Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elisabeth Clausen is a Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) as well as spokesperson for the Division of Mineral Resources Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.

Together with her team she develops technologies for the automation, digitalisation and electrification of mining machines and processes to enable safe, efficient and responsible raw material extraction. An important core area of the institute is the development of sensor technologies being able to cope with harsh mining environments, and corresponding algorithms for the generation, acquisition and processing of data and information along the entire data-information-value-chain aiming toward the autonomous and green mine of the future.

Prof. Clausen has received several awards for her contribution to modern, skills- and innovation-oriented university education in the field of mining engineering. Additionally, she is the Rector`s Delegate for EU Research Funding, Spokesperson for the Steering Committee for the Center for Young Academics at RWTH Aachen University and actively contributes to promoting STEM through various activities for school children.