Elisabetta Canepa

Elisabetta Canepa (MS.Eng., Ph.D.) is an architect and researcher from Genoa, Italy. She is currently an EU Marie Curie Fellow running the RESONANCES project (2021–2024) in collaboration with the University of Genoa, Kansas State University, and Aalborg University. Her research focuses on the hybrid connection between architecture and cognitive neuroscience, analyzing topics such as atmospheric dynamics, the emotional nature of the architectural experience, embodiment theory, the empathic phenomenon between humans and space, and experimentation in virtual reality. Dr. Canepa is an Advisory Council member of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), based in San Diego, California. She is a faculty member in the Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design (NAAD) Master’s Program at the Iuav University of Venice and serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Architecture Department at Kansas State University. Elisabetta Canepa wrote Architecture is Atmosphere: Notes on Empathy, Emotions, Body, Brain, and Space (2022), published by Mimesis International. She is a member of the scientific board of the Interfaces book series (New Prairie Press), investigating the interplay of design, philosophy, and biology through the lens of meaning in architecture.