Julien Declercq

Background

About Julien Declercq

Julien has over fifteen years’ experience including three years as a postdoctoral research fellow and 13 years within mining consultancies. Julien has worked on a number of projects related to Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching (ARDML) evaluations from field sampling to numerical prediction. His work also includes numerical transport models of solutes from heap leach, to waste rock dumps in North and South America, Africa and Europe. He has a Master degree in geology from Paris VII’s University, France, and a Ph-D. in geochemical modelling from the University of Oslo, Norway and is a fellow of the Geological Society of London and European Association of Geochemistry. Julien’s area of expertise is centred on numerical geochemical modelling with respect to the mining environment but also includes field and laboratory based analytical geochemistry. As a native French speaker Julien has experience working in West Africa and other French speaking country as well as providing managerial support with in country staff. Julien also organises numerical modelling training and workshop, including the use of PHREEQC for industrial and laboratory applications.