Giulia Torriani, female, PhD candidate at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, collaborating with the EEB research group at Eurac Research and the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) in Rovereto, Italy. She is a member of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC2.1 “Physiology and Human Environment” and of the REHVA Community of Young Professionals. Her research focuses on user-centred approaches to IEQ design and management, with a particular emphasis on thermal comfort, IAQ, and cross-modal sensory effects. Her expertise covers: Characterization of smell perception in indoor built environments, Thermal comfort for children, Dynamic and multimodal indoor exposures and their effects on user satisfaction and behaviour, Occupant–building interaction and Personal Environmental Control Systems (PECS). She has experience in statistical modelling of occupant perception and behaviour, and in the design and management of both field and laboratory experiments with human participants.