{"id":"robert-lauko","title":"Robert Lauko","content":"**Robert Lauko** is the Founder and Head of Research at [Liquity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquity), based in Zürich, Switzerland. [Liquity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquity) operates as a decentralized borrowing protocol, facilitating interest-free loans secured by [Ether](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ether-eth) collateral. The platform enables users to draw loans without incurring interest charges by leveraging their [Ether](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ether-eth) holdings.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-9uxkvdatre)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-7ctfi0f741k)​[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ergd960vsyh)​\n\n[YOUTUBE@VID](IwXA6YW2w0c)\n\n## Education\n\nRobert Lauko earned his Ph.D. in Law from the University of Zurich in 2012, following a period of doctoral studies in 2008-2012. Lauko had earlier completed his undergraduate studies in Law at the University of Zurich.\n\nPrior to his legal education, Lauko pursued studies in Microengineering at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. His academic journey commenced with the completion of his Matura at Zug High School, Kantonsschule Zug, where he majored in mathematics and physics.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ergd960vsyh)​\n\n## Career\n\nRobert Lauko is the Head of Research at [Liquity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquity), a Zurich-based [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) company specializing in decentralized borrowing with tokens such as [LUSD](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquity-usd-lusd), LQTY, and [BOLD](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bold). Prior to his engagement with [Liquity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquity), Lauko served as a Research Associate at DFINITY for two years, where he played a key role in projects related to [consensus algorithms](https://iq.wiki/wiki/consensus-mechanism), fair incentive schemes, network monitoring, and scalability issues.\n\nLauko also worked in the legal sector, with experience as a Lawyer at the Civil Engineering Office of the City of Zurich and as a Law Clerk at the Swiss Federal Administrative Court. His legal expertise covers areas such as road construction law, noise regulation, real estate law, administrative contract law, public transport law, labor law, electricity market law, data protection law, and security clearance law.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ergd960vsyh)​[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-7h2xbayzbjf)​[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-9uxkvdatre)​[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-8lono7pswti)​\n\n[YOUTUBE@VID](Zps__IMxtTs)","summary":"Robert Lauko is the Founder and Head of Research at Liquity, a decentralized borrowing platform, with prior experience in law and blockchain technology.","images":[{"id":"QmS2jBSH2psP2H5FCRwBUe8cUtr6xURKzpexbYh8tyf8ha","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"media":[{"id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwXA6YW2w0c","size":"0","name":"IwXA6YW2w0c","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zps__IMxtTs","size":"0","name":"Zps__IMxtTs","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"9uxkvdatre\",\"url\":\"https://www.liquity.org/team\",\"description\":\"liquity team\",\"timestamp\":1704692467709},{\"id\":\"7ctfi0f741k\",\"url\":\"https://docs.liquity.org/\",\"description\":\"liquity docs introduction\",\"timestamp\":1704692478518},{\"id\":\"ergd960vsyh\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-lauko/\",\"description\":\"linkedin Robert Lauko\",\"timestamp\":1704692490285},{\"id\":\"7h2xbayzbjf\",\"url\":\"https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fd883457ba5da4c3822b02c/6011885fae7ee22bd6732e34_liquity_press_kit.pdf\",\"description\":\"Liquity Press Kit \",\"timestamp\":1704692525784},{\"id\":\"8lono7pswti\",\"url\":\"https://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-lauko\",\"description\":\"crunchbase Robert Lauko\",\"timestamp\":1704692551266}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/robert_lauko?lang=de"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-lauko/"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/cvalkan"},{"id":"medium_profile","value":"https://medium.com/@cv.alkan"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"\"https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/Qme2UcSqT2GF8qePEMxZ6MrFDyJVSTT4pZCBS3QTfcG9Bt\""},{"id":"commit-message","value":"\"Removed Robert Lauko's profile content\""},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"Qme2UcSqT2GF8qePEMxZ6MrFDyJVSTT4pZCBS3QTfcG9Bt"}],"events":[],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0xf32ECD5c8f5633212f1a25A3931aDDc0CEc42938"},"operator":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"language":"en","version":1,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":[],"founders":[],"speakers":[]},"recentActivity":"{\"items\":[{\"id\":\"7ad02830-fe57-488e-b35c-aaea9d88d05e\",\"title\":\"Robert Lauko\",\"description\":\"Robert Lauko is the Founder and Head of Research at Liquity, a decentralized borrowing platform, with prior experience in law and blockchain technology.\",\"timestamp\":\"2025-11-15T06:06:56.377Z\",\"category\":\"Wiki Update\",\"status\":{\"icon\":\"RiGlobalLine\",\"label\":\"Wiki Updated\",\"iconClassName\":\"text-green-500\"},\"user\":{\"name\":\"0xf32ECD5c8f5633212f1a25A3931aDDc0CEc42938\",\"address\":\"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a\"},\"button\":{\"label\":\"View Summary\",\"icon\":\"RiFileTextLine\"},\"summarySections\":[{\"title\":\"Career\",\"subtitle\":\"Updated the description of Liquity to include associated tokens.\",\"variant\":\"modified\",\"changeCount\":1,\"changes\":[\"Added 'with tokens such as [LUSD](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquity-usd-lusd), LQTY, and [BOLD](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bold)' to the first paragraph.\"]},{\"title\":\"Metadata\",\"subtitle\":\"Added new metadata properties for tracking wiki statistics and changes.\",\"variant\":\"added\",\"changeCount\":4,\"changes\":[\"Added metadata 'words-changed' with value '1'.\",\"Added metadata 'percent-changed' with value '0.31'.\",\"Added metadata 'blocks-changed' with value 'content, tags, events'.\",\"Added metadata 'wiki-score' with value '67'.\"]}]}]}"}