Assoc. Prof. Guillaume HABERT

Guillaume Habert is co-investigator of the Circular Future Cities research module in Future Cities Lab Global and associate professor for sustainable construction at ETH Zurich. His research interest is on the topic of regenerative materials.

At ETH Zurich, he leads a group of scientists, engineers and architects that aim to ground sustainability in the disciplines of the built environment. This involves interdisciplinary works and draws on life cycle assessment, urban metabolism and material science.

More specifically, recent work focuses on the use of excavation materials to develop circular and climate-neutral building materials and quantification of the regenerative potentials brought by an increased implementation of bio-based materials in the construction sector.

He is an alumnus from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and holds a PhD in structural geology. Prior to his appointment at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, he has worked in France, Brazil and USA successively in the fields of geology, material sciences, civil engineering and sustainability sciences. He is associate editor of international scientific journals, including Material and Structures, Buildings and Cities and Sustainability, which cover the wide range of his research activities.