Dr. Rory V. Jones has been an Associate Professor in the School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, UK, from 2023 to the present. He received his PhD from the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Building Energy Research Group, Loughborough University, UK, 2014. He was a PhD Researcher at Loughborough University from 2009-2014. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and then a Lecturer in the Department of Built Environment, University of Plymouth, UK from 2012 to 2023. His research addresses the overarching areas of energy use in buildings and indoor environmental quality. He has a specific interest in people and building interactions, which investigates how people affect the performance of buildings through their interactions with the building services and passive architectural elements and also how buildings affect the comfort, health and productivity of people inside buildings. The ultimate goal of his research is to achieve future buildings with high-quality indoor environments with reduced energy consumption.