Moritz is an Associate with the Climate Econometrics project at Nuffield College and the Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

Under the supervision of Professor Cameron Hepburn and Professor Sir David Hendry, his doctoral research focused on the macroeconometric estimation of climate change impacts. His other research interests include spatial econometrics and remote sensing analysis.

Moritz holds a Bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master's degree in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University. Before returning to Oxford for his PhD studies, he worked for the Austrian government, coordinating climate negotiations and environmental policy during Austria's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2018. His policy work focused on climate, biodiversity, whaling, and global environmental governance.Currently, Moritz is undertaking a prestigious Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellowship jointly appointed at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Technical University Berlin.