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Thandazile Moyo is an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State and a co-funded faculty member at the Materials Research Institute. Moyo has extensive experience in hydrometallurgical processing, with a focus on gold and base metals, electronic waste recycling, and the circular economy. Her research interests involve developing flowsheets and testing green technologies for metal recovery from primary and secondary resources, emphasizing long-term impacts of mineral extraction. She studies fundamental leach reactions to understand the factors that drive and limit mineral metal leaching reactions. Moyo is passionate about sustainable development in mineral resources and conducts research addressing the technological challenges of the artisanal small-scale mining sector, highlighting its contributions to sustainability. Before joining Penn State, she completed her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Cape Town and has worked as a researcher focused on flowsheet development and metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards, as well as co-developing and teaching courses on sustainability in mineral extraction at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Penn State University • University Park, PA
Teaching and conducting research in Energy and Mineral Engineering with a focus on hydrometallurgical processes and sustainability.
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