Zeena Patel M. Sc.

Contact:

Building Oeconomicum, room 3015
Helmholtzplatz 3
98693 Ilmenau

+49 3677 69-4097

zeena.patel@tu-ilmenau.de

Project SustEnMat by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung

Main research interests:

• Life Cycle Assessment
• Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis

• Patel, Z.: Life Cycle Assessment Practices for PV Technologies: Systematic Literature Review. Ilmenauer Schriften zur Betriebswirtschaftslehre 1/2025, Ilmenau 2025.

• July 3, 2026: “LCIA Characterization Factors for Mineral and Metal Resources: A Comprehensive Methodological Review”, presentation at 5th Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC 2026) in Berlin (together with Rainer Souren).
• March 9, 2026: “Life Cycle Assessment practices for PV technologies: systematic literature review”, presentation at DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section at Dresden University of Technology.
• October 31, 2025: “Mapping the methods: a structured view of resource use impact in PV LCA” , presentation at DF 91 – LCA of photovoltaic power systems: state of play, future prospects and effects on the energy turnaround at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).