Team members

Anthony Thornton

CEO & SENIOR CONSULTANT

Prof. Anthony Thornton obtained a PhD concerning the causes of segregation from the University of Manchester in 2005. Since then he has applied this knowledge to solve many segregation based problems for various industries and has published over 20 articles on the topic in top-ranked journals. 

Thomas Weinhart

CTO & SENIOR CONSULTANT

Associate Prof. Thomas Weinhart, is one of the world’s leading experts in micro-macro transitions, a process through which detailed continuum information may be extracted from particle data and used to predict the causes of segregation, breakage and failure in particulate systems.

Donna Fitzsimmons

CFOO

Stefan Luding

SENIOR CONSULTANT

Prof. Stefan Luding is a world leading expert on the handling and processing of granular materials. He chairs the Multiscale Mechanics group at the University of Twente, NL, is Managing Editor-in-Chief of Granular Matter and president of the organisation committee for the Powders and Grains conference series.

Jan-Willem Bisschop

R&D SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Mitchel Post

SOFTWARE ENGINEER & CONSULTANT

Raquel Weinhart-Mejia

R&D SCIENTIST & CONSULTANT

Dr. Raquel Weinhart-Mejia obtained her PhD from the University of Twente in 2015. She is an expert in data analysis and experimental methods. Raquel joined the MercuryLab team in 2020 where she applies these skills to analyse, calibrate and validate computer simulations.