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So-Yeon Yoon is a Professor of Design and Environmental Analysis and the director of Design-User Experience-Technology (DUET) Research Lab at the College of Human Ecology, Cornell University. She is currently the president of the Design Communication Association. 
She practiced interior design and architecture in Korea and the U.S. With her education and industry experience in design with digital media, she taught the School of Design at the University of Ulsan in Korea and worked with industry

Yue (Jo) Jia is completing the dietetic internship program. She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nutrition from Bastyr University, where her training combined evidence-based practice with a holistic approach to health. Yue’s professional and research interests focus on the intersection of disordered eating, cultural identity, and food insecurity, with an emphasis on fostering positive relationships with food through inclusive, community-centered care. Her hands-on experience spans clinical, food service, and community nutrition, and

Savita Sastry is a Ph.D. candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, mentored by Dr. Tolunay Aydemir. Her research integrates experimental and computational approaches to uncover how zinc deficiency reshapes spatial host–microbe–nutrient interactions in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Combining multi-omics analyses, region-specific murine models, and ex vivo organoid systems, she investigates how zinc availability influences microbial function, intestinal barrier integrity, and tissue regeneration. Savita also develops computational pipelines to translate murine genomics and metagenomics insights