Research activities for stustainable and circular resource use at the Freie Universität Berlin
Dr. Susanne Stein
On Thursday, 27.November 2025, Dr. Susanne Stein (Freie Universität Berlin) will give a lecture in the Geocolloquium series.
27.11.2025
13:15, Lecture hall C.011
Dr. Susanne Stein (Freie Universität Berlin)
Research activities for stustainable and circular resource use at the Freie Universität Berlin
Abstract: The recovery and circular use of critical raw materials from waste electronic equipment is important for enabling the transition to a sustainable high-tech society. The Mineralogy & Petrology research group at Freie Universität Berlin is working on determining the dissolution kinetics and downstream extraction processes for various critical metals from electronic devices and ores from mine tailings using newly developed ionic liquids. CSR|Berlin brings together research activities at Freie Universität Berlin that aim to achieve resource-efficient and circular material synthesis and utilization.
Vita: Susanne Stein studied geography at Leipzig University and did her PhD in agricultural sciences at Georg August University in Göttingen, focusing on land use change. Her subsequent work at the Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants provided her with experience in project management and research data management, which she now applies as coordinator of the interdisciplinary Center for Sustainable Resources CSR|Berlin.