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Prof Frances Wall

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Prof Frances Wall

Research

I welcome other PhD enquiries related to my research interests and have a number of overseas students funded by scholarships from their home countries.

ONGOING AND RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre in Technology Metals

• LiFT  - NERC hightlight topic, Lithium for Future Technologies
   
• Greenpeg - H2020 funded innovation project. New Exploration Tools for European Pegmatite Green-Tech Resources. Leader of environmental and social workpackage
   
• CrEAM - EPSRC Network on Critical Elements and Materials
   
• MIREU - H2020 coordinating and support action. Creating a network of European mining regions. 2017-2020

• REMIX - Interreg Europe project to improve regional mining-related policies, working with Cornwall Council and all local stakeholders, and sharing experience and learning with eight other countries across Europe.2017 - 2021
   
• HiTech AlkCarb  - H2020 funded. New exploration models to explore deeper for alkaline rocks and carbonatites. February 2016- 2020. Twitter - @HiTech_AlkCarb 
   
• SoS RARE. NERC Security of Supply of Minerals consortium grant, with the British Geological Survey, Univerisites of Leeds, Sheffield, St Andrews and Brighton and academic and industry partners. May 2015 to April 2019. Link to Grants on the web   Twitter - @sosrare. Includes  Ed Loye (project management and industry relations), Rob Pell (PhD) on Responsible Sourcing of rare earths
   
• New Geomodels for Zambian Carbonatites. PhD being carried out by Michael Musialike
   
• Geological controls on upper crustal heat flow for deep geothermal energy in Cornwall. PhD being carried out by Chris Dalby. First supervisor Robin Shail
   
• Europe's cobalt resource potential for supply to low carbon vehicles. PhD being carried out by Stefan Horn based at the British Geological Survey, first supervisor Evi Petavratzi
   
• 'Uranium Mining in Greenland'. PhD Sociology being carried out by Florian Abraham. First Supervisor Susan Molyneux-Hodgson
   
• An enhanced understanding of the thermal and fluid history of a Variscan metallogenic province from critical metal investigations: The antimony and tungsten-bismuth deposits of south-west England. PhD being carried out part time by Eimear Deady, British Geological Survey. First supervisor Kate Moore
   
• Socio-Economic Sustainability of Mining and Minerals Operations. PhD being carried out by Rezki Syahrir, co-supervisor Kip Jeffrey, Penda Diallo