Judi Heerwagen, PhD

Dr. Heerwagen is an environmental psychologist whose work focuses on evidence-based design and the impact of the built environment on occupant health, wellbeing and performance. She currently serves as a research psychologist in the US General Service Administration’s Office of Federal High Performance Buildings. Prior to joining GSA in 2009, she had her own research and consulting firm where she worked with clients to integrate social science research into design projects. Her clients included both the public and private sectors organizations. She was a senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and a research faculty member at the University of Washington, College of Built Environments where she is currently an affiliate faculty member in Architecture. She is co-editor of Biophilic Design: the Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life which won the 2009 Publishers Award in architecture and urban planning. She received the 2014 Design for Humanity Award from the American Society of Interior Designers.