Robert Linnen

Dr. Robert Linnen, PGeo, is an expert on the behavior of critical metals in magmatic-hydrothermal systems. His research combines experimental studies of the solubilities of metals in granitic melts and field studies of critical metal deposits.

He obtained a BSc at Queen’s University (1979) and MSc and Ph.D. degrees from McGill University (1985 & 1992). He was subsequently a post-doc at CNRS-CRSCM in Orléans, France, and a Research Associate at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany. He was an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo from 1997 to 2010 and from 2010 to 2022 was the Robert Hodder Chair in Economic Geology at the Department of Earth Sciences at Western University in London Ontario.

He is the recipient of the Howard Street Robinson Medal from the Geological Association of Canada and a Mercator Visiting Professorship from the German Research Foundation.