{"data":[{"type":"text","data":{"text":"<p>Ali Malkawi is an international scholar and expert in building simulation, energy conservation, and sustainability in buildings. He teaches architectural technology and computation and conducts research in the areas of computational simulation, building performance evaluation, and design decision support. He is also the founding director of the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC), which was founded in 2014 to transform the building industry through a commitment to design-centric strategy that directly links research outcomes to the development of new processes, systems, and products.</p>","format":"html"}},{"type":"text","data":{"format":"html","text":"<p>Malkawi is engaged in many large-scale research initiatives, and is the recipient of several prestigious and extensive grants. In 2017, he was honored with the Jordan Star of Science by Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein. He has lectured and conducted research at numerous universities, conferences, and public events. Previously he has taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1991–1994), the University of Michigan (1994–2001), and the University of Pennsylvania (2001–2013), where he was a professor of architecture, the chairman of the graduate group in architecture, and the founder and director of the TC Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies. He also held the Velux visiting professorship at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen from 2013–2014.</p>"}}]}