Karla is a Consultant based at Imperial College London. Karla is the Technical Lead of the Critical Minerals in Africa project. The work involves creating a platform to evaluate battery mineral value addition in 14 southern African countries. Karla has engaged with other CCG partner countries including Lao PDR, Viet Nam and Zambia to conduct research on industrial efficiency and critical mineral supply.
Karla was part of CCG from the beginning as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, and then Senior Research Associate in the Resource Efficiency Collective at the University of Cambridge. Her research focused on the critical and bulk materials used in low-carbon energy and transport systems including future material demand and supply. Karla completed her PhD on the level of energy services used in different countries in December 2020 at the University of Cambridge.
Prior to this, Karla worked in the non-alcoholic beverage sector in Mexico in two of the biggest global companies in the areas of quality, operations and environmental responsibility. Karla studied Chemical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and obtained an MSc in Environmental Systems Engineering from University College London.
Karla’s latest publication is Policy Priorities for increasing the Circularity of the Vietnamese Packaging Sector
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