Biography

Dr Ronita Bardhan is Professor of Sustainable Built Environment and Health at the University of Cambridge, where she leads the Cambridge Sustainable Design Group in the Department of Architecture. She has previously served as Deputy Head of Department of Architecture. Additionally she is Fellow and Director of Studies in Architecture at Selwyn college. She is Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

Her research is at the intersection of the built environment, climate change, and health, with a focus on positioning buildings and neighbourhoods as critical infrastructures for precision population health. Through an interdisciplinary approach that combines architecture, environmental science, epidemiology, and data science, she advances data driven precision prevention, developing context specific and gender sensitive interventions that support anticipatory and preventative action at scale, particularly in climate vulnerable settings. Her work has contributed to new approaches for addressing urban heat, housing inequality, energy vulnerability, and health risk through evidence based design and policy innovation. Professor Bardhan is internationally recognised for pioneering research on AI for decarbonisation of built environment for health with her work shaping policy and practice across the globe. She is ranked among the top 30 researchers in sustainable design globally, and was recognised as a Top 50 Women in Engineering Finalist in the United Kingdom in 2024.