She joined the Lyles School of Civil Engineering in 2009 as a founding member of the Architectural Engineering Program. Since then, she has played a leading role in the establishment of the new program as well as the development of new research infrastructure. Her research interests are broadly related to smart buildings with focus on cyber-physical-human systems, innovative energy and comfort delivery, self-tuned indoor environments, and model predictive control. She received among others the 2014 Wansik Research Excellence Award at Purdue, the New Investigator Award from ASHRAE (2013) and the University Faculty Award from NSERC (2008). Dr. Karava is an ASHRAE and IBPSA member and serves as an Associate Editor of the Energy and Buildings Journal and editorial board member of the Journal of Building Performance Simulation.