Bill Bergman
Fabrication Lab Manager Bill Bergman Office: Greene Building, Room # 014 Email: Phone: 518-276-6870 Bio William Bergman received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Alfred University in 1996 after receiving his Bachelor of Science in Studio Art/Sculpture from the College of Saint Rose. He has since been a sculpture technician at […]
Ezio Blasetti
Recent Faculty Ezio Blasetti Bio M.S. AAD, GSAPP Columbia University Architectural Engineer Diploma NTUA Ezio Blasetti co-founded ahylo, an architectural design, research and construction practice as well as “apomechanes”, an annual intensive summer studio on algorithmic processes and fabrication. Founder of algorithmicdesign.net, Ezio’s recent collaborations include maeta design, biothing, acconci studio, a|Um studio and […]
Francis Bitonti
Recent Faculty: Francis Bitonti. Francis A. Bitonti is an architect/designer and researcher based in New York. Francis holds a Masters of Architecture from Pratt Institute and a BFA from Long Island University in Digital Media. Francis has worked in a variety of design offices and in disciplines ranging from architecture to industrial design. Currently Francis […]
Jonas Braasch
Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 203 Email: Phone: 518-276-3864 Bio Jonas Braasch is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches in the Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics. His research interests span binaural hearing, auditory modeling, multimodal integration, sensory substitution devices, aural architecture and creative processes in […]
Gabrielle Brainard
Lecturer Gabrielle Brainard Office: Greene Building, Room # 302 Email: Phone: 518-276-6868 Bio Gabrielle Brainard, AIA, LEED AP, is an architect and educator specializing in enclosure design. She has worked as a façade consultant with Heintges and Associates, and as a senior technical architect with SHoP Architects. At SHoP, her projects included the design […]
Jennifer Brons
Adjunct Professor Jennifer Brons Office: Gurley Building, 3rd Floor Email: Phone: (518) 687-7100 Bio Jennifer Brons, M.S., is a research scientist and adjunct professor of architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC). She earned her bachelor’s degree in architecture from U.C. Berkeley (cum laude) and her M.S. in Lighting from Rensselaer. Since […]
Todd Brooks
Adjunct Professor Todd Brooks Office: Greene Building, Room 211 Email: Phone: 518-276-6464 Bio Todd L. Brooks is a partner in the firm Artec Consultants Inc, based in New York City. His expertise and experience span all areas of architectural acoustics and broader issues of performing arts center planning. Todd has collaborated with renowned architectural firms including Cesar […]
William Virgil
Recent Faculty: William Virgil Bio William Virgil is an Artist, Architect and Army veteran, co-founder of BRASH Collective and a lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) School of Architecture. William holds a Master of Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), a Masters of Human Resources and a Bachelor of Architecture from Florida International […]
Jeremy Carvalho
Recent Faculty. Jeremy Carvalho Bio Jeremy Carvalho holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kansas and a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. He has professional experience with a variety of architecture offices in Tokyo, Berlin & New York including Barkow & Leibinger Architekten, S.O.M. New York, and Eisenman Architects. Professional […]
Matt Burgermaster
Lecturer Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-4066 Bio Matt Burgermaster’s work focuses on the advancement of architecture as a unique form of spatial practice and material production that is deeply entangled with social concerns and ecological processes. This field of inquiry explores various sites, subjects, and techniques of architectural making that […]
Selma Cohen
Adjunct Professor Office: Greene Building Email: Phone: 518-276-4066 Bio Selma Cohen is an educator, and an academic copyeditor and translator. She earned her Licentiate in Modern Literature from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Furthering her academic pursuits, she was awarded a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin American Literature […]
Emily Gruendel
Lecturer Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-4066 Bio Emily is a New York State registered architect with a passion for the social & tectonic intricacies of the built world. Holding both a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania, she strives to […]
Riley Studebaker
LecturerOffice: Greene Building, Room # 304Email: : 518-276-4066 Bio Riley Studebaker is a lecturer at the RPI School of Architecture where he focuses on robotic labor embedded in the built environment. He holds a Master of Robotics and Autonomous Systems from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.Arch from the Virginia Tech College of Architecture […]
Arta Yazdenseta
Assistant ProfessorOffice: Greene Building, Room # 104Email: : 518-276-4066 Bio Dr. Arta Yazdanseta is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Her research explores Bioclimatic and Biogenic Envelopes at the intersection of design, building performance, and plant biophysical ecology. Her work aims to enhance socia-natural systems by cultivating their self-organizing […]
Caleb White
LecturerOffice: Greene Building, Room # 304Email: : 518-276-4066 Bio Caleb is a Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Architecture. He is also a founding partner of MatterLab, an Architecture and design research practice based in Troy, NY. Some themes of his professional work and academic research are the intersection of geometry and materiality in […]
Dan Stratford
Adjunct ProfessorOffice: Greene BuildingEmail: : 518-276-4066 Bio Professor Stratford has intensive hands-on experience with entrepreneurship and design thinking from a variety of different perspectives. He earned his MBA and MA Education from Stanford university, where he emphasized interdisciplinary coursework in entrepreneurship and design. He worked with small startup teams that have grown to over $1B […]
James Richardson
Bedford Visiting ProfessorOffice: Greene BuildingEmail: : 518-276-4066 Bio James Richardson is a professional in the field of Structural and Material Computational Mechanics. With a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and a range of international experiences, including a stint as a Visiting Researcher at Princeton University, James has cultivated a […]
David Kahn
Adjunct ProfessorOffice: Greene BuildingEmail: : 518-276-4066 Image credit: Van Cliburn Concert Hall (image 3 of 4) – James Anger, Texas Christian University Bio David is a specialist in the field of architectural acoustics with extensive experience shaping the sonic environment of performing arts centers, theatres, museums, libraries, public and private educational institutions, offices, broadcast facilities, […]
John Loercher
Senior Lecturer Director, Building Science Program Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 John is a Professor of Architecture, CPHC instructor for the Passive House Institute U.S. and owner of Northeast Projects LLC. He is a Certified Passive House Consultant and holds a Master of Architecture from Parsons the New School for Design. He has served as the […]
Michael Stradely
Lecturer Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio Michael Stradley is a designer and educator interested in the transformative, disruptive, and sometimes surprising potential of emerging and defunct technology. An architect by training, Stradley pursues work and forms of design research which cut across a range of scales and borrow processes […]
Marcus Carter
Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 102 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio Marcus’ interests lie in the machinations of the contemporary urban environment as well as architecture’s catalytic potential in this climate. Marcus is a partner of OBJECT TERRITORIES, a critical design practice operating from Hong Kong and New York, working at the intersection […]
Christianna Bennett
Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 302 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Christianna Bennett is a practicing Landscape Designer and Instructor. She has over four years professional experience in architecture, landscape architecture, and multidisciplinary engineering practices, with additional experience as a research assistant and publications editor. Her interests include landscape histories, experimental and theoretical practices, […]
Xuedi Chen
Recent Faculty: Xuedi Chen BIO Xuedi Chen is a Brooklyn-based designer and educator whose multidiciplinary work spans the world of industrial design, architecture, fashion, robotics, and installation. She embraces the intersection of the digital and physical with a passion towards innovative use of materials, methods, and technologies. Xuedi’s work has been exhibited around New York […]
Lonn Combs
Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, Room #304 Email: Phone: 518-276-8718 Bio Lonn Combs studied architecture at the University of Kentucky in the United States, where he received his first professional degree in architecture in 1992. He later received a post-professional degree at Columbia University in New York City, in 2001. Lonn Combs co-founded EASTON+COMBS […]
Jillian Crandall
Lecturer Jillian Crandall Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-8718 Jillian Crandall, AIA is an architect, educator, and urban theorist/practitioner. She received her B.Arch at RPI, and her M.A. in Theories of Urban Practice at Parsons School of Design. Jillian’s current work focuses on the implications of digital/physical infrastructures on space and […]
Demetrios Comodromos
Recent Faculty: Demetrios Comodromos Bio Demetrios Comodromos received his Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2002, and a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in 2004 and since 2010 has been a registered and nationally accredited Architect. Since leaving Rensselaer, Demetrios has worked for internationally reknown practices such as, SHoP Architects, […]
Gustavo Crembil
Associate Professor Office: Greene Building, Room M108 Email: Phone: 518-276-2011 Bio Gustavo Crembil holds a Master of Architecture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Diploma of Architect from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina. A former Fulbright scholar, he has received several grants and awards, among others: Unesco-Aschberg, and Argentina’s Fondo Nacional de las Artes […]
Adam Dayem
Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 102 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio Adam Dayem is an architect and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the principal of actual / office, an architecture and design studio founded in 2004. a/o takes on a wide variety of work including residential, exhibit design, furniture design, […]
Brian De Luna
Recent Faculty: Brian De Luna Bio MS. AAD. Columbia University School of Architecture Planning and Preservation B.Arch. Southern California Institute of Architecture Brian DeLuna currently works in New York City and has taught as a Professor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the principal of Parabol, an interdisciplinary design firm […]
Ivi Diamantopoulou
Adjunct Professor Ivi Diamantopoulou Ivi Diamantopoulou is a designer and educator based in New York. She is design director and co-founder of New Affiliates, a firm dedicated to experimenting with known forms, techniques and materials in new ways to create work that is both textured and layered, typical and novel. There, she is currently working […]
Nancy Diniz
Recent Faculty: Nancy Diniz BIO Nancy Diniz is a registered architect and researcher. Before joining RPI she held several academic positions in China, UK, Italy and in Portugal in the areas of Architecture, Interior architecture, Environmental Technology and Interactive Design. Her main research and teaching interests question traditional scale boundaries between design disciplines – Fashion, Product, […]
Josh Draper
Lecturer Office: CASE/ NYC Email: Phone: 212-618-3959 Bio Josh Draper holds a Bachelors in Classics from St. John’s College and an M. Arch. degree from GSAPP, Columbia University. He also attended Nickelviksskolan and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Josh interned with Studio Daniel Libeskind in New York City before working as […]
Koray Duman
Recent Faculty: Koray Duman BIO Koray Duman, AlA, LEED is Principal at Buro Koray Duman Architects, based in New York City. Originally from Turkey, Duman earned a BArch from Middle Eastern Technical University. He furthered his studies at UCLA’s Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design with a Masters degree in Architecture. In 2009, Duman […]
Anna Dyson
Recent Faculty: Anna Dyson Bio Anna Dyson taught design, technology, and theory at Rensselaer School of Architecture. She was the director of the Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE) which hosts the Graduate Program in Architectural Sciences, concentration is Built Ecologies. She has worked as a design architect and product designer in several offices […]
Yael Erel
Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, 102 Email: Phone: (518) 276-4060 BIO Yael Erel, is an architect, educator and light artist. Her architectural life interweaves light optics research with academic teaching and practice as ways to understand and explore ideas in built form. Erel is a licensed architect in New York and registered architect in Israel. […]
Jefferson Ellinger
Recent Faculty Jefferson Ellinger Bio Jefferson Ellinger received his Masters of Architecture from Columbia University after completing his B.S. in Architecture from the Ohio State University. As an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute he specializes in computational design techniques. Specifically, the research/teaching he undertakes is focused on developing and designing parametric relations […]
Melanie Fessel
Recent Faculty. Melanie Fessel BIO Melanie Fessel is Director of Design, Terreform ONE and Managing Editor of Ecogram. She initiated Open Network Ecology Odyssey, an interdisciplinary research enterprise based on philanthropic design principles, to integrate ecological issues into the urban environment. Melanie was an associate with the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design and worked […]
Mariana Figueiro
Full Professor Mariana Figueiro Office: Gurley Building, LRC 3rd Floor Email: Phone: 518-687-7142 Bio B.S., Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil M.S., Lighting, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Multidisciplinary Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mariana Figueiro, Ph.D., is Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor at Rensselaer […]
Fareh Garba
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Ralph Ghoche
Recent Faculty. Ralph Ghoche. He holds a professional degree in Architecture (B. Arch, 1998) and a post-professional degree (M. Arch II) in history and theory of architecture from McGill University. In 2006, Ghoche obtained his M.Phil at Columbia University where he is currently concluding a dissertation centered on the history of ornament and organicism in nineteenth-century France. The dissertation has received support from several […]
Matthew Gindlesparger
Recent Faculty: Matthew Gindlesparger Bio Matt Gindlesparger received his Masters of Architecture at the University of Arizona where he was a graduate of the Emerging Materials Technology program. He received his B.Arch from the University of Arizona and a B.S from Southern Illinois University. Born the son of a carpenter, Matt grew up to become […]
Oliver Holmes
Recent Faculty Oliver Holmes Bio Oliver Holmes’ background is in mechanical engineering, and he is a licensed professional engineer and a LEED accredited professional. He was previously Director of Facilities Planning and Design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for over nineteen years. He has served as Director of Facilities Planning and Construction at Williams College and also […]
Daniel Horowitz
Recent Faculty Daniel Horowitz Daniel Horowitz is an architect-entrepreneur and an educator. He holds two advanced Masters of Science degrees in Technology and Pedagogy from Sci-Arc. His research focuses on new pedagogical models for architectural education, and new models of practice and project delivery. He is passionate about developing blockchain business applications for the design and […]
Fleet Hower
Lecturer Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio Bachelor of Arts- Georgetown University Master of Architecture – University of Pennsylvania Master of Landscape Architecture- University of Pennsylvania Fleet Hower is a designer and educator with expertise in computational methodologies. He holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture […]
Ryosuke Imaeda
Lecturer: Office: Greene Building, Room 302 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060, Ext. 4060 Bio Ryosuke Imaeda is a designer and educator based in New York and Japan. Imaeda holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the Newberry Scholarship and PPD Prize in design excellence. Following his experience at Zaha Hadid […]
Alicia Imperiale
Lecturer Alicia Imperiale Office: Greene Building, Room # 302 Email: Phone: 518-276-6868 Dr. Alicia Imperiale is a registered architect, artist, and theorist. Her work harnesses various modes of inquiry and expression to investigate the underlying impact of technology on the arts, society, and culture. Aspects of this research are presented in her book New Flatness: […]
Serban Ionescu
Recent Faculty: Serban Ionescu Bio B.Arch, Pratt Institute Serban Ionescu, born 1984 in Romania, and grew up in New York City, attended Pratt Institute and graduated from the Architectural program in 2007. He is currently running Serban Ionescu Studio, a multi-disciplinary practice in drawing, painting, furniture, film and installation. He has worked with several Architecture […]
Mitchell Joachim
Recent Faculty. Mitchell Joachim BIO Dr. Joachim, [jo-ak-um] – is a Co-Founder of Terreform ONE. He is an Associate Professor at NYU and EGS in Switzerland. He was formerly an architect at Gehry Partners, and Pei Cobb Freed. He is a TED Senior Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with Moshe Safdie and Martin Society […]
Lydia Kallipoliti
Recent Faculty: Lydia Kallipoliti. Lydia Kallipoliti is an architect, engineer and scholar. She holds a Diploma in Architecture and Engineering from A.U.Th in Greece, a SMArchS in design and building technology from M.I.T, as well as a Master of Arts and a PhD from Princeton University. Prior to teaching at RPI, Kallipoliti was an Assistant […]
Ed Keller
Recent Faculty: Ed Keller Bio Designer, professor, writer, musician and multimedia artist. Ed Keller teaches at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Parsons The New School for Design (where is also Director of the Center for Transformative Media). Prior to joining RPI, he taught at Columbia University / GSAPP [1998-2010] and SCIArc [2004-09]. With Carla Leitao he co-founded AUM Studio, an architecture […]
Ted Krueger
Associate Professor Office: Greene Building, Room 212A Email: Phone: 518-276-8075 Bio Ted Krueger holds a PhD in Architecture (by design) from RMIT, and a professional Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University following graduate work in architectural history at the University of Chicago and an eclectic undergraduate education in the social sciences and the […]
Varun Kohli
Recent Faculty: Varun Kohli Bio Varun founded Merge Studio in New York in 2010; a studio fundamentally grounded on principles of environmentally responsive design. He is currently heading major design projects globally incorporating a multitude of typologies including commercial, retail, multi-residential, master-planning and hospitality based projects spread out in US, India, Australia and the Caribbean. […]
Sulan Kolatan
Recent Faculty Sulan Kolatan Bio M.S. Architecture and Buidling Design, Columbia University Diploma, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen Sulan Kolatan is the Principal of KOL/MAC LLC, an architecture and design firm she co-founded with William J. Mac Donald. She is currently Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute. Her firm has been […]
Courtney Laflin
Recent Faculty: Courtney Laflin Bio Courtney Laflin, a LEED BD+C Accredited Professional, received her Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2010. After leaving Rensselaer, she began a career as an Architectural Designer for one of the country’s largest architecture and engineering firms, EYP Architecture & Engineering. Courtney’s experience spans a variety of […]
Will Laufs
Recent Visiting Faculty (Bedford Chair): Will Laufs. Will Laufs works in the field of structural, façade engineering and specialty structures design in North America and worldwide, focusing on the use of new materials, energy efficiency, transparent glass enclosures, challenging international structures with complex geometries, and architectural building elements, where 3D structural form-finding and detailing have […]
Carla Leitao
Assistant Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 102 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Website: www.aumstudio.org, https://www.clatcraive.net/ Carla Leitao is an architect and writer that lives and works in New York, USA and Lisbon, Portugal. She is the co-founder, with Ed Keller, of AUM Studio in NY and Umasideia in Lisbon. She has taught architecture studios and […]
Russ Leslie
Recent Faculty Russ Leslie Bio Russ Leslie, M.Arch., is a practicing architect, Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Associate Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC). Co-author of the proposal which established the LRC, Leslie is responsible for program development and operation of the LRC’s $6.0 million dollar annual research and education operation. […]
Edwin Liu
Lecturer Office: Greene Building, 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-8718 Edwin Liu holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California State Polytechnic, Pomona and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He is the principal of ISOFORM, a design consultancy that pursues novel design through […]
Mae-ling Lokko
Recent Faculty Mae-ling Lokko Bio Mae-ling Lokko is an architectural scientist and building technology researcher from Ghana and the Philippines whose work centers on the upcycling of agrowaste and biopolymer materials into high performance clean building material systems for humidity control, indoor air quality remediation and water quality control applications. Lokko holds a Ph.D. and […]
Matthew Lopez
Adjunct Professor Office: Greene Building, 102 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Matthew Lopez is an architectural designer and educator. Matthew holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science in Design Theory and Pedagogy from SCI-Arc. His design work and research investigate the conflation of form, aesthetics, and contemporary culture. […]
Ivan Markov
Recent Faculty. Ivan Markov Bio Ivan Markov holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. Degrees in Structural Engineering from Cornell University. He received M.Sc. in Architecture along with specialization in Housing and B.Sc. in CEE from Belgrade University. He specialized in FR Concrete at TH Delft. Prior to teaching at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Markov has taught at The […]
Mark Mistur
Recent Faculty: Mark Mistur. Mark Mistur was Associate Dean of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His teaching and research focuses on innovations driven by performance criteria but he remains equally concerned with phenomena, the human experience and social consequences of architecture. He studied at the ETH and at Rensselaer where he received his Master of […]
Brendan Moran
Recent Faculty: Brendan Moran. Brendan Moran is an architectural historian whose ongoing research examines the intersection of architecture and planning education during the mid-century in America, as well as the larger matter of the role of the research university in shaping various forms of professional education involving design. His essay entitled “Aesthetic Platforms” appeared in […]
Murat Mutlu
Recent Faculty: Murat Mutlu BIO Murat Mutlu is a founder and Principal of INOA | International Office of Architects. He was born and raised in Turkey, studied architecture in USA and had worked in UK, USA and Turkey. This international background has led him establishing INOA which is a USA based company that provides architecture […]
Nadarajah Narendran
Full Professor Gurley Building, LRC 3rd Floor 518-687-7176 Bio Ph.D., Physics, University of Rhode Island M.S., Physics, University of Rhode Island B.S., Physics, University of Peradeniya Nadarajah Narendran, Ph.D., is Director of Research at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Narendran is well known throughout the lighting […]
Ted Ngai
Recent Faculty. Ted Ngai Bio Ted Ngai is the founder of atelier nGai, an interdisciplinary research, design, and development laboratory, where he and his team develop advanced prototyping systems that explore the physiology of architectural, urban, and ecological environments. His main research area is titled Ecophysiological Architecture, a topic he had developed to explore the conceptual […]
Michael Oatman
Associate Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 113 Email: Phone: 518-276-3188 Bio Artist Michael Oatman calls his practice ‘the poetic interpretation of documents’. His collages and installations integrate thousands of found, modified and handmade components, including artifacts of material culture, painting, drawing, video, and food. These architectural ‘unvironments’ have been installed at museums, public […]
Zbigniew Oksiuta
Sr. Lecturer Zbigniew Oksiuta Office: Greene Building, Room # 304 Email: Phone: 518-276-8718 Bio Zbigniew Oksiuta is an architect and artist experimenting with the possibility of designing biological structures. He studied at The Faculty of Architecture, The Warsaw University of Technology. Oksiuta concentrates on reducing his research of space to the very necessary minimum: […]
Stefano Passeri
Recent Faculty: Stefano Passeri Bio Stefano Passeri holds a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), a Bachelor of Science from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and a Master of Philosophy from the University of London. He is the recipient of the AIA Henry Adams Medal and […]
David Pacheco
Adjunct Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 102 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio David J. Pacheco, AIA, NCARB is Director of Operations, Senior Architect, Vice President and Partner with H2M architects + engineers. He’s co-founder of Pacheco Ross Architects, P.C. a nationally recognized, award-winning architectural firm dedicated to the design of Emergency Response Facilities across […]
Richard Peckham
Recent Faculty: Richard Peckham Bio Richard Peckham holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic institute. He is Vice President and Executive Principle of CSArch, a design firm in Albany, New York that specializes in providing engineering, construction management, and energy services to a variety of […]
Dominick Pilla
Recent Faculty Dominick Pilla Bio As the founder and principal of DRPILLA, Dominick Pilla leads the strategic direction and oversight of the firm while also being highly engaged with clients, projects, and staff development. He has more than 30 years of experience specializing in the structural analysis, design and review of nearly every building type, […]
Elena Perez Guembe
Recent Faculty. Elena Perez Guembe Bio Elena Perez Guembe holds a Master in Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and an Architect Diploma from the Universidad de Navarra, Spain. She has worked with renowned architects Zaha-Hadid, and Rafael Moneo, in conception, development and execution of several projects and competitions, such as the Guggenheim […]
Chris Perry
Associate Professor. Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Director, Geofutures Master of Science in Architecture Program Office: Greene Building, Room # 105 Email: Phone: 518-276-8435 Chris Perry is Associate Professor (with tenure) and Associate Dean at the Rensselaer School of Architecture where he is also the director of the Master of Science in Architecture […]
John Pocorobba
Recent Faculty: John Pocorobba Bio John Pocorobba holds responsibility for EYP Architecture & Engineering’s overall operations and project profitability. He leads the firm’s Venture Team, where he applies his strategic planning skills to a broad range of initiatives including business development and corporate branding. He is also charged with developing the firm’s project delivery systems and securing […]
Mark Rea
Recent Faculty Mark Rea Bio M.S., Biophysics, Ohio State University Ph.D., Biophysics, Ohio State University Mark S. Rea, Ph.D., is Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor of Architecture and Cognitive Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Rea has served as Director since the LRC was established in 1988. He teaches courses in leadership […]
Casey Rehm
Recent Faculty: M. Casey Rehm Bio M. Casey Rehm is a designer and algorithmic consultant based in New York. His current research focuses on the use of non-linear generative systems and contemporary interactive technology in the production of architecture, animation, and graphic design. He received a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia […]
Alexandra Rempel
Recent Faculty: Alexandra Rempel. Alexandra Rempel, an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, is a building scientist and ecologist working to understand the lessons that existing buildings and environmental physics hold for climate-responsive design. Her research efforts in passive solar heating, passive cooling, and natural ventilation combine field studies with energy modeling to reveal […]
Stephen Reilly
Recent Faculty: Stephen Reilly Bio Stephen F. Reilly is a licensed architect and LEED Accredited Professional with more than 20 years’ experience working on some of the most important historic structures in the United States. He has a strong materials conservation and technical background, and he is particularly experienced with projects involving preservation, restoration, adaptive […]
Rhett Russo
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chair Office: Greene Building, 006 Email: Phone: 518-276-8354, Ext. 8354 Rhett Russo is a designer and educator. His work ranges in scale from architecture to design, furniture, drawing and sculpture. It is situated at the intersection of material behavior and digital technologies with focus on ceramics. Russo’s designs gained international recognition […]
Richard Sarrach
Recent Faculty Richard Sarrach Bio B.Arch., Pratt Institute M.S. AAD, Columbia University Richard Sarrach is a Principal at form-ula; a multidisciplinary design practice that seeks to understand the intersection of design, engineering and its collaborative possibilities to produce high performance architecture for large and small scale projects. He specializes in computation techniques, digital material […]
Andrew Saunders
Recent Faculty: Andrew Saunders. Andrew Saunders was an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. He received his Masters in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has significant professional experience as project designer for Eisenman Architects, Leeser Architecture and Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. He has taught and guest lectured […]
Holger Schulze Ehring
Recent Bedford Visiting Professor: Holger Schulze Ehring Bio Holger Schulze-Ehring has eighteen years of structural and architectural design experience, with a focus on long-span, lightweight and specialty structures. He founded Büro Ehring early 2016, after a long tenure at architecture and engineering firm Santiago Calatrava and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, where he worked on landmark […]
Eunjeong Seong
Recent Faculty Eunjeong Seong Bio B.S., Inha University M.Arch., Columbia University, GSAPP Eunjeong Seong is an architect based in New York City. Seong’s architectural and urban design work have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and presented in lectures and conferences at MoMA as well as Columbia University and PS1. Her work […]
Matthew Slattery
Adjunct Professor Matthew Slattery Office: Greene Building, Room # 102 Email: Phone: 518-276-4060 Bio Matthew Slattery works in New York City as a partner of Armory Design and Fabrication. On top of that he’s done design-build work, built and managed digital fabrication shops, done construction administration, furniture design, physical model making, digital modeling and diagramming, as […]
Peter RH Stark
Recent Faculty Peter RH Stark Bio Dr. Stark is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer and at the School of Science in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy. He works closely with teams both at CASE, the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology in New York City and in Troy. […]
Kyle Stover
Recent Faculty : Kyle Stover Bio Kyle Stover is a designer practicing in New York City. He holds a Masters of Architecture from Yale University and a Bachelors of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati. He has previously worked with Asymptote Architecture developing computational and BIM methodologies on such projects as the Strata Tower and […]
Anthony Titus
Associate Professor Office: Greene Building, Room # 009 Email: Phone: 518-276-6861 Bio Anthony Titus is the founder of Anthony Titus Studio an interdisciplinary practice based in New York City. His studio has been a laboratory for the exploration of ideas related to the contemporary practices of art and architecture. Over the past decade the […]
Lauren Thomsen
Recent Faculty Lauren Thomsen Bio Lauren Thomsen is a registered architect and LEED AP BD+C accredited professional with over ten years of experience in the design and construction industry. Her practice focuses on the integration of design and performance goals through interdisciplinary collaboration and the use of innovative digital tools. She currently works as a […]
Alexandros Tsamis
Assistant Professor Associate Director CASE / NYC Email: Phone: 212-618-3959 Bio Alexandros Tsamis is an Architect and Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, RPI. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Director of Built Ecologies MS & PhD and as the Associate Director of the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, CASE. Previously, […]
Tom Verebes
Recent Faculty: Tom Verebes Tom Verebes has over two decades of experience in architectural practice, education and research. He was Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) (2011-2014) and Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, where he taught the Harvard GSD-HKU Joint Studio, coordinated MArch Studios and BAAS Year 3 undergraduate design studio, […]
Florencia Vetcher
Lecturer: Florencia Vetcher Bio Florencia Vetcher holds a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University, where she studied under Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA, Jesse Reiser of Reiser + Umemoto and Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. She earned her Diploma of Architecture from the University of Belgrano with merit in 2003 and studied at […]
Jason Vollen
Recent Faculty: Jason Vollen Bio Jason Oliver Vollen is a Registered Architect and researcher focused on emerging material technologies, specifically, the integration of energy per-formative structural ceramics, dynamic and environmental simulation, and digital fabrication. Prior to joining RPI, Vollen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona working in the Emerging Material Technologies Research […]
Julia Watson
Recent Faculty. Julia Watson Bio Julia Watson is the founder of REDE, Studio for Research and Design and an academic lecturing at both Harvard University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Commencing her teaching career in 2009, she has instructed in undergraduate and graduate design programs, teaching core and optional design studios, thesis and built technology seminars. […]
Tom Wiscombe
Recent Faculty Tom Wiscombe Bio Bachelor of Arts, Architecture, University of California Berkeley M.Arch., University of California Los Angeles Born in La Jolla, California in 1970, Tom Wiscombe is a licensed architect living in the United States. He is founder and principal of Tom Wiscombe Design, an internationally recognized contemporary design office. His work stands […]
Ning Xiang
Full Professor & Architectural Acoustics Program Director Office: Greene Building, Room # 202 Email: Phone: 518-276-6464 Bio Dr. Ning Xiang earned his Ph. D. in 1990 from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) in Bochum, Germany (with advisor Prof. Dr. Jens Blauert). Dr. Xiang was then employed as a project […]
Lydia Xynogala
Recent Faculty: Lydia Xynogala_ BIO Lydia Xynogala is a designer and educator. She holds an M. Arch II from Princeton, a B. Arch from The Cooper Union and a BSc from the Bartlett (UCL). At Cooper Union she was the recipient of the Irma Giustino Weiss Prize for exceptional creative potential, the George Leslie Prize for […]
Farzam Yazdanseta
Recent Faculty: Farzam Yazdanseta BIO Farzam Yazdanseta is an educator and architectural designer based in New York City. He has worked for several architectural practices in Washington DC, Maryland, and New York. At Eisenman Architects in New York City, he was the project architect and lead designer for the Eisenman Architects Gwangju Folly project for the […]