Professor Michael Hitch

Professor Michael Hitch is the newly appointed Head of School of WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering.  Michael came to Curtin from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia where he was Director and Head of the Institute of Geology and Michael has previously held senior academic roles at UNSW Sydney and the University of British Columbia in Canada.  Prior to embarking on his academic pathway, Professor Hitch spent 23 years in the resources industry in roles ranging from operations, corporate finance and senior executive roles with leading organisations including AngloGold Ashanti, Ivanhoe Mines and Echo Bay Mines.

Professor Hitch’s research areas include sustainable resource management, CO₂ mineral carbonation from mine waste by-products, circular economy and the emergence of social licence in post command and conflict societies.