CV

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stanford University, USA

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Advisor: Prof. Sarah Billington

Ph.D.

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Advisors: Prof. Marilyne Andersen and Dr. Jan Wienold
• Dissertation: Influence of transmitted color and the eye's macular pigment on discomfort glare

M.S.

International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), India

Information Technology in Building Science

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA (6-month fellowship)
• Advisors: Prof. Vishal Garg (IIIT), Dr. Luis Fernandes (LBNL), Christian Kohler (LBNL)
• Dissertation: Daylighting estimation for control using high dynamic range imaging

B.Arch.

National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

Architecture

• Registered Architect in India

Assistant Professor

School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL), University of Calgary

Building Science

• PI: Creating living lab to monitor indoor environment
• PI: A Transdisciplinary Framework for Designing Healthier Living Environment
• Co-PI: Affordable housing — a Canada-Germany initiative
• Courses: ARCH 500, ARCH 514, ARCH 614, ARCH 512, ARCH 608

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Stanford University, USA

• Co-PI: Impact of affordable housing rehabilitation on elderly residents' health and wellbeing in San Francisco Chinatown (Raised USD 25K)
• Co-designed and co-led a project on lighting exposure and sleep-wake patterns using ambient intelligence, individual light history, and actigraphy
• Designed curriculum and co-instructed undergraduate Design Studio; mentored graduate and undergraduate students

Post-Doctoral Scholar

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

• Contributed to successful SNSF grant proposal on visual comfort without borders (~CHF 800K)
• Evaluated eye-tracking data (gaze direction and pupil size) for predicting visual comfort

Doctoral Assistant

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

• Proposed modification to European Standard EN 17037 on daylight in buildings for glare protection
• Designed psychophysical experiments on influence of transmitted color of daylight on visual comfort
• Evaluated impact of anatomic-physiologic features of the human eye on inter-individual variability in light sensitivity

Research Fellow

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

• Evaluated physical properties of daylight from a light pipe for non-visual effects (Best paper award)
• Evaluated performance of battery-backed LED lighting in demand response and real-time pricing scenarios

Lighting Consultant

Environmental Design Solutions, India

Part-time

• Provided lighting and daylighting solutions for visual comfort and energy requirements through annual building performance simulations

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Engineer

vConstruct Pvt. Ltd., India

• Project architect and team leader for BIM coordination, QA, facility management, 4D simulations, and virtual mock-ups
• Key projects: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Facebook datacenter

Junior Architect

Studio Ensemble, India

• Site documentation and working drawing creation for residential projects

The influence of daytime on discomfort glare: Results of an inter-laboratory comparative study

Energy and Buildings, 2026

J Garreton, S Jain, A Villalba, J Christoffersen, T Kuhn, A Pattini, J Wienold

Influence of color on glare perception revealed when seeing the sun through colored glazing

Scientific Reports (Nature), Sep 2025

S Jain, J Wienold, L Hellwig, M Andersen

Impact of sustainable retrofitting on resident wellbeing: A critical review

Building and Environment, Jul 2025

A Green, J Xu, D Chan, S Jain, S Billington

Impact of windows, natural materials, and diverse representations in built environments on psychological and physiological well-being

Building and Environment, Apr 2025

B Altaf, A Tavakoli, P Ruth, A Green, J Xu, S Jain, et al.

Comparison of questionnaire items for discomfort glare studies in daylit spaces

Lighting Research & Technology, Oct 2023

G Quek, S Jain, C Karmann, C Pierson, J Wienold, M Andersen

Influence of macular pigment on the sensitivity to discomfort glare from daylight

Scientific Reports (Nature), Oct 2023

S Jain, J Wienold, C Eandi, S Gisselbaek, A Kawasaki, M Andersen

Perceived glare from the sun behind tinted glazings: Comparing blue vs. color-neutral tints

Building and Environment, Mar 2023

S Jain, J Wienold, M Lagier, A Schuler, M Andersen

Behind electrochromic glazing: Assessing user's perception of glare from the sun in a controlled environment

Energy and Buildings, Feb 2022

S Jain, C Karmann, J Wienold

A review of open-loop control strategies for shades blinds and integrated lighting by use of real-time daylight prediction methods

Building and Environment, May 2018

S Jain, V Garg

Circadian lighting in a space daylit by a tubular daylight device

Asia's IBPSA ASIM 2018, Hong Kong (Best paper award)

S Jain, L Fernandes, C Regnier, V Garg

VPR Catalyst Grant — Creating a Living Lab to monitor the impact of indoor building environment on health and wellbeing

University of Calgary (PI)

$13,000

Connector Grant — A Transdisciplinary Framework for Designing Healthier Living Environment

University of Calgary (PI)

$9,000

Connector Grant — Affordable, dignified and climate-resilient housing: a Canada-Germany initiative

University of Calgary (Co-PI)

$18,000

Community Engagement Impact Funding — Empowering resident voices: assessing the impact of affordable housing rehabilitation on wellbeing

Stanford University (Co-PI)

$25,000 (2024–2025)

Swiss National Science Foundation — Visual comfort without borders: Glare perception across spectrum, sources and time

SNSF (PI: Dr. Jan Wienold)

~$800,000 (2024–2029); wrote one of three research tracks on spectral visual comfort model

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Seed Grant — Personal and Private Ambient Intelligence for Senior Care

Stanford University (PI: Prof. Sarah Billington)

$75,000 (2024–2025); helped write grant proposal

International Research Forum Chair

CIE Research Forum

Towards a global discomfort glare database development and discomfort glare model advancement

Member, IEA EBC Annex 95 and Users TCP — Human-Centric Buildings for a Changing Climate

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Contribution to writing of a technical report

Peer reviewer

Scientific journals

Nature Scientific Reports, Building and Environment, Journal of Building Engineering, Buildings, Building Simulation, Leukos, Energy and Buildings

Volunteer tutor

AshaKiran (non-profit), Hyderabad, India

Tutoring young students from economically weaker urban communities

Student Secretary

ASHRAE

Initiated research activities and organized expert talks

Graduate Student Supervisor, University of Calgary

Students: Utku Cerit, Sara Kazoun — Computational Media Design

Summer Research Supervisor, University of Calgary

Students: Michaela Reid, Yasmine Baccari — Architecture and Civil Engineering

PhD Students Project Mentor, Stanford University

Students: Andrea Green, Flora Xu — Downstream impact of sustainable retrofitting on low-income renters' wellbeing