Current Staff

Soolyeon Cho, PhD
Soolyeon Cho, PhD, is Interim Director of NLI; Associate Dean of Research, Doctoral Programs, and Global Engagement; Professor of Architecture; ... read more

Nilda Cosco, PhD
Nilda Cosco, PhD, is Director of Programs at NLI, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, and former Director ... read more

Robin C. Moore
Robin Moore, MCP, Hon. ASLA, is Director Emeritus of NLI and Professor of Landscape Architecture. He is former President of the International ... read more

Mary Archer
Mary Archer, PLA, MHS, is a Landscape Architect and Design Associate at NLI where she manages comprehensive programs including POD Wake County ... read more

Matthew Babb
Matthew (Matt) Babb, MGD, is a UX/Communication Designer at NLI where he works on web content and the many print documents, online resources, ... read more

Brandon Dupree
Brandon Dupree, MLA, ASLA, is a Design Assistant at the Natural Learning Initiative where he aids in the design of outdoor learning ... read more

Daniel Jost
Daniel (Dan) Jost, MLA, ASLA, is a Research Assistant at NLI and a PhD student at North Carolina State University, where he works on the ... read more
Current Student Research & Teaching Assistants

Melissa Amoabeng

Melissa Manjarrez Dominguez

Greta Lincoln

Shabnam Mohammadzadeh

Iffat Nova

Ayla Pettry

Noah Weaver
Past Team Members
Deepti Adlakha
Eyyad Al-Khalaileh
Eve Anderson
Caroline Asher
Brad Bieber
Mary Anne Bifulco
Julie Carlson
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Wen Yie Chen
Yu Chun Chiu
Catherine Dorwart
Tom Danninger
Carla Delcambre
Evrim Demir
Catherine Dorwart
Kurtis Durrant
Heather Ecklund
Eric Filo
Kristen Ford
Andrew Fox
Rachel Freyer
Mohsen Ghiasi Ghorveh
Katherine Gill
Madeline Gresh
Nataliya Gurina
Brandon Guy
Michael Hasenmyer
Melissa Henao-Robledo
Megan Hoert
Jin Hou
Mohammed Zakiul Islam
Zaki Islam
Darryl S. Jones
Manpreet Kaur
Saba Kawas
Charlotte Kennedy
Orcun Kepez
Sarah Konradi
Jeff Kurtz
R Ben Lawrence
Jong Seon Lee
Zhouwei Li
Kilara Little
Sarah Little
Laura Lloyd
Matthew Maharaj
Bob Massengale
Joanna Massey
Kathy Massey-Sims
Muntazar Monsur
Julie Murphy
Mary Musson
Shweta Nanekar
Matthew Paterson
Sevanne Person
Kristen Reberg-Horton
Alice Reese
Michele Rivest
Iris Roberts
Sarah Safley
John Salzano
Rifat Sharmin
Julie Sherk
Bria Sledge
Ilisa Sokolic
Olivia Spyra
Karli Stephenson
Clara Tang
Brian Taylor
Michelle Townsley
Jesse Turner
Eli Valsing
Jessica VanNess
Shirley Varela
Kelaine Vargas
Heather Vickeny
Virginia Wallace
Alexzandria Walters
Sadie Walters
Liz Westbrook
Susan E. Wilson
Claudia R. Winegarden
Yuguo Wu
Syeda Zaman
Zahra Zamani