Leona Faulstich

"Sustainable value creation and a circular economy are not only crucial for a sustainable, resilient economy and society, but also the key to reducing Germany's and Europe's dependence on raw materials.“
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Focus of work

  • Sustainable value creation, resource management, and circular economy
  • Raw material extraction and global supply chains
  • GeoTechPolitics
  • Ecosystem research with a focus on water

Curriculum vitae

After studying geography at the University of Hamburg and the Universidad Autónoma de México (Mexico City), she completed her doctorate on ecosystem research in arid regions with a focus on hydrological systems at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Namibia. Between 2018 and 2023, Ms. Faulstich worked as a research assistant at Freie Universität Berlin, focusing on water in the context of water supply, water quality, water reclamation and water in the circular economy. Topics such as sustainable value creation and resource use, geopolitical issues as well as global supply chains and rare earths are part of her broad field of interest. She has applied for and supervised third-party funded projects in Germany and abroad, carried out quantitative studies and acted as a reviewer. Since 2023, she has been working as a scientific consultant at the iit, in the department of “Mobility, Energy and Future Technologies”.

Publications

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Faulstich, Leona; Wollenweber, Simone; Reinhardt-Imjela, Christian; Arendt, Robert; Schulte, Achim; Hollert, Henner; Schiwy, Sabrina (2024): Ecotoxicological Evaluation of surface waters in Northern Namibia. In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196:456
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Arendt, Robert; Reinhardt-Imjela, Christian; Faulstich, Leona; Schulte, Achim; Assmann, André; Jüpner, Robert; Johannes, Petrina; Mashauri, Damas (2023): Hydrodynamic modeling of ephemeral flow in the Iishana channel systems of the Cuvelai Basin—Northern Namibia. In: River Research and Applications
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Faulstich, Leona; Arendt, Robert; Reinhardt-Imjela, Christian; Schulte, Achim; Lengricht, Joachim; Johannes, Petrina (2023): Water and sediment pollution of intensively used surface waters during a drought period – a case study in Central Northern Namibia. In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195 (924)
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Faulstich, Leona; Prume, Julia Anna; Arendt, Robert; Reinhardt-Imjela, Christian; Chifflard, Peter; Schulte, Achim (2022): Microplastics in Namibian river sediments – a first evaluation. In: Microplastics and Nanoplastics 2 (24)
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Arendt, Robert; Reinhardt-Imjela, Christian; Schulte, Achim; Faulstich, Leona; Ullmann, Tobias; Beck, Lorenz; Martinis, Sandro; Johannes, Petrina; Lengricht, Joachim (2021): Natural Pans as an Important Surface Water Resource in the Cuvelai Basin—Metrics for Storage Volume Calculations and Identification of Potential Augmentation Sites. In: Water 13 (2)
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Arendt, Robert; Faulstich, Leona; Jüpner, Robert; Assmann, André; Lengricht, J.; Kavishe, Frank; Schulte, Achim (2020): GNSS mobile road dam surveying for TanDEM-X correction to improve the database for floodwater modeling in northern Namibia. In: Environ Earth Sci 79 (13).
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Singer, Katrin; Gurgiser, Wolfgang; Villari, Cristina; Faulstich, Leona; Kaser, Georg; Neuburger, Martina (2015): Una cuenca donde se encuentran diversos conocimientos. Booklet in the project „Water availability and demand in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru“