School of Architecture Faculty
Our FIU School of Architecture faculty holds expertise across the disciplines represented by its three departments: Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design. Our colleagues are award-winning educators, professionals, scholars, researchers, and creative artists. We are proud of the accomplishments they bring to our studios, our classrooms, and their respective fields of endeavor.
Brian Schriner
Dean
College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts
Phone: 305-348-3176
Office MMC - PCA 285
Marilys Nepomechie, FAIA, DPACSA
Associate Dean for Architecture
Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-1887
Office PCA 283B
John Stuart, AIA
Associate Dean for Communications and Strategic Partnerships
Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305/535-1460
Office MBUS 447
Henry Rueda
Chair, Department of Architecture
Associate Teaching Professor
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-0322
Office PCA 279B
Nikolay Nedev
Interim Chair, Department of Interior Architecture
Coordinator, SoA Lower Division
Teaching Professor
Coordinator, SoA Lower Division
Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 305-377-0082
Office PCA 279A
Ebru Ozer, PhD, FASLA
Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture
Professor
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Phone: 305/348-7560
Office PCA 275B
Philip Abbott, NCIDQ
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 305/348-6701
Office PCA 385A
Alfredo Andia, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305/348-6703
Office PCA 374B
Daniela Atencio, MDesR
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Katarzyna Balug, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-0003
Office PCA-389
Juan Antonio Bueno, FASLA
Professor Emeritus
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Jaime Canavés, FAIA
Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305/348-3031
Office PCA 388A
Linda Chamorro
Assistant Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Phone: 305/348-1886
Office PCA 381A
Jason Chandler, FAIA
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305/348-6913
Office PCA 279B
Nick Gelpi
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-535-2668
Office MBUS 451
Eric Goldemberg
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-535-2665
Office MBUS 443
Bhavleen Kaur, DDes
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-3181
Office PCA 386A
Elite Kedan
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Neil Leach, PhD
Director, Doctor of Design
Professor
Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-1615
Office PCA 386A
Mark Marine
Director, FIU By Design
Associate Teaching Professor
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-7357
Office PCA 384A
Natalie Molina, NCIDQ
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 305-348-6914
Office PCA
Sam Moshaver, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 305-348-6914
Office PCA
Esperanza Muiño
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Nikolay Nedev
Interim Chair, Department of Interior Architecture
Coordinator, SoA Lower Division
Teaching Professor
Coordinator, SoA Lower Division
Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 305-377-0082
Office PCA 279A
Marilys Nepomechie, FAIA, DPACSA
Associate Dean for Architecture
Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-1887
Office PCA 283B
Ebru Ozer, PhD, FASLA
Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture
Professor
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Phone: 305/348-7560
Office PCA 275B
Camilo Rosales, AIA
Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-3033
Office PCA 386B
Katie Rothfield, NCIDQ, LEED, (ID+C)
Teaching Professor(On leave, Fall 2025)
Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 305/348-1884
Claudio Rossi, PhD, MAUD
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Roberto Rovira, RLA
Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Phone: 305/535-2667
Office PCA 387A
Henry Rueda
Chair, Department of Architecture
Associate Teaching Professor
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-0322
Office PCA 279B
Elisa Silva
Associate Professor
Architecture + Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab
Architecture + Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab
Department of Architecture
Phone: 786-554-4394
Office MBUS
Thomas Spiegelhalter, PhD
Co-Director, SET Lab
Professor
Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-535-2663
Office MBUS 414
John Stuart, AIA
Associate Dean for Communications and Strategic Partnerships
Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305/535-1460
Office MBUS 447
Elliott Sturtevant, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305-348-2672
Office 376A
Sara Valente
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Architecture
Shahin Vassigh, PhD
Director, Technology Research Development
Professor
Professor
Department of Architecture
Phone: 305/348-3032
Office PCA 373A
Maria Alejandra Alonso, MLA, NCIDQ
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Hernan Guerrero Applewhite
Adjunct Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Harvey Bernstein, IDSA, AIGA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Phone: 631-537-4919
Office PO Box 195 Sagaponack NY 11962
Alain Carrazana
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Maria D’Alessandro, ASLA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Gianno Feoli, PLA, ASLA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Tatiana Guimaraes, LEED AP
Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Olga Kusche-Iglesias
Adjunct Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture
TJ Marston
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Rocío Martínez, PLA, ASLA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Bryan McNeil, PhD, PLA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Phone: 305-348-3181
Caleb Melchior, PLA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Marie Mihalik, RA
Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
John Naranjo, NCIDQ
Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Kenzie Perry, NCIDQ
Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Nadine Poliard, NCIDQ
Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture
Manuel Sanchez-Ruiz
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Simone Stark
Adjunct Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
Moises Torres-Rodriguez
Adjunct Professor
Department of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture