Amira Merchichi

Amira Merchichi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke, where she contributes to research projects conducted as part of the Chair for the Valorization of Asbestos Mine Tailings. Previously, she completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), where her research focused on graphite purification, reagent recycling, lithium extraction from spodumene and biomining.

Her expertise focuses on mineral processing and biohydrometallurgy, with a special interest in the sustainable recovery of critical and strategic metals from primary ores, tailings and recycled materials.

She holds a PhD in Mining Engineering from the École nationale Polytechnique d’Alger, where she also held a position as a professor in the Department of Mining Engineering.