Yuliya Dzyuban

My work contributes to developing solutions targeting heat in urban areas to enhance resilience and livability in the context of climate change, urbanization, and inequity. My research has taken me to some of the hottest cities globally, including Singapore, Phoenix, and Hermosillo, where my work contributed to climate-sensitive design and planning policies. Furthermore, I am actively involved with an international community of scholars and practitioners working towards mainstreaming nature-based solutions in cities.

As an Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, I am committed to engaging with local communities by mapping and recording lived experiences of heat to co-develop solutions that could alleviate the heat burden and support advocacy towards infrastructure and policy changes.

I teach courses on Microclimate Assessment for Urban Design and Urban Heat Management. In my classes, students explore how heat exacerbates inequity, examine the worldwide examples of heat management, test various scientific methods to monitor, analyze and visualize heat exposure to develop recommendations for improved thermal comfort.

I further enhance microclimate awareness through conducting participatory thermal walks in New York City encouraging participants to reflect on the role of design on urban climate and thermal perceptions for both human and non-human residents.

Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainability – School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Master of Science in Sustainability in the Urban Environment – The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY.

Professional Diploma in Architecture (Summa Cum Laude) – Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Bachelor of Architecture (with Honors) – Department of Architecture, Poltava National Technical Yurii Kondratyuk University, Poltava, Ukraine.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Manuscripts:

Banerjee, S., Ching, G. N.Y., Yik, S.K., Dzyuban, Y., Crank, P.J., Pek, R.X.Y., Chow, W.T.L. (2022). Analyzing impacts of urban morphological variables and density on outdoor microclimate for tropical cities: A review and a framework proposal for future research directions. Building and Environment, 225(October), 109646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109646

Dzyuban Y., Ching, G. N.Y., Yik, S.K., Tan, A.J., Crank, P.J., Banerjee, S., Pek, R.X.Y., Chow, W.T.L. (2022). Sentiment Analysis of Weather-Related Tweets from Cities within Hot Climates. Weather Climate and Society. 14(4), 1133-1145. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0159.1

Dzyuban Y., Ching, G. N.Y., Yik, S.K., Tan, A.J., Banerjee, S., Crank, P.J., Chow, W.T.L. (2022). Outdoor thermal comfort research in transient conditions: a narrative literature review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 226(May), 104496 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104496

Dzyuban, Y., Hondula, D. M., Vanos, J. K., Middel, A., Coseo, P. J., Kuras, E. R., & Redman, C. L. (2022). Evidence of alliesthesia during a neighborhood thermal walk in a hot and dry city. Science of the Total Environment, 834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155294

Lees A.M., Vecellio D.J, Dzyuban Y. (2021). A news update from the students and new professionals group. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02203-z

Dzyuban, Y., Hondula, D. M., Coseo, P. J., & Redman, C. L. (2021). Public transit infrastructure and heat perceptions in hot and dry climates. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02074-4

Anderson, V., Leung, A. C. W., Mehdipoor, H., Jänicke, B., Milo, D., Oliveira, A., Manavvi, S., Kabano, P., Dzyuban, Y., Aguilar, R., & Agan, P. N. (2021). Technological opportunities for sensing of the health effects of weather and climate change: a state-of-the-art-review. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-02063-z

Selected Media:

Singapore Management University Office of Research: “Mitigating heat impacts for cooler cities”, May 2023, https://research.smu.edu.sg/news/2023/feb/09/mitigating-heat-impacts-cooler-cities

The Straits Times Singapore: “LTA, NParks plant a cool idea at bus stops islandwide”, September 2022, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/lta-nparks-plant-a-cool-idea-at-bus-stops-islandwide

The New York Times: “How Hot and Humid Singapore Is Trying to Cool Itself Down”, August 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/world/asia/singapore-cooling-heat-climate.html