Mixed Reality Handbooks for Mining Engineers - Volume 1

Carsten Drebenstedt is since 1999 Professor for Surface Mining at Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. Here he has held different positions, e.g. as vice-rector for research, member of the senate, dean of the faculty, dean of international study programs, and director of the institute for mining and special civil engineering. Before he started his career at university, he worked 17 years in different positions at production and planning departments in the German mining industry, and in international consulting. Fields of teaching and research activities are mainly mine planning, mining technologies, environmental issues in mining such as reclamation, and mine water management. He is a member of German and international academies of sciences, and author/ editor of more than 20 miningrelated books and more than 70 editions, e.g. conference proceedings. He has supervised more than 100 scientific and academic projects and 50 PhD thesis's.

Susanne Feiel has been in charge of international relations since 2015 and is currently the Director for International Relations and European University at Montanuniversität Leoben, where she played a leading role in founding EURECAPRO, the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production. Within EURECA-PRO, she serves as the Chair of the Executive Board. She is also a founding member of the Sustainable Development Panel and the Diversity Board at her university. In parallel with her current role, she was the Interim Head of Marketing and Communications at the university for over a year, from 2022 to 2023. Before assuming her current position, she led the University's Resources Innovation Centre (RIC) for five years. During her tenure, she promoted the university's extensive participation in EIT RawMaterials, a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Technology, focusing on sustainable resources development and mining, raw materials life cycles and supply chains, climate change mitigation, and integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into university practices. It was during this period that the MiReBooks idea was born, and the first project was initiated. With many years of experience in education, innovation, and internationalisation projects at the EU level, as well as in leadership, she brings a wealth of knowledge to her current role. She holds a Master's degree in English and American Studies with a specialisation in Marketing and Economics from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz and a PhD in Sustainable Development of Material Cycles from the TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany. Her doctoral thesis focused on developing an evaluation scheme for material production cycles based on the Planetary Boundaries framework.

Peter Moser is professor at Montanuniversität Leoben as well as Rector of the institution since the autumn of 2023. He completed his MSc in Mining Engineering with a specialisation in Tunnelling in 1983, his PhD in Mining in 1989 and his habilitation in 1998. Visiting professorships have taken him to Paris and St. Petersburg. From 2008 until 2023 he held the Chair of Mining Engineering & Mineral Economics as a full university professor. In 2011 he was appointed Vice Rector at Montanuniversität, responsible for international affairs and infrastructure and in 2023 he was elected Rector. He has written more than 130 scientific papers in the field of drilling & blasting, mine development, underground mining, rock mechanics & rock cutting, ventilation, process technology, raw materials management and mineral policy issues. He is a public certified expert for mining engineering and mineral economics and active with R&D work and consulting for the mining industry, mine administration and international research funds. Through his very active involvement in the European raw materials landscape, such as his involvement in the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials High Level Steering Group or his role as steering committee member in the EIT RawMaterials Community, his research and devotion currently revolve around political and societal challenges regarding a sustainable raw materials supply for Europe and the globe.