Prof. Amin Beiranvand Pour

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Biography：

Amin Beiranvand Pour is a leading scientist and internationally established researcher in the field of geological and environmental remote sensing. He was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University for the years 2019-2023. He is Co-Founder and Team Lead in ScanMiner Solutions. He is one of the highly cited researchers in the field of geological remote sensing in the world (ranked 2 in Google Scholar). He has ranked 1 among Top Scientists for year 2023 in Earth Science in Malaysia. He has a full academic background in remote sensing, geology, mineral exploration and environmental sciences. He was project Leader of numerous remote sensing research projects using multispectral and hyperspectral sensors for geological mapping, mineral exploration, environmental modelling and monitoring. His experience ranges widely, from geological mapping to environmental issues such as lithological and structural mapping, mineral exploration, environmental monitoring and modelling, geo-hazard, geothermal mapping, geomorphic and coastal geology investigations. He has published more than 200 research papers and 5 books in the field of geological remote sensing, mineral exploration and geohazard modeling.

Assoc. Prof. Manoj Khandelwal

Federation University Australia

Biography：

Dr Manoj Khandelwal is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate and Postgraduate Program Coordinator of mining engineering at Federation University Australia and is an Australian Endeavour Fellow. Before joining Federation University Australia, Dr Khandelwal worked as an Assistant Professor of mining engineering at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, India. Dr Khandelwal was a postdoctoral researcher at Monash University, Australia and a Senior Research Fellow at the Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad, India. Dr Khandelwal has more than twenty years of research and teaching experience in Australia and India. Dr Khandelwal has been recognized as a leading expert in mining geomechanics and rock blasting.