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Short bio

Forsberg has been active as an independent researcher focusing on crystallization of inorganic materials and resource recovery at KTH since 2010. Her PhD thesis focused on how membrane technology and crystallization can be combined for the recovery of metals from spent pickling bath acids. After a short postdoc focused on crystallization in the pharmaceutical industry and microreactor technology Forsberg joined KTH as an assistant professor in 2010. Since then, she has focused on developing fundamental knowledge of crystallization processes through research projects, primarily exploring battery recycling (NiMH, LiB and LFP), recovery of critical raw materials from red mud (Sc and V), recovery of phosphorous and rare earth elements from apatite concentrates, and recovery of rare earth elements from magnet waste. Some work has also focused on synthesis of metal organic framework particles and composites, mobility of radionuclides and adsorption.

Positions held

  • Professor in Chem. Eng., KTH, Dept. of Chem. Eng., 2023.5 –
  • Head of division, Resource recovery, 2016.7 –
  • Associate Professor in Chem. Eng., KTH, Dept. of Chem. Eng., 2015.12 – 2023.4
  • Assistant Professor in Chem. Eng., KTH, Dept. of Chem. Eng., 2010.9 – 2015.11
    Full time parental leave 2011.4 – 2012.3.

Education

  • Docent, Chemical Engineering, KTH, Dept. of Chem. Eng., 2016.12
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, KTH, Dept. of Chem. Eng., 2003.6 – 2009.6
    Thesis title: "Crystallization of Metal Fluoride Hydrates from Mixed Acid Solutions",
    Supervisor: Prof. Å. Rasmuson.
    Full time parental leave 2007.9 – 2008.9.
  • M.Sc., Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, KTH, 1998.9 – 2003.6

Commisions 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, 2022.7 –
  • Member of the board, KTH Climate Action Centre, 2025.1 –
  • Member, scientific advisory board, Aalto university, school of chemical engineering, 2024
  • Member, international scientific committee, Next-generation and improved circular sustainable battery technology value chain (Battery). A Norwegian center funded by the science council in Norway, 2024 – 2032
  • Member, research platform advisory board, Circular Economy for Sustainable Resources in the Energy and Digital Transitions (CIRSET), Univ. of Lorraine, France, 2025 – 2030
  • Chair (elected), Hydromet. and Electromet. Committee, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society TMS, 2023.3 – 2025.3
  • Member, KTH CBH school docent committee, 2022.05 –  2024.12
  • Program director, MSc program in Chemical Engineering for Energy and Environment, KTH 2019.7 – 2022.12
  • Deputy director/ acting director, for the Industrial Transformation platform at KTH, 2019.5 – 2024.5
  • Member of the management team, KTH Circular Economy initiative, 2018 – 
  • Member of the board, KTH Water Centre, 2017.3 – 2021.6
Profilbild av Kerstin Forsberg