Larry Zanko
Senior Research Fellow
Economic Geology Program
University of Minnesota
India
Biography
Larry Zanko is a Senior Research Fellow for the Economic Geology Program within the Minerals, Mining and Metallurgy Initiative. He is a geological mining engineer and has been with NRRI since 1988. He has worked on a variety of research projects related to industrial, ferrous and nonferrous minerals. Areas of particular focus have included aggregates, biogeochemistry, geological data compilation, geostatistics, geological resource/mine modeling, environmental remediation, kaolin and ball clay evaluations, mining economics/tax comparisons and mineral waste characterization/utilization projects.
Research Interest
M.S. Geological Engineering, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, 1995 B.S. Geological Engineering, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, 1986 B.S. Microbiology, University of Minnesota St. Paul, 1986