Mr Alexander Renker
(he/him)

BEng

Teams and roles for Alexander Renker

Research student
School of Engineering

Research
Biography

Thesis

Transforming Lithium Mining Waste into Next-Generation Low-Carbon Cements

As part of project LITHICRETE my research aims to transform biproducts of lithium mining into supplementary materials that can be incorporated into cement. This offers a chance to lower carbon emissions from cement manufacturing and provide an alternative to potentially harmful landfill disposal of mining waste.

Funding sources

The LITHICRETE™ project is funded by UKRI-EPSRC (grant number 209, 2025 – 2028)

Honours and awards

First class BEng in Materials Science and Engineering from Swansea University
The Armourers & Brasiers' Company student prize 2026
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas Prize in Metallurgy 2025/2026

Professional memberships

RILEM Senior Member since 2026
Member of the Institute of Mineral, Materials and Mining (IOM3) since 2023

Contact Details

[email protected]

Queen's Buildings - South Building, Floor Ground, Room S.0.45, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

Research themes

Specialisms

Low-carbon cement and concrete technologies
Cement and Concrete Science
Waste and industrial by-product valorisation in concrete

Mr Alexander Renker (he/him) BEng