Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Life cycle assessment, Lithium-ion battery recycling & Hydrometallurgy

Short Bio

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Host: Prof Christie Dorfling
Life cycle assessment of hydrometallurgical processes for end-of-life lithium-ion battery recycling
2024 – present

PhD Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Comparing the environmental impact of different hydrometallurgical processes for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries using a life cycle assessment approach (MEng Upgrade)
Supervisors: Prof Christie Dorfling & Prof Guven Akdogan
2023 – 2024

MEng (Research)
Department of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Comparing the environmental impact of different hydrometallurgical processes for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries
Supervisors: Prof Christie Dorfling & Prof Guven Akdogan
2021 – 2022

BEng (Chemical Engineering)
Department of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Cum Laude
2016 – 2020

WORK EXPERIENCE
Chemical Engineering Intern
Proxa Water, Paarl
2020

Research Interests

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) modelling
Hydrometallurgical Process Modelling
Recycling of Lithium-ion Batteries
Multivariate Data Analysis

Selected Publications

A list of his published works can be found on his Google Scholar profile.