Dr. Salman Shooshtarian is an active researcher in the fields of environmental sustainability, urban ecosystem and construction sustainability. He received his PhD in the Built Environment from RMIT University in 2017 and has a Bachelor's and a Master’s degree in urban landscape management. He has experience in designing and performing empirical research projects (quantitative and qualitative) and has established collaboration with different research teams in several national and international research projects. He has a sound track record of research outputs and attracting competitive research grants. He has more than five years of experience teaching construction management and environmental sustainability subjects at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Australia and Iran. He has six years of experience working in the urban landscape industry. Salman is currently a member of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRAA), Victoria Waste Educator Working Group, and the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) and International Association of Energy and Built Environment (ISEBE).