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Andreas Bartl

Andreas Bartl

Vienna University of Technology

Andreas Bartl is head of the research group “Fiber Technology” at TU Wien – Institute of Chemical, Environmental & Biological Engineering. The main focus of his research is in the field of cellulosic fibers and fiber recycling. He has conducted several research projects, commonly in cooperation with major fiber producers. He is giving lectures in the field of mechanical process engineering, fiber technology and recycling. Besides his work in research and teaching, Andreas is active in national and international organizations. Among other things, he is member of the board of the Austrian Fiber Institute, member of ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) and IWWG (International Waste Working Group). Currently he is vice chair of the ISWA working group on “Recycling and Waste Minimization”, member of the editorial board of Waste Management & Research (Sage) and chair of the working group “Value Chain Impact” of the COST action “Solutions for Critical Raw Materials Under Extreme Conditions (CRM-EXTREME)”.

Heinz-Georg Baum

Heinz-Georg Baum

University of Applied Sciences Fulda

Since 1992, Heinz-Georg Baum is working as full professor of Business Administration and Waste and Resource Management at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda (DE). In 2009, he also became director of BIFAS (Economic Institute of Waste Management and Environmental Studies) in Jena. Before that, he was head of office of the Board of Managing Directors at BHS AG (Munich, DE) as well as managing director of the Bavarian Institute of Applied Environmental Research (Augsburg, DE) and the Swabian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Heinz-Georg Baum is highly experienced in International cooperation after several research visits and visiting professorships at the University of Kyoto (JP), the Universitat de Lleida (SP) and the University of Virginia (USA). In the last 25 years, he has authored numerous publications on waste, resource and strategic management.
Martin Faulstich

Martin Faulstich

INZIN Institute for the Future of Industrial Society

Since 2020, Martin Faulstich has held the Chair of Resource and Energy Systems at the Technical University of Dortmund. Previously, he served as professor of Environmental and Energy Technology at the Clausthal University of Technology. From 2002 to 2012, he served as professor of Resource and Energy Technology at the Technical University of Munich and director of the Straubing Center of Science for Renewable Resources. Martin Faulstich was chairman of the board of the ATZ Development Center in Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Faulstich’s work focuses on waste treatment and residual-materials recycling via thermal and biological processes. He has been chairman of the German Advisory Council on the Environment from 2008 to 20160

Johann Fellner

Johann Fellner

Christian Doppler Laboratory for Anthropogenic Resources Vienna University of Technology

Johann Fellner is associate professor for Waste Management at TU Wien. Since 2012 he is heading the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Anthropogenic Resources, a temporary research center that aims at enhancing the sustainable utilization of man-made resources. Besides his work in different national and international organizations (ISWA International Solid Waste Association, IWWG International Waste Working Group) he is associate editor of the Waste Management journal (Elsevier).

Matthias Franke

Matthias Franke

Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT)

Matthias Franke is head of department Recycling Management at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany. Since 2017, he is honory professor at the University of Birmingham, UK. Furthermore, he is lecturer of the international study course on waste management at the Technical University of Munich. Since 2014 he is member of the board of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft, DGAW. Franke’s works focus on the recycling of complex high-tech materials for recovery of critical elements and the development of waste management plans and concepts.
Dominique Guyonnet

Dominique Guyonnet

BRGM Campus

Dominique Guyonnet is director of the BRGM Campus (the French Geological Survey) in Orléans (FR). A hydrogeologist trained in Canada, D. Guyonnet worked for 20 years on issues related to waste management, the protection of groundwater resources, and risk analysis, with an emphasis on uncertainty representation and propagation. Since several years, his research interests have been focused on mineral resource efficiency and material flow analysis. He initiated and coordinated the ASTER project on rare earth flows and stocks in the EU-28, supported by the French Research Agency.
Harald Hauke

Harald Hauke

Austria Glas Recycling GmbH

Harald Hauke graduated in business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He has more than 20 years experience in multinationals such as Unilever, Lindt & Sprüngli, Nestlé (thereof several years as expatriate manager for Nestlé Waters in Germany and France) and in the media and publishing business. In 2012, he became Managing Director at Austria Glass Recycling GmbH preparing the company for the competitive environment in Austria starting in 2015. In 2015, he joined the management team of ARAplus GmbH, the service and sales unit of ARA AG.
Marion Huber Humer

Marion Huber-Humer

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

Marion Huber-Humer is full professor for “Global Waste Management” and head of the Institute of Waste Management at the BOKU-University (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences) in Vienna. Her educational background is in Landscape Planning and Environmental Engineering. Her current research fields include the investigation of global waste management concepts, biological waste processing, waste characterization, waste treatment strategies for innovative materials containing engineered nanoparticles (nano-waste), sustainable landfill technologies, process and emission monitoring. Since 2003 she is leader of the IWWG (International Waste Working Group) task group CLEAR (Consortium for Landfill Emission Abatement Research), and she is (board) member of diverse further national and international Associations (e.g., ÖWAV, ÖVA, ISWA).
Wolfgang Wahlmüller

Wolfgang Wahlmüller

Wolfgang Wahlmüller is member of the board of directors at ÖSW AG (Österreichisches Siedlungswerk), one of the leading real estate companies in Austria. He is further executive board member at KSV 1870 and member of supervisory- and advisory boards at more than 20 companies in Austria and Germany. Wolfgang Wahlmüller is educated in construction engineering and business administration.

Roland Pomberger

Roland Pomberger

Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Helmut Rechberger

Helmut Rechenberger

Vienna University of Technology

Helmut Rechberger is full professor for Resource Management and head of the Research Center of Waste and Resource Management at Vienna University of Technology. He received his professional education in Vienna (AT), at ETH Zurich (CH), and at Yale (US). His research interests include the investigation on the morphological and chemical composition of urban stocks including dynamics, resource accounting as a basis for decision making, further development of evaluation methods and concepts in waste and resource management including statistical entropy, introduction of mathematical-statistical tools to material flow analysis for data uncertainty, recovery of valuable substances from ashes and slag, and waste characterization. Under his lead, the software STAN (world-wide used for MFA studies) has been developed (www.stan2web.net).
Christoph Scharff

Christoph Scharff

Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA)

Vienna University of Technology

Christoph Scharff has been dedicated to waste management in both research and practice since 1984. He was instrumental in setting up the nationwide separate collection and recycling of packaging in Austria under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Since 2008, Christoph Scharff has been CEO of ARA AG (Austria). From 2000 to 2002, Scharff served as president of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). He is honorary professor for waste management at the Vienna University of Technology and author of several publications in the field.

David Laner

David Laner

University of Kassel

David Laner is full professor for Resource Management und Solid Waste Engineering at the University of Kassel since October 2018. He received his Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and did his PhD at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the TU Wien. In his research, he applies a systems perspective to address sustainability issues related to waste management, recycling, material cycles and circular economy.
Rupert Baumgartner

Rupert Baumgartner

University of Graz

Rupert J. Baumgartner is professor of sustainability management. Since 2011 he is director of the Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research and since 2012 Vice-Dean of the Faculty for Regional-, Environmental- and Educational Sciences at the University of Graz. He is board member of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS). Before joining the University of Graz, he was senior researcher in the field of strategic management and industrial ecology at the Åbo Akademi University in Finland and at the University of Leoben, Austria. He published more than 40 journal papers, 3 books and more than 20 book sections. His main research interests are corporate sustainability management, sustainability assessment, LCA, industrial ecology/circular economy, interorganisational management and sustainability-oriented innovation. He was named as DuPont Young Professor 2016 and he was awarded with the Seraphine-Puchleitner-Price 2017 by the University of Graz as the best PhD-supervisor.
Kerstin Kuchta

Kerstin Kuchta

Hamburg University of Technology

Full professor since 2002 and head of the research group on Sustainable Resource and Waste Management (SRWM) (> 200 publications). Kerstin Kuchta studied Waste and Environmental Technology and did her PhD at Darmstadt University of Technology in Civil Engineering. After gaining experience in waste recycling industry and consulting, she was appointed as a professor at Hamburg University of Applied Technology for Environmental and Energy Management. Since 2011 she is head of the research group waste research management at the Hamburg University of Technology. The research focus of Kerstin Kuchta is on waste resource management and waste technologies, urban mining and environment and sustainable development. Currently, she is supervising 10 PhD students. In addition, since 2019, she is Vice-President for Academic Affairs at TUHH. Her experience of research and disseminating results to stakeholders/end users she demonstrated as the chair and representative of the Cost Action ReCreew. Since 2019, she leads her research group in two EU H2020 funded projects, CIRCuIT (circular constructio in regenerative cities) and Bio-Plastics Europe. In addition, she is the principal lead of the ECIU university initiative at TUHH (co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme of the EU) and several national and international research projects.

Ayah Alassali

Ayah Alassali

Hamburg University of Technology