Daniel Alexander Florez OrregoExpertise
• Exergy and Energy Integration of Chemical and Industrial Processes• Cogeneration and Polygeneration, Refrigeration and Heat Pumping Systems• Technical, Economic and Environmental Analyses• Refineries, Biorefineries, Fertilizers Complexes, Hydrogen and Synthetic Fuels (SNG, DME, MeOH, FT, H2, Power-to-X)• Second law of Thermodynamics and Irreversible Thermodynamics• Combustion, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Reaction design• Modeling and Optimization of Energy Conversion Systems• Ma
Simon Elias BibriExpertise
• Sustainable cities• Smarter eco-cities• Sustainable smart cities• Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) • Generative Artificial Intelligence of Things (GAIoT)• Foundation Models (FMs) • Quantum Generative Artificial Intelligence (QGAI)• Urban Digital Twins (UDTs)• Urban Brain (UB) • Smart Circular Metabolism• Urban planning and design• Environmental sustainability and climate resilience• Sustainable smart energy• Sustainable smart transportation• Sustainable smart waste and water management•
Francisco Xavier Felix Martin Del CampoExpertise
Transdisciplinary researchSocio-metabolic researchMaterial flows and stocks analysisSustainabilityBuilt environmentInfrastructureClimate changeResource securityCircular economyWaste
Francisco has a Civil Engineering background specialized in Resources Management and has several years of professional experience in the construction and engineering sector. He received his Master's degree in Project Management for Environmental and Energy Engineering from IMT Atlantique, France, and his PhD in Sustain
Akuto Akpedze KonouExpertise
Ecological & Social Architecture; Sustainable urban planning; Urban agriculture and health-oriented spatial planning and design; Nature-Based Solutions; Circular Design and Construction.
Mission
Design and research healthier, more inclusive, climate-resilient environments through ecological architecture and health-oriented spatial planning.
Akuto Akpedze Konou, PhD, is an architect and urban planner affiliated with CEAT ENAC - IIE EPFL. Her work bridges architectural design and urban planning with
Andrew James SontaExpertise
Human-building interaction, building energy, occupant behavior, sustainable design and planning, walkability, network analysis, machine learning, urban informatics, social systems.
Andrew Sonta is a tenure track assistant professor of sustainable civil engineering at EPFL. He directs the ETHOS Lab: Engineering and Technology for Human Oriented Sustainability. ETHOS is an interdisciplinary research group focused on using data-driven and computational tools to create interventions in the built envir
Nino David Julian JordanExpertise
Environmental policy and governance, in particularly related to embodied environmental impacts.
Current Work
Nino is currently working on the "Sustainable and Resilient Energy for Switzerland" project.
Nino has been addressing environmental challenges since 2010, starting with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and later working with the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.He earned degrees in political science and international relations from the University of Bremen.
Ivan HajdukovicExpertise
Macroeconomics, Economic policies, International economics, Environmental and resource economics, Nature-based solutions, Applied econometrics,
I am an applied economist with a keen interest in economic policies, international economics, environmental and resource economics, and agricultural and forestry economics. I obtained my PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona in 2021 and hold a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Lausanne, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics fro
Matteo FaveroExpertise
Dynamic thermal comfort, Indoor environmental quality, Occupant-centric modelling, Human-building interaction, Multi-domain environmental exposure, Building physics, Building performance simulation, Thermal flexibility, Climate-adaptive buildings, Multilevel modelling, Statistical thinking, Causal thinking, Simulated-data experimentation.
Matteo Favero is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He is currently a member of the Human-Oriented Bu
Steven EichenbergerTeaching & PhD Courses Understanding modern Switzerland I HUM-422 This course provides a general introduction to Swiss history, its culture, its economy and its political system since 1848 until today. Understanding modern Switzerland II HUM-465 Based on the knowledge acquired during the fall semester course (Understanding modern Switzerland I), students are asked to work by group of 3-4 students and prepare a paper on a topic previously discussed with the teachers.
Emily Caroline Bezerra AlexandreExpertise
Printed electronics, flexible sensors, sustainable electronics, additive manufacturing
Emily Bezerra obtained her BSc. degree in Science and Technology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil, in 2019, followed by a second BSc. degree in Materials Engineering from the same institution in 2020. In 2022, she received a master´s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. As part of her maste
Jessica Berit VerheijI am a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Landscape Development (LAND). My research focuses on spatial conflicts in growing cities, mainly in relation to urban greening and densification. I am interested in understanding the political processes behind the implementation of sustainability goals and the role of planning and property in urban development.I hold a PhD degree in Geography from the University of Bern. In my PhD research, I analysed how cities can combine urban greening with densificatio
Dolaana KhovalygExpertise
Thermal engineering and thermodynamicsEnergy performance of buildings (HVAC, DHW)Human thermal comfortPersonalized comfort systems
Teaching & PhD PhD Students Tianqi Liu, Fariza Sabit, Maitreyee Saini, Cheng Yin, Yan Liang Past EPFL PhD Students Mohammad Rahiminejad, Amirreza Heidari, Arnab Chatterjee Courses Energy and comfort in buildings CIVIL-407 The course presents the fundamentals of energy demand in buildings while emphasizing the need for the comfort and well-being of occ
Michaël AklinExpertise
Environmental policy and economics, energy policy and economics, sustainable development, public policy analysis, political economy
PhD, New York UniversityMA, University of EssexLicence, Graduate Institute of International StudiesMichaël Aklin is Associate Professor of Economics and Management of Innovation at EPFL, which he joined in 2023 and where he holds the Chair of Policy & Sustainability. He is also co-managing director of Enterprise for Society (E4S), a center jointly founded by EPFL, IMD
Justine Brigitte Marie RomanEducation Master | Engineer Diploma with a specialization in civil engineering 2006 – 2010 Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur (HEI), Lille - France Post Master Degree | Renewable Energy 2015 – 2016 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris · France Professionals experiences Project Manager in Innovation and Sustainable Building 2018–2026 EPFL Fribourg Campus, SwitzerlandProject Manager in Environmental Performance of Buildings 2017–2018 OASIIS - Paris, FranceConsulta
Maria SiversExpertise
The intersection of circular construction, data-driven sustainability assessment, and innovation transfer, with a focus on translating architectural and urban research into decision-support tools and market-ready solutions.Key areas:Circular construction and building-component reuseSustainability assessment and life-cycle assessment (LCA)Data-driven and computational design methodsDecision-support systems for real-estate and urban contextsAdaptive reuse and architectural heritageArchitectural and
