Board of Representatives (Students) - International Society for Industrial Ecology

Hi! We are the board members of the ISIE Student Chapter. Feel free to contact us anytime!

The roles of the board

We are the representatives of the students in ISIE’s governing bodies. Among our work, we:

Serve as liaisons between students and ISIE.
Represent the student community in the ISIE council and other governing bodies.

Compile and publish the students’ newsletters.
Lead the organization of student activities (workshops, competitions, meetings…) at ISIE related conferences, including the ISIE biannual conference, section meetings, and the Gordon Research Conference and Symposium.
Maintain a database of resources for students: study programs, funding options, etc.
Help in finding and obtaining scholarships for ISIE’s students.
Distribute and help the students exchange information regarding conferences, employment opportunities, and collaborations.
Maintain this website.

The structure of the board

The Student Chapter Board is normally composed of eight to ten student volunteer members elected by the ISIE student members. The term of a board member is two years, and terms in the board are staggered: each year 3 new board members are elected in October-November to replace retiring board members. Two continuing members of the Student Chapter Board take on the responsibilities of President and Vice-President respectively. This ensures continuity in the Student Chapter. If you are a student member of ISIE, you can become a board member! You'll get a notice about the next elections by e-mail.

The 2021-2022 student board members are:

Kamila Krych

President of the board 2022-2023

PhD student in Industrial Ecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU
kamila.krych(at)ntnu.no

Hi, I’m Kamila! I started my journey with industrial ecology in 2018 when I found out about it online. The same year, I got accepted into the MSc degree in Industrial Ecology at NTNU in Norway. Right now, I’m in the second year of my PhD at the same university. My work is focused on the environmental impacts of consumption of household durables and the benefits of longer product lifetimes. I use dynamic product flow modeling, and I combine it with life cycle assessment. As a board member, I want to support outreach to students so that more people get involved in our society. Please get in touch if you have any questions or ideas!

Miriam Stevens

Vice-President of the board 2022-2023

PhD student in Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University

steve276(at)purdue.edu

Hello! I'm Miriam, a third year graduate student and first year PhD student at Purdue University. Prior to graduate school, I worked at the cross section of manufacturing and urban sustainability as a builder, teacher, and local government administrator in the Chicago region. I am broadly interested in enabling circular economy development at small and large scales and my research is focused on modeling the availability of secondary supplies of battery critical materials from vehicles and other products in the US. I frequently use input-output analysis and combined this technique with graph theory in my master's thesis to investigate domestic dependencies on cobalt and am integrating logistics planning and agent-based modeling into my PhD research. I'm also very interested in policy and market-based mechanisms to drive responsible supply chain initiatives. My focus as a student board member is to support the virtual networking events and peer groups; I want to help make these groups as accessible and useful to you. Please feel free to contact me.

Thomas Maani