Graduated as Dipl. Ing. in electrical engineering (communication technologies) at TU Munich, Jens Peters worked several years as R&D engineer and project leader in the automotive industry (Ingolstadt, Barcelona) in the development of electronic components. After finishing an MSc. in renewable energies and fuel cells at UIMP / CSIC in Madrid, he started working in the field of system analysis of energy processes at Instituto IMDEA Energía, Madrid. In 2015 he finished his dissertation at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) about the environmental, economic and thermodynamic assessment of pyrolysis processes for the production of biofuels and biochar. From 2015 to 2019 he was part of the research group ‘Resources, Recycling, Environment & Sustainability’ at Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), modelling and assessing novel electrochemical energy storage technologies, with a special focus on material issues, sustainability and recycling of new battery systems. Between 2019 and 2021 he was MSCA Fellow at UAH, department of economics, working on policy analysis of low carbon transition pathways, and now works there as research associate on energy systems analysis and sustainability assessment.

Research interests

My principal research interests are related with sustainability assessment of emerging technologies. I have been (and keep on) working on the assessment of energy storage systems, espacially batteries, with a focus on recycling and circularity aspects. However, I also feel the need to do more decision-making oriented (or more actionable) research, which is why I became active in the Scientists for Future initiative, and engaged in urban metabolism studies, with a focus on transport and urban mobility. In fact, here in Madrid Urban mobility is a topic of continous political battles, with reactive forces trying to maintain the status quo (universal access with personal individual motore vehicles) against progressive ideas. A super interesting field indeed!