**About the Editor**

## **Yasemin D. Aktas**

A structural/conservation engineer by training, Yasemin is currently a lecturer at the Engineering and Architectural Design course jointly developed between Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE), Bartlett School of Architecture and Bartlett Institute of Environmental Design and Engineering, teaching sustainable building design and adaptive reuse. She is also the deputy academic director of the UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings (UKCMB). Her research interests include climate induced hazards and their mitigation, urban climate modelling, the impact of built environment on the urban microclimate, interrelations between climatic and geophysical hazards, and physical vulnerability to climatic impact with specific emphasis on heritage materials and building envelopes.
