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

Moshe Eliezer MANDELMILCH

Research Fellow

 ✉️ moshem@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Remote Sensing and GIS
  • Urban Climatology
  • Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mapping
  • Local Climate Zones (LCZ) Mapping
  • Thermal Comfort
  • Climate Change

Research Project(s)

  • Cooling Singapore 2.0 – Urban Climate Risks

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

PAK Hui Ying

Research Fellow

 ✉️ hypak@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Climate Risk Assessment
  • Virtual Reality Platform for Climate Risk Communication
  • Drone-based Remote Sensing
  • Advanced Image Processing and Algorithm Development
  • Water Resource Monitoring and Management

Research Project(s)

  • Developing a Risk Assessment and Communication Platform to Translate Climate Projections to Policy

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

Aikeen LIM

Research Associate

 ✉️ aikeenlim@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Thermal Comfort
  • Climate Resilience and Adaptation
  • Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services
  • Greenspace Use and Accessibility

Research Project(s)

  • Cool Paints Trials in Schools to Mitigate UHI Effects

Silvia OMENETTO

Visiting Research Fellow

 ✉️ silviao@smu.edu.sg

Research Area(s) / Interest(s)

  • Materiality of Religions in Urban Space
  • Architectures for Worship and Death
  • Gurdwaras in the Sikh Diaspora
  • Use of Digital Humanities (e.g. GIS - Geographic Information System technology) in the Spatial Analysis of Religions

Research Project(s)

  • Gurdwara Architecture in the Diaspora. Understanding the Effects on (non-)Sikhs to build an Inclusive Urban Environment.