Rainer Pamminger, a senior researcher at Vienna University of Technology in the area of Ecodesign and Circular Economy with a research focus in the development of methods and  tools for LCA and circularity assessment, circular design and circular business models for  different industry areas like construction, electronics, machine tools, etc.

Since 2011 he is part of the engineering consultancy ECODESIGN company, and supports companies to integrate environmental aspects into their product development processes.