Dr Shahryar Habibi is a postdoctoral fellow at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States. He is licensed to practice architecture in Italy and is a sustainability consultant and researcher. He holds a PhD from the University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, for which he won an award for the best thesis of 2016, as well as the prestigious Nicolò Copernico prize. He has practical experience in both academia and industry. He has also held teaching positions at different universities across the world.