Ligia da Silva Lima, PhD

Lígia da Silva Lima obtained her master's degree in Environmental Sanitation in 2017 and her PhD in Bioscience Engineering in 2023, both at Ghent University (Belgium). Following her PhD, she continued as a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University for a year, where she extended her research on the sustainability aspects of raw materials (mainly metals) required for rechargeable batteries and other energy transition technologies.

Lígia has acquired expertise in raw materials sustainability assessment, including the use of methodologies to assess environmental and social negative impacts (footprint), as well as the positive ones (handprint), along the value chain of materials and products. These methodologies include circularity assessment, life cycle assessment (LCA), and social LCA (S-LCA).

At ARCHE Consulting, Lígia supports sustainability-related projects, working on LCA, S-LCA, and Cradle to Cradle Certification (material health) activities.