**About the Special Issue Editor**

**Sigrid Kusch-Brandt** is an environmental engineer with an interdisciplinary profile. With her work, she aims to contribute to the more sustainable management of environmental resources including through a more effective integration of circular economy principles into the management of resources. She has a specific interest in the environmentally sound valorization of biogenic resources. Dr. Kusch-Brandt is a Visiting Research Fellow with Engineering and Physical Sciences at the the University of Southampton, a Visiting Professor for Sustainable and Renewable Resources at the University of Padua, and a consultant to international organizations, companies, and research institutions.
