William Skinner is a research professor and strand leader at the Minerals and Resource Engineering, Future Industries Institute (FII), University of South Australia, Australia. Areas of his research interest include flotation (pulp and surface chemistry); leaching (including heap); physical separation and other nit operations (including surface effects); surface chemical control in grinding/milling; mineral formation-processing relationships; bulk property–surface reaction relationships in processing contexts (oxidation, activation, dissolution, and molecular adsorption); agglomeration chemistry; impact of water chemistry on processing, mineral sands; and synthetic rutile and pigment processing, etc.