Kerstin Forsberg

Kerstin Forsberg is professor in chemical engineering with expertise in separation processes, particularly crystallization. Forsberg teaches in courses at the bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels at KTH. Her expertise is also applied in research projects, primarily focused on developing efficient and sustainable processes, e.g., for recovery of resources from waste streams (e.g. spent batteries, pickling acid, red mud) and production of advanced materials or investigation of phenomena connected to the transport of pollutants (e.g. heavy metals, radionuclides and microplastics).

My primary research interest is:

• Crystallization and precipitation

Commissions of trust

• Editor, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, SM&T, 2023.12 – 2026.12
• Associate editor, Waste Management, WM, 2025.07 – 2026.12

News

Join us at BIWIC 2026 in Winterthur!

Honored to give a plenary lecture, titled Crystallization Challenges and Opportunities in Critical Raw Materials Processing, at the 23rd International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC 2026), Budapest, Hungary, September 6- 9th, 2026.

Invited talk, at the 26th Association for Crystallization Technology (ACT) Larson Workshop, Minneapolis, May 17- 20th, 2026.

Invited presentation, titled Recycling of batteries, opportunities and challenges in the use of novel solvents, at the Revitalise Workshop, Aveiro, Portugal, May 21st, 2026.