Delivered a talk at 'Getting Lost in Building', a UCL EAST event, on August 27, 2024, addressing how neuroscience of mental mapping could inform architects to build better buildings.
Published a new paper in Building & Environment on designing affective workplace environments, released on August 27, 2024.
Published a new book chapter in 'Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals' on June 17, 2024.
Swiss Horizons magazine covered CCA’s recent publication in Nature Scientific Reports on June 14, 2024.
Introduced Experiments As Code (ExaC), a novel platform for conducting behavioral experiments in VR, featured in Nature Scientific Reports, on June 5, 2024.
Presented findings on the role of strategic visibility on wayfinding in complex multilevel buildings, published on February 14, 2024.
Awarded a new Living Lab Grant from Cambridge Zero, aimed at tackling energy wastage in the Cambridge estate through IoT sensors, behavior mapping apps, and user-experience surveys, announced on October 1, 2023.
Research Experience
Served as a researcher at ETH Zurich and the University of Cambridge; involved in several research projects related to the impact of built environments on human behavior.
Background
Research interests include the application of cognitive science in architectural design, particularly in how understanding human cognition can improve the built environment.