Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi

Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi serves as Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture within Michigan State University's School of Planning, Design and Construction since her 2021 appointment. Previously, she contributed as a research assistant at the University of Illinois' Sustainability and Human Health lab under Professor William Sullivan.

Her research program critically examines how built environments shape human health and well-being through interdisciplinary lenses of landscape architecture, cognitive psychology, and urban design. Primary investigations span therapeutic landscape effects, environmental cognition mechanisms, green infrastructure health benefits, and urban design interventions for psychological restoration, employing both quantitative deep learning analyses and qualitative theoretical frameworks.

As director of the HealthScape Lab, she pioneers advanced data-driven methodologies to decode environment-health dynamics, focusing on creating evidence-based designs for healthier communities. The lab integrates neuroscience-informed spatial analysis with ecological design principles to develop measurable well-being outcomes in urban contexts.