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
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 24288 (on Mondays and Thursdays)
Clemens-Maria Lehofer
Doctoral Researcher
Clemens joined the PPGT Group 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 and Milan. He conducted his Master’s thesis research 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
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
Christine Spieker
Master Thesis
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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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