Director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
Dr Jens Gutzmer (PhD ZA)Jens Gutzmer is the founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology. 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.
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 |
