Prof. Dr. Van der Voet is an Associate Professor by Leiden University at the Department Industrial Ecology of the Institute of Environmental Sciences, CML. Within the field of Industrial Ecology, she specialises in methodology development: life-cycle assessment, material flow analysis, substance flow analysis, natural resource accounting, and indicator development. Prof. Dr. Van der Voet was the lead-author on a paper on the environmental implications of future demand scenarios for seven major metals.