{"id":84,"date":"2020-03-10T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T08:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2020-03-10T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T08:43:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are based at the <a href=\"http:\/\/emps.exeter.ac.uk\/csm\/\">Camborne School of Mines<\/a>, University of Exeter, Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>Our research focusses on the behaviour of metals in the environment, particularly how metals interact with minerals and microbes.<\/p>\n<p>We study mine wastes and mine tailings to understand their environmental impact and develop remediation technologies.<\/p>\n<p>We investigate new ways of sustainable mining, including <em>in situ<\/em> mining, bioprocessing and resource recovery from waste.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about our research, outreach and working with us using the tabs above.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-527\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-1536x687.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xmas lunch 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-330\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/EM3-group-picture-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/EM3-group-picture-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/EM3-group-picture-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/EM3-group-picture-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/EM3-group-picture-1536x816.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/EM3-group-picture.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group meeting Autumn 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/lab-Xmas-lunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/lab-Xmas-lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/lab-Xmas-lunch-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/lab-Xmas-lunch-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/lab-Xmas-lunch-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/lab-Xmas-lunch.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xmas lunch 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/summer-outing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/summer-outing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/summer-outing.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are based at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall. Our research focusses on the behaviour of metals in the environment, particularly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About us - ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About us - ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are based at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall. Our research focusses on the behaviour of metals in the environment, particularly [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-300x134.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/\",\"name\":\"About us - ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-300x134.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-10T08:43:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-10T08:43:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":716,\"caption\":\"Xmas lunch 2021\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About us\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/\",\"name\":\"ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About us - ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About us - ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS","og_description":"We are based at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall. Our research focusses on the behaviour of metals in the environment, particularly [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/","og_site_name":"ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-300x134.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/","name":"About us - ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021-300x134.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-10T08:43:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-10T08:43:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/315\/2020\/03\/Xmas-lunch-2021.jpg","width":1600,"height":716,"caption":"Xmas lunch 2021"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/about-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About us"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/","name":"ENVIRONMENT: METALS MICROBES AND MINERALS","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/em3group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}