About Jakob
Jakob is currently studying a PhD in partnership with Hydro Tasmania focused on advancing Australia’s renewable energy transition. Jakob was awarded the University Medal in Engineering (2024) from the University of Tasmania and received the SAE-Australasia Undergraduate Leader in Innovation Excellence Award (2025). He is motivated to help Australia deliver an energy transition that is sustainable, affordable, and secure, with a view that supporting affected communities and industries will be important factors in its success – believing that engineering expertise alone is not enough to solve the pace or quality of transition. He will seek to develop deeper understandings of the economic, political, and social forces shaping Australia’s energy future through studying an MSc in Energy Systems at Oxford University. His long-term goal is to shape the strategy of organisations central to Australia’s decarbonisation efforts and lead transitions that are technically sound, socially viable and economically responsible.
