Shahryar Habibi is currently an Associate Professor in Architecture. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Infrastructure Testing and Evaluation Laboratory (CITEL)-Architectural Engineering Department and the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing (SCDC)-Architecture Department simultaneously 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.
He has gained practical hands-on experience through his employment in different universities and companies. He has extensive research experience in the fields of architectural design, architectural technology, architecture sustainable design, smart buildings, and digital fabrication. His research covers the fields of methodologies for designing energy-efficient buildings and smart sustainable built environments.