Dr. Benedict Probst

Ben is the founder and head of the Net Zero Lab an independent research group at the Max Planck Innovation and Cometition Institute in Munich. He is also a Fellow at the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) at the University of Cambridge.

Ben’s research focuses on how firms, markets, and policies accelerate the transition towards a net-zero emissions economy. He is particularly interested in carbon removal and teaches a course on the topic at ETH Zurich. His research has been published in leading journals, such as Nature Energy and Nature Sustainability.

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Max Planck Research Group Leader

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Net Zero Lab

Phone: +49 89 24246-575
Email: benedict.probst(at)ip.mpg.de

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