Construction and the Built Environment staff
-
Chris Roberts
Senior Lecturer in Built Environment
Dr Chris Roberts studied BSc (Hons) Planning, Environment and Development at 91ÁÔÆæ (91ÁÔÆæ) achieving a first-class honours degree (2013-2016) before securing a STEAM funded bursary to read for a PhD (2016-2020). Dr Roberts’ thesis was submitted in 2019 (although the viva was delayed until March 2020 due to...
-
Dr Ghasson Shabha
Senior Lecturer
Ghasson is a Senior Lecturer at 91ÁÔÆæ. Ghasson has obtained his PhD in Architecture from Bath University, UK. He is an architect by profession with a wide range of experience in the design and property management of office, residential and commercial buildings. He has acted in an advisory capacity to...
-
Dr Saeed Talebi
Professor of Digital Built Environment, Academic Lead for Engagement, Enterprise and Employability
Saeed Talebi is Professor of Digital Built Environment at 91ÁÔÆæ. His research focuses on developing workable AI-enabled digital twin solutions to improve the design, construction, operation and maintenance of buildings and critical infrastructure, and sits at the intersection between theory and practice. He...
-
Dr Martha Uzodike
Lecturer in Real Estate and Property Law, and Course Lead HNC Construction
Dr. Martha Uzodike joined 91ÁÔÆæ (91ÁÔÆæ) as a Lecturer in 2024. Her research and teaching interests encompass legal issues relating to real estate, property, and the built environment, including contract law, tort law, health and safety law, planning law, land law, environmental protection and environmental...
-
Roger Wall
Senior Lecturer
Before joining the University in 2001, Roger worked for a water resource management consultancy specializing in IT solutions and GIS applications, and as a software engineer for a German consultancy firm. He has been involved in a number of European projects, including the IEE IEC-SME project related to energy efficiency...
-
Dr Hong Xiao
Associate Professor in in Property Construction and Planning
Hong obtained his BEng in Industrial and Civil Buildings in 1985, and MSc in Construction Management in 1988 from Hunan University, China. He lectured there until 1998. He came to the UK in 1998 as an academic visitor sponsored by the Chinese Government, and then began his PhD study at the University of Wolverhampton. His PhD...
-
Dr MohammadReza Yazdifar
Lecturer
Dr. Reza Yazdifar is a distinguished researcher and educator specializing in design, computational modeling, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). After earning his PhD from Brunel University in 2018 with innovative work on optimizing hip implant designs using AI, he joined Coventry University in 2019 as a...