Zander Dreyer

Biography

Zander D. Dreyer, a Research Engineer at the EERC, contributes to equipment and engineering designs; theoretical and laboratory testing; and pilot and field demonstrations relating to gasification, combustion, and energy storage technologies. Dreyer also assists with proposals, data analysis, report writing, and client liaison. Dreyer is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the global energy and mineral processing field and is excited to collaborate with industry partners.

Prior to joining the EERC, Dreyer served as a process engineer at Paterson & Cooke, providing engineering consulting services to the global mining and mineral processing industry. Dreyer’s expertise extends to the testing, design, and optimization of various chemical and metallurgical processes, with a particular interest in the hydrometallurgy of critical metals such as lithium, uranium, and rare earth elements. Dreyer adeptly utilizes specialized software packages to tackle intricate challenges and has coauthored a paper on mine tailings testing and geochemical modelling.

Dreyer holds a B.Eng. degree in Chemical Engineering from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.