Group of Professor Georgios Kolliopoulos

Manager training

• PhD : University of Toronto
• Post doctorate : University of Toronto

Laboratory name

SuperMET (Sustainable Process Engineering Research in Metallurgy)

Affiliation Department

Department of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

Other affiliations

• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
• Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChe)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• E4M Center

Granting organization(s)

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada
• Quebec Research Fund — Nature and technologies
  Canada Innovation Fund
• ERA-MIN

What does the laboratory do

• Development of eco-processes for the extraction, recovery and recycling of metals without the use of water and acid/base chemicals.
• Design of green and biocompatible materials and technologies for the recovery of clean water from mining effluents and tailings and the environmental restoration of aqueous waste.

Expertise

• Sustainable zero-discharge treatment
• Hydrometallurgy
• Solvometallurgy
• Recovery of residues/waste
• Water-energy nexus