Nicholas B. Rajkovich, Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo, investigates the intersection of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and adaptation to climate change. By studying how the built environment adapts to extreme weather and climate change, Rajkovich works to solve problems that may plague cities of the future.

As a professor and mentor, Rajkovich puts an emphasis on one-to-one critiques and consultations with his students. Rajkovich also enjoys the challenges presented by a large class and finding ways to engage various learning styles, often involving his students in research on climate-resilient strategies for application by architects, engineers, planners, and policy makers.

Before joining the University at Buffalo, Rajkovich worked for a gas and electric company in California, PG&E. There, he was brought on to teach classes on energy efficiency and renewable energy. Disillusionment with his employer's efforts to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions led Rajkovich back to school to focus on policy work. Rajkovich would go on to earn his PhD in urban and regional planning from the University of Michigan. He was also chair of the San Francisco American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment.

Prior to PG&E, Nicholas taught several courses on lighting, acoustics, and building systems in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University. He also worked as an associate at Einhorn Yaffee Prescott in Albany, NY, where he helped architects and engineers reduce the overall environmental impact of buildings under contract to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the U.S. Department of State. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University.

• PhD Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan
• Master of Architecture, University of Oregon
• Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell University

• U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition, Irvine, California, 2015. (Martha Bohm, P.I.)
      - 2^nd Place overall (941.191/1000 points possible)
      - 1^st Place in the Comfort Zone, Commuting, and Energy Balance contests

• American Institute of Architects, 2000—Present
• American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, 1997 – 2008; 2014—Present
          - University at Buffalo Student Branch Advisor, 2015—Present
• United States Green Building Council, 2002—Present
• Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), 2000—Present