Yasemin Aktas

Dr Yasemin D Aktas is a lecturer at UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) and the deputy academic director of the UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings (UKCMB). Her research focusses on resilient and sustainable built environments under geophysical and climate induced hazards, both at a building and urban scales, and at a use-comfort-health nexus. To this end, she amalgamates numerous disciplines including urban physics, heritage conservation, retrofit, indoor environmental quality and microbiome.