About
The Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (CEA) unites researchers across multiple fields in the development of transformative systems for the Built Environment. We purposefully prioritize the requirements of living ecosystems towards the development of innovative methods for buildings and cities that support biodiversity with clean energy, water, and materials.
YALE CEA takes a unique approach in leveraging the ongoing explosion of knowledge in life sciences and information technology to fundamentally re-inform the built environment process, which is currently the sector responsible for the largest consumption of toxic, non-renewable resources and greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Alongside our partners in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry, YALE CEA seeks to address the complexity of transitioning global construction patterns by uniting deep expertise of current practices with radically new socio-economic and technical approaches. YALE CEA is purposely putting the scientific inquiry of living ecosystems behaviors at the forefront of the research and development of transformative Built Environment Systems.
Team
FOUNDING
DIRECTOR
Yale CEA
Anna Dyson
RESEARCH
SCIENTIST
Yale CEA
Naomi Keena
PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Yale University
Jaehong Kim
ARCHITECTURAL CRITIC & HISTORIAN
Yale University
Alicia Imperiale
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Yale University
Marshall James
PHD STUDENT
Yale University
Christina Ciardullo
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
Yale University
Abena Bonna
DIRECTOR OF
ENGINEERING
RESEARCH
Yale CEA
Nick Novelli
RESEARCH
SCIENTIST
Yale CEA
Mohamed Aly
MANAGING
PRINCIPAL
Entertaining Health
Ranjit Arpels-Josiah
ARCHITECT & VISITING PROFESSOR
SHoP Architects and Yale University
Chris Sharples
PHD STUDENT
Yale University
Mandi Pretorius
HARDWARE
ENGINEER
Yale University
Sheldon McLeod
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Yale CEA
Hind Wildman
PROFESSOR ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ning Xiang
MANAGING
PRINCIPAL
Entertaining Health
Andrew Rosner
ELECTRICAL AND SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Yale University
Christopher Preusch
PHD STUDENT
Yale University
Phoebe Mankiewicz
ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATE
DEAN
Yale University
Phil Bernstein
Collaborators
PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Yale University
Marian Chertow
RESEARCH
SCIENTIST-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING& MATERIAL SCIENCE
Yale University
Joseph Zinter
PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Yale University
Michelle Bell
ARCHITECT & CRITIC
Yale University
Gavin Hogben
ARCHITECT &
SENIOR CRITIC
Yale University/
Gray Organschi Architecture
Alan Organschi
DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
SHoP Architects
Berardo Matalucci
