The object
Marie Perrin developed a chemical recovery process for extracting rare-earth elements from electronic waste. Her REEcover project targets valuable materials in discarded electronics, creating a manufacturing input stream that can reduce reliance on newly mined rare-earth supplies.
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What Marie did
Developed a process to recover rare-earth elements from electronic waste.
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Why it matters
Perrin received the 2025 Young Inventors Prize World Builders award for rare-earth recycling from e-waste.
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Living-status check
The EPO's current award profile identifies Perrin as an ETH Pioneer Fellow leading REEcover and a 2025 Young Inventors Prize winner.