Head of Unit, Energy and Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers & Project Coordinator, Skills4Nuclear
Professor Retegan Vollmer is currently leading the research work on the safety of advanced nuclear reactors systems. Also, research on novel paths for advanced nuclear fuels through Partitioning for Transmutation (P & T) is an older but very actual field of work.
Hydrometallurgy applied in both nuclear field as well as materials recycling is another active research topic crystallized in a solid portfolio of past and current projects (e.g. Rare Earths extraction & recycling, WEEE recycling, mining tailings, other).
Teaching is focussed on chemistry, hydrometallurgy and nuclear chemistry, the former one being on European level through a series of EURATOM project.
The research is carried-out in a close collaboration with industy and industrial partners.