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Muhammet was awarded a PhD from Murdoch University for his thesis on the generation and evolution of mineral porosity during fluid-mediated mineral replacement reactions, which are commonly observed during the formation of ore deposits and hydrometallurgical processes. Prior to PhD, Muhammet completed his BSc and MSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in Turkey.
Muhammet has a wide range of experience in mineralogy, experimental petrology and extractive metallurgy. He is an expert of using numerous mineral characterisation techniques and developing novel characterisation methods to analyse mineral properties from macroscale to nanoscale. His previous work as a mineralogist, he worked on the characterisation of samples from a wide range of commodities with various mineralisation styles.
In February 2025, Muhammet joined the Centre for Advanced Microscopy at the ANU as a Mineralogy Electron Microscopy Specialist.
M. Knorsch, M. Gazley, M. Ince, M. Kartal, E. Trunfull, K. Lilly, A. Piechocka, An introduction to clay-hosted REE deposits in Australia, Geosci. Front. 16 (2) (2025) 101977. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101977.
X. Yao, F. Xia, J. Brugger, M. Kartal, I. A. Adegoke, Rapid marcasite to pyrite transformation in acidic low-temperature hydrothermal fluids and saturation index control on FeS2 precipitation dynamics and phase selection, ACS Earth Space Chem. 5 (9) (2021) 2453-2465. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00137.
F. Nikkhou, M. Kartal, F. Xia, Ferric methanesulfonate as an effective and environmentally sustainable lixiviant for Zn extraction from sphalerite (ZnS), Ind. Eng. Chem., 96 (2021) 226–235. doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2021.01.017
M. Kartal, F. Xia, D. Ralph, W.D.A. Rickard, F. Renard, W. Li, Enhancing chalcopyrite leaching by tetrachloroethylene-assisted removal of sulphur passivation and the mechanism of jarosite formation, Hydrometallurgy 191, (2020) 105192. doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.105192.