Education
2015: Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h.c.) Université de Liège (Belgium)
2006: Doctorate in Engineering (D.Eng.), Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
1995: Dr. habil., RWTH Aachen (Germany)
1991: PhD, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Industry
2006-2015 Outotec & Ausmelt: Director Technology Management at Outotec Finland since 2010, after being Chief Executive Technologist of Ausmelt Australia (2006 up to 2010) when Outotec acquired Ausmelt
1994-1996 Mintek: South Africa (managing furnace control group)
1984-1985 Anglo American Corporation: South Africa (process metallurgist)
Academic (also co-current with industry career)
2015 to present: Director Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
2015 to present: Honorary Professor at Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
2005 to present: Professor and now Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia (UoM)
2012 to present: Adjunct Professor at Aalto University, Finland (Aalto)
2012 to present: Guest Professor at Central South University, China (CSU)
1996-2012: Professor and Emeritus at TU Delft, Netherlands (TUD)
1997-2007: Adjunct Professor University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (US)
Recent Awards
2016: TMS EPD Distinguished Lecture Award 2016
2015-2016: SME Henry Krumb Lecturer Award
2015: Doctor honoris causa, Honorary Doctorate, University Liège, Belgium
2014: 1st Prize Publication Award: International Solid Waste Association for “Handbook of Recycling”
2014: TMS Science Award: Best paper in Metallurgical Transactions B (2013)
2013: Outotec Technology Award - Awarded to individuals that enhance the commercial success of Outotec
2013: Lead author of a 2nd report on recycling for United Nations Environmental Protection (UNEP): Metal Recycling: Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure (over 400,000 downloads between Apr 2013 to Oct 2015)
Other
>400 publications in books, encyclopaedias, journals and conference proceedings
Main author of the book “Metrics of Material and Metal Ecology” (Elsevier)
Co-editor of and contributor to “Handbook of Recycling” (Elsevier)
Editorial Board: Minerals Engineering (Elsevier), World of Metallurgy - Erzmetall, Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy (Springer), Waste and Biomass Valorization (Springer)
H-Factor: ISI 21; Scopus 22, Google Scholar 29