Major: M.Sc. Chemical engineering

Short Bio: As a chemical engineer focusing on sustainable technologies, I am passionate about leveraging innovative solutions to tackle global challenges. According to the latest IPCC report, we need negative emissions to become climate neutral. That's why I contribute to TUM Carbon!

Hobbies: Triathlon, Climbing, Mountaineering, Singing

Hidden Talents: Making red cabbage glasses explode

Short Bio:
After finishing my Bachelor in Computer Science in Slovenia, I decided to check out what all the buzz about Bavarian beer is about ... and well now I'm doing a Master's in Data Analytics & Engineering at TUM. 

Motivation:
‍I want to contribute to reducing global warming, and since I believe actions speak louder than words, I joined TUM Carbon to proactively help. 

Hobbies:
Bodybuilding, hiking, climbing, and motorcycle riding 

What get’s you up in the morning? 
My alarm clock mostly, but on other days the sense of adventure. 

 Favorite Book:
‍ Never Eat Alone  

Bucket List Item: 
‍Motorcycle tour through all of South America 

Study Program: Management and Technology

Short Bio: I have been in team since Nov, based in sweet city of Straubing

Motivation: We have only one planet

Hobbies: sleeping, watch a lot of documentaries

Bucket List Item: experience living all around the globe

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Team: Sorbent Development

Study Program: Chemistry

Short Bio: I`m 23 and study chemistry in munich since 2017. Right now I´m doing my Masters with an emphasis on technical chemistry and polymer chemistry.

Motivation: To contribute to the fight against climate change

Hobbies: I like going out with friends, cook with them or doing cultural stuff together. Further, I like all kind of sports like jogging, judo, skiing etc. and I exercise them from time to time. Another hobby is football, in my youth I played in a team but since studying in munich I switched to watching instead. I also enjoy cooking, whether on my own or with my friends. Furthermore, I like listening to podcasts, especially “Gemischtes Hack” is my favorite one

What gets you up in the morning: My alarm

Hidden talents: Writing scripts for horror movies, juggling

Study Field: Engineering Science B.Sc.

Motivation: I have been fascinated by nature since I was young. But the older I got, the more I realized the danger humans pose to our environment. That is why it is a fundamental need for me to face our most important challenge: climate change. TUM Carbon offers me the opportunity to deal with technologies that are fundamentally important in our fight against climate change, already at an early stage of my studies

Hobbies: Surfing at the Eisbach Wave, Volleyball

Favorite Book: Atomic Habits

Study Program: Nuclear, Particle and Astrophysics

Short Bio: took only 8 semesters of studying to finally find the time to start working for TUM Carbon in November 2022

Motivation: doing my part in building a sustainable future

Hobbies: Tabletop RPGs, Bouldering/Climbing, Hiking, Football, Board Games

What gets you up in the morning? My irrepressible high spirits… and the power of tons of black tea

Favorite Book: Dune

Study Programm: Management & Technology

Short Bio: I studied Industrial Engineering & Managementformy Bachelors in Karlsruhe (KIT) and I am currently writing my Master Thesis on the topic of Carbon Removal Technologies.

Motivation: We must find a way to scale Carbon Removal technologies tomitigate the consequences of climate change. I want to contributeto that goal.

Hobbies: Sports (Squash, Tennis, Football), Politics, Cooking and having a great time with friends.

What gets you up in the morning? Podcasts & Music.

Short Bio: I am chemical engineering student at tum. I completed my bachelor's degree at Hongik university(Seoul, South Korea). I wrote a bachelor's thesis on the atcual performance of various types of adsorbents under static conditions.

Study Field: Chemical Engineering

Motivation:Because someone should do it

Study Field: Ressourceneffizientes und Nachhaltiges Bauen M.Sc.

Short Bio: Hi I’m Diego 25 years old. I studied Civil Engineering in Quito, Ecuador and worked for about a year in the project management and structural design area of a construction company in my city.

Motivation: I would like to contribute with my knowledge and skills from the construction industry and civil engineering field to ensure a sustainable and liveable future through disruptive technologies like the TUM Carbon Initiative.

Hobbies: Mountaineering, Guitar and Rock and Roll in Spanish

What get’s you up in the morning? Coffee, the darker the better

Favorite Book: Ficciones from Jorge Luis Borges

Bucket List Item: Tokio

Hidden Talents: Spanish speaker, self learning photographer

Study Programm: Chemical Engineering

Short Bio: I'm in my bachelor studies of Chemical Engineering at TUM since 2020 and joined the TUM Carbon Removal Initiative in October 2022. I'm obviously interested in chemistry and technology but also have a passion for politics, reading books and doing sports.

Motivation: The by far biggest motivation for me to become an engineer has always been to contribute to significant solutions for the most challenging problems humanity is facing in the 21st century. Climate change is for sure one of the most existential and urgent problems and I'm really happy and thankful about getting the opportunity to directly work on one of the really promising solutions to reduce carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. I strongly believe that we at TUM Carbon can reach some very helpful breakthroughs by working effectively in teams and mustering the needed stamina.

What gets you up in the morning?: In addition to the motivation described above: Mostly coffee.

Favorite Book: A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Study Field: Chemical Engineering (Master)

Short Bio: Joined the team in October 2022, I am very much into almost all kinds of science and always try to further educate myself (I also like pizza and parties)

Motivation: I want to take part in the fight against the climate crisis

Hobbies: Squash, Diving, Skiing, Movies

What gets you up in the morning?: Alarm Clock

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Study Program: Civil Engineering

Bio: Has been a team member since August 2022. Immediately loses everything you put in his hand. A true Bavarian, with a penchant for "Gscheidhaferln".

Motivation: "The world is a beautiful place worth fighting for."

Study Program: Biochemistry B.Sc.

Bio: Fadime joined TUM Carbon Removal Initiative e.V. in August 2021 starting off as technical team member in the storage team. After reaching the validation stage of the DAC and dry ice storage approach, Fadime set out to organise laboratories and helped implement the necessary infrastructure for the experimental phase. As Team Lead of the Sorbent Development Team at the TUM Carbon Removal Initiative e.V., Fadime now coordinates literature research and lab experiments concerning the synthesis and improvement of CO2 adsorbing materials for the air contractor as well as conducting research in the lab herself.

Motivation: Learning more about climate change and how we can actively contribute to the fight against it. Interested in molecular mechanisms of Carbon capture and how we can use that knowledge to generate sustainable, net negative products.

Hobbies: Taekwondo, Bouldering, Photography, Reading

What gets you up in the morning?: Black tea and dark chocolate

Favourite Book: Cantors Dilemma by Carl Djerassi

Bucket List Item: Climb a Volcano, Diving through Coral Reefs, Participate in an Ocean Protection project

Hidden Talents: Binge studying and binge watching

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Study Program: B.Sc. Computer Science

Motivation: I want to contribute to climate action. DAC is one way to achieve that.

Hobbies: Speed Hiking to sunrise

Favorite Book: When breath becomes air

What gets you up in the morning?: Building cool stuff

Bucket List Item: Munich to Singapore by bike

Study Program: Resource-efficient and Sustainable Building

Short Bio: 24 years old, born and raised close to Münster, joined the team in June 2022

Motivation: Building a carbon neutral world

Hobbies: Football, Spikeball, Beachvolleyball

What gets you up in the morning: Everything but coffee

Favorite Book: Utopia for Realists

Bucket List item: Hike up the Zugspitze

Study Program: MSPE

Short Bio: I joined this team 4 months ago. I work mostly on the electronics part helping with sensors or controllers.

Motivation: These kind of problems requrie people from diverse education, cultures, values and views. I want to be part of such team, learn and contribute whatever I can.

What gets you up in the morning?: Birds chirping outside my room ;)

Favorite book: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Study Field: Management and Technology

Short Bio: I joined the TUM Carbon Initiative in June 2022 to participate in the fight against climate change and to push the focus on sustainable Key Technologies.

Hobbies: Soccer, Skiing, Biking, Arts

Hidden Talents: Painting

Study Program: B.Sc. Engineering Science

Short Bio: After studying Technology Management and Finance I decided to further strenghten my technical knowledge here at TUM. I bring my previous experience from consulting and my startup to TUM Carbon.

Motivation: Leaving a legacy

Hobbies: Kitesurfing

What gets you up in the morning?: My motivation

Favorite Book: How the world really works, Vaclav Smil

Bucket List Item: Go skydiving

Hidden Talents: Clapping extremely loud

Study Field: M.Sc Energy Markets & Power Engineering

Short Bio: 3,5 years in Strategy Consulting in Automotive & Energy Industries

Motivation: Dream to make a Unicorn company out of our initiative

Study Program: Sustainable Resource Management

Short Bio: I have always been in the area of sustainability. I majored in sociology during my bachelor degree, worked in the water sector as a market researcher, and gradually transitioned into the environmental sustainability sector. I’m currently pursuing my masters degree in the area of sustainability and am driven to search for solutions to solve world climate problems:)

Motivation: I come from Singapore, a very small city state (even smaller than Berlin) without any natural resources. Coupled with low wind speeds, lack of geothermal resources, small land area, high urban density etc., a transition to renewable energy to become carbon free is not a simple task. Hence, I am driven to learn about how different Carbon Removal Technologies can help countries like Singapore to become carbon neutral.

Hobbies: Biking and jogging

Name: Qianqian Wu aka. Luna

Study Program: Chemical engineering

Short Bio: Chinese, Female, a very very very nice person

Motivation: To color up the life.

Study Program: MSc Environmental Engineering

Short Bio: Joined the team in May 2022

Motivation: I was born at a time when atmospheric CO2 was at 384.99 ppm. And with a rapid increase over the years causing climate-related disasters across the globe having worked and experienced it, I feel the urgency to act in support of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and ambitious climate solutions with an intrinsic motivation.

What gets you up in the morning: Strong cup of coffee probably

Favorite Book: The Da Vinci Code- Robert Langdon, The Hitchhiker's guide to Galaxy- Douglas Adams

Bucket List Item: Learn how to Ski

Study Field: Management & Technology (Bachelor)

Short Bio: I joined the Team in June 2022 and really like the close friendships, everyone’s engagement and especially the opportunity to have a beneficial influence on an ever changing environment to improve everyone’s situation in a sustainable way. My aim is to develop skills in a goal-oriented manner to master the climate change challenges successfully with our technology.

Hobbies: golf, tennis and skiing

Study Program: Civil Engineering

Short Bio: Costarican engineer, highly motivated and passionate young student.

Motivation: Sustainability, Sports, Balance. I want to revolutionize the construction industry into a more sustainable industry.Hobbies: Hike, sports, beer, free time, startup delevoper, fun

What gets you up in the morning?: A huge coffee cup, and the wish to learn something new.

Favorite Book: A soldier of the great war - Mark Helprin

Bucket List Item: Climb up one of the big 8.000.

Hidden Talents: I am an open book, but people say I make the best piña coladas

Short Bio:  I have a master’s degree in development economics where I worked with public policy empirical evaluation. At TUM Carbon, I am the leader of the economics team which aims to help our initiative to achieve financial viability in our carbon removal projects.

Motivation: To take action over society problems with a collaborative and innovative perspective.

Hobbies: reading, running and photography

What get’s you up in the morning? New opportunities to learn and be useful to others.

Favorite Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Study Field: Technology and Management B.Sc. (Informatics)

Short Bio: I am fortunate to have been part of the fundraising team since August 2021 and I look forward to the exciting future that lies ahead.

Motivation: Personally, what inspires me the most is seeing how students from different backgrounds regularly devote their free time to develop a solution to climate change. It is truly remarkable how so many young people work together to create a better future. This gives me hope.

Study Program: Applied Engineering Physics

Short Bio: I became part of TUM Carbon in August of 2021, after doing an internship in a Liquid Air Energy Storage StartUp. Besides that I am studying physics, with a particular focus on optics, lasers and quantum technologies.

Motivation: I believe, that technology will help us immensely with tackling climate change. Being part in the rapidly advancing field of CleanTech is truly inspiring and gives hope for the future

Hobbies: Judo, Running, Accordion

Favorite Book: 100 years of solitude

Study Program: BSc Engineering Sciences

Short Bio: I joined the team in 2021 and have previously been part of the air contactor and process teams.

Motivation: I believe carbon capture technologies can lessen the impact of climate change in the future and we as a student team have a great chance to push the development.

Study Program: M. Sc. Chemical Engineering

Short Bio: I did my bachelor's degree in process engineering before coming to TUM for my master's studies in chemical engineering. Besides TUM Carbon, outside of university I'm working on private mechantronic/electronic projects and like to do sports outdoors.

Motivation: I want to contribute to meaningful projects by applying the theoretical knowledge I gained from my studies.

Hobbies: hiking, biking, electronics/mechatronics

Study Program: I hold a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Technology Management from RWU - University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten.

Short Bio: I am an inventor and have an always curious mindsed and made my first start up experience when developing a sorption energy storage system based on the Honigmann Process as a working principle.

Motivation: To make a difference.

Hobbies: Science fiction literature

What gets you up in the morning? ~200 mg of caffein

Favorite Book: Dune, by Frank Herbert

Bucket List Item: see bioluminescent plankton

Hidden Talents: I care.

Study Program: Resource efficient and sustainable buildings

Short Bio: 27 years old, studied civil engineering and architecture in Siegen.

Motivation: Save the world

Hobbies: sports - gymnastics, spikeball, swimming

What gets you up in the morning: coffee a of course

Favorite Book: Schneider Bautabellen

Study Program: Mechanical Engineering

Short Bio: Name: Nathalie Ulrich Age: 26 Hometown: Munich University: University of Applied Sciences Munich (Hochschule München)

Hobbies: Bouldering, Skating, playing the piano

What gets you up in the morning? I like sunrises

Bucket List Item: Going into space

Hidden Talents: Hurting myself on accident and quoting memes and vines

Favorite Book: Midgard from Wolfgang Hohlbein

Study Field: Technology and Management B.Sc.

Short Bio: After my Bachelor in Audio Engineering in 2020 I joined TUM for further studies. I always liked to be engaged in various projects and gain some experiences in new fields, so I joined TUM Carbon one year ago for operational task.

Motivation: The members of this initiative are all sharing the spirit. We want to invest our time in something, which can actually have a positive effect on the climate crisis in future. I love that spirit! In addition I can gain tons of practical experience.

Hobbies: Music was my first love and it will be my last --> Multi-instrumentalist (all in all 6 instruments) and cooking and dining with friends

What get’s you up in the morning? hunger, alarm or boredom depending on the day..

Favorite Book: Too many options.. depending on the genre I can give you a list if you wish 

Bucket List Item: Hiking in the Scottish Highlands for 3 weeks

Hidden Talents: Karaoke Show Host

Study Field: Economics/Chemical Engineering

Short Bio: After voluntary engagement in the field of climate and sustainability, I started looking into different approaches of negative emissions technologies to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Given that the DAC approach can contribute to the overall CO2 reduction in the future if certain challenges can be overcome, I co-founded TUM Carbon. Significantly, negative emissions technologies should not be understood as a panacea, but as part of a broad-based solution that includes, among other things, CO2 savings.

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Study Program: Physics

Short Bio: I co-founded TUM Carbon in April of 2021, because of my urge to contribute to the mitigation of climate change during my studies.

Motivation: I want to contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change, wether that is by developing a carbon removal technology or by simply bringing awareness to the topic of carbon removal.

Favorite Book: Dune - Frank Herbert

Bucket List Item: A few days out alone in the wild

Hobbies: Spikeball, Skiing, Kitesurfing & E-Bass