Carmen Galán-Marín is Professor of Architecture at the University of Seville (Andalusia, Spain), where she focuses on sustainable construction technologies, climate responsive design, and the environmental performance of buildings and urban spaces. Her research advances understanding of microclimate dynamics, including urban heat island mitigation and passive cooling strategies, with a special focus on the role of courtyard architecture in enhancing thermal resilience in Mediterranean climates.
Carmen is Principal Investigator of the research group TEP206 SATH Sustainability in Architecture, Technology and built Heritage, and has led multiple national and regional research projects, including three major Spanish National R&D Plan projects and collaborations with industry and technology centres. Her work combines advanced simulation techniques, innovative materials research, and multiscale environmental analysis to support the development of climate responsive buildings and urban spaces.
She has an extensive publication record in leading journals and has served as a board member for scientific evaluation and research governance, including service on panels of the Spanish Research Agency, and reviewer for international funding bodies. She is a member of the MedECC expert network on climate change in the Mediterranean region.
Carmen completed a BSc in Architecture and an MSc in Building Technology and subsequently spent a period practising as a professional architect, undertaking multiple building projects, before ultimately receiving her PhD at the University of Seville (Spain). Her teaching includes courses on sustainable urban and building technologies in both the master’s degree in Sustainable City and Architecture and the undergraduate architecture programme.
Her current research synthesises scientific excellence with innovation in building technology and design, underpinned by a longstanding commitment to advancing climate change resilience and thereby contributing to the shaping of genuinely low carbon architectural futures.