United Kingdom
I work at the intersection of water systems, cities, and decision-making, helping institutions translate innovation into real-world implementation. I am the creator of Water-BOOST, an award-winning, systems-based toolkit designed to assess, compare, and strengthen enabling environments for urban water innovation across global contexts. My work spans research, strategy, and applied frameworks, collaborating with global institutions including the World Economic Forum and leading public and private stakeholders to inform policy, investment, and city-level action. Currently affiliated with Imperial College London, I contribute to research and strategic initiatives focused on urban water systems, innovation ecosystems and infrastructure transformation, including work across international and EU-funded projects. My areas of focus include: - Water innovation systems and enabling environments - Urban water neutrality and integrated water management - Governance, policy, and multi-stakeholder coordination - Blue-green infrastructure and resilient cities - Translating systems thinking into actionable frameworks With a background in architecture, engineering, and strategic urban planning, I operate across disciplines and scales —bridging research, policy, and implementation. I am particularly interested in working with cities, utilities, innovators, and organizations seeking to move from innovation pilots to scalable, system-level change.
- Contributing to research and strategic initiatives on urban water systems, innovation ecosystems and infrastructure transformation across UK and EU-funded projects (e.g. THESEUS, SOLUCIR, NURISH, WATERSENS). - Leading the development and application of systems-based and data-driven methodologies to assess innovation ecosystems and enabling environments for water solutions. - Applying decision-support frameworks to inform governance strategies, policy design and infrastructure planning, supporting the scaling and implementation of sustainable solutions. - Coordinating collaboration across academia, public institutions and international platforms, translating research insights into policy- and practice-relevant outputs. - Engaging with cities, utilities and global stakeholders across diverse geographic and institutional contexts to support research design, validation and dissemination.
- Position funded through the Data-Centric Engineering Award (CSEI, Imperial) in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute. - Led the development of the Water Neutrality Decision Support Tool (WaNetDST), a data-driven, GIS-based multi-criteria framework supporting urban planning and infrastructure decision-making across scales. - Developed integrated modelling approaches to assess water neutrality strategies, informing local authority planning and policy discussions. - Contributed to the development of systemic design frameworks linking spatial data, infrastructure systems and governance processes.
- Postgraduate researcher at Imperial College London within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. - PhD research on the development of an Infrastructure Ecology Framework for sustainable urban planning and integrated water management, as part of the NERC-funded CAMELLIA programme. - Contributed to teaching and assessment across Civil Engineering modules (e.g. Creative Design, Sketching & Modelling, Constructionarium), supporting studio-based learning, tutorials and student project development.
- Co-director of the practice together with the founder. - Responsible for the design stage of all architectural and engineering projects. - Assessment and application of sustainable design solutions. - Management of construction works in progress of residential and urban-planning projects together with other architects and surveyors. - Direct involvement in business and project development meetings with clients and all building professionals. - Drawing full graphic plans and production of virtual and physical models (AutoCAD, Vectorworks and Revit proficient user). - Elaboration of budgetary quotes and structural analysis.
- Creator and lead developer of Water-BOOST, an award-winning systems-based toolkit applied across multiple global cities to assess and strengthen enabling environments for water innovation, informing governance, investment and implementation strategies.- Shaped contributions to the Water Action Agenda 2030, supporting global collaboration, strategic alignment and investment pathways for transformative urban water solutions. - Built and mobilised a global network of policymakers, utilities, investors and innovators across diverse contexts, enabling multi-stakeholder collaboration to support the scaling of urban water innovation. - Facilitated international workshops and strategic dialogues, supporting alignment between public, private and innovation actors and contributing to the positioning of systems-based approaches within global water agendas. - The fellowship was supported by the André Hoffmann Fellowship for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
- Applied qualitative research and participatory System Dynamics approaches (including Causal Loop Diagrams and simulation modelling) to analyse governance, resilience and sustainability transitions in urban water and natural systems. - Designed and facilitated multi-stakeholder workshops, integrating stakeholder perspectives into conceptual and semi-quantitative models to support decision-making in policy, infrastructure and environmental management contexts. - Contributed to teaching in Systems Thinking modules, supporting tutorials, participatory modelling sessions (e.g. CLDs, Stella, Vensim) and interactive exercises (e.g. Beer Game, Water–Energy Nexus Game) to explore system behaviour and decision-making under complexity.
- Project architect together with the director. - Environmental and microclimate assessment of some of the projects. - Draw full graphic plans for different types of projects (Revit & AutoCAD). - Interior design development of every room (materials and equipment).