CHU Scientific Committee and Affiliate Faculty Members

Abhinav Alakshendra
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Director of International Design and Planning
University of Florida Gainesville USA
Expertise: Development Economics, Housing Policy, Urban and Regional Economics

Silvia Aloisio
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture
La Sapienza University, Rome Italy
Expertise: Interdisciplinary Water-Based Urbanism

Thomas Ankerson
Director and Professor, Florida Conservation Clinic Center for Governmental Responsibility
Environmental and Land Use Law Program, Levin College of Law
University of Florida, Gainesville USA
Expertise: Domestic, international and comparative environmental law with an emphasis on Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean

Vandana Baweja
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
University of Florida, Gainesville USA
Expertise: Historian of post-war mid-twentieth century architecture and climate

Milton Braga
Director and Curator, Urbem: Institute of Urbanism and Studies for the Metropolis
Professor FAU-USP Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Expertise: Re-urbanization of Vulnerable Urban Areas

Carolyn Cox
Coordinator, Florida Climate Institute
Professor, Institute of Food and Agriculture (IFAS)
University of Florida, Gainesville USA
Expertise: Coordination and Outreach

Michael Cohen
Professor, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy
The New School, New York USA
Expertise: Urban Studies Economics and Policy, International Development

Anna Irene Del Monaco
Secretary General UNESCO Chair Sustainable Urban Quality and Urban Culture, Notably in Africa

Aspen Fellow
Professor, Faculty of Architecture
La Sapienza University, Rome Italy
Expertise: Archeology and Architecture, Evolution of the City, Urban Regeneration

Andrea Dutton
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
University of Florida Gainesville USA
Expertise: Paleoclimate and Paleoceanography; Sea level reconstruction over glacial-interglacial timescales

Nabil Elhadi
Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering
Cairo University, Egypt
Expertise: The Arab City-History and Developments

Yashaen Luckan
Department of Architecture
Durban University of Technology South Africa
President, South African Council for the Architecture Profession (SACAP)
Expertise: Architectural Practice and Education

Nishant Manapure
Head, Institute for Water Sensitive Urban Design
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Architecture
University of Manipal, India
Expertise: Water Sensitive Urban Design

Felipe Mesa
Founder, Plan B Arquitectos
Professor, Universidad Pontificia Boliviana
Medellin, Colombia
Expertise: Architecture, Indigenous Cultures and Economic-Social Ecologies

Nawari Nawari
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
University of Florida, Gainesville USA
Expertise: Environmental and Structural Engineering

Jayantha Obeysekera
Chief Modeler South Florida Water Management District
West Palm Beach, USA
Expertise: Engineering, Water Management Policy and Implementation

Antonino Saggio
Chair, Architecture and Information Technology
Coordinator of Ph.D Program and Professor, Faculty of Architecture
La Sapienza University, Rome Italy
Expertise: Urbanism, Architecture and Ecological Infrastructure

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