Categories: All Faculty
Karen YunJin Seong, Director
Karen Seong is a licensed architect in California and New York, a LEED accredited professional, and NCARB certified. She developed her professional expertise while with Skidmore Owings and Merrill in New York and in San Francisco.
Eva Chiu, Associate Director
Eva Chiu studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a Masters of Architecture at the Graduate School of Design Harvard University. Upon graduation, Eva travelled with a Fulbright scholarship to Hong Kong to study its unique urban condition.
Sameena Sitabkhan, Licensing Advisor
As a licensed architect, Sameena has designed and managed a range of building typologies over the past 15 years. A competent Project Architect, she is focused on pushing the boundaries of design through engagement and problem solving.
Doron Serban, Emerging Technology Coordinator
Doron Serban is a full-time faculty member and the undergraduate emerging technologies coordinator. His work focuses on the transdisciplinary role of visualization in reshaping the boundaries between logical and intuitive decision processes.
Eric Reeder, Graduate Studio Coordinator
Eric Reeder is a licensed California architect whose 15-year career has focused on collaboration, sustainability, and urban speculations. For nearly a decade Eric practiced and taught in Seoul, South Korea. Eric founded ERa (Eric Reeder Architect) in 2018.
Aurgho Jyoti
Aurgho Jyoti Faculty, School of Architecture Aurgho Jyoti is an Indian architect whose work aims to create cultural significance and social relevance through interventions that provide ‘temporal continuity’ and ‘spatial specificity.’ His work has a distinct interest in materiality and history explored through dichotomies of the global-local and the urban-rural condition. He was…
Kate Bilyk
Kate Bilyk Faculty, School of Architecture Kate Bilyk is an architectural designer, entrepreneur, educator, and thinker. After a decade of working in the field of architecture, she has amassed a foundation of expertise that spans from building architectural objects to planning entire city blocks. Her passion for building does not reside solely in design,…
Adam Miller
Adam Miller Faculty, School of Architecture Adam Miller is a designer and teacher, and director of Pneu Stars Design Group. Prior to joining UC Berkeley as a lecturer, Adam was the Muschenheim Fellow at University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (2021–2023) and from 2019 to 2021 Adam was the two-time…
Ashley August
Ashley August Faculty, School of Architecture Ashley is the founding principal of Nanka and a Lecturer in Architecture at University of California, Berkeley. She is a licensed architect in California and New York. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UC Berkeley and a Master of Architecture I from Harvard Graduate School…
Antoine Van Erp
Antoine Van Erp FACULTY, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Antoine van Erp is a Dutch architect, designer, and maker with over 15 years of professional experience in ambitious projects worldwide. After developing his expertise at renowned studios including Heatherwick Studio (London), UNStudio (Amsterdam), and Powerhouse Company (Rotterdam), he founded Matter Makers to pursue his distinctive design…
Elizabeth Cohn-Martin
Elizabeth Cohn-Martin Faculty, School of Architecture Elizabeth Cohn-Martin is an architect, educator, and sustainability specialist with experience in research and development of alternative materials and sustainable systems for diverse projects. She has global work experience in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, Mexico, Guatemala, and Saudi Arabia and is a registered Associate…
Archer Firouzi
Archer Firouzi Faculty, School of Architecture At Archiffects, we believe architecture goes beyond mere function; It shapes how we live, how we connect, and how we experience the world around us. Every project is an opportunity to create environments that transform the everyday into something meaningful and exceptional. By listening, collaborating, and crafting with…
Jason Austin
Over the last several years, Jason Austin has instructed a range of architecture, landscape and urban design studios at both undergraduate and graduate levels at multiple universities. Reflecting upon his array of teaching experiences, he has instructed courses that align...
Eric Lum, Director Emeritus
Eric Lum, AIA, Ph.D., LEED BD+C, is a licensed architect in the state of California and NCARB certified. He has worked for Kallmann, McKinnell and Wood Architects in Boston, Arthur Erickson Architects in Los Angeles, and Gensler in San Francisco, among others.
Jennifer Asselstine, Undergraduate Director Emerita
Jennifer Asselstine AIA has 30 years of experience in architecture and design and runs a design business in San Anselmo. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of Minnesota, where she received an award from the AIA.
Mark Mueckenheim, Graduate Director Emeritus
Mark Mückenheim is a licensed architect in Germany and the European Union, the principal of MCKNHM Architects, and the co-author of the book “Inspiration – contemporary design methods in architecture” released by BIS Publishers in 2012.
Alberto Bertoli, Director Emeritus
Mr. Bertoli has vast experience in different areas of the architectural profession. His work ranges from the planning of shuttle facilities for the space program to the designing of a performing arts center. He most recently designed the InterContinental San Francisco hotel.
Charles Green
CHARLES GREEN Faculty, School of Architecture Charles is the founder of Atelier Siletz Architecture and As Development, an interdisciplinary firm operating at the intersection of architecture, community and social equity. Charles is a registered Architect in California and Oregon and previously worked at Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects in San Francisco. He received his…
Diego Romero Evans
Diego Romero Evans Faculty, School of Architecture Faculty, School of Landscape Architecture Diego Romero-Evans is an Architect, Landscape Architect, Editor, and Curator with extensive professional experience as a design practitioner and educator. Romero-Evans was adjunct faculty in the School of Architecture at Woodbury University - San Diego (2021), a post-graduate researcher at the University…
Gilberto Rodriguez
Gilberto Rodriguez Faculty, School of Architecture Gilberto Rodriguez, born in Texas is a registered architect in Portugal and a founding partner at Brito.Rodriguez based in Texas and in Portugal. He previously worked at Jim Jennings Architecture in San Francisco, California and RCR Arquitectes (Pritzker Architecture Prize 2017) in Olot, Spain. He co-hosted and taught…
Inês Martins de Brito
Inês Martins de Brito Faculty, School of Architecture Inês Martins de Brito is a portuguese architect and a founding partner at Brito.Rodriguez based in Texas and in Portugal. She previously worked at Sagan Piechota Architecture in San Francisco, California and RCR Arquitectes (Pritzker Architecture Prize 2017) in Olot, Spain. She co-hosted and taught at…
Fabiana Possamai Wills
Fabiana Possamai Wills Faculty, School of Architecture Fabiana Possamai Wills is an architect and urban designer. Her interdisciplinary work combines research, design, and collaborates with local cultural organizations to explore on the renewal of inactive landscapes, sprawling urban areas, and the intersection between infrastructure and architectural design to generate strategies that promote sustainable environments…
Rebal Knayzeh
Having lived, studied and worked in Beirut, Aleppo, Dubai, London, Toronto and New York, the urban condition figures centrally in my explorations; my point of departure has always been the impact of the object on the field. My interests in...
Paul Adamson
Paul Adamson, FAIA, is a San Francisco-based architect, wrote and preservation advocate. As a design architect he has worked in New York with Rafael Vinoly Architects and with San Francisco firms SMWM in association with Pei Cobb Freed and Hornberger...
Alexandra Neyman
Alexandra Neyman holds both a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. She also attended University of Michigan School of Art and Design.
Zachary Meade
Originally from California, Zachary Meade first studied architecture at the University of Lund in Southern Sweden where he gained an affinity for Scandinavian design and culture. After finishing a Masters at the Newschool of Architecture & Design in...
Antonio Lao
Venezuela-born Antonio Lao is a licensed, established architect of the Bay area, with a Bachelor and Master Degrees in Architecture from University of California Berkeley. With over twenty years in practice, Antonio offers formidable design skills, extensive...
Paul Burgin
Paul Burgin is a licensed, LEED-accredited architect with over 20 years of professional experience. He currently runs Paul Burgin Architecture, based in Santa Cruz, California. His particular areas of interest are custom residential design, small-space design, sustainability, and the areas where art and architecture overlap.
Kris Menos
Kris Menos Faculty, School of Architecture I’m a human being, a designer, and a teacher. As Creative Director for Human Being Design, I’m responsible for shaping our practice’s continuously evolving conceptual grounding (see metamaterialism), and guiding the research, design, and implementation of our projects. As a member of the faculty at the Academy of…
Carol Buhrmann
Carol Buhrmann has many years of experience teaching architecture, most recently at Florida Atlantic University and U.C. Berkeley. Her current research explores the connection between architecture and film and has advanced a theory of Time Diagrams, which uses...
Ryan Hong
Ryan Hong Faculty, School of Architecture Ryan Hong, a licensed architect in California and New York, boasts extensive experience working on diverse architectural typologies. Possessing a keen interest in creative processes and continuous learning, Ryan is especially proficient in digital fabrication. Ryan is currently a senior job captain at Marmol Radziner and an instructor…
Matthew Davis
Matthew Davis Faculty, School of Architecture Matthew Davis is a Canadian-Filipino designer, artist, and former professor at Columbia University GSAPP and Parsons School of Design. He is the director of DAD D.P.C. and also a Registered Architect in New York State in the USA. Matthew moved from Toronto to New York after completing his Bachelor of Architectural Studies at the University…
Shruti Dixit
Shruti Dixit has a decade of professional experience in master planning and landscape architecture projects across the world. She has worked on a wide range of projects of various scales, which have included hospitality and resort design, public...
Naima Sweeting
Naima Sweeting Faculty, School of Architecture Faculty, School of Landscape Architecture Naima Sweeting is a licensed Landscape Architect, with almost 20 years of combined experience in the architecture and landscape architecture professions. A native of New York City, Naima received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in architecture from Cornell University. After practicing in various architecture…
Philip Ra
Philip Ra Faculty, School of Architecture Philip Ra, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a Principal and Design Director at Flad Architects. Philip's passion for both architecture and technology has led him to be an innovator in the use of digital technology during building design. With more than 20 years of experience, he brings a strong…
Simon McKenzie
Simon is a Canadian designer, working at the international office Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. He has spent the last two years designing a Buddhist Temple and is one of the lead organizers of SOM’s Year One Program, its Research Initiative...
Stephen Ellis
Stephen Ellis Faculty, School of Architecture Stephen is a registered architect practicing with the firm Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP in San Francisco. He began his professional experience in the Bay Area with Solomon Cordwell Buenz. There, he developed an expertise in multi-family housing, primarily with high-rise and large scale projects sized over 200,000…
Dan Hogman
Dan Hogman Faculty, School of Architecture Dan Hogman is a licensed architect practicing with the multi-national architecture firm SmithGroup. He has expertise in high-rise residential and commercial architecture, low-rise housing, mixed-use, retail, hospitality, and interiors. He also volunteers his time to serve in leadership roles with the AIASF. Dan is a visually curious individual,…
David Schragger
David Schragger Faculty, School of Architecture David Schragger has been with the architecture firm, Studio Hillier in Princeton, NJ since 2011. His expertise includes residential and commercial building types. In addition, he also works as a freelance designer creating branding collateral. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, with minors in Studio Art…
Shahzia Shazi
Shahzia Shazi Faculty, School of Architecture Shahzia is a trained designer with expertise in 3D Visualizations, Architecture, Urban design and Master-Planning. She completed her Bachelor in Architecture (B.Arch.) from BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh and received her Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) with a concentration in Urban Design & Infrastructure from the College of Architecture,…
Carlo Sturken
Carlo Sturken Faculty, School of Architecture Carlo Sturken is a designer and academician based in Los Angeles, California. His recent work emphasizes techniques of defamiliarization to explore unusual readings of aesthetics in architecture and visualization. Using artificial intelligent machines both as a tool and co-creator, recent works examine the unpredictable nature of machine learning…
Peter Strzebniok
Peter Strzebniok is originally from Germany and has been living in the United States since 1994. He has architectural degrees from Germany and the US and is a licensed architect in California as well as in Germany and the European Union. Peter has 14...
Andrei Hakhovich
Andrei Hakhovich Faculty, School of Architecture Andrei Hakhovich blends creative inquiry with material intelligence, computational design, and digital fabrication based on his dual background in architecture and structural engineering. This allows him to explore narratives, spaces, and forms in a new meaningful way. He received a BS in Structural Engineering from Belarusian National Technic…
Archibald Woo
Archibald Woo has 27 years of experience in the architectural profession, 22 of which have been focused mainly on complex and technical projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, for major healthcare providers such as Kaiser Permanente and...
Carl Wilford
Carl Wilford, PE, SE Faculty, School of Architecture Carl Wilford, PE, SE, retired as a Vice President at Thornton Tomasetti. He joined Thornton Tomasetti in 1993 and brings 25 years of structural engineering experience, with an emphasis on education and healthcare projects. Carl has extensive experience providing structural engineering for new buildings and…
Owjan Hashtroodi
Owjan Hashtroodi Faculty, School of Architecture Owjan joined Resurget Engineering in 2021 and brings with him over 11 years of engineering experience. Prior to joining Resurget Engineering, Owjan was involved with projects related to forensic structural engineering and architecture. Owjan’s wide range of experience in both new design and forensic engineering has provided him…
Chiawang Yeh
Chiawang Yeh Faculty, School of Architecture After earning a M.S. degree from Stanford University in 2002, Chiawang's career started in the Bay Area. In his fifteen-year structural engineering career, he has been involved in numerous projects in the U.S.A, Taiwan, China and South-East Asia. Specializing in high-rise building design, he has completed several high-profile…
Kellen Shipley
Kellen Shipley Faculty, School of Architecture Kellen brings to the firm a dedication to affordable and inclusive housing and excellence in design. He strives to integrate contemporary aesthetics and sustainability with vernacular building traditions within the Bay Area’s urban fabric. Kellen has spent much of his tenure at PYATOK seeking creative solutions to California’s…
Kai Alcharabi
Kai Alcharabi Faculty, School of Architecture Kai brings experience from award winning firms in Rotterdam and San Francisco, where he worked on high-end homes and commercial projects. He is skilled in all phases of design, and specializes in BIM coordination and building envelope/waterproofing systems. Kai teaches at the Academy of Art University and is…
Ying Wang
Ying Wang Faculty, School of Architecture Ying Wang is an alumna of the Academy of Art University, Graduate School of Architecture. She brings an architectural expertise in the public sector gained at San Francisco Public Works. She has worked on projects of different typologies and scales such as the Laguna Honda Hospital, Chinatown Public…
Chip Minnick
Chip Minnick Faculty, School of Architecture Chip Minnick began his space-making endeavors while studying sculpture at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. After a shift of interest in scale and content, he departed for Boston Architectural Center, executing undergraduate studies at night while working full-time in architectural and interior design practices. He continued his education at…
Ricardo Moreno
Ricardo Moreno Faculty, School of Architecture Ricardo is a designer and product thinker specializing in architectural design and product development. With over 13 years of experience in the AEC industry; he has been able to experience first hand, small to large scale projects; from bathroom remodels to multistory prefabricated buildings; Ricardo is a well…
Susan Sutton
Susan Sutton Faculty, School of Architecture Susan Sutton brings a multidisciplinary approach to her classes in ARH, IAD and LA, teaching a combination of studio classes, history, and theory. She received her BA in architecture and her M. Arch from Yale University and went on to work on health care design, restaurants, hospitality…
Braden Engel
Braden Engel is a full-time faculty member and undergraduate history theory coordinator. He has taught internationally – at the Architectural Association, London, the University of Greenwich, London, and he was a Senior Lecturer at California College of the Arts.
Sara Khorshidifard
Sara Khorshidifard Faculty, School of Architecture A community design leader, design researcher, and educator, Sara Khorshidifard brings over 15 years of co-creative design practice and pedagogical expertise, honed through rigorous academic training. Combined with her international practice, her portfolio career reflects a uniquely collaborative outlook and practical edge towards the design process. In spring…
Laura Brugger
After spending most of her childhood in Charlottesville, Virginia, where her parents were professors, Laura Brugger stayed to earn her B.A. at the University of Virginia, studying as an Echols Scholar and graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Her interest in...
Sergio Lima
Sergio Lima Faculty, School of Architecture Faculty, School of Landscape Architecture Sergio Lima studied architecture in Italy, where he became fascinated by the fluid quality of the design of outdoor spaces and the endless possibilities offered by plants in shaping the landscape around us. After a brief work experience in Madrid (Spain) with the…
James Mallery
James Mallery Faculty, School of Architecture James’ strong abilities in architectural design, coordination, and management stem from both his professional experience in architecture and his teaching and research background. He specializes in complex civic, corporate, adaptive reuse, and significant historical buildings. He has deep familiarity with codes and programmatic requirements, and as Project Architect…
Paul Hallowell
Paul Hallowell Faculty, School of Architecture A professional engineer in the mechanical consulting and design industry who thrives on creativity and sustainability. Prior experience includes: mechanical design of commercial spaces such as laboratories, offices, warehouses, and universities; BIM coordination during design and construction phases; project management throughout entire project life cycle; training and organizational…