Daniel Ibañez is registered practicing architect and urbanist. He is Doctor of Design candidate at the Harvard University, Editor of New Geographies, Research Manager at the Urban Theory Lab GSD and Co-Director of the design firm Margen-Lab. In addition, he holds a Master in Architecture (ETSAM, 2007), Master in Advanced Architecture (IAAC, 2007) and a Master in Design Studies in Urbanism, Landscape and Ecology (Harvard GSD, 2012). His dissertation research, Metabolic Urbanism, critically seeks to frame the design disciplines in relation to broader socio-ecological processes and interdependencies through cross disciplinary research on urban metabolism. He is co-editor of New Geographies 06: Grounding Metabolism (HUP, 2014), a forthcoming book Third Coast Atlas (Actar, 2014) and Thermodynamics Applied to High-Rise and Mix-Use Prototypes (2013). His academic grants and awards include Fundación La Caixa Fulbright Fellowship, Real Colegio Harvard Complutense Scholarship, Harvard GSD Dimitris Pikionis Award for best academic performance, Penny White Research Scholarship and the Harvard GSD Dean´s Merit Award.