Expertise
Advanced LCA for innovative solutions
Develop and apply new methods widening the LCA perspective, e. g., by accounting for plastics in the environment
Project Development
Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Oberhausen, Germany
Dr. Stephan Kabasci holds a PhD in Chemical engineering from the Technical University of Dortmund. He has been working for Fraunhofer UMSICHT since 1992, starting as a research engineer and project manager in the field of environmental technology. From 1998 – 2003 he was head of the group "Bioengineering", 2004 – 2013 he was business unit manager "Renewable Resources", and from 2013 – 2021 he was head of the department “Bio-Based Plastics”. Since then, he is responsible for project development in the institute’s research management in the thematic area Circular Economy. Dr. Kabasci is teaching "Bioengineering and Biorefinery" at the Ruhr-University Bochum.
Interests
Expertise
Advanced LCA for innovative solutions
Develop and apply new methods widening the LCA perspective, e. g., by accounting for plastics in the environment
Expertise
Disintegration of plastics on and in soil
Evaluate the disintegration of plastic materials on and in soil in meso-scale test rigs under defined conditions