Biography

Professor in Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, serving as Chair (1988 to 1991) and as Gerald G. Hatch Chair in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering (2005-14). Held a succession of Industrial Research Chairs supervising 50 PhDs, authoring 400 + articles, and co-authoring two books Column Flotation (1990) and 8th Edition of Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology (2016). From SME received the Gaudin Award, from CIM the Alcan Award, Falconbridge Innovation Award, and twice CMP Best Presentation Award, and from NSERC the Leo Derikx Synergy Award for Innovation. A conference in his honour was held in Sudbury, 2009; and he was General Chair of XXVIII IMPC held in Québec City, 2016. He is a Fellow of CIM and in 2002 was elected to the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada. He retired 2014 as the Gerald G. Hatch Emeritus Professor in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.