Lieven Machiels

Antwerp Area, Belgium Belgium

Research manager Mining & Metallurgy at KU Leuven

Education

Dr. Lieven Machiels is a Research Manager within the SIM² KU Leuven Research Cluster (http://www.sim2.be). He has a PhD in Geology, and worked 6 year as a Post-doctoral Fellow in metallurgy and Materials Engineering and is now working at KU Leuven Department of Chemistry. He is a passionate researcher, with a research focus on sustainable development in the raw materials sector, among which is the mining, metallurgical and cement and building materials sector. Central in his research is the near-zero waste recycling of industrial and municipal residues to (critical) metals and novel materials. Apart from research within Flanders and Europe, he is very active in the research on sustainable...