Martina Mazzarello
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Senseable City Lab
Martina Mazzarello is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT’s Senseable City Lab, where she leads the Senseable Global Labs initiative in cities such as Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, and Amsterdam. She designs and coordinates multi-year, multi-stakeholder projects at the intersection of data, science, environment, and technology, with research spanning urban cooling, informal settlements, indoor and outdoor ways of living, human communication networks, and urban health. Her work integrates quantitative methods, design, science and data storytelling, and public engagement, and has been featured in Nature journals, international exhibitions, and the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, where she co-authored and coordinated two immersive installations, "Data Clouds" and "Re-Leaf". Martina has presented at leading international forums and published widely on urban intelligence and human–environment interactions.
