We are pleased to announce that Dr Anna H. Kaksonen has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry Section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). Her term started in January 2020.

Dr Anna H. Kaksonen received her Doctor of Technology degree in Environmental Biotechnology from Tampere University of Technology, Finland in 2004, and currently leads the Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology Group in CSIRO Land and Water, Australia. She develops biotechnological processes for environmental and industrial applications in the mining, energy, water supply, waste, and wastewater treatment industries. Research topics of special interest have included circular economy; mining biotechnology (e.g., bioleaching, biooxidation, bioprecipitation, and bioflotation); bioenergy; the bioremediation of contaminated sites; waste/wastewater treatment and resource recovery; and the mitigation of microbially caused problems such as biofouling, bioclogging, and biocorrosion. She has also applied molecular and culture-based detection and monitoring approaches to microbial communities in natural and engineered environments, and isolated and described novel microorganisms.

The editorial team warmly welcomes Dr Anna H. Kaksonen as Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry Section and looks forward to her contribution to the continued success of Minerals. For further information on the journal sections, please see here.

At the same time, we would like to take the opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to the previous Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Karen Hudson-Edwards, for her invaluable contribution to the journal.