Mahshid Jalalian earned her Ph.D. in Architecture-Environmental Design Research from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a design researcher and environmental designer whose interest lies in studying environments and the users’ experience. She has worked on a variety of post-occupancy evaluation projects and her passion for research on the built environment has been recognized by various awards and scholarships including Touchstone Award by Center for Health Design and Certificate of Research Excellence (CORE) by Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).