Research Staff

Alaitz ATUTXA RODRIGUEZ

Research Fellow

 ✉️ alaitza@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Urban Heat and Sustainable Urban Development
  • Thermal Comfort (perception)
  • Engagement of Citizens in Environmental Issues
  • Benefits of Greenery on the Urban Environment
  • Adaptation to Climate Change
  • Green Chemistry
  • Building Thermal-energy Performance

Research Project(s)

  • Cool Paints Trials in Schools to Mitigate UHI Effects

Prerona DAS

Research Fellow

 ✉️ preronadas@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Politics of Infrastructure
  • Smart Cities
  • Frontier Urbanism
  • Urban Geopolitics

Research Project(s)

  • Technocratic Regionalism in Southeast Asia: The Translational Politics of Smart City Knowledge Transfer

Sabrina Binte HARDY

Research Associate

 ✉️ sabrinah@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Southeast Asian History
  • State-Society Relations in Singapore
  • International Relations

Research Project(s)

  • ASEAN and the Cultural Production of Southeast Asian Identities in the late Cold War

HENG Su Li

Research Associate

 ✉️ slheng@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Thermal Comfort
  • Air Quality
  • Environmental Stressors

Research Project(s)

  • Cooling Singapore 2.0 – Urban Climate Risks

Philip KESTEL

Research Associate

 ✉️ pkestel@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Urban Climate and Microclimatology
  • Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Settings
  • Urban Vegetation and Climate Resilience
  • Urban Air Quality Dynamics 

Research Project(s)

  • Cool Paints Trials in Schools to Mitigate UHI Effects