Bijan Taheri

• Consultant at Esteghlal Fire-Clay Company, Fars, Iran (2021)
• Head of mining engineering department at University of Kashan, Iran (2017-2021)
• Member of the faculty recruitment board at University of Kashan, Iran (2016-2017)
• Faculty member of mining engineering department at University of Kashan, Iran (Since 2014)
• Researcher in Sarcheshmeh copper complex, Kerman, Iran (2006-2012)

Teaching Experiences:

• Flotation and Surface Phenomena in Mineral Processing.
• Advanced Hydrometallurgy (leaching, Concentration, Purification and Precipitation).
• Solution Chemistry in Hydrometallurgy.
• Thermodynamic in Mineral Processing.
• Fluid Mechanics in Mining Engineering.
• Analytical Methods and Instruments in Mineral Processing.

Research Interests:

• Chemical and physicochemical methods in mineral processing (Hydrometallurgy and Flotation).
• Surface chemistry and adsorption mechanism of surfactants on minerals in flotation process.
• Solution chemistry in hydrometallurgical processes.
• Computational chemistry using softwares based on density functional theory (DFT).

Research Experiences:

• Flotation of different minerals (sulphides, oxides, phosphates, salts, and coal)
• Application of DFT in the adsorption phenomena.
• Application of nitrile-based collectors in copper sulfide flotation.
• Li and Mg recovery from saline lake brines.
• Enrichment of REEs from phosphate concentrate.
• Application of Ionic liquids (ILs) and Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) in hydrometallurgy.
• Electronic waste management (recycling).
• Iron removal from ball clays.
• Sulfur removal from iron ore concentrate.
• Optimization of flotation circuits.
• Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters.
• Investigation of water quality on copper heap leaching.
• Leaching of different ores (copper, zinc, phosphates, and clay).
• Adsorption of gold complexes in charcoal and graphene oxide.
• Enrichment of REEs from phosphate concentrate
• Direct atmospheric leaching of zinc sulfide concentrates.
• Investigation of water quality on copper heap leaching.