Dr. Benedict Probst
Ben heads the Net Zero Lab, an interdisciplinary research group of 10+ people at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. He is also a fellow at Cambridge University and ETH Zurich.
The goal of the Net Zero Lab is to accelerate the development of climate technologies that are crucial for replacing fossil fuels in industry and removing CO2 directly from the air.
He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from the University of Cambridge and was a senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich. His research has been published in leading journals, such as Nature Energy and Nature Sustainability.
In addition to his academic work, he worked for a green startup and consulted for the World Bank and the German Development Bank.
Ben has won multiple awards, including the Best Overall Performance Award at LSE and the Best PhD Research Prize from the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. He received scholarships from Cambridge University, the German Exchange Service, the German National Academic Foundation and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
In his leisure time, Ben likes to experiment with different cuisines (with varying approval from his family), enjoys long runs along Swiss rivers, and used to be a semi-talented football player.