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HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Five-year experience in metallurgical research projects supported by the Gold and Nickel industry. Two-year plant and pilot plant experience in Mining.
* Speak, read and write English and Mandarin. Published academic papers in both English and Chinese. Presented in English at national and international conferences.
* Have business experience in commercializing products in China.
* Good knowledge of extracting Gold from bioleaching and cyanidation.
* Five-year experience in working with pressure leaching solutions at high temperature.
* Highly experienced in analytical methods related to mining: pH, electrical conductivity, acid-base and chloride titration, ICP, atomic adsorption spectra, particle size distribution, X-ray diffraction. Good knowledge of SEM, TEM, HPLC, MS, and FT-IR.
EDUCATION
2001-Present Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, Hydrometallurgy Group, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1997-2000 Master of Science, Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University, China.
1993-1997 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Minor in Computer Science, Nanjing University, China.
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
2001-Present Research Assistant, Project: Potentiometric pH Measurements in Acidic Sulphate Solutions at High Temperature. Supported by Barrick Gold Co., Newmont Gold, Hatch, Falconbridge and Inco Ltd.
* Successfully measured the pH of pressure leaching solutions up to 250 oC.
* Predicted pH values accurately with chemical modeling.
2004-2005 Research Assistant, Project: Acidity Estimation of Solutions related to Voisey's Bay Project by Electrodeless Conductivity. Supported by Inco Ltd. and Foxboro (US).
* Worked at pilot plant and prepared technical reports to the general manager.
* Designed a complete system (with hardware and self-made software) to monitor real-time acidities and conductivities of pilot plant solutions.
* Filed a patent application.
1997-2000 Research Assistant, Project: Synthesis of Zeolite 4A used in Detergents from Montmorillonite. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangfeng Mining.
* Developed and commercialized environment friendly detergent additives.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2002-Present Teaching Computer Fundamentals to students from engineering.
1998-Present Teaching Physical Chemistry to students from engineering and chemistry.
1996-1998 Research Assistant, Project: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) Software for Physical Chemistry. Supported by Ministry of Education of China.
* Developed CAI software successfully for undergraduate students.
* Won a second prize from Jiangsu Province, China.
COMPUTER SKILLS
* Programming: Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Basic and Borland Delphi. Good knowledge of Java, C# and assembly language (80x86).
* Academic Software: Origin, Mathematica. Good knowledge of Matlab and Labview.
* Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and FrontPage.
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
* "Electrical Conductivity of Concentrated MgSO4- H2SO4 Solutions up to 250 oC", submitted to Industrial Engineering and Chemical Research, June (2005).
* "Acidity Estimation of Pressure Leach Solutions at High Temperatures by Conductivity", Proceedings of 34th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting of CIM, Canadian Institute of Mining, pp. 603-614, Banff, Canada, October (2004).
* "Discussion on Quartz Problem in the Synthesis of Zeolite 4A used in Detergents from Montmorillonite". Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2000), 16(5), 837-842.
* "Calcination of Kaolinite and Synthesis of 4A Zeolite used in Detergent with Microwave Method". Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2000), 16(5), 769-774.
* "Development of the Physical Chemistry CAI Software". Chinese Journal of Computers and Applied Chemistry (1999), 16(6), 473-474.
* Measurement of Free Acid by Conductivity (patent application in progress).
PRESENTATIONS
* "Acidity Estimation of Pressure Leach Solutions at High Temperatures by Conductivity", 34th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting, Banff, Canada, October (2004).
* "Conductivity and Acidity in H2SO4-Al2(SO4)3-MgSO4 Solutions at High Temperatures", 14th Canadian Materials Science Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, June (2003).
* "Acidity Estimation of Sulphuric Acid-Metal Sulphate Solutions at High Temperatures", 15th Canadian Materials Science Conference, Halifax, Canada, June (2002).
AFFILIATIONS
* 2005-Present Member, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.
* 2005-Present Personnel Officer, Chinese Students and Scholars Association at University of Toronto.
* 2003-Present Member, Canadian Institute of Mining.
References Available on Request.
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