Rate My Professor Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd

Professor Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd is Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Leicester. She obtained her PhD in fuzzy control in naturally ventilated buildings from Loughborough University in 2002, MSc in TVOC absorption and desorption modelling in indoor spaces from Belgrade University in 1992, Dipl-Ing (MEng equivalent) in thermal transfer modelling from Belgrade University in 1988, and PGCLT from Anglia Ruskin University in 2009. Her research interests lie in building operational efficiency, data integration and building information modelling (BIM), energy management, and holistic building modelling; she is a core member of the Green Energy and Transport research group in her school.

Professor Marjanovic-Halburd has a distinguished career trajectory, serving previously as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Derby, Academic Director for the UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings at UCL, Course Director for MSc Facility and Environment Management at UCL in Singapore, and Pathway Leader for MSc Sustainable Construction at Anglia Ruskin University. She has published over 60 papers, including 29 in peer-reviewed international journals, with contributions to REF submissions at UCL and De Montfort University, and co-authored 18 papers with students. Key publications feature "Comfort signatures: How long-term studies of occupant satisfaction in office buildings reveal ongoing performance" (2017), which earned the CIBSE Carter Bronze Medal, "Assessment of Building-Integrated Green Technologies" (2016), and "Criteria Weighting for Green Technology Selection" (2018). Awards include the 2020 Water Governance Award for the POWER project, 2013 UCL Provost’s Teaching Award (team), Higher Education Academy Senior Fellowship (2016), and successful leadership of the Royal Academy of Engineering Diversity Impact award bid. She has championed equality as Chair of De Montfort University’s EDI Committee and member of UCL’s Bartlett EDI team.