Dr Jesus Lizana
Smart Surfaces Scholar
Dr Jesus Lizana is an architect, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Engineering Science Department at the University of Oxford, and an expert on heating and cooling technologies, thermal energy storage, indoor air quality and advanced building performance simulation. His research interests are the cross-disciplinary challenges to support the transition towards low carbon climate-responsive buildings. At Oxford, he is the leader of the RESCOOL project, a H2020 Marie Curie Project focused on the climate-resilient design of cities under ever more frequent heatwaves. He also supports the interdisciplinary collaboration in the Future of Cooling Programme of the Oxford Martin School in Oxford.
Dr Lizana earned his PhD in low-carbon buildings at the University of Seville in Spain, after completing a BSc in Architecture and MSc in Building Engineering. He is engaged in many research initiatives and is the recipient of prestigious and extensive fellowships and projects, which allowed him to consolidate his postdoctoral stage and address research stays at the University of Edinburgh, the Technical University of Munich and the University of Lisbon. He also serves as a scientific reviewer for many leading journals, conferences and institutions, and he is a member of the Editorial Board of Sustainable Cities and Society and Frontiers in Built Environment. His work has been highly recognized, highlighting the 1st GECAT PhD Thesis Award 2020 of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry and Royal Spanish Physical Society; 1st Young Prize for Scientific Culture 2018; and 1st International YEAR AWARD 2018. Alongside his research career, it stands out his transfer capacity in industrial innovation, participating in outstanding architecture projects in Spain, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.