Professor Lar. Dr Suhardi Maulan (born September 11, 1971, in Kajang, Selangor) is a Malaysian landscape architect and academician who serves as Deputy Director (University Industry Ecosystem and Sustainability) at the Centre of Industrial Relation and Network (CIRNeT) and Professor at the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He earned his Diploma in Landscape Design from Universiti Teknologi MARA (1992), followed by a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University (1997), and both a Master of Landscape Architecture (2002) and Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning (2006) from Virginia Tech. In addition to serving as a former Dean of UPM's Faculty of Design and Architecture, he has held leadership roles within the Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM)—including Vice President and Honorary Secretary—and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Alam Cipta: International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice. His research and consultancy work focus on environmental cognition, landscape visual impact assessments (notably for Klang Valley MRT and LRT3 projects), urban scenery preferences, and integrating sustainability into industrial and community ecosystems.
