Kerstin Forsberg

Kerstin Forsberg is professor in chemical engineering with expertise in separation processes, particularly crystallization. She teaches courses at the bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels at KTH (see portfolio). The knowledge is also applied in research projects (see portfolio), primarily concerning recovery of resources from waste streams (e.g. spent batteries, pickling acid, red mud) or investigation of phenomena connected to the transport of pollutants (e.g. heavy metals, radionuclides and microplastics).

My primary research interest is:

• Crystallization and precipitation techniques and approaches.

Commissions of trust

• Editor, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, SM&T, 2023.12 – 2026.12
• Associate editor, Waste Management, WM, 2025.7 – 2026.12
• Director for the strategic partnership between KTH and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, 2022.07 –
• Member of the board, KTH Climate Action Centre, 2025.01 –

News

I am happy to announce an opening for a postdoc position focusing on crystallization within natural systems. The project is funded by Formas, a Swedish research council for sustainable development. The application deadline was October 28th.

Honored to have given a plenary lecture at the Annual Conference of the British Association for Crystal GrowthBACG 2025 in Leeds, 1st - 3rd July 2025. (LINK)

Join us at:

• Critical Metals Congress CRITMET 2025 (Jamshedpur)