Jung-hye Shin
I believe in the power of how we design our homes and communities to influence our everyday well-being. The experiences we have within their designs reflect complex interactions among the physical structure, social relations, and sociocultural expectations that govern our built environment. My most recent research has focused on the role of home and communities in helping older adults age in place. I listen to their lived experiences and observe their everyday practices in hopes
- Jun 29, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Technology + Human Thriving, Alumni
Jai Khanna uses design research to optimize user experience
Jai Khanna is a user experience researcher at Cisco. He uses mixed methods research to improve the company’s artificial intelligence and enterprise software. He helps product teams understand customer needs, behaviors and pain points and translates these insights into strategies and processes that improve products and the user experience.
Khanna earned his M.S. in Human Environment Relations from Cornell in 2023.
Q. What does your work look like day to day?
A. As a UX
- May 2, 2022
- by E.C. Barrett
- Technology + Human Thriving, Alumni
A mission-driven leader
After metastatic breast cancer took the life of a close family member, Megan Wherry Menner ’96, M.S. ’03, changed the direction of her career to focus on supporting the life-saving mission of the biotech and pharma industries. As senior vice president and head of Human Resources (HR) for CRISPR Therapeutics, she has been an instrumental leader in the company’s growth from around 60 employees when she started five and a half years ago, to
M.S. Human Environment Relations
Use evidence-based design strategies to create spaces that help every user reach their unique and varied goals.
- Jan 12, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Who, what, why: Marla Lujan investigates physiology to improve reproductive health
Who
Marla Lujan, associate professor of nutritional sciences, has been collecting data on ovarian morphology for 15 years. She stumbled into this research area by accident. She was investigating primate reproduction when she was asked to change her focus to another understudied population — women.
Lujan completed her postdoctoral studies in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, where she spent three years working in an infertility clinic. During her clinical experience
Meng Wang
I am a hematology physician scientist fascinated by how nutrition and metabolism can cause DNA damage in our body, how this can affect ageing and cancer, and motivated to translate this knowledge to novel therapy.
I am a MD PhD graduate from University of Cambridge, UK. My PhD was with Professor Michael Neuberger at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology focusing on B cell immunology. I completed my residency clinical training at King’s College Hospital in
