Maryam is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Architecture and Building Systems at ETH Zurich. As part of the SPEED2ZERO joint initiative, her research focuses on Sustainable Energy Systems & Carbon-Negative Materials. Maryam investigates the potential of reducing embodied carbon emission from the building sector to reach net-zero goals by 2050. In particular, she quantifies the impact of incorporating carbon negative materials into typical districts in Switzerland and projects future scenarios of mitigating carbon emissions through building retrofits and new constructions.

Maryam has a PhD from Politecnico di Milano (2019), focusing on the uncertainties in the urban micro-climate and the effects on human comforts. Her research explicitly focused on the interaction between the urban canyon and indoor thermo-visual comfort. She also has expertise in evaluating of the impacts of long-term urban and rural climate conditions on building energy performance amid missing weather measurements.

Maryam has studied building engineering with a background of computer science which propelled an interdisciplinary attitude into her academic career. As a result, she is interested in solving traditional building performance challenges through data-informed decision making.

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