Profiles in "Urban Design and Sustainable Cities" Expertise Area
- Sailor’s research integrates urban planning, geography, climate, and engineering to understand the causes, effects, and potential for mitigation of extreme heat and poor air quality in cities.
- Driving circular economy, social impact & sustainability innovation in policy, operations & communications at ASU.
- Estève Giraud oversees all research projects at the Swette Center relating to organic and urban agriculture, policy interventions, food security, food sovereignty and food systems resilience.
- Urban heat mitigation, micro-climate effects of stormwater re-use and water sensitive urban design, land-atmosphere interactions, biophysical and biogeochemical effects of biofuels
- Registered Architect in the State of AZ, NCARB and LEED accredited.
- Meerow combines the disciplines of geography and urban planning as she researches how to make cities more resilient in the face of climate change as well as other social and environmental hazards.
- Sara El-Sayed researches the power of deliciousness and wisdom of Indigenous foodways in addition to leading outreach for the Swette Center's organic farming initiatives in Arizona.