Prof. Laurence Dyer is an Associate Professor at the Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University. After completing a Bachelor's degree in Nanotechnology at Curtin in 2006, he became part of the Chemistry Department's Nanochemistry Research Institute to conduct his Ph.D. on the influence of soluble silicates on iron precipitation from zinc solutions. In December 2010, he joined the Materials Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for an invaluable 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship. This led to his current position with Curtin in Kalgoorlie in July 2013 upon returning to Australia. His main research interests lie in leaching, adsorption, and precipitation, but, through collaboration with his colleagues, he has conducted projects in flotation and solvent extraction as well. His chemical background is an excellent basis for examining the principles driving these processes, and his experience in electrochemistry and analytical techniques greatly assists in these lines of investigation. He has conducted significant work in precious metal, rare earth, nickel, and copper extraction, as well as iron chemistry, and is currently branching into lithium processing.