Carbonatites and their Critical Mineral Systems
Short course: December 1 - 4 2026, Freiberg, Germany
Post-course fieldtrip: 5 December 2026 CORESHACK
CONTENT IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED
- When: 1 - 5 December 2026
- Where: TUBAF LINK
- Co-organisator: HIF
- Registration: Open XXXX; Closes 31.10.2026
- First come first serve! Participation fees detailed below.
- Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Max Schmidt, ETH - Prof. Micheal Anenburg, Australian National University
- Prof. Wei Chen, China University of Geosciences
- Dr. Michael Marks, Universität Tübingen
- Dr. Benjamin Walter, Universität Tübingen
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Tappe, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
- Target group: The course is open for all to attend, and we strongly recommend a fundamental background in geosciences. We welcome Bachelor and Master students, PhD students, as well as Postdocs, Senior Scientists and Industry Representatives.
- Travel to Freiberg (Saxony):
- Freiberg is a university town located in Saxony. Freiberg is easily accessed by train, and the main train station is Bahnhof, Freiberg (Sachsen) (find connections on bahn.de). If you wish to fly, the closest airports include Dresden (S-Bahn and train connection to Freiberg), Berlin (2.5 hour train or bus via Dresden) or Leipzig-Halle (1.5 hour train via Chemnitz).
Accommodation: We recommend booking early due to the popularity of the local Christmas market in December. Please find a list of hotels here: download here.
Dr. Michael Anenburg, The Australian National University
Michael Anenburg is a research fellow at the Australian National University and an SEG Lindgren Fellow. He is an experimental petrologist with a keen interest in carbonatites, magmatic sulfides and PGE systems, and other exotic high temperature systems. He specialises in rare earth elements as an ore and as a tool, and develops computational methods for these and for thermodynamics.
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