Ran Liu
Senior Researcher
Sustainable Products & Material Flows
Special Expertise
Main areas of research: Sustainable consumption and products, greenhouse gas inventories
Topics
- Technological and environmental assessment of products and processes
- Corporate greenhouse gas inventories
Methods
- Life Cycle Assessment & Material Flow Analysis
- IZM-TPI (Toxic Potential Indicator)
Key Projects
- Greenhouse gas inventory for major industrial company
- Case studies in SMEs on adaptation to RoHS legislation
- Environmental assessment of the production of biopolymers from rape and sugarcane, with particular consideration of production processes for biodiesel and bioethanol
Professional Training and Career
- Since September 2007: Researcher with the Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division of the Öko-Institut
- December 2006 - May 2007: Researcher with the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegation IZM, Environmental Engineering in cooperation with Berlin Technical University (TU Berlin)
- June 2006 - December 2006: Working student at the IZM
- August 2005 - May 2006: Industrial placement and diploma thesis at Siemens, Berlin
- June 2005 – July 2005: Working student, GreenDeltaTC GmbH, Berlin
- August 2004 – April 2005: Student assistant at the Institute of Environmental Technology at TU Berlin
- October 2001 – September 2006: Undergraduate studies in Environmental Technology at TU Berlin; graduated as engineer with the title Diplom-Ingenieurin (Univ.)
Language Skills
German, English
Mother tongue
Chinese