Benedict Probst

Net Zero Lab

Based in

Germany
Europe

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 and Policy 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.