Philipp Verpoort
Climate-mitigation & Energy-transition Researcher
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolPhilipp Verpoort is a climate-mitigation and energy-transition researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research with 11 years of technical experience applying physics, math, and computer science to model global markets for hydrogen, e-fuels, and energy-intensive goods. He contributes to the REMIND integrated assessment model, implementing trade dynamics for sustainable secondary-energy carriers and industrial products. Trained as a physicist with a PhD from Cambridge and top degrees from KIT, he combines rigorous quantitative modelling with software development practice (e.g., GroupSelect for the Sortition Foundation). Based in Berlin, he pairs academic research with civic innovation—co-founding a German deliberative democracy initiative and volunteering on sortition projects—to push evidence-based climate policy beyond academia. Notably, his work bridges detailed energy-system modelling and practical policy engagement, making model outputs actionable for decision makers.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of CambridgeMaster’s Degree, Physics (Theory of Condensed Matter), 1.1, Master’s Degree, Physics (Theory of Condensed Matter), 1.1 at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
English, German, French, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (124)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
fsphys/praktikum-protokollvorlage-latex
Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:4 releases, 63 commits, 6 PRs in 7 months
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PhilippVerpoort/piw
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 releases, 102 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
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