Peter Tom Jones
Director of the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals
Peter Tom Jones (Dr. Ir.) (born in 1973) is the Director of the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals (SIM²). He is also KU Leuven's IRF Senior Innovation Manager "Sustainable metallurgy for a sustainable society". This SUSMET programme covers both circular hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy, in view of producing the energy-transition metals that are needed for the transition to clean energy and e-mobility.
In addition, Jones has authored several books on topics related to environmental crisis and transition management (cf. Terra Incognita, Terra Reversa, Climate Crisis...) and has co-authored several documentaries on Europe's (critical) raw materials problem (e.g. Responsible Mining in Europe, 2022).
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