Overview
Background
Katerina is a geologist with a specialization in hyperspectral data analysis as applied to mineral identification and interpretation, with big data integration. She has 15 years of hands-on experience working on both ground-breaking research and commercial activities for greenfield, brownfield and mining projects of various scales around the world. While with Corescan, she pioneered innovation in hyperspectral data acquisition, interpretation, and presentation. She developed and interpreted the results of complex algorithms associated with various mineral hyperspectral signatures. As part of her work, she contributed to geochemical and geotechnical research as applied to hydrothermal mineral alteration patterns associated with several world-class deposits, deposit delineation initiatives, new exploration projects, as well as geoenvironmental studies of acid-rock drainage and mining waste characterization. In her earlier roles, as an exploration geologist, she worked on uranium deposits in Canada, the USA, and Australia, with a focus on the system controls and definition of hydrothermal alteration mineral zonation and spatial patterns. Currently, Katerina is collaborating on several long-term projects with different challenges related to geological and mining industries at the W.H. Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, SMI including critical minerals research, mineral and textural characterization as applied to mine waste and tailings, as well as development of educational material and short-course delivery. Specific areas of research and interest include:
- Hydrothermal alteration mineralogy and its characterization using high-resolution hyperspectral data in combination with other micro-analytical techniques
- Remote sensing techniques and data interpretation
- Detailed investigation of a variety of geological environments and mineral deposit settings including epithermal, unconformity-associated uranium, orogenic gold, porphyry, skarn, as well as IOCG
- Minerals and mineral groups, their chemical composition and variations, recognizing hydrothermal alteration patterns and identifying vectors to mineralization
- Establishment of new mineralogical and hyperspectral reflectance tools for drill core characterization for various mining applications
Availability
- Miss Katerina Savinova is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Queen's University
- Masters (Coursework), University of Western Australia
Research interests
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Reflectance spectroscopy (hyperspectral) and imaged data; image analysis
Works
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2018
Conference Publication
Integrating hyperspectral analysis and mineral chemistry for geoenvironmental prediction
Jackson, Laura Marie;, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita;, Fox, Nathan, Cooke, David R;, Harris, Anthony; and Savinova, Ekaterina (2018). Integrating hyperspectral analysis and mineral chemistry for geoenvironmental prediction. 11th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Pretoria, South Africa, 10-14 September 2018. Pretoria, South Africa: International Mine Water Association.
2018
Book Chapter
Assessing geo-environmental risk using intact materials for early life-of-mine planning - a review of established techniques and emerging tools
Jackson, L. M., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Fox, N., Cooke, D. R., Harris, A. C., Meffre, S., Danyushevsky, L., Goemann, K., Rodemann, T., Gloy, G. and Savinova, E. (2018). Assessing geo-environmental risk using intact materials for early life-of-mine planning - a review of established techniques and emerging tools. From start to finish – a life-of-mine perspective. (pp. 9-26) edited by Cherie McCullough, Bruce Harvey, Corinne Unger, Jan Coetzee and Stuart Winchester. Carlton, VIC Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
2017
Conference Publication
Mapping pro- and retrograde skarn mineralogy at sub-millimetre- through to deposit-scale using hyperspectral core imaging: examples from Mexico, USA and Australia
Martini, B.A., Palomino, J., Savinova, E., Carey, R., Crawford, B. and Carmichael, T. (2017). Mapping pro- and retrograde skarn mineralogy at sub-millimetre- through to deposit-scale using hyperspectral core imaging: examples from Mexico, USA and Australia. Discoveries 2017, Hermosillo, Mexico, 4 - 6 April 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Intrinsic neutralisation potential from automated drillcore logging for improved geoenvironmental domaining
Jackson, L., Parbhakar-Fox, A., Fox, N., Cooke, D.R., Harris, A.C. and Savinova, E. (2017). Intrinsic neutralisation potential from automated drillcore logging for improved geoenvironmental domaining. Ninth Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 20-23 November 2017. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland.
Supervision
Availability
- Miss Katerina Savinova is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Drones 4 waste: Beyond-visible insight for decision making
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Steven Micklethwaite
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