Full Name
Marek Locmelis
Job Title
Associate Professor
Company
The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences & Bureau of Economic Geology
Speaker Bio
Marek Locmelis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an economic geologist who focuses on critical minerals exploration, resource characterization and evaluation, improving recovery of critical minerals from existing production streams, and strengthening the critical minerals workforce. Dr. Locmelis specializes in critical minerals essential to the energy transition, such as nickel, copper, cobalt, and the rare earth elements.
Dr. Locmelis holds a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. He joined UT Austin in 2024 from Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T), where he worked as an Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor from 2016 to 2024. Before joining Missouri S&T, he was a postdoctoral fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Western Australia. Dr. Locmelis is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Dr. Locmelis holds a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany. He joined UT Austin in 2024 from Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T), where he worked as an Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor from 2016 to 2024. Before joining Missouri S&T, he was a postdoctoral fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Western Australia. Dr. Locmelis is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.
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