Jana Rückschloss holds a degree in environmental engineering and studied at the Technical University of Berlin. She originally joined Fraunhofer IZM in 2004 as a student assistant and has been working as a research associate in the institute’s »Environmental and Reliability Engineering« department since 2010.

Her work focuses on critical raw materials in electronics, a topic she already addressed in her master’s diploma thesis in 2010, specifically the assessment of criticality (supply risks) for the European electronics market. Her other areas of interest include environmental legislation, ecodesign, and environmental assessments.