Fields of work

System analysis of energy technologies
Life cycle costing for emerging energy storage systems (Batteries)
Life cycle assessment
Recycling processes

Current projects

RENOVATE - A circular and chemistry-neutral approach for recycling and recovery of battery waste feeds

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Professional background

since 2026	Member of scientific staff at ITAS / HIU, Karlsruhe
2025 - 2026	Scientific assistant at Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena
2024 - 2025	Research assistant and Master Thesis at PRUUVE GmbH / IAPP, TU Dresden
2023 - 2024	Research assistant and Intern at Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz
2022 - 2025	M.Sc. in Advanced Manufacturing (specialisation - Sustainability Management) at TU Chemnitz
2017 - 2021	B.E. in Mechanical Engineering at SPPU, Pune India

Publications

2026

Presentations

Roundtable Session: How can the Industry and Private Sector Support the Battery Value Chain?
Dashpute, S. P.; Pushpendra, P.; Schulze, R.; Weil, M.
2026, May 5. RENOVATE Clustering Circular Batteries - Pathways for an Integrated Value Chain in Europe (2026), Milan, Italy, May 5, 2026

Sustainability in Focus: Assessing recycling processes (RENOVATE Project) for a circular battery value chain
Pushpendra, P.; Dashpute, S. P.; Schulze, R.; Weil, M.
2026. BATT-Bridge Webinar on Sustainabillity Assessment and Validating Sustainabiliy Approaches (2026), Online, July 9, 2026

RENOVATE Project Overview
Pushpendra, P.; Schulze, R.; Dashpute, S. P.; Weil, M.
2026. Presentation to guest lecturers from University of Palermo (2026), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 28, 2026

Posters

Graphite Matters: Reassessing the impacts of graphite on the carbon footprints of LIB cell production
Pushpendra, P.; Dashpute, S. P.; Schulze, R.; Vollert, E.; Bresser, D.; Weil, M.
2026. Battery 2030+ Annual Conferernce (2026), Turin, Italy, May 7–8, 2026