Rate My Professor Dusan Licina

Dusan Licina is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). He serves as director of the Human-Oriented Built Environment Laboratory (HOBEL) at the EPFL Smart Living Lab in Fribourg. Licina joined EPFL in June 2018 as a tenure-track assistant professor of indoor environmental quality and was promoted to associate professor in 2025. His research focuses on indoor air pollutant dynamics and exposure science, building ventilation and environmental control, continuous IAQ/IEQ sensing, energy-IAQ trade-offs, and health-oriented building standards.

Licina holds a B.Sc. (2008) and M.Sc. (2010) in mechanical engineering from the University of Belgrade. He earned a joint Ph.D. in 2015 from the National University of Singapore and the Technical University of Denmark, with a thesis on the human convective boundary layer and its impact on personal exposure. He completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to EPFL, he directed the standard development team at the International WELL Building Institute. Licina has received the Yaglou Award from the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (2022) and the Ralph G. Nevins Physiology & Human Environment Award from ASHRAE (2018). He is an editorial board member of the Indoor Air journal, a member of the PhD program committee in civil and environmental engineering at EPFL, and teaches courses including Energy and Comfort in Buildings, Fundamentals of Indoor Climate, and Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation.