Andreas Wagner studied mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe before he worked as a researcher in the field of solar thermal systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg for 8 years. Since 1995, he is a full Professor for Building Physics and Technical Building Services at the Department of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and head of the Building Science Group. He was dean of the KIT-Department of Architecture twice and is currently vice-dean for research of the Department. Besides teaching bachelor and master courses his research focuses on monitoring and analysis of building energy performance, solar-based integrated building and energy concepts as well as on comfort and occupant behaviour at workplaces. 

Andreas Wagner has coordinated numerous third-party-funded national and international research projects over the last 26 years. He has (co-) supervised and examined 32 PhD Theses and was external examiner of 16 PhD Theses at other Universities. He authored or co-authored more than 150 papers published in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings and also (co-) edited or wrote 6 scientific books. Since 2020, he is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Energies", since 2015 of the Journal "Energy and Buildings" and since 2014 of the Journal "Bauphysik". Since 2018, he is Co-Operating Agent of the IEA EBC Annex 79 on ‘Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation’. Further, he has been Visiting Scholar at different universities in the world over the years.