Dr. Lukas Gast - Team Leader Circular Economy
Month: July 2024
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lukas Gast to our team as Team Leader Circular Economy as of March 1, 2024.
Dr. Lukas Gast supports the development of the “Circular Economy” area at INZIN in his role as team leader. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant and research assistant on various projects in the energy sector. He studied industrial engineering at the TU Berlin and Engineering for Sustainable Development and subsequently completed a doctorate in engineering at the University of Cambridge.
In his research and teaching, he focuses on resource efficiency and sustainable innovations in energy-intensive industry with the aim of accelerating the transition to greenhouse gas neutrality and a circular economy.
Lukas Gast is an honorary board member of DGAW e.V., a member of the working group on fundamental issues in resource management and supports the Science Congress (WiKo). His engineering firm focuses on advising (medium-sized) companies in the areas of sustainability, energy and the circular economy.
New INZIN scholarship holder Daniel Ohl
Month: July 2024
We are delighted to welcome Mr. Daniel Ohl to our team as a new INZIN Fellow on July 1, 2024.
Mr. Ohl is researching new indicators and evaluations of technologies for the circular economy. He completed his Master’s degree in Applied Chemistry at TH Köln in September 2023 with a focus on green and sustainable chemistry. Before that, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Business Chemistry at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Last year, he completed an internship at Prognos AG in the field of sustainability consulting with first projects in the field of circular economy and chemical recycling.
Circular economy - rare earths and industrial metals
Month: July 2024
The transition to a decarbonized economy is increasing the demand for rare earths and industrial metals. Securing a sustainable supply of raw materials is therefore essential for the successful transformation of Germany as an innovative industrial location.
As Germany and the EU are heavily dependent on individual countries for the extraction and processing of rare earths and industrial metals, effectively recovering them and closing raw material cycles is a key challenge. This expert forum focused on the barriers that need to be overcome for a cross-sector circular economy.
Together with representatives from politics, science and industry, the expert forum discussed which political framework conditions could lead to more effective recovery of rare earths and industrial metals. Input from Dr. Michael Weltzin, Division IVB1 Mineral Raw Materials, Circular Economy, Technical Supervision BGR of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), Dr. Lukas Gast, Team Leader Circular Economy at the Institute for the Future of Industrial Society (INZIN), and Dr. Britta Bookhagen, Head of the Recycling Raw Materials Department at the German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA), contributed to a successful event.
Daniel Ohl
Month: July 2024
Master of Science (M. Sc.)
Email: daniel.ohl(at)inzin.de
Vita
Daniel Ohl has been a scholarship holder at the INZIN Institute since July 2024 and is researching new indicators and assessments of technologies for the circular economy. He completed his Master’s degree in Applied Chemistry at TH Köln in September 2023 with a focus on green and sustainable chemistry. Before that, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Business Chemistry at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Last year, he completed an internship at Prognos AG in the field of sustainability consulting with first projects in the field of circular economy and chemical recycling.