Jan Jennings
Jan Jennings, a Professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, is a multi-disciplinarian by education, training and work experience in the fields of interior design, historic preservation and urban planning. From 1969 to 1973 she was one of three principal planners with the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission who directed the preparation of the Comprehensive Plan update (Vision 2000) and designed and administered the citizen participation element of the Plan revision. She opened
Gerald F. Combs, Jr
Ph.D. Human Behavior + Design
Research how humans interact with spaces large and small — from products to buildings to cities — and help guide more effective design.
Daniel Berry
Daniel Berry, Ph.D. is the Andre Bensadoun Associate Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. He graduated from State University of New York at Cortland with a BS degree in Biology with a concentration in Environmental Science. He received a PhD degree in Molecular Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University and performed his postdoctoral studies in the Department of Developmental Biology and the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern
Martha Field
I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. I received a B.S. in chemistry from Butler University in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology from Cornell University in 2007.
My laboratory studies gene-nutrient interactions that lead to development of disease. It is clear that what we eat can be associated with disease onset, and some individuals are more likely to be affected based on certain genetic
Patricia Ann Cassano
Patricia A. Cassano, MPH, Ph.D., is the Alan D. Mathios Professor Emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. The Division of Nutritional Sciences is in the Colleges of Human Ecology and Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Cassano served as Interim Director (2018-2019), then as Director of the Division of Nutrition Sciences (2019-Jan 2024). She is also Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences Division of Epidemiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and
- Jan 26, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Technology + Human Thriving
Students’ business uses data science and AI to improve fit
Human Centered Design Ph.D. students Wenjia Zong and Yoon Yang took their start-up business, Lacuna Technology, to phase one of the eLab—an accelerator program for student startups. “We are trying to develop an algorithm to create better patterns based on body shape,” said Zong, Lacuna’s chief executive officer, who is studying with Fatma Baytar, assistant professor of Human Centered Design and director of the Fashion and Body Tech Lab.
Lacuna Technology is developing a