Alexander Wunderlich works in the subject fields of environment, climate, and energy. His focus lies on the building and energy sectors and, more generally, on issues relating to energy policy instruments, measures to mitigate climate change, and monitoring and impact analyses.

He studied Environmental Sciences as well as Energy Science and Technology at the ETH Zurich (CH). After his internship at the Zurich Municipal Electric Utility 'ewz' with the focus on wind energy, he gained further professional experience in the area energy efficiency at the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. Subsequently, he worked in the area sustainable building at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden for a year.