Armin Reller is Professor for Resource Strategy in Augsburg, Germany. His research focuses on the synthesis and properties of functional materials relevant for energy and environment technologies, and more specifically on the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of exploring and applying strategic resources. A former professor of solid-state chemistry at the Institute of Physics, he now serves as chair of the Environmental Science Center (ESC), is a member of the board of the Application Center for Materials and Science (AMU), and is chair of the graduate school “Resource Strategy Concepts for Sustainable Energy Systems” at the University of Augsburg. He received his PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, was a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University, conducted research at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and was professor at the Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry at the University of Hamburg. He coordinates the research program “Solar Chemistry /Hydrogen/Regenerative Energy Carriers” for the Swiss Office of Energy in Bern. He publishes widely, including in journals such as Gaia: Ökologische Perspektiven in Natur-, Geistes- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (oekom verlag). He has recently been appointed as expert of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences as well as a member of the Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) in Berlin.