Isla Hodgkinson
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Isla Hodgkinson M.Sc.
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Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy
Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy
Visiting address:
Pratzschwitzer Str. 15, Room 117
01796 Pirna
Education
2013 - 2017 Leupahna University of Lüneburg, B. Sc. environmental sciences
2017 - 2020 TU Dresden, M. Sc. Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment
2020 - today TU Dresden, Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy
Since 07/2022 pro rata budget employee
Core research areas/areas of work
Environmental impact of bioplastics (especially PLA)
International waste management
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
projects
German-MENA University Network for Waste Management and Circular Economy (Prevent Waste Alliance, project duration: 2021-2022)
DAAD SDG-Alumi Network Workshop "Waste-free-Climate" in the Mekong Region (DAAD, project duration: 2022 - 2023)
Joint project: Development of bio-based recyclable laminated composites; Sub-project 2: Evaluation of possible end-of-life scenarios and life cycle assessment of bio-based plywood - Acronym: BioRePly (FNR, Project duration: 2022 - 2024)
Joint project: Design for recycling through dehybridization - Acronym: DeHyb (DFG, project duration: 2024 - 2026)
Publications/Conference contributions
Hodgkinson, I: What is the value of bioplastics like PLA for a sustainable future? Mar 2025, DGAW Science Congress conference proceedings.
Thomas, H., Achenbach, T., Hodgkinson, I. M., Spoerer, Y., Kuehnert, I., Dornack, C., Schellhammer, K. S., & Reineke, S.: Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Natural, Organic Emitters and Their Application in Industrially Compostable Programmable Luminescent Tags Temperature 2024. advanced materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202310674
Hodginson, I., Siegel, C., Kliem, L., Dornack, C., Wagenführ, A.: BioRePly - End-of-Life Scenarios of Compostable Plywood. Apr. 2024, 21st Wood Technology Colloquium Conference Proceedings.
Hodgkinson, I: Biodegradable equals compostable? - How the initial necessary abiotic hydrolysis influences the degradation of PLA in composting and nature Feb 2024, DGAW Wissenschaftskongress Tagungsband.
Hodgkinson, I., Schmidt, J.: Waste-free-Climate: Professional exchange in the Mekong region. Jun 2023, Garbage and Waste, 6. https://doi.org/10.37307/j.1863-9763.2023.06.05
Hodgkinson, I., Maletz, R., Simon, F.G., Dornack, C.: Mini-review of waste-to-energy related air pollution and their limit value regulations in an international comparison. Nov 2021. Waste Management & Research 40(7): 0734242X2110606 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X211060607
Hemidat, S., Achouri, O., El Fels, L., Elagroudy, S., Hafidi, M., Chaouki, B., Ahmed, M., Hodgkinson, I. & Guo, J.: Solid Waste Management in the Context of a Circular Economy in the MENA Region Jan. 2022- Sustainability. 2022, 14- https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010480
Courses
Coordination and supervision of individual experiments in the module "MAA21 Environmental Testing and Laboratory Activities (UTP)"
Individual lectures:
The lectures in the module "MHSE11 Circular Economy" are held in English. The other lectures are all in German.
Waste characterization and laboratory (UW-BHW-434 Waste and resource management)
Waste quantities and composition (UW-BHW-104: Fundamentals of the circular economy and contaminated sites)
Circular economy as an economic factor (UW-BHW-104 Fundamentals of the circular economy and contaminated sites; MHSE11 Circular Economy)
Carbon cycle (UW-BHW-433 Fundamentals of material flow management)
Scientific work (MHSE11 Circular Economy, MAA24 Modeling and balancing in waste and recycling management)
Supervised theses
Analysis of barrier coating particle fragmentation in the recyclability of paper-based packaging depending on coating and disintegration parameters (together with the Papiertechnische Stiftung Heidenau, Master's thesis)
How can the effect of compost as a soil conditioner be evaluated in the context of life cycle assessments? (Bachelor thesis)
Modeling the future phosphorus demand in Germany and its significance for food security (Bachelor thesis)