Meet the Team

Prof. Dr.  Markus Leippold

Prof. Dr. Markus Leippold

Experienced researcher in the field of Climate Finance, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Quantitative Finance that aims to put academic ideas into practice.

Role

  • Principal Investigator
 Christian Huggel

Christian Huggel

Professor at the Department of Geography, His research focuses on climate impacts, risks, and adaptation to climate change implies working at the intersection of several scientific disciplines.

Role

  • Climate change advisor
 Veruska Muccione

Veruska Muccione

Lead author in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group II chapter “Europe” and cross-chapter “Mountains”.

Role

  • Climate scientist
 Saeid Vaghefi

Saeid Vaghefi

As a climate scientist, my primary focus is on utilizing machine learning and natural language processing techniques to facilitate communication between the climate science community, the public, and policymakers.

Role

  • Data scientist
 Mathias Kraus

Mathias Kraus

Researcher in the field of machine learning, particularly in the areas of natural language processing and explainable AI.

Role

  • Assistant professor for data analytics
 Jingwei Ni

Jingwei Ni

A doctoral researcher at ETH keen on NLP for climate change and other social good.

Role

  • AI scientist
 Tobias Schimanski

Tobias Schimanski

Doctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing and Sustainable Finance at the University of Zurich

Role

  • Data scientist
 Dominik Stammbach

Dominik Stammbach

Dominik conducts research on natural language understanding, automated claim verification, greenwashing detection and computational narratives, using deep learning methods and large language models.

Role

  • PhD Student, NLP engineer
 Qian Wang

Qian Wang

Enthusiast for AI + Asset Pricing

Role

  • Researcher, CIO at Inovest Partners
 Nicolas Webersinke

Nicolas Webersinke

AI enthusiast working at the intersection of AI and Sustainable Finance

Role

  • Senior Research Associate
 Julia Bingler

Julia Bingler

Postdoctoral researcher focusing on corporate climate disclosures, transition plans, and climate-related financial risks.

Role

  • Lead Natural Language Processing for Sustainable Finance Programme (NLP4SF) and Research Associate in Financial Risk Data Analytics, University of Oxford
 Chiara Colesanti-Senni

Chiara Colesanti-Senni

Macro-finance and environmental economist

Role

  • Postdoctoral researcher
 Glen Gostlow

Glen Gostlow

Post Doc in climate finance focusing on physical climate risk.

Role

  • Post Doc, University of Zurich
 Tingyu Yu

Tingyu Yu

Researcher in the intersection of climate finance and natural language processing.

Role

  • Postdoc
 Philip Berntsen

Philip Berntsen

Sustainable infrastructure finance specialist that is passionate about how end-to-end digitalization of project development and funding can help solve the climate crisis.

Role

  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
 Francesco Leonetti

Francesco Leonetti

Experienced full-stack IT architect obsessed with creating scalable and secure Software-as-a-Service solutions while ensuring the best customer experience.

Role

  • Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
 Olivier Winkler

Olivier Winkler

Devoted full stack IT engineer with an aptitude for Web3, Blockchain, FinTech, creative Web design, and photography.

Role

  • Blockchain Engineer
 Sergio Lavanga

Sergio Lavanga

Senior Frontend Engineer and Interaction Designer chasing technical perfection and effortlessly crafting the user experience of the Frigg Platform.

Role

  • Senior Frontend Engineer