Kerstin Maria Forsberg

Kerstin Forsberg is professor in chemical engineering with expertise in separation processes, particularly crystallization. Forsberg teaches in courses at the bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels at KTH. Her expertise is also applied in research projects, primarily focused on developing efficient and sustainable processes, e.g., for recovery of resources from waste streams (e.g. spent batteries, pickling acid, red mud) and production of advanced materials 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

Commissions of trust

• Editor, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, SM&T, 2023.12 – 2026.12
• Associate editor, Waste Management, WM, 2025.07 – 2026.12

News

Looking forward to attending the European Conference of Crystal Growth (ECCG-9) in July 2027 as chair of the topic Design, development & control of industrial crystallisation processes.

Happy to have attended BIWIC 2026 in Winterthur. BIWIC 2027 will take place in Split, September 20- 22th.

Honored to have given 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.