Zulaikha Ayub

Zulaikha Ayub is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. Her research focuses on media, secrecy, and technology in relation to the Manhattan Project and nuclear armaments, employing interdisciplinary methodologies from critical geography, new materialism, nuclear studies, and media archaeology. She is Co-Director and Head of Expressions for the LoPh Lab (www.lo-ph.agency) and a founding member of the Graphe critical geography collective (www.geo-graphe.org).

Dr. Ayub holds a B.Arch. from Cooper Union, an MDesS (Distinction) from Harvard University, and is completing her Ph.D. at Princeton University with a dissertation titled *“Translations from Drawing to Bombing (and Other Disarrays)”*. She has taught design studios, lectures, and seminars at institutions including Pratt Institute, City College of New York, and the Mountainview Correctional Facility.