Director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
Prof Dr Jens Gutzmer (PhD ZA)Prof Jens Gutzmer is the founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology. He is professor in Economic Geology and Geometallurgy at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Furthermore, he is a visiting professor at the Paleoproterozoic Mineralization Research Group (PPM) in the Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. |
Committees
- Steering committee of the European Rare Earths Competency Network (ERECON)
- Advisory Board of Rock Tech Lithium Inc.
- SEG Publications Board
Fellow
Scientific associations
- Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
- International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits
- German Mineralogical Association
Editorial advisory board
Awards
- President Award, National Research Foundation of South Africa (1999)
- Waldemar E. Lindgren Award, Society of Economic Geologists (2002)
- Mercator Professorship, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (2003-2004)
- TWAS Award, Academy of Sciences of South Africa (2007)
- Silver Medal, Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) (2021)
Curriculum vitae
| 1993 | 'Diploma' in Mineralogy, Technical University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Germany) |
| 1996 | PhD in Geology, Rand Afrikaans University (South Africa) |
| 1996 bis 1999 | Postdoc and lecturer at the Department of Geology, Rand Afrikaans University and founding of the Paleoproterozoic Mineralization Research Group (PPM Group) |
| 1999-2000 | Assistant professor, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 2000-2005 | Associated professor, Rand Afrikaans University (South Africa) |
| 2005 | Full professor of geology, University of Johannesburg |
| 2008 | Awarded a South African Research Chair in Geometallurgy and appointed full professor at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| 2011 | Appointment as founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) |
