Daniel Goldmann is Professor of Mineral and Waste Processing; VP of Research, Transfer and Transformation; and Director of the Institute of Mineral and Waste Processing, Recycling and Circular Economy Systems at Clausthal University of Technology, Germany. His scientific focus is on the flotation, mechanical, and hydrometallurgical processing of complex, metal bearing waste streams and ores, and, specifically, critical raw materials and recycling strategies for and in complex structures of advanced circular economies. Previously, Dr. Goldmann was Manager, End-of-Life Vehicles Recycling, at Volkswagen AG, and Head of Automotive Recycling at Preussag. He earned his PhD from Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Mineral Processing. He can be reached at daniel.goldmann@tu-clausthal.de.