UAF’s Ghosh honored with prestigious award
versity of Alaska-Fairbanks and the Chair of the Mining Department and the Director of Mineral Industry Re- search Lab (MIRL) at UAF. The award cites Ghosh’s work in Alaska and beyond: “For his outstanding contribution to the field of mineral processing problems in the arctic, his contri- bution to the area of dry processing, fine circuit optimization, and rare earth extraction from Alaskan coals, and his successful teaching records.” He earned his undergraduate de- gree in Mining Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, (previously known as Bengal En- gineering and Science University), India, and a M.S. in Mechanical En- gineering from the AGH University
of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mining Engineering from the Uni- versity of Kentucky. Prior to pursu- ing graduate studies, Ghosh worked for Tega Industries in Kolkata, In- dia, providing processing solutions to the Indian minerals industry. He also worked as a mining engineer consultant with International Min- ing Consultants and was involved in mine planning, pit expansion and exploration projects. His areas of interest include min- eral processing, computational flu - id dynamics, numerical modeling, process optimization, REE from coal,
Outstanding Young Scientist honor given by society Dr. Tathagata Ghosh, Chair of the Mining Department and the Direc- tor of Mineral Industry Research Lab (MIRL) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has been recognized as the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration’s 2020 IA&AD Out - standing Young Scientist. The award recognizes significant scientific professionalism of young people working in the industrial minerals or aggregates industry. Ghosh is an Associate Professor of Mining Engineering at the Uni-
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