After studying Mechanical Engineering and Polymer Technology at the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt, Dominik Spancken started working at the Fraunhofer LBF in 2011. There he worked in several Business Team Leaderships in the field of the fatigue characterization thermoplastic Polymers and the lightweight design of structural components. In July 2020 he started his doctoral thesis in Sustainability Sciences at the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt in collaboration with the Fraunhofer LBF. The title of his doctoral thesis is “Sustainable development – the use of Polypropylene recyclates in highly loaded structural components”. In July 2023 he graduates as the 1st Dr. rer. sust. (doktor rerum sustinentium) in Germany. Since this time he is working in several projects to promote the Sustainability Transformation of new technologies and challenges.