mining Technologies and Simulation

Before serving as Director of the Centre for Mining Technology (CMT), Dr. Paul Dunn was Projects Manager for 7 years with the CMTE (Centre for Mining Technology and Equipment) at the University of Queensland, Australia. This work was predominantly in new drilling and excavation technologies for the Australian mining industry. Prior to this, Dr. Dunn spent some years lecturing for Curtin University in Western Australia. Dr. Dunn also spent 7 years in South Africa in the gold mines in both production and research and development positions.
Dr. Dunn's research interests include new mining technologies, intelligent data analysis techniques and computer applications in mining.

Click here for Dr. Paul Dunn's CV (PDF 10K).

Dr. Graeme Spiers -- Environmental Monitoring and Waste Management

Dr. Graeme Spiers is the Chair of Environmental Monitoring at Laurentian University. Dr. Spiers is cross appointed in the Departments of Chemistry - Biochemistry, Earth Sciences and Biology, and Director of the Centre for Environmental Monitoring with MIRARCO.
Dr. Spiers has 25 years of research and facilities management experience in academic, government and commercial laboratory environments. His research has focused on effects of acidification and extreme metal insult on pedologic processes, particularly as these relate to seasonal metal fluxes to water bodies.
Over 100 publications (30 journal papers) have contributed to the understanding of metal translocation in soil-plant systems, and have included pioneering work in development of slurry analytical methodologies for mineral materials.
At MIRARCO's Centre for Environmental Monitoring (CEM) his R&D focus includes:

• Remote environmental monitoring technology development
• Environmental chemistry
• Stressed ecosystem rehabilitation and
• Aquatic system quality control

Click here for Dr. Graeme Spiers' CV (PDF 18K).

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