Biographical Data

John P. Eberhard, FAIA
Is currently a senior consultant to the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
and is the author of articles on the subject of architecture and neuroscience
He has two books in preparation on the same topic.

From 2003 to 2005 he served as
the Latrobe Fellow of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
the Founding President of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
and Visiting Scholar in the Division of Biology at the University of California at San Diego

He was the Director of Research Planning for the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC. from 2000 to 2003

He has served as Director of Research of the Sheraton Hotel Corporation (1960-63);
Director of the Institute for Applied Technology at the National Bureau of Standards (1964-68);
President of the AIA Research Corporation (1973-78);
Executive Director of the Building Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences (1982-87).

A graduate of the University of Illinois in architecture, and the holder of a Masters in Industrial Management from the Sloan School at MIT, his academic career has included:
an appointment as adjunct professor in the Sloan School at MIT (1959-63),
Dean of School of Architecture and Environmental Design at SUNY-Buffalo (1968-73),
and Head of the Department of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University (1989-95).

From 1995 to 1998, as a consultant to the American Architectural Foundation in Washington, he immersed himself in learning about developments in the field of neuroscience.

He is a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.
and a member of the Society of Neuroscience