Azuka Odiah

Azuka Odiah is a Ph.D. candidate in Social and Personality Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he works with Prof. Sam Gosling. He is currently exploring the Psychology of Architecture and the Built Environment, drawing from his training in Architecture at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. His current work centers on ambiance, and explores the interaction between design elements within the built environment and human emotion and behavior, using generative AI models to visualize virtual environments that can be used to study these behaviors to deepen our understanding of the psychological aspects of design - specifically, the nuances of ambiance, the language used to describe it, and the measurable factors that influence it.