Prof. Pengbo Chu is the Nevada Gold Mines Professor and Assistant Professor at the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Nevada. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering in 2017, M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering in 2012, and B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009, all from McGill University. His research interests include interfacial phenomena such as fine particle, particle, and bubble interactions and bubble acoustics; particle tracking and image processing; beneficiation of critical minerals from primary and secondary resources; optimization of mineral processing systems using machine learning and data analytics; and the development of enhanced dry processing techniques.