Sebastian Berns

Sebastian Berns is a former Research Assistant with the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program. He is a member of the Challenge Team at SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, where he designs and manages DARPA-style competitions to tackle some of the world’s complex problems in energy, biotech and artificial intelligence. His diverse background includes roles as a project leader in impact consulting and experiences in investment teams of international development banks. In the summer of 2023, Berns worked on decarbonization programs at Germany’s Ministry for Economic Affairs, which deepened his enthusiasm for the Future of Hydrogen Project at the Belfer Center. Berns holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School and a Master in Management from the University of Mannheim.