Meet the Team
Meet the Team



















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
- E-Mail: markus.leippold@bf.uzh.ch
- Languages: German, English

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
- E-Mail: christian.huggel@geo.uzh.ch
- Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish

Veruska Muccione
Lead author in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group II chapter “Europe” and cross-chapter “Mountains”.
Role
- Climate scientist
- E-Mail: veruska.muccione@geo.uzh.ch
- Languages: German, English, French, Italian

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
- E-Mail: saeid.vaghefi@bf.uzh.ch
- Languages: German, English

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
- E-Mail: mathias.kraus@fau.de
- Languages: German, English

Jingwei Ni
A doctoral researcher at ETH keen on NLP for climate change and other social good.
Role
- AI scientist
- E-Mail: jingwei.ni@gess.ethz.ch
- Languages: English, Chinese

Tobias Schimanski
Doctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing and Sustainable Finance at the University of Zurich
Role
- Data scientist
- E-Mail: tobias.schimanski@bf.uzh.ch
- Languages: German, English, French

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
- E-Mail: dominik.stammbach@gess.ethz.ch
- Languages: German, English

Qian Wang
Enthusiast for AI + Asset Pricing
Role
- Researcher, CIO at Inovest Partners
- E-Mail: qian.wang@uzh.ch
- Languages: English, Chinese

Nicolas Webersinke
AI enthusiast working at the intersection of AI and Sustainable Finance
Role
- Senior Research Associate
- E-Mail: nicolas.webersinke@fau.de
- Languages: German, English

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
- E-Mail: julia.bingler@smithschool.ox.ac.uk
- Languages: German, English, French

Chiara Colesanti-Senni
Macro-finance and environmental economist
Role
- Postdoctoral researcher
- E-Mail: chiara.colesantisenni@bf.uzh.ch
- Languages: English, German, Italian

Glen Gostlow
Post Doc in climate finance focusing on physical climate risk.
Role
- Post Doc, University of Zurich
- E-Mail: glen.gostlow@bf.uzh.ch
- Languages: English

Tingyu Yu
Researcher in the intersection of climate finance and natural language processing.
Role
- Postdoc
- E-Mail: tingyu.yu@bf.uzh.ch
- Languages: English, Chinese

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)
- E-Mail: philip.berntsen@frigg.eco
- Languages: German, English, Norwegian

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)
- E-Mail: francesco.leonetti@frigg.eco
- Languages: Italian, English

Olivier Winkler
Devoted full stack IT engineer with an aptitude for Web3, Blockchain, FinTech, creative Web design, and photography.
Role
- Blockchain Engineer
- E-Mail: olivier.winkler@frigg.eco
- Languages: German, English

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
- E-Mail: sergio.lavanga@frigg.eco
- Languages: German, English