Professor Rick Valenta, Director (Acting) of the Sustainable Minerals Institute
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Areas of responsibility
The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) leads and coordinates the minerals related research within the University. SMI has six member Centres:
Professor Rick Valenta
Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute
+61 (7) 3346 4079
+61 (7) 3365 5881
smidirector@uq.edu.au
smi.uq.edu.au
Sir James Foots Building,
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Ms Annie Cox
Executive Assistant
+ 61 (7) 3346 4079
+61 (7) 3346 4045
smidirectorea@uq.edu.au