Prof Hakan Benzer has a Doctorate in Mining Engineering from Hacettepe University, Turkey in 2000. He graduated and gained his Master of Science degree from the same university in 1992 and 1996 respectively. He worked at Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) in Australia as a visiting academic in 2001. Currently, he is working as a full Professor at Hacettepe University Mining Engineering Department.
Prof Benzer is a highly experienced consultant providing a range of services to the mineral processing community, with extensive experience in the design and optimisation of mineral processing circuits as well as eco-efficient comminution technologies (dry/wet). Hakan has 28 years of experience in the mining industry and has managed over 70 large projects globally to date. In addition to his consultancy role directly to the industry, he has been running research programs directly with the major mining houses globally and major equipment suppliers. He supervised several MSc and PhD theses in mineral processing. He has published two book chapters on comminution. Over 100 technical papers were presented at conferences and journals. He is a founding member of the GCC. He has delivered numerous technology transfer workshops to the industry.
