Physik Alumni

Energy and Sustainability

Career Perspective: Energy and Sustainability

Date and location

Thursday, 12.11.2026, 18:00

Ernst Mach Lecture Hall, Boltzmanngasse 5, second floor

Meet graduates working on fields related to energy and sustainability

From the electrification of mobility to the climate crisis, physicists can solve major problems by working in energy and sustainability sectors. To offer a realistic picture of these sectors, we have invited physics graduates to present their careers and experiences to our students.

How is the event organized?

The event opens with short introductions from our speakers. Each one spends about five minutes on who they are and how they got where they are. 

Then we switch to an “Inverse World Café”: students sit together in small groups and the speakers move from table to table to answer their questions. The format is meant to help students network, meet each other and talk informally with the speakers.

Food and drinks are available throughout the event, so feel free to help yourself at any time.

Who can sign up? 

Any student of the Faculty of Physics interested in learning more about their future possibilites. Please bear in mind that places for these events are very limited, as we want to encourage interaction between all participants. 

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This format allows for only a limited number of free spots. Please take this into consideration when signing up. 

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Our speakers for the event

  • Aino Lesjak

    Aino Lesjak has worked as a Sustainability Auditor at TÜV AUSTRIA since completing her degree in Physics. Her work focuses on the verification of emission reports under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), as well as the examination of Corporate and Product Carbon Footprints.

    Aino Lesjak

  • Julian Resch

     Julian Resch completed his Master's degree in physics at the University of Vienna, where he specialized in aerosol physics. He then moved into environmental research and earned a PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel, with a strong focus on atmospheric chemistry. Today he works in the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry as Senior Science & Technology Manager at Climeworks. In this role he helps build the company's portfolio of biomass-based carbon removal solutions, such as biochar and BECCS, by leading scientific due diligence and supplier evaluations and by supporting the long-term scaling of durable carbon removal.

    Julian Resch

  • Philip Blair

    Is a a Portfolio Manager at oekostrom AG and a developer of energy trading pipelines and architecture.