Kerstin 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 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
• Member, research platform advisory board, Circular Economy for Sustainable Resources in the Energy and Digital Transitions (CIRSET), Univ. of Lorraine, France, 2025 – 2030
• Member, international scientific committee, Next-generation and improved circular sustainable battery technology value chain (FME Battery). A Norwegian center funded by the science council in Norway, 2024 – 2032

News

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.

Honored to have given a keynote lecture at the Critical Metals Congress (CRITMET 2025) in Jamshedpur, 6- 8th November 2025. 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.