Marco Frara
Marco's research investigates effective methods for assessing the environmental impact of scaling new steel production techniques from the laboratory to full-scale operations. It involves mapping existing knowledge and gathering insights from industry, academia, and key stakeholders. A central focus is on enhancing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies. The ultimate goal is to refine LCA to better support environmental impact evaluations as these methods transition to full-scale production.
What were you doing before joining Steel for a Fossil Free Future?
Before joining the project, I was a student in Sustainable Chemistry and Circular Economy at University of Padova (Italy), where I spent 5 years (including 6 months in Hamburg, Germany, as an exchange student).
What will you be doing as a PhD/Post Doc?
As a PhD, I’m assessing the sustainability of the steel industry from a comprehensive point of view, i.e. considering the entire supply chain, with the aim of developing the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool for evaluating the scaling-up of new emerging technologies within the sector.
What challenges will your PhD/Post Doc work contribute to solving?
My project will help to solve the steel transitioning challenge from an assessing and decision-making point of view, bridging the gap between lab-scale and industrial scale implementations.
How can your research contribute to addressing those challenges?
By mapping the existing knowledge and gathering perspectives from experts in academia, industry, and stakeholders. This will lead to a development of a more solid environmental evaluation model, based on LCA.
Find out more
about my research project "Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Circular Steel Value Chains" here .