Dr. Florian Antony
Senior Researcher
Sustainable Products & Material Flows
Expertise
Research focus
- Sustainable consumption & sustainable products
- Sustainable food systems and material use of biogenic raw materials
- Evaluation of processes, technologies & technology development projects
Topics
- Sustainable aquaculture
- Food / food technology
- Creation of life cycle assessments and CO2 footprints for the evaluation and optimisation of innovative products, processes and technologies
- Sustainability assessment of bioinspired and biomimetic materials, products & processes (bionics)
Methods
- Life cycle assessments & material flow analyses (LCA) incl. critical reviews
- Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
- Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
- Corporate Climate Footprints (CCF)
- Product Sustainability Assessment (PROSA)
Key projects
- Visualization of hidden environmental costs of unsustainable agriculture under consideration of different milk production systems.
- Product Environmental Footprint ‑ Further development and application
- Consumer advice as a component of a successful resource policy
- Policy for sustainable aquaculture 2050
- BMBF Project: Systemic Monitoring and Modelling of the Bioeconomy (SYMOBIO)
Education & work experience
- Since 2013: Research associate with Oeko-Institut, Products and Material Flows Division
- 2012-2019: PhD at the Plant Biomechanics Group, Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg. Title of doctoral thesis: Sustainability assessment of biomimetic products and processes, funded by the BIONA measure (BMBF)
- 2010-2012: Research associate at the Plant Biomechanics Group, Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
- 2003-2010: Degree programmes leading to secondary teacher accreditation in biology and history at the University of Freiburg;
degree: State examination for teaching at high schools in the above-mentioned subjects
Foreign languages
English