Zienab Elghoul is a Senior Sustainability Scientist in the R&D department at Minviro with significant expertise in the sustainability of rare earth elements and their value chains. She holds an advanced joint Master's degree from UGent, Uppsala University, and TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Sustainable Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM), where she focused on technological innovation and the circular economy in the mining and metals sector. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, which provided her with a broad foundation in various natural sciences. She has extensive experience with environmental Life Cycle Assessments of Critical Raw Materials and renewable technologies. Zienab has contributed to Minviro by building internal knowledge in the critical raw materials sector, with a specific focus on rare earth elements.