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Lukas Botz

Lukas Botz is a PhD candidate at the Chair of Information Systems at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and a member of the Climate Action Research Lab. He focuses on building energy consumption and pathways to address associated energy burden and carbon emissions. He earned engineering degrees with a focus on automation and control science from RWTH Aachen, Germany, and CentraleSupélec, France. Before starting his PhD, he worked for McKinsey & Company.

Curriculum Vitae

Positions

  • Since 2/2020: Strategy Consultant at McKinsey & Company (educational leave since 5/2022)
  • Research and teaching assistant roles at RWTH Aachen and DHBW Mannheim, as well as internship experience at EY, Porsche and Freudenberg Group

Education

  • Since 5/2022: Ph.D. Candidate at University of Freiburg, Chair of Information Systems Research (Prof. Dr. Dirk Neumann)
  • 10/2016 – 03/2019: Master of Science in Automation Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • 09/2013 – 08/2015: Diplôme d’Ingénieur (Master of Science) in General Engineering Science at CentraleSupélec, Paris, France
  • 10/2011 – 09/2016: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany