Contact

Prof. Dr. Jens Gutzmer
Director
Secretary: Vanessa Tschorn
Phone: 0351 260 - 4404

PD Dr. Simone Raatz
Administrative Manager
Sekretary: Louise Schulze
Phone: 0351 260 - 4403

Anne-Kristin Jentzsch
Press Officer
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4429

Renate Seidel
Secretary
Phone: 0351 260 - 4430

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Scientific Director

Prof Jens Gutzmer

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.

Memberships and Awards

Committees

Fellowships

Scientific associations

Editorial advisory board

South African Journal of Geology (Geological Society of South Africa)

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)

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Administrative Manager

PD Dr Simone Raatz

With a PhD in chemistry and a postdoctoral qualification in engineering, she joined the HZDR in 2017 and is responsible for strategy, science management and the gradual expansion of the Research Campus for Resource Technology and Sustainability at the HIF. She is the administrative head of the institute since 2021.

Memberships

Curriculum vitae

Since 2021	Administrative Manager at the HIF
Since 2017	Responsible for stakeholder engagement and strategy at the HIF
Since 2005	Private lecturer (PD)
2013-2017	Member of the German Bundestag
1999-2009	Member of the State Parliament of the Free State of Saxony
2000	Habilitation in the field of “Physical-chemical separation processes” (Dr.-Ing. habil.)
1992	Doctorate Dr. rer. nat.
From 1986	Research assistant at the Research Institute for Mineral Processing (FIA) and at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
1981	Diploma in Chemistry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg