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, 2025.07 – 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

REE symposium at Stockholm university Nov 24th! (LINK)

Honored to give a plenary lecture, titled Crystallization Challenges and Opportunities in Critical Raw Materials Processing, at the 23rd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC 2026), Budapest, Hungary, September 6- 9th, 2026. (LINK)

Honored to have given a kenote lecture at the Critical Metals Congress (CRITMET 2025) in Jamshedpur, 6- 8th November 2025. (LINK) News article about the event.

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