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Holly Samuelson is a building scientist, architect, and educator whose work focuses on the impact of building design on health and carbon emissions. Before joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she practiced architecture from 2000 to 2007 and consulted in the building industry from 2007 to 2008. Samuelson taught at Harvard University from 2012 to 2025. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and received the Paper Award from Energy and Buildings, along with the Outstanding Young Contributor Award from the International Building Performance Simulation Association. Samuelson has been featured in major media outlets like BBC and The Washington Post, highlighting the role of architecture in promoting public health and addressing climate change. At MIT, she directs the Livable Spaces Lab, an interdisciplinary research group that advances healthy and energy-efficient buildings. The lab combines computational and experimental methods to tackle urgent challenges such as heat vulnerability, thermal resilience, indoor air quality, carbon emissions, and the future of building design in a shifting energy landscape.