People
Advisory Council
Sally Augustin
Sally Augustin, PhD, is a practicing environmental psychologist and a principal at Design With Science. She has extensive experience applying design-related neuroscience-based insights. Sally is a Fellow of the APA, the author of several books, and the editor of Research Design Connections.
United States
Tatiana Berger
ANFA Advisory Council, Professor of Architecture, Consultant
Princeton University, UC Berkeley; Berger collaborated with Alvaro Siza in Portugal on multiple built projects; Founder/Director of Moving Boundaries Collaborative, Architect, Educator, Design-Health Consultant, ANFA Advisory Council and ACE Founder; Porto, San Diego: www.movingboundaries.org
Porto , Portugal
Biayna Bogosian
Architect / Computational Designer / Immersive Media Designer Working with Data, Design, and Policy
United States
Isabella Bower
Andrew Brown
United States
Elisabetta Canepa
Marie Curie Fellow running the RESONANCES project, in collaboration with the University of Genoa (Department of Architecture and Design), Kansas State University (APDesign College), and Aalborg University (Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology): www.resonances-project.com
Genoa, Italy
Brent Capron
As Design Director of Interiors for Corgan New York, Brent has 30 years of experience creating award winning Interior architecture projects for clients across the globe. For ANFA, Brent Lead the creation and operation of the John P. Eberhard Student Design competition, now in its second year.
New York, United States
George Christopoulos
George holds expertise in methods such as brain neuroimaging, psychophysiology, wearable devices and Virtual Reality. Topics: (i) the impact of the built environment on health as well as (ii) mental fatigue using biosensors. George has extensively published on the topic of Underground Spaces.
Singapore
Bob Condia, FAIA
Professor Emeritus, Architecture, APDesign, Kansas State
Architect, Partner, Condia+Ornelas Architects
Manhattan, United States
Lorí Crízel
Architect, Author of the 1o book in Brazil about Neuroscience applied to Architecture, Design, Lighting, Member of ANFA Advisory Council and ACE, CEO of NeuroBioDesign Institute, MSc in Environmental Comfort, Specialist in Neurosciences and Human Behavior, Doctoral Researcher in Neuroarchitecture
Cascavel/PR, Brazil
Colin Ellard
Professor, Psychology Department
University of Waterloo
Canada, United States
Deborah Forster
San Diego, California 92104, United States
Ar Kar Hein
ArKar Hein is a researcher, neuroscientist, and designer passionate about how spaces shape our minds and emotions. Based in New York City, he serves as Design and Development Manager at The LABSD, leading interdisciplinary teams in creating environments that foster well-being and human connection.
New York, United States
Mark Hewitt
I am an architect and historian educated at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. I currently live and work in North Sutton, New Hampshire. I previously taught at Rice University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
North Sutton NH 03260, United States
Hannah Hobbs
Denver, United States
Andrea Jelić
Antwerp, Belgium
Susan Magsamen
Executive Director
International Arts and Mind Lab, Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
, United States
Harry Mallgrave
Distinguished Professor of History and Theory
Director of the PhD Program, College of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology
United States
Kate Meairs
Originally recruited to ANFA by John Eberhard as a Research Fellow for ANFA in 2004, Kate has been involved in the growth of ANFA for 20 years. Her focus as an architect has been with urban housing and now practices as in architect investing in her own projects to allow for experimental housing.
San Diego, CA
, United States
Doug Nitz
Itai Palti
Director, Hume
Founder, Conscious Cities
United States
Tiziana Proietti
Professor at the Gibbs College of Architecture of the University of Oklahoma and director of the Sense|Base Laboratory.
Tiziana Proietti is Professor at the Gibbs College of Architecture of the University of Oklahoma and director of the Sense|Base Laboratory. Together with Sergei Gepshtein she is developing a program of research to test human response to architectural proportion using methods of science.
Oklahoma City, United States
Sarah Robinson
Sarah Robinson is an architect, writer and educator. Her books are among the first works to engage the dialogue between architecture and the cognitive sciences.
Pavia, Italy
Davide Ruzzon
Founder and Director NAAD PostGraduate Course ‘Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design’ IUAV University in Venice.
Davide Ruzzon Architect, Founder, and Scientific Responsible for NAAD PostGraduate Course ‘Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design’ at the IUAV University in Venice. TA Tuning Architecture Director in Milan, where he is working on applications and evidence from neuroscience to design.
Venice, Italy
Peter Salk
President, Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation; Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
La Jolla, United States
Milton Shinberg
Shinberg has practiced architecture since 1971 and taught since 1978. Integration of the sciences of people drives them both, including his Beauty & Brains course. An overview is in his new book, People-Centered Architecture, with pragmatic approaches to architecture for practice and education.
Washington, United States
Cleo Valentine
Systems designer & PhD researcher in architectural neuroimmunology.
I am currently working on interdisciplinary research investigating the relationship between architectural form and neural inflammation at the University of Cambridge. Open to collaboration, so please feel free to get in touch!
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Luis Othon Villegas-Solis
Luis Othón Villegas Solís received a Master in Design Studies from Harvard University in 2003 and a degree in Architecture in 1997. He is the founder of LVS Architecture, a firm that explores the connections between neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and built environments.
Guadalajara, Mexico
Andréa de Paiva
São Paulo, Brazil
Torino, Italy
Architect seeking to unite research, education & design | Founder of NeuroAU, an international space for disseminating ideas on NfA sharing articles and courses with students from more than 30 countries | Coordinator of NfA courses at IED (Istituto Europeo di Design), University of Brasilia & FAAP.
San Paolo, Brazil
Julia del Río
Julia del Río is an Architect at Gapont Atelier in Liechtenstein and she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, exploring how the built environment can be used as a brain training tool to help mitigate cognitive decline associated with aging.
Switzerland