Sulamith Kastl

Sulamith Kastl is physical geographer working for the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources BGR (Germany) since 2011. She started in the field as a GIS Expert in the environmental urban planning project ORDAZUR in Paraguay and has been working in different development cooperation projects of BGR ever since. Since 2017, she is leading the regional cooperation of BGR for geothermal energy in Centralamerica, which aims to strengthen geoscientific capacities in the SICA region for the identification of geothermal energy resources. Since 2020, the work concentrates in the identification of geothermal potential for local community development, especially focusing on the mapping of hot springs and the potential applications for direct use. Sulamith is active member of the IGA UNFC ad-hoc Committee for the actualization of the UNFC geothermal Specifications.