Sigrid Kusch
Visiting Research Fellow
Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Sigrid Kusch is a Visiting Research Fellow within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton. Dr Sigrid Kusch focuses on waste and resources management, and has a specific interest in valorisation of biogenic resources. She studied environmental engineering in Germany and France, and received her doctoral degree in 2007 after conducting both laboratory and applied research on anaerobic digestion with biogas production. Her experience stems primarily from positions with several academic institutions, and in addition from projects on a freelance basis. From 2011 to 2012, she held the temporary position of head of chair and substitute of the professorship for waste management at Technical University of Dresden. In 2014, Sigrid Kusch became contract professor for ‘Sustainable and Renewable Resources’ at the University of Padua. She is a member of the Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group at the University of Southampton since 2009.
Research Interest
Sigrid’s main research interests include waste and resources management, circular economy, anaerobic digestion, food waste, sustainable consumption and production.
