Pia has studies and experience in applied mineralogy and minerals processing modelling.

1. 2022. Hugo Bart (Mining Engineering and Extractive metallurgy Honours). Application of a multistage phenomenological model to predict standard comminution tests. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales and Gonzalo Diaz
2. 2023. Javier Jerez (Geology Honours), Liberation simulation using a non-random method. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Gonzalo Diaz and Brian Townley
3. 2023. Natalie Tapia (Geology Honours), Study of liberation and factors that affect it in Los Bronces deposit, Chile. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Brian Townley, Javier Pizarro
4. 2024. Diego Cortez (Mining Engineering and Extractive metallurgy Honours). Study of factors that influence throughput on SAG mill, Andina Mina-Chile. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Luis Felipe Orellana and Alonso Pinto
5. 2024. Belén Herrera (Mining Engineering and Extractive metallurgy Honours). Prediction of the composition of the stockpile material using machine learning models. Advisory Team: Luis Felipe Orellana, Pia Lois-Morales and Claudio Gajardo
6. 2024. Valentina Chacana (Geology Honours). Characterization of the effect of geological properties for the ore-sorting technology. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Priscila Esteves and Brian Townley
7. 2024. Sebastian Samur (Mining Engineering and Extractive metallurgy Honours). Modelamiento de propiedades primarias de conminucion mediante caracterización avanzada y técnicas de aprendizaje automático. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Gonzalo Diaz and Magin Torres
8. 2024. Diego Mora (Geology Honours). Using microtomography and deep learning analysis on rock particles for phases and fracture tracking. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Lucas Pereira and Brian Townley
9. 2024. Juan Francisco Ríos (Geology Honours). Studying the chemical behaviour of pulps on an Iron-ore deposit using the Magotteaux Mill. Advisory Team: Sergio Moraga, Pia Lois-Morales and Brian Townley

10. 2024. Sergio Flores (Master of Mining). Influence of geological and mechanical pre-peak properties on post-peak behaviour of fragile ores. Advisory Team: Pia Lois-Morales, Kimie Suzuki, Javier Vallejos and Lorena Burgos

21 2024 Presentación Oral y extended abstract en Proceedings Conferencia International Process Mineralogy (MEI). Capetown SouthAfrica. Rios J.F., Moraga S., Lois Morales P., Avendano M., Stabilization of pulp chemistry during grinding according to mineralogy.
20 2024 Presentación Oral y extended abstract en Proceedings Conferencia International Process Mineralogy (MEI). Capetown SouthAfrica. Mora D., Lois Morales P., Godinho J., Pereira L., Estimation of fracture propagation during impact testing using X-ray microtomography.
19 2024 Poster y Short abstract en Proceedings Conferencia International Process Mineralogy (MEI). Capetown SouthAfrica. Lois Morales P., Samur S., Bart H., Stocker F., Using mineralogical characterization for predicting breakage properties of rock particles.
18 2024 Poster y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Rios J., Moraga S., and Lois Morales P., Influence of mineralogy on grinding through the use of Magotteaux mill: Case study of IOCG type of deposit
17 2024 Poster y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Rojas N., Moraga S., and Lois Morales P., Quantification of microtextural variability and its relationship with strength and energy parameters
16 2024 Poster y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Chacana V., Esteves P., Sarubbi A. and Lois Morales P., Analysis of XRT and Laser sensed Li-bearing particles for an ore sorting processing.
15 2024 Poster y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Lopez I., Diaz G. and Lois Morales P., Non-random Model to simulate particle distribution and copper sulphide liberation.
14 2024 Poster y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Mora D. and Lois Morales P., Geometallurgical characterizacion of particles from X-ray microtomography and impact testing.
13 2023 Presentación Oral y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Bart H., Diaz G., Lois Morales P., Using an energy-to-fracture particle approach for characterizing the comminution potential of ores.
12 2023 Poster y Proceedings en Conferencia Procemin-Geomet, Santiago, Chile. Jerez J., Diaz G., Lois Morales P., Mineral liberation analysis from a non-random fracture modelling.
11 2023 Presentación Oral y Proceedings en XVI Congreso Geológico Chileno. Lois Morales P., Bart H., Jerez J. Modelamiento de Variables geometalúrgicas a partir de imágenes de roca intacta
10 2023 Presentación Oral y Proceedings en XXI Congreso Internacional de metalurgia y materiales (CONAMET-SAM). Rojas N., Moraga S., Lois-morales, P. Estudio comparativo entre rocas y concretos de alto rendimiento a nivel microtextural y mecánico.
9 2022 Oral presentation and Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Meeting of SGA (Society for Geology applied to mineral deposits). Rotorua, New Zealand. Lois-Morales P., Weatherly D., Evans C. Towards unlocking the value of detailed characterisation data for comminution and geometallurgical modelling.
8 2021 Oral presentation and Proceedings of the Procemin-Geomet Conference, Santiago, Chile. Barbosa K., Miceli H., Lois-Morales P., Characteristics of single-particle breakage from Short Impact Load Cell guiding Precision Rolls Crusher tester.

7 2019 Oral presentation and Proceedings of the 19th European Symposium of Comminution and Classification, Leeds, UK. Lois-Morales P., Evans C., Weatherley D., Bonfils B. Fracture force variation in altered rocks associated with quantitative ore characterisation.
6 2019 Oral presentation and Proceedings of the Procemin-Geomet Conference, Santiago, Chile. Evans C., Lois-Morales P., Tungpalan K., Wightman E., “X-ray tomography as a tool for Geometallurgy”
5 2018 Oral presentation and Proceedings of the 1st Complex Orebodies Conference, AusiMM, Brisbane, Australia. Lois-Morales P., Evans C., Bonfils B. “Multisource rock characterisation at microscale for a better understanding of processing characteristics”
4 2018 Oral presentation and Proceedings of the Procemin-Geomet Conference, Santiago, Chile. Lois-Morales P., Bonfils B., Evans C., Weatherley D., “Quantifying the effect of Texture and Mineralogy over the physical properties of rocks using the Short Impact Load Cell”
3 2014 Poster presentation at the 27th International Mineral Processing Conference (IMPC), Santiago, Chile, «A physicochemical modelling of the behavior of different mineralogical units on experimental milling”
2 2015 Proceeding of 17th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences IAMG. Workflows in geometallurgical prediction: challenges and outlook. Ortiz J., Kracht W., Townley, B., Lois P., Cardenas E., Miranda, R., Alvarez, M.
1 2014 Oral presentation and s of the 1st International Conference on Geometallurgy, IOM3, London, UK. Lois P., Townley B., Kracht W., and Ortiz J. “Water/rock interactions and physicochemical controls on mineral processing: being predictive based on geology”