EBS Research Group Members

Academic Staff & Research Interests
Research Students
Visiting Professors and Visiting Scholars, Post-Doctoral Fellows, Visiting Research Students & Research Interns
Recent Research Graduates and Current Positions

Academic Staff & Research Interests

Professor Gary Moore, BArch (Hons) (California , Berkeley), MA (DevelPsychol), PhD (EnvironPsychol, Clark), RAIA PIA FAPA, Emeritus Professor of Environment-Behaviour Studies, former Dean of the Faculty, and Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Science Review
Rm 511 & 551,

children, youth and environments
housing for the elderly
social housing and urban communities
environment, behaviour and social issues in the Asia-Pacific
improved theories and methods for EBS research and utilization
post-occupancy evaluation, programming and strategic planning

Honorary Associate Professor A Terry Purcell, BA (Hons) (EnglishLit & Psychol, Sydney), PhD (Psychol, Macquarie )
Rm 478,

environmental experience, perception and cognition of natural and cultural landscapes
affective experience of the environment
perception of scenic quality
concepts from perception, cognition, memory and emotion and how they can be used to understand the way we interact with and experience the environment

Adjunct Professor Paul Pholeros, BSc(Arch), BArch (Hons) (Sydney)
Rm 313,

impacts of housing on health
indigenous people, architecture and landscape

Dr Richard Lamb, Honorary Associate, BSc, CBiol, MBiol, PhD (Biol, New England)
C/o Rm 511,

environmental experience, perception and cognition of natural and cultural environments
affective experience of the environment
perception of scenic quality

Research Students

Tooran Alizadeh, BArch, MArch & MUrbDes&Plan (Shahid Beheshti Univ, Iran), PhD Candidate
Design attributes of wired communities for teleworkers (Supervisor: Prof E Blakely; Associate Supervisors: Prof G Moore and Dr R Pizarro)
Rm 423, tali9458@mail.usyd.edu.au

Katina Dimoulias, BVA (Interior Design, Griffith University), PhD Candidate
The relationship between environmental factors and behaviour in youth centres (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisors: Dr D Lu; Assoc Prof K Malone)
Rm 555,

Farhana Ferdous, BArch, MArch (Bangladesh Univ of Engin & Tech, Bangladesh), PhD Candidate
The evaluative image of urban open spaces: The relationship between built environment, aesthetic response and anticipated social use of urban open spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisors: Dr R Pizarro and Mr B Shelton)
Rm 553,

Azman Hassan, BScArch, MArch (Univ of Texas at Arlington, USA), PhD Candidate
Quality of the physical environment of early childhood development centres (ECDCs) in the Klang Valley, Malaysia (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisor: Assoc Prof D Evans)
Rm 555,
http://www2.uitm.edu.my/azman

Heather Jones, B Built Environ (InterDes), BA (Psychol) (Queensland, Australia), MPhil Candidate
Restorative environments of elderly residents living in assisted care and nursing homes (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisor: Assoc Prof S Quine)
Rm 556,

Nadia Lalak, BSocStud (Sydney), DipAppSci (Lands, Ryde), MA (Psychol, Sydney, Australia), PhD Candidate
Enhancing the beneficial effects of interaction with nature through raising the levels of cognitive processing and encounter (Supervisor & Associate Supervisor: TBD)

Chumporn Moorapun, BArch (IntArch), MArch (IntArch) (King Mongkut's Inst of Tech, Thailand), PhD Candidate
Effects of the designed environment on consumer purchase behaviour as mediated by affective responses and wayfinding performance (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisor: Prof C Areni)
Rm 556,

Mozammel Mridha, BArch, MArch (Bangladesh Univ of Engin and Tech, Bangladesh), PhD Candidate
The relationship between residential satisfaction and apartment living in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisor: Assoc Prof N Gurran)
Rm 545 552,

Min Shu, BArch, MArch (Southwestern Uni), PhD Candidate
Evolving vernacular spaces: Case studies of courtyard houses in Sichuan, China, 1644-present (Supervisor: Dr D Lu; Associate Supervisor: Prof G Moore)
Rm 555,

Shiuan-Ru Su, DipArch (China Univ of Tech), BArch (Feng Chia Univ), M.S. (Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University, Taiwan), PhD Student
Control in hospitals from the patient-centered perspective (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisor: Assoc Prof R de Dear)
Rm 556,

Donna Wheatley, BArch (Hons) (Deakin, Australia), PhD Candidate
Branded skylines: Mental mapping the design and experience of new workplaces (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisors: Assoc Prof G Castillo and Assoc Prof A Rubbo)
Rm 423, dwhe0020@mail.usyd.edu.au

Leilei Xu, BArch (Tsinghua, China), PhD Candidate
Children’s assessment of their neighbourhood socio-physical environment, social interactions and social capital: An interactional-constructivist approach (Supervisor: Prof G Moore; Associate Supervisor: Dr D Lu)
Rm 556, ,
Draft thesis

Visiting Professors, Visiting Scholars, Post-Doctoral Fellows, Visiting Research Students & Research Interns

Durdane Lafci, BA, Visiting Scholar (Visiting PhD Student), Middle Eastern Technical University, Turkey, January 2009-current.
The impact of school architecture on learning, perceptions of teachers about classroom management and the physical environment as the ‘hidden curriculum’ in education
Rm 556,

Nathalie Jean Baptiste, MSc, Visiting Scholar (Visiting PhD Student), Bauhaus University, Germany, May 2008-current.
Interrelations among organic waste management, urban context and healthy communities, focusing on developing countries in Latin America
Rm 511,

Recent Research Graduates & Current Positions

Dr Zena O'Connor, PhD 2008.
Thesis Title: Fascade colour and aesthetic response: Examining patterns of response within the context of urban design and planning policy in Sydney
Director, Zena Design Research, North Sydney NSW
Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
Rm 553, zoco4227@mail.usyd.edu.au

Dr Katherine G Bishop, PhD 2008.
Thesis Title: From their perspectives: Children and young people’s experience of a paediatric hospital environment and its relationship to their feeling of well-being
Dr Kate Bishop, Researcher and Design Consultant, Arcadia, NSW

Enquiries

For information about the EBS Research Group, please contact Professor Gary Moore at .