Dusan Licina

Tenure Track Assistant Professor
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Fields of expertise
Human exposure assessment
Building ventilation and control
Building IoT sensing
Human thermal comfort
Human behavior and interactions
Energy efficient buildings
Biography
Dusan’s research and teaching are driven by the need to advance knowledge of the intersections between people and the built environment in order to ensure high indoor environmental quality for building occupants with minimum energy input. His research group specializes in air quality engineering, focusing on understanding of concentrations, dynamics and fates of air pollutants within buildings, and development and application of methods to quantitatively describe relationships between air pollution sources and consequent human exposures. His research interests also encompass optimization of building ventilation systems with an aim to improve air quality and thermal comfort in an energy-efficient manner.
Throughout his career, Dusan specialized in air quality engineering, focusing on sources and transport of air pollutants in buildings, human exposure assessment, and optimization of building ventilation systems with an aim to improve air quality. Dusan completed my joint Doctorate degree at the National University of Singapore and Technical University of Denmark. He was formerly master and bachelor student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Prior to joining EPFL, Dusan worked for 3.5 years in the USA, first he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Berkeley, and then he served as director on the standard development team at International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) in New York.
Dusan is the recipient of several honors and awards, including Ralph G. Nevin’s award by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) given in recognition of significant accomplishment in the study of human response to the environment. He is editorial board member of the highly acclaimed Indoor Air journal. He is passionate about raising awareness about the air quality issues worldwide and developing buildings that are not only energy efficient, but that also contribute to “Michelin Star” indoor air quality.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Journal articles
2020
Investigation of perceived air quality, occupants’ behaviour and air pollutant levels in two open-space office buildings in Switzerland
2020-11-05. The 16th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (INDOOR AIR 2020), [Virtual event], November 1-5, 2020.Performance assessment of low-cost environmental monitors and single sensors under variable indoor air quality and thermal conditions
Building and Environment. 2020-10-29. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107415.Fungal Contaminants in Energy Efficient Dwellings: Impact of Ventilation Type and Level of Urbanization
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020-07-08. DOI : 10.3390/ijerph17144936.Special Issue Editorial: Green Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
Atmosphere. 2020-05-01. DOI : 10.3390/atmos11050441.Volatile organic compounds in 169 energy-efficient dwellings in Switzerland
Indoor Air. 2020-04-13. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12667.Energy, indoor air quality, occupant behavior, self-reported symptoms and satisfaction in energy-efficient dwellings in Switzerland
Building And Environment. 2020-03-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106618.Emissions of volatile organic compounds from interior materials of vehicles
Building and Environment. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106599.2019
Radon Investigation in 650 Energy Efficient Dwellings in Western Switzerland: Impact of Energy Renovation and Building Characteristics
Atmosphere. 2019-12-01. DOI : 10.3390/atmos10120777.Clothing-Mediated Exposures to Chemicals and Particles
Environmental Science & Technology. 2019-06-29. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.9b00272.Occupant health & well-being in green buildings: Trends and Future Directions
ASHRAE Journal. 2019-04-30.Use of IoT sensing and occupant surveys for determining the resilience of buildings to forest fire generated PM2.5
PLOS ONE. 2019. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0223136.The Indoor Chemical Human Emissions and Reactivity Project (ICHEAR): Methods
2019. ISES ISIAQ 2019, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA, August 18 - 22, 2019.Personal CO2 cloud: laboratory measurements of metabolic CO2 inhalation zone concentration and dispersion in a typical office desk setting
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2019. DOI : 10.1038/s41370-019-0179-5.2018
Clothing as a transport vector for airborne particles: Chamber study
Indoor Air. 2018. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12452.2017
Experimental investigation of inhalation intake fraction from localized indoor particle sources
2017. Healthy Buildings 2017 Europe, Lublin, Poland, July 2-5,2017.Inhalation intake fraction of particulate matter from localized indoor emissions
Building and Environment. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.06.037.2016
Emission rates and the personal cloud effect associated with particle release from the perihuman environment
Indoor Air. 2016. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12365.Pilot study of sources and concentrations of size-resolved airborne particles in a neonatal intensive care unit
Building and Environment. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.06.020.Concentrations and Sources of Airborne Particles in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
PLOS ONE. 2016. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0154991.Size-resolved total particle and fluorescent biological aerosol particle emissions from clothing
2016. Indoor air 2016 : the 14th international conference of indoor air quality and climate, Ghent, Belgium, July 3-8, 2016.Airflow Characteristics and Pollution Distribution Around a Thermal Manikin--Impact of Specific Personal and Indoor Environmental Factors.
ASHRAE Transactions. 2016.2015
Effectiveness of a personalized ventilation system in reducing personal exposure against directly released simulated cough droplets
Indoor Air. 2015. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12187.Transport of gaseous pollutants by convective boundary layer around a human body
Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 2015. DOI : 10.1080/23744731.2015.1060111.Air temperature investigation in microenvironment around a human body
Building and Environment. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.04.014.Human convective boundary layer and its impact on personal exposure
20152014
Human convection flow in spaces with and without ventilation: personal exposure to floor-released particles and cough-released droplets
Indoor Air. 2014. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12177.Human convective boundary layer and its interaction with room ventilation flow
Indoor Air. 2014. DOI : 10.1111/ina.12120.Experimental investigation of the human convective boundary layer in a quiescent indoor environment
Building and Environment. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.016.Transport of gaseous pollutants around a human body in quiescent indoor environment
2014. 13th SCANVAC International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms.Interaction of convective flow generated by human body with room ventilation flow: impact on transport of pollution to the breathing zone
2014.Personal exposure to cough released droplets in quiescent environment and ventilated spaces
2014. The 13th SCANVEC International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 19-22, 2014. p. 174-181.2012
Air handling unit condensate in tropical and subtropical climates - Why waste down the drain?
2012. 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings. p. 2626-2631.Energy and water conservation from air handling unit condensate in hot and humid climates
Energy and Buildings. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.11.016.2011
Parametric Analysis and Thermodynamic Limits of Solar Assisted Geothermal Co- And Tri-Generation Systems
ASHRAE Transactions. 2011.Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency for building's greening: From traditional village houses via high-rise residential building's BPS and RES powered co- and tri-generation towards net ZEBuildings and Cities, 2011 IEEE 3rd International Symposium on Exploitation of Renewable Energy Sources (EXPRES)
2011. 2011 IEEE 3rd International Symposium on Exploitation of Renewable Energy Sources (EXPRES), 11-12 March 2011 . p. 29-37. DOI : 10.1109/EXPRES.2011.5741812.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Civil Engineering