Profile

Research interests:

My research interest lies in the occurrence, abundance, and extraction of critical metals, such as Li, Sr, B, from geothermal waters in Germany. I am particularly interested in understanding how metal concentrations vary across geothermal systems and in developing effective sorbent materials for their selective extraction. By combining field sampling of natural geothermal sources with laboratory-scale sorption experiments, I aim to evaluate geothermal waters as a potential secondary raw material resource.

Project:

Project: LiquidMining - Extraction and Recovery of Critical Metals from natural and anthropogenic Liquid
Supervisor: PD. Dr. Elisabeth Eiche
Partners: with University of Augsburg and industrial partners (Leiblein GmbH and G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH)

Keywords: critical metals, geothermal water, extraction, sorbent materials