Betty Lala is a doctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (IGSES), Kyushu University, Japan. Prior to this, she was an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Manipal University, India. She was also a professional Architect for three years specializing in villas and luxury high-rise buildings. She received her master's degree in Architecture from IIT Roorkee, India. She was a recipient of the DAAD scholarship and carried out her master’s research at TU Berlin, Germany. She also received the prestigious Sasakawa scientific research grant in the year 2020-21. Her interests lie in the field of thermal comfort, research survey methodology, data analysis, urban design, and UX design.