Michael Iversen

Michael Iversen, Architect, Planner, Urban Ecologist, LEED AP

For the past 30 years, Michael Iversen has been actively engaged in academics (teaching, research) and practice (architecture, planning), with applied urban and campus sustainability being the common thread. The distinguishing benefit of this inter- and transdisciplinary career trajectory is that it combines the pedagogical and science-based approach of a teaching and research academic, with that of the real-world,problem solving-based approach of a practicing architect and urban planner.

SPECIALTY

Campus and urban ecological planning and pedagogy, campus as a living lab, coupled natural and human environments, greenhouse gas emissions inventory, climate action planning, USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), AASHE Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), green infrastructure, data & geospatial analysis.

EDUCATION

PhD (ABD) Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Master of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Architecture, Iowa State University

Michael resides in Canton at the Grasse River Home and Studio, and with Laura Young, has two children, Ingrid and Roy.