**About the Editor**

#### **Sigrid Kusch-Brandt**

Dr. Sigrid Kusch-Brandt is a Lecturer for Circular Economy and Sustainable Management of Resources at the University of Applied Sciences Ulm, a Visiting Research Fellow within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton, and a consultant to international organisations, research institutions, public authorities, and various companies. In earlier academic positions, she served as a Substitute Professor for waste management at the Technical University of Dresden and as a Visiting Professor for 'Sustainable and Renewable Resources' at the University of Padua for six years. 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. She has a specific interest in the environmentally sound usage of biogenic resources.
