Sophie Sfez

Sophie Sfez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology at Ghent University. With a background in agronomy and environmental science, she transitioned to research after two years as a sustainability consultant in Brussels. Sophie completed her PhD in late 2017, focusing on the environmental sustainability of resource recovery systems and technologies. During her doctoral studies, she contributed to several European projects, including MEASURE (Metrics for Sustainability Assessment in European Process Industries) and REPAIR (Resource Management in Peri-urban Areas: Going Beyond Urban Metabolism). In addition to her research, she serves as a teaching assistant, supervising master's thesis students and teaching courses on Clean Technology and Air Pollution. Her research interests include organic waste management, innovation in resource recovery from waste and wastewater streams, and the sustainability of decentralized energy and wastewater treatment systems.