Dr. Jannis Wernery is a group leader at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. He studied physics at ETH Zurich and completed a PhD degree in visual perception at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. He worked in the building industry as a building physicist and has several years of experience in the research and development of high-performance thermal insulation materials, mainly silica aerogels. His research focuses on energy-efficient buildings, high-performance insulation, sustainable building materials, and user-building interactions.