Lev Filippov is Full Professor at the National Engineering School of Geology and Head of the “Minerals engineering“ team at GeoRessources Laboratory of the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France). With over 40 years of experience in mineral processing research topics (mainly in the flotation) he authored more than 250 peers reviewed and conference papers and 25 patent applications. The main research areas cover the fundamental and applied researches on the flotation recovery of the strategic metals from primary (ores) and secondary resources. The significant contributions were achieved in the surface chemistry and modelling of the synergistic effects in mixed collector systems, especially with non-ionic reagents and in the development of reverse cationic flotation of iron and phosphate ores with complex gangues mineralogy. Currently he is developing the combined approaches to process the Li and rare metals from the pegmatite ores and from unconventional rare metals granites.
He was involved as executive board member and task leader in major H2020 European large scale research project such as STOICISM, BioMore, FAME, Fine Future and recently in a Horizon Europe’s EXCEED project devoted to the extraction routes for recovering distinct critical metals and industrial minerals as by products from key European hard rock lithium deposits.
