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Alfred Kordelin Prize for research on the green transition

The Alfred Kordelin Foundation has awarded the Alfred Kordelin Prize to Aalto University Professor of Hydrometallurgy Mari Lundström, dance artist and choreographer Tero Saarinen and the Sekasin Collective, a youth mental health organisation.
Mari Lundström

Mari Lundström, Professor at Aalto University

Mari Lundström (b. 1979) will be awarded for her contribution to the green transition. Lundström's research focuses on hydrometallurgy, the separation of metals using water-based solutions, and metal recycling. With her research team, Lundström is looking for new, increasingly environmentally friendly methods of metal separation. These will help reduce the problems caused by mining.

Lundström has been active in all key areas of the green transition: developing technologies, training experts and pioneering the technology revolution. She has been involved in the creation of Finland's battery strategy and has chaired the EU Strategy Group on Batteries and Battery Recycling. She is known as an excellent teacher and educator who has inspired students to embrace the circular economy. She is one of the most influential figures in the recycling of critical metals in Finland.

The winners contribute to a stronger, more diverse and sustainable society through science, art and civil society

"All the award winners are top professionals in their fields, whose work has a wider societal impact. Each of them has made significant breakthroughs in their field," said Mikko Kosonen, chair of the Foundation's Awards Committee.

The Alfred Kordelin Foundation is a non-profit foundation that supports Finnish science, art and culture with more than €6 million annually. The prize amounts to EUR 50 000. Since 1923, the Foundation has awarded prizes to outstanding Finnish personalities in the fields of science, art and public education, the first being Jean Sibelius

Further information:

Erik Båsk, Managing Director, The Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 

Tel +35840 825 8071

[email protected]

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