Clara Löw
Researcher
Sustainable Products & Material Flows
Special Expertise
Main areas of research: Chemicals, Materials & Technologies
Topics:
- Chemicals, materials & technology assessment
- Circular economy
- Material efficiency with regards to plastics
Methods:
- Exposure assessment
- Expert interviews
- SWOT analyses
- Technology assessment
- Substance evaluation
Key Projects
- Current and future relevant persistent organic pollutants within the Stockholm Convention
- Substance, material and circularity evaluation in the manufacture of different photovoltaic technologies
- Approaches for avoiding single-use plastic and promoting recycled content in everyday plastics in the ASEAN region
- Assessment of applications for exemption from the substance bans under the RoHS Directive
Professional Training and Career
- Since 2019: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division
- 2017-2019: Project Manager of a BMZ-founded exchange project on the UN Sustainable Development Goals with young adults from Germany and Rwanda
- 2017: Internship at the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA); focus: International chemical management and sustainable chemistry
- 2016: Internship in the Environmental Unit of the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU in Brussels; focus: circular economy and chemicals policy
- 2016-2019: Master of Science in Environmental Science, Goethe University Frankfurt
- 2012-2016: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Freiburg
Language Skills
English, French