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Engineering & experience

From scientific characterization to process decisions.

Fabrice's professional path combines academic research with industry-facing engineering. His current public professional direction is centered on process engineering, tailings and critical-resource recovery, safety, environmental performance, risk management and operational improvement.

Freeport-McMoRan · Process Engineer II, Life Cycle

In announcing his transition from doctoral research to industry, Fabrice described accepting a Process Engineer II – Life Cycle role at Freeport-McMoRan, with interests including tailings reprocessing, safety, environmental considerations, risk management and operational improvement. A University of Miami feature later described his work as focused on cleaner and more efficient recovery of critical minerals from unconventional sources.

  • Tailings reprocessing and resource recovery
  • Process safety and risk management
  • Environmental performance and operational improvement
  • Critical minerals from unconventional sources
Greater Phoenix Area · 2025–present

Research experience · Phoenix Tailings

During graduate study, Fabrice gained applied experience with the clean-technology startup Phoenix Tailings. The University of Miami reports that he worked on zero-waste methods for extracting rare-earth metals — a meaningful bridge between environmental/process research and critical-material recovery.

Exact title and dates are pending confirmation from the current CV.

Graduate co-op period · Rare-earth recovery
Academic research environments

Four institutions, one trajectory.

His research trajectory spans the Flow Process and Rheology Center in Cape Town, the University of Toledo, Missouri S&T, and the University of Miami. Across those settings, the work developed from multiphase-flow and rheology problems into catalysis, mineral processing, environmental remediation, aerosol physics/chemistry and toxicology.

  • 2022–2025

    University of Miami · Graduate research (Ph.D.)

    E-cigarette aerosol emissions and toxicity: physical aerosol measurements, chemical and metal analysis, respiratory-deposition analysis, and toxicology.

    Aerosols Toxicology
  • 2020–2022

    Missouri S&T · Doctoral researcher / Teaching Assistant

    Doctoral research in civil and environmental engineering, aerosol and particle research, conference recognition, and teaching-assistant experience.

    Environmental engineering Aerosol science
  • 2018–2020

    University of Toledo · Graduate research / Teaching Assistant

    M.Sc. study in Chemical and Environmental Engineering; research interests spanning catalysis and environmental engineering; Spring 2019 Outstanding TA Award.

    Catalysis Environmental engineering
  • 2017–2018

    Flow Process and Rheology Center, Cape Town · Research Assistant

    Highly concentrated emulsions, shear stability, rheology and microscale emulsification phenomena.

    Rheology Multiphase systems
Engineering strengths

What the journey builds.

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  • Process thinking across unit operations and complex coupled systems
  • Experimental design and interpretation
  • Particle, aerosol and materials characterization
  • Multiphase and rheological understanding
  • Environmental and safety-oriented analysis
  • Mineral and critical-material recovery context
  • Research translation and technical communication
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration

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