Jakob Napiontek is doctoral researcher in the FutureLab Social Metabolism and & Impacts and in the Working Group Cities: Data Science and Sustainable Planning.
Jakob Napiontek studied physics and industrial ecology in Berlin, Santa Barbara, Leiden and Delft. He joined PIK in 2021, first as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Helga Weisz and works since December 2023 as a doctoral researcher. His research focuses on high-resolution spatial and socio-economic modeling of climate change mitigation, with a focus on residential buildings and the distributional impacts of the energy transition, for Germany and Europe. His PhD is supervised by Prof. Dr. Helga Weisz, Head of the FutureLab Social Metabolism and Impacts and Professor of Industrial Ecology and Climate Change at Humboldt University of Berlin, and Prof. Dr. Felix Creutzig, Head of the Working Group Cities: Data Science and Sustainable Planning and Professor of Innovation and Policy Acceleration & Bennett Institute Chair at the University of Sussex. Jakob Napiontek is co-president of the Student Section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology.
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Working Group
FutureLab / Science Unit
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14412 Potsdam
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Co-President of the Student Section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology
