Dr Alla Dolgopolova has more than 15 years of experience in economic geology, igneous petrology and environmental geochemistry. After completing her PhD at the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College London, U.K.) she has been working on projects related to mineral deposit studies, origin of ore deposits and ore processing. Alla has been involved in NHM projects in Central Asia, Mongolia, China and Russia. Research areas of interest include isotope mapping as tool in exploration targeting, geodynamics and metallogeny of Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), and Li-bearing rare metal granite and pegmatite deposits of European Hercynides, Transbaikalia, Tienshan and Kazakhstan