Meet Our Editorial Board
Professor Allan Pring
Flinders University
South Australia
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Allan was a research mineralogist at the South Australian Museum for over 30 years and is currently Distinguished Professor of Chemical Mineralogy at Flinders University, in Adelaide. His research interests centre on understanding the chemical processes that lead to mineral formation and growth.
Dr Ben Grguric
Mining and Exploration Consultant
Western Australia
Ben is native of South Australia and has been a mineral collector since the age of 7. He was educated at Adelaide and Cambridge Universities and has worked in the minerals industry since 1993. An active publisher of scientific papers on ore deposits geology and mineralogy, Ben currently works as a consultant to mining and exploration companies.
Professor Allan Pring
Flinders University
South Australia
Dr Steve Dobos
Dobos and Associates
Queensland
Ralph Bottrill
Mineral Resources Tasmania
Tasmania
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Ralph is a Mineralogist/Petrologist and geologist with Mineral Resources Tasmania, and an Honorary Researcher with the University of Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and the Queen Victoria Museum. Research interests include Tasmanian mineralogy and mineral deposits.
