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Anna Kounina Massé

anna.kouninamasse@epfl.ch

EPFL STI-IN
BM 4201 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne
Lausanne

Expertise

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Carbon, Water, Nature footprint and Strategy, Stakeholder engagement

Current work

Anna Kounina Massé started this role in November 2024 to develop a Sustainability Strategy Development within the STI and SV faculty, perform environmental assessments, engage professors and research teams, as well as monitor and report lab's progress towards sustainability goals.

Mission

Integrate the strategic sustainability objectives of EPFL within the STI and SV faculty.
Assess the environmental footprint of the STI and SV faculty
Develop environmental sustainability tools/projects in collaboration with the Vice-Presidency for Responsible Transformation

Selected publications

The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage

Anna Kounina, Jesse Daystar, Sophie Chalumeau, Jon Devine, Roland Geyer, Steven T. Pires, Shreya Uday Sonar, Richard A. Venditti & Julien Boucher
Published in Nature Communications in

Spatial analysis of toxic emissions in LCA: A sub-continental nested USEtox model with freshwater archetypes

Anna Kounina, Manuele Margni, Shanna Shaked , Cécile Bulle, Olivier Jolliet
Published in Environment International in

Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment

Anna Kounina, Manuele Margni, Jean-Baptiste Bayart, Anne-Marie Boulay, Markus Berger, Cecile Bulle, Rolf Frischknecht, Annette Koehler, Llorenç Milà i Canals, Masaharu Motoshita, Montserrat Núñez, Gregory Peters, Stephan Pfister, Brad Ridoutt, Rosalie van Zelm, Francesca Verones & Sebastien Humbert
Published in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment in

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Sustainable lab practices for engineering

MICRO-636

This course equips researchers to assess and reduce the environmental impact of laboratory research. Through lectures, workshops, and project work, participants learn to measure their lab's carbon footprint, apply sustainability frameworks, and lead metric-driven sustainability initiatives.

Sustainable lab practices for life sciences

BIO-650

This course equips researchers to assess and reduce the environmental impact of laboratory research. Through lectures, workshops, and project work, participants learn to measure their lab's carbon footprint, apply sustainability frameworks, and lead metric-driven sustainability initiatives.