Portrait of Daisy Yan

Daisy Yan

I am a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) in the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford. I research physical interventions in the built environment to support climate adaptation and well-being in resource-constrained settings. Prior to my PhD studies, I was a research data scientist at the Proctor Foundation in the Doan Lab of Metagenomic Epidemiology, assessing the effectiveness of mass drug administration of antibiotics and monitoring antimicrobial resistance within impacted communities in the Global South. My current work utilizes methods and theory from building science and human-computer interaction to generate knowledge that can inform the development of context-specific interventions.

I am advised by Sarah Billington (Civil Engineering), Steve Luby (Medicine), and Jade Benjamin-Chung (Medicine).

currently

Housing design, materials, and modifications in relation to extreme heat in urban and rural Bangladesh. Stay tuned!

Light filtering through openings in a brick ventilation wall. A small structure across a green field. A brick home beside floodwater. A home near water and trees. Brick structures in a grassy landscape. People walking along a path through green fields.
Sketch of a two-story house with notes on tin and mud materials. Sketch of a two-story house with notes on tin, brick, concrete, and concrete beams. Sketch of a courtyard-style house with notes on tin and brick. Sketch of a house with notes on exposed brick, concrete brick, tin, and mixed construction. Sketch of a house opening to a courtyard with notes on tin and exposed brick. Sketch of a street-facing home with notes on tin, brick, concrete, and another home.

Top: Photos from the field
Bottom: Sketches of different homes

contact

Say hello at dxyan@stanford.edu.