Sandeep Balagangadharan Menon

Sandeep Balagangadharan Menon serves as a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture, Manchester Metropolitan University, where he combines academic practice with professional landscape architecture work in Manchester.

His educational background includes:

• Master of Landscape Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture Delhi (SPAD), India
• Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the School of Planning and Architecture Delhi (SPAD), India

Menon's research centers on ecological urbanism and landscape ecology, with specialized focus on socio-ecological resilience, sustainable urban water management, ecological corridors, and wetland systems. His design philosophy emphasizes integration of natural processes, local ecology, and native planting strategies across diverse bio-geographies.

He actively contributes to major research initiatives including the European Union Erasmus Plus 'Building Resilient Communities' (BReUCom) project and World Resources Institute's Urban Mobility Research in Mumbai.

Professional affiliations include membership on the Editorial Advisory Panel of Landscape (Journal of the Landscape Institute, UK) and the ISOLA Education Board in India, reflecting his transnational academic engagement.