I am a Lecturer in Building Engineering in the Built Environment discipline at the University of Plymouth. My research sits at the interface of building physics, urban climate and building energy. I investigate how thermal, morphological and operational processes across buildings and urban environments shape energy demand, indoor and outdoor thermal conditions, and climate-related thermal risk under changing climates.

A central aim of my research is to understand how built-environment interventions can support both climate mitigation and adaptation. I am particularly interested in when measures such as retrofit, natural ventilation, and electrified heating and cooling can reduce energy demand and thermal risk, and when they create trade-offs or shift impacts between buildings and the wider urban environment. My work combines building performance simulation and urban climate modelling, with a growing emphasis on empirical and data-enabled approaches.

Before joining Plymouth, I was a Research Associate at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, and completed my PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering at the University of Reading. I am Principal Investigator of the UMAR project, which develops an urban microclimate-aware framework for climate-resilient energy-demand reduction through building retrofit.

I welcome enquiries from prospective students and collaborators interested in urban climate, building energy modelling, low-carbon retrofit, thermal resilience and climate-related heat exposure.

• BLDG507 Low Energy Building Design
• BLDG511 Building Services Engineering
• BLDG608 Building Control and Commissioning
• BLDG611 Research Methods