Nils joined the Industrial Ecology department of CML in January 2024 as a PhD researcher and is working on the on circular electronics in the Circular Circuits project using Material Flow Analysis (MFA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

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Professional experience

Nils earned his bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from RWTH Aachen University in Germany in 2021. Concurrently, he served as a student researcher at the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB), engaging in research projects centered around life cycle assessment (LCA) for sustainable steelmaking and the life cycle sustainability assessment of renewable energy. In 2023, he successfully completed the joint master's program in Industrial Ecology at Leiden University and TU Delft. His master's thesis explored applications of machine learning in ex-LCA, making a substantial contribution to mitigating uncertainty in this field.

Research topic

The research project, Circular Circuits, aims to improve the environmental sustainability of electronic products by assessing circular strategies such as recycling, remanufacture, or reuse. The first part of the research is targeted to quantify the electrical and electronic equipment in the Dutch economy. Material Flow Analysis is used to conduct scenarios of potential future development as well as to assess the effectiveness of circular strategies. The second part will use Life Cycle Assessment to identify hotspots of environmental impacts, starting from the extraction of resources to the end-of-life phase, and define potential solutions for the industry.

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