Member Spotlights
Member spotlight for Kamila Krych
12 Jun 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
Hello! I'm Kamila, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich. My research focuses on building and product lifetimes: how long they last, why, how they can be extended, and what that means for material stocks, resource use, ...
SUS member spotlight (Arjun Thangaraj Ramshankar)
14 May 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
I am a fifth-year PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering in the Social Equity and Environmental Engineering Lab (SEEEL) at Georgia Tech primarily looking into embodied carbon and alternative materials for the built environment. I have also had the cha...
Kiyo KURISU
01 May 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
Kiyo Kurisu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. Kiyo is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in environmentally responsible behavior. Her research focus...
Member Spotlight - Jake Hawes
17 Apr 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
Jason "Jake" Hawes is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming School of Computing and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. Jake is an interdisciplinary scholar of the environment, exploring the intersection of industrial e...
Aldrick Arceo
21 Mar 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
I am a sustainability engineer and industrial ecologist working at the intersection of engineering, architectural science, and urban sustainability. My work explores the connections between building design, construction practices, and broader urba...
Lola Rousseau
13 Feb 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Industrial Ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). I graduated from my PhD in June 2025, during which I investigated various components of the built environment, their material ...
Lola Rousseau
13 Feb 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Industrial Ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). I graduated from my PhD in June 2025, during which I investigated various components of the built environment, their material ...
Christiana Vann
15 Jan 2026 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
A passionate researcher driven by a deep passion for understanding and exploring sustainable infrastructure and transforming building practices across developing regions. My work dives into exploring low-carbon construction materials, shapin...
Member spotlight —— Julia Sborz
12 Dec 2025 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
Julia Sborz is a PhD candidate in Industrial Ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, researching how contextual factors shape household material consumption. She applies econometrics and Input-Output approaches to examine th...
Member Spotlights in November - Keagan Rankin
21 Nov 2025 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
Member spotligh - Keagan Rankin:
I am a PhD candidate at University of Toronto Engineering. My current research (supervised by Shoshanna Saxe and Daniel Posen) investigates how we can sustainably satisfy demands for housing and infrastructure sys...
Tanya Tsui
10 Oct 2025 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
I am a postdoctoral researcher with a background in architecture and a PhD in circular economy and cities, where I used GIS to study material flows and urban metabolism. My work now focuses on sustainability data and the built environment, with a ...
Yuil Shan
03 Sep 2025 in
Sustainable Urban Systems (Urban systems)
Prof. Yuli Shan is a Professor in Sustainability at the School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham (UoB). He is a Steering Research Committee Member and Lead of Finance for Sustainability of Birmingham Institu...
