People
ANFA Board

David Kirsh
President, 2021 – Present
Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego. Director of the Interactive Cognition Lab.
La Jolla, CA, USA

Kurt Hunker
President-Elect
Director of Graduate Programs, Chair of Graduate Program in Architecture, NewSchool of Architecture + Design
San Diego, CA, USA

Sergei Gepshtein
Portfolios
Scientist and Principal Investigator, Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Director, Center for Spatial Perception & Concrete Experience, University of Southern California
La Jolla and Los Angeles, CA, USA

Laura Wolszon
Chief Financial Officer
Scientific Associate, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
La Jolla, CA, USA

Frederick Marks
Immediate Past President, 2019 – 2020
Visiting Scholar and Research Collaborator Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CA, USA

Thomas D. Albright
Past President, 2013 – 2014
Professor and Director
Vision Center Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CA, USA

Eve Edelstein
Pratt Institute, Co-Founder, Clinicians for Design, Scientific Advisor, Tuned | Lombardini 22
USA

Fred Gage
Past President, 2005 – 2006
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, CA, USA

Alison Whitelaw
Past President, 2011 – 2012
Principal, Platt/Whitelaw Architects, Inc.
San Diego, CA
, USA

Eduardo Macagno
Past President, 2009 – 2010
Professor and Founding Dean
Division of Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, USA

Upali Nanda
Director of Research and Senior VP, HKS Inc.
Executive Director, Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
Associate Professor of Practice, Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Houston, TX, USA

Satchidananda Panda
Principal Investigator, Panda Lab, Regulatory Biology Laboratory
Salk Institute
La Jolla, CA
, USA

Ramesh Rao
Director, Division of California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jcaobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, USA