Before joining TU Delft, Merla Kubli was appointed as assistant professor of Managing Climate Solutions at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. As part of this role she co-founded and managed the master certificate in Managing Climate Solutions (MaCS-HSG).

Her postdoctoral research was completed in a dual position between Zurich University of Applied Sciences and University of St. Gallen focussing on business dynamics of flexibility aggregators. 

Merla Kubli holds a PhD title from University of St. Gallen for the thesis titled "Decentralization Dynamics of Energy Systems: From Prosumer Preferences to System-Level Perspectives". A large share of her PhD research was conducted at Zurich University of Applied Sciences as part of the research group Future Energy Systems, where she developed the TREES simulation model. 

Merla graduated from the Erasmus Mundus European Master in System Dynamics, a joint degree program between University of Bergen, New University of Lisbon and Radboud University Nijmegen. Her bachelor degree she earned at University of Basel in the field of Economics and Business Administration. 

With her research, Dr. Merla Kubli aims to help climate solutions to spread fast and wide – in a user-centric way, with robust business cases and effective public policy. Leveraging System Dynamics as a method to bridge disciplines and bring the relevant knowledge together is a central part of her research strategy. Striving for impactful research, she engags in current debates, contributing with scientific results for public and corporate policy making.