Prof. Dr. Florian Egli
Group Head
Florian Egli heads the Public Policy for the Green Transition research group at TUM.
He completed his PhD at the Energy and Technology Policy Group at ETH Zurich where he worked there as a Senior Researcher and remains a Lecturer. He is also a Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and he used to be an Honorary Research Fellow with Prof. Mariana Mazzucato at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) at UCL.
He is a co-founder and the co-president of Expedition Zukunft, an inaugural member and former speaker of the board of the Swiss Young Academy and a regular contributor on Monocle M24.
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e-mail: florian.egli(a)tum.de
phone: +49 151 2880 8292
Dr. Manuela Fritz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Manuela Fritz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Professorship of Public Policy for the Green Transition and the Professorship for Global Health (Prof. Steinert). Within the scope of her DFG-funded research project “Mercury Rising”, she investigates the health consequences of climate change and the relationship between climate shocks and investment decisions for climate adaptation measures.
Her further research interests lie in the area of development and health economics. In her works, she applies in particular microeconomic and -econometric methods and relies on insurance data, social network data, geodata, climate simulation and health simulation models as well as primary data collected in the field via household surveys.
Before joining the team at TUM, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She completed her PhD as part of a joint doctorate at the University of Passau and the University of Groningen.
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e-mail: manuela.fritz(a)tum.de
Clara Krämer
Doctroal Researcher
Clara Krämer is a PhD student and researcher at the PPGT group. In her research, she analyses the effects of public policies for decarbonizing firms and households.
Prior to joining PPGT, Clara worked as a policy advisor for fiscal policy in the German Parliament and as an analyst for labour market policy at the OECD.
Clara holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance and a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bayreuth, in both of which she focused on quantitative policy analysis.
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e-mail: clara.kraemer(a)tum.de
Tatjana Križan
Team Assistant
Tatjana Križan is working in various part-time roles at TUM, currently dividing her time between the Professorship of Public Policy for the Green Transition, the Professorship of Societal Computing, and the TUM Graduate School. Previously, she held positions at the Chair of Vocational Education and the Munich Center for Technology in Society.
Apart from assisting the teams wherever she can and thus doing what she loves, Tatjana’s main focus lies in the administrative processing of third-party funded projects, course planning, exam management, amongst others.
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e-mail: tatjana.krizan(a)tum.de or ppgt(a)sot.tum.de
phone: +49 89 289 28001 on Wednesdays | +49 89 289 24249 on Mondays and Thursdays
Clemens-Maria Lehofer
Doctoral Researcher
Clemens joined PPGT as a doctoral candidate and research associate in Summer 2024. He is working on topics in global climate finance, as well as innovation and green industrial policies.
Prior to joining PPGT, Clemens served at the European Central Bank with a focus on climate scenario analysis, including chairing work for the Network for Greening the Financial System. He gained further professional experience in financial policy and climate tech at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Siemens Energy and others.
Clemens holds a Master’s Degree in Management & Technology from TUM, with a focus on energy markets and energy technology and academic stays in Zurich, Milan and Copenhagen. He conducted his Master’s thesis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research on the topic of fossil fuel corporate financing.
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e-mail: clemens.lehofer(a)tum.de
Dr. Nathalie Luck
Postdoctoral Researcher
Nathalie Luck is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the PPGT group.
In her current research, she explores financing options for the green transition in Ukraine and examines the role of social equity in green transition processes in emerging and developing countries. With a background in applied microeconomics, her broader research interests include climate change mitigation, environmental conservation, and the green transition in the agricultural sector, with a particular emphasis on developing countries. Her work integrates microeconomic methods with interdisciplinary approaches.
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e-mail: nathalie.luck(a)tum.de
Felipe Andres Navarro Martinez
Research Assistant
Felipe Navarro is a research assistant at the PPGT research group. He holds a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering from the University of Chile. Currently, he is pursuing a master's degree in Responsibility in Science, Engineering, and Technology (RESET) at TUM, focusing on science and technology (S&T) policy and narratives. His interdisciplinary interests include sustainability projects, building on his experience at the TUM SEED Center, and exploring synthetic biology initiatives, such as his participation in the iGEM Munich team this year.
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e-mail: felipe.navarro(a)tum.de
Leander Müller
Doctoral Researcher
Leander Müller is a PhD student and researcher at the PPGT research group. In his research, he investigates public policy and energy modelling for industrial decarbonization.
He holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from RWTH Aachen. During his studies, he focused on renewable energies, hydrogen technologies as well as sustainable development and conducted a research stay at the Climate Compatible Growth research group, which is led by the Oxford and Loughborough University.
Leander currently takes an educational leave from his work as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
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e-mail: leander2.mueller(a)tum.de
Zsófia Rozenberszki
Research Assistant
Zsófia Rozenberszki is a master's student in Sustainable Resource Management, holding a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics with a focus on behavioral economics. During her undergraduate studies, she gained diverse experience through internships in project management, research assistance, and ESG strategy.
After completing her degree, she joined a strategic management consulting firm, where she contributed to various renewable energy and sustainability-related projects, business developments and strategies as well as green financing solutions for the fashion industry’s transition. Currently, she specializes in renewable energy integration, landscape management, and GIS, while working with a global financial services provider on sustainability reporting.
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email: zsofia.rozenberszki(a)tum.de
Dr. Malte Toetzke
Postdoctoral Researcher
Malte Toetzke is a PostDoc at the PPGT Group holding a TUM Global Postdoc Fellowship. He focuses on the global transition towards net-zero emissions, informing public policy with evidence generated via novel data science and machine learning approaches. His main research areas are climate-tech innovation, climate finance, and green industrial policy and his research has been published and presented in leading academic journals (Nature Sustainability, Nature Climate Change) and machine learning conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR). Malte is also a co-founder of a tech-startup based on natural language processing and computer vision technology.
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e-mail: malte.toetzke(a)tum.de
Katharina Wildgruber
Doctoral Researcher
Katharina Wildgruber is a PhD student and researcher at the PPGT group. In her research, she investigates public financing options for the green transition and corresponding policy implications.
She holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from KIT. During her studies, she focused on energy economics and conducted research stays at ETH Zurich and NTNU Trondheim.
Katharina currently takes an educational leave from her work as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
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e-mail: katharina.wildgruber(a)tum.de
Patrick Zeitinger
Doctoral Researcher
Patrick Zeitinger is a doctoral candidate at PPGT. In his research, he focuses on the climate finance, risk and political economy.
Since 2017, Patrick has been working for the development-oriented MSME banking group ProCredit in various roles. He has worked as team leader responsible for credit risk, ESG risks and renewable energy project finance, and he currently acts as a supervisory board member of the banking group and of two subsidiaries.
Patrick holds a Master’s Degree in Global Political Economy and Finance from The New School in New York and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Economics from Goethe-University Frankfurt.
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e-mail: patrick.zeitinger(a)tum.de
Visiting Researchers and Master Thesis Students
Qian Du
Visiting Doctoral Researcher
Qian Du is a visiting doctoral researcher at the PPGT Group. She holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) in China. Her academic research focuses on promoting the development of renewable energy and formulating relevant policies.
Qian’s work involves forecasting the future development trends of photovoltaic (PV) technology and exploring its carbon reduction potential and cost dynamics under various installation pathways. She also investigates critical issues related to government subsidies in renewable energy development. In addition, she employs economic methodologies to analyze the causal relationships between renewable energy growth and various policies or influencing factors. Qian enjoys integrating multidisciplinary approaches to foster innovative research.
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Valentina De Las Casas
Master's Thesis Student
Valentina De Las Casas is a master’s student in Politics and Technology at TUM, with a background in political science and development policy research in Peru. Her master’s thesis, “Forecasting the Global Cost of Capital for Renewable Energy Technologies,” explores a new methodological approach for analyzing financial mechanisms driving the renewable energy transition.
She is passionate about leveraging innovative research and integrating policy solutions to promote equitable and sustainable development.
Valentina aspires to contribute to impact investing, sustainable development, and technological innovation in the energy sector, bridging the gap between academic research, policy-making, and real-world application.
Julian Gall
Master's Thesis Student
Julian Gall is a master's student in Sustainable Resource Management with a strong academic foundation in Economics from his bachelor's studies. His master’s thesis, titled "Mining to De-Risk Renewable Energy in Africa," delves into the unique attributes of the mining sector that could simplify and de-risk investments in renewable energy. By leveraging mining companies' distinct cost of capital and their connections to international markets—which help mitigate volatility caused by factors like currency fluctuations—his research examines how these advantages could support the development of off-grid renewable energy systems. This approach not only contributes to combating climate change but also provides communities without stable access to electricity with reliable energy solutions, fostering sustainability and socio-economic growth.
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Hannah Koschinski
Master's Thesis Student
Hannah Koschinski is writing her master thesis on the International Climate Finance Reporting Gap. With the theses she aims to improve transparency in international climate finance reporting. To achieve this, she will conduct interviews with major donors to gain a deeper understanding of their reporting approaches and methodologies.
Hannah has a background in engineering and political science, and she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Politics & Technology. Her interest focuses on developing effective policy measures to promote a fair and low‐carbon future for upcoming generations.
Christine Spieker
Master's Thesis Student
Master Thesis: „Analysing Regulatory Frameworks for Climate Risk Insurance“ (preliminary title)
Christine Spieker has an interdisciplinary background in mathematical modelling with experience in biology and insurance, currently doing her 2nd master’s degree in Politics & Technology.
Her interest lies in analysing and understanding complex topics from different angles to provide ideas and insights to promote progress towards a more sustainable future.
Her current project focuses on Climate Risk Insurance and how regulatory frameworks in different countries shape the impact of Climate Risk Insurance.
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