Mohamed is Senior Architect at reputable consultant bureau in Egypt, he graduated from Architecture and planning department,  Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt  at 2012. After his graduation he  worked as a site Engineer. After a while, he opened his own company for advertising and interior design, one year later he upgraded the company and opened a new branch as a print house with investment around quarter of million pound, in the end of this year he Sold his share in company, and Start studies in environmental design which he noticed that it is neglected in public architecture in Egypt , so he took BBAc (Building performance analysis Certificate ) to give him another start in buildings science and environmental analysis. He started his work as junior architect in consultant office where he produced a new plan to develop the company based on the environmental analysis framework and BIM ( Building Information Modeling ) platform, so he was promoted to Senior architect early and still work there till now. Now he is under IUSD MSc program looking forward to have a good experiment,  learning more and enhancing his qualifications.

Noha (*1987, Cairo, Egypt) received her Bachelor of Urban Planning and Design at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University in 2008. After graduation, she worked as a Landscape Architect at a consulting Architectural firm (DMA, Dar Al Mimar Architects) working for Real estate developer, Mountain View. She worked on several projects in more than 5 years of experience including residential compounds and touristic resorts, ranging from primary design stages until final construction drawings. In 2017, she enrolled in the IUSD programme in order to broaden her expertise and widen her knowledge in the Sustainability and Urbanism realm.

Nardine El-Bardisy (*1994, Cairo, Egypt) got hold of her BSc. of urban planning and design in 2016 from Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University. She was enthusiastic about idea of regional and strategic planning process in addition to sustainable development and architecture .During her undergraduate study she participated in diverse workshops with cooperation with Cardiff university in London ,Antwerp university in Belgium and Eotvos lorand university in Hungary .Further she worked on noise and vibration measurements at MB consultant .Also, she was trainee in Multipule architecture consultant .After graduation she started to work in KAF consultant as a junior urban designer. After that she worked as teaching assistant at Future University in Egypt, where she was inspired by teaching Building Design Module to undergraduate students .Afterwards she worked in Credit Hours Engineering Program at Ain shams University .Nardine has gained practical experience in Various fields including sustainable design, landscape design, regional planning and environmental impact assessment. She is now part of IUSD International program.

Mauricio (*1988, Lima, Peru) studied architecture at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. Since 2010 with a team participation in a project exposed at the London Festival of Architecture. He is interested in projects related to sustainability and human settlements. After his graduation on 2011, he worked at 51-1 Architects for 3 years, taking part in innovative architecture projects. Together with fellow alumni founded an architecture firm in 2012 and worked in small scale projects and other design related initiatives for 3 years. During that time, he was the director of “Project Puna” an initiative for social thermal housing in Peruvian Andes, which pilot scheme was possible with a grant from an international ideas competition. From 2015 to 2017 he lived in Medellin, Colombia, where he worked in the private sector and meet the process of transformation of the city. He also collaborates with interviews to relevant professionals on the field at “Maquetas Aparte” an architecture related peruvian online magazine. His work has been recognized in local media and international contests.

Paola owns a Licentiate degree in architecture from the University of Costa Rica. During her studies, she collaborated as a research assistant (4 years) in the Research Program in Sustainable Urban Development (ProDUS-UCR) from the University of Costa Rica, and after her graduation she continued working at the program as Researcher Architect (2,5 years). In ProDUS, Paola was part of an interdisciplinary group, she got experience working on topics as territorial ordering, public spaces, architectonic and cultural heritage, involuntary resettlement, tourism, formal and informal settlements, infrastructure for bicycles. Through out her work, her interest on the urban topics grew stronger, therefore, she developed a licentiate thesis focused on urban analysis, design of a Master Plan and a renovation strategy for a degraded sector of San José (capital city of Costa Rica). She has been also involved with small scale urban gardening and recovery-greenery of urban residual spaces initiatives.

Felippe (*1988) is from São Paulo, Brazil. He studied architecture and urbanism at Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Campinas PUC. During his bachelor he produced a research about the urban transformation in the city center of São Paulo and the effect on the surrounding areas. His final thesis on Transportation direct the professional life on this field, allowing him to work in competitions of Subway extension and in the implementation of Bus Rapid Transit network in Brazil. In 2014 he developed a volunteer research in South Africa on the theme of Social Housing and Urban Connection. Felippe is passionate about the contemporary culture and the the transformations of society. Studying IUSD program he is interested about the challenges that global cities are facing and will face.

Ferya is a Pakistani digital journalist with an undergraduate degree in Mass Communication from the University of Karachi, where she also studied Sociology and International Relations as minor subjects. During her undergraduate program, she studied a semester at the University of Arkansas, USA as an exchange student. Having specialized in print journalism, Ferya went on to work with the national daily The Express Tribune from 2011 to 2017 where she was initially part of the digital team but later moved to the print section. For the last two years she was with the newspaper, she commissioned, edited and reported news features on a variety of topics such as water crisis, public spaces and access to healthcare. With a keen interest in her hometown Karachi, Ferya has joined the IUSD program to learn about planning cities that work for people.

Malvina (*1990, Albania) studied Urban Planning and Management at POLIS University, Tiranë. During her studies she participated in workshops in different countries and volunteered in projects such as General Local Plane of Burrel, Technical Manual of Planning and Urban Development in Albania, 1st edition. She worked as an intern in project Better Journalism for Civic Education which was designed by Co-PLAN and US Embassy in Tirana. She graduated in 2015, with focus on studies how water policy was transposed form EU to Albania context, due to the fact that Albania wants join the European Union, and the assessment of water effect in coastlines. From 2015 until 2017, she worked as an Urban Planning expert for CO-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development. During this time, she worked on the General Local Plans of six municipalities (Elbasan, Fier, Lushnje, Berat, Kuçovë and Mat). Furthermore, her responsibility was to coordinate the working group that drafted the Territorial Development Plan for the Municipality of Elbasan (Central Albania). She is co-author of seven publications.