Meet our Senior Leadership Team & Faculty
We are committed to preparing the next generation of practitioners, creating new knowledge, and serving our community.
We have assembled a dedicated group of scholars and practitioners who are passionate about improving the state of the built environment within their respective fields. Our cohesive team works collaboratively in a transdisciplinary manner to address the complex problems facing both built and natural environments today.
John Brown
Dean, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
John Brown
Dean,
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Getachew Assefa
EDIA Director
Tracy Beauregard
Manager, Faculty Operations, Admin & Facilities
Enrica Dall'Ara
Associate Dean,
Planning and Landscape Architecture
Alberto de Salvatierra
Associate Dean,
Undergraduate
Jason Johnson
Associate Dean,
Architecture
Joshua Taron
Associate Dean,
Research and Innovation
Francisco Alaniz Uribe
An alumnus of our faculty, Francisco practiced in Mexico before returning to teach in 2014. He is co-director of the Urban Lab, and his research is focused on urban planning and neighbourhood form.
Jessie Andjelic
Jessie has led design teams on three competition wins. Her range of projects includes private houses, multi-family and mixed-use housing, civic centres, university buildings, and masterplans. Jessie co-founded SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism in 2013.
Chad Connery
Chad has more than eight years of experience in architecture and environmental design teaching, he is an innovative force in interdisciplinary design education.
Kris Fox
Kris teaches landscape architecture and urban design. His research is focused on mass customization and designing outdoor play spaces for children.
Guy Gardner
A robotics and Facility Specialist at SAPL, Guy manages digital fabrication equipment (robots, laser cutters, and large format 3D printers), workspaces and safety procedures and protocols at the City Building Design Lab.
Catherine Hamel
Catherine is an architecture professor who advocates for social justice in the built environment. She is a talented visual artist and regularly exhibits her work.
Daniel Hapton
Daniel was a sessional instructor here at SAPL and now has returned as an Assistant Professor. He founded the Calgary-based boutique design studio, AITCH Design, specializing in the creative revitalization of buildings.
Tawab Hlimi
Tawab practiced landscape architecture at two top Canadian firms before joining our faculty. His research focuses on integrated landscape infrastructure.
Sneha Jain
Sneha is an Assistant Professor of Building Science at SAPL. Her research exists at the critical intersection of building technology, sustainability, and human well-being. Dr. Jain is trained as an architect and building scientist and holds a PhD from EPFL, where she investigated the influence of daylight's colour and intensity on visual comfort.
Thomas Patrick Keenan
Tom is an expert on cyber security and crime prevention in the built environment. He is a sought after speaker and consultant.
Cecile Kotyk
Marie (Cecile) Kotyk is an urban planner and housing practitioner with over 15 years of progressive experience across the public and non-profit sectors. Her passion for social justice and racial equity led her to pursue her doctoral studies in the Doctor of Design program at SAPL.
Robert Levinthal
Robert is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. He received a PhD in City Planning, with specializations in Environmental Planning and Landscape and Land Use Design from the University of Pennsylvania. Levinthal is also a graduate of UPenn's MLA program, a Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellow, and a National Olmsted Scholar Finalist.
Yanghe Liu
Yanghe is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at SAPL. Trained as a planner and computer engineer, he uses AI and urban analytics to inform planning and design for smart cities. His current research focuses on autonomous transit in U.S. communities. His long-term interest is to augment and automate the planning and design process with generative AI.
Joseli Macedo
Joseli Macedo is a teacher, scholar and administrator with a wide range of experience and accomplishment leading interdisciplinary programs in the United States, Brazil, India and Australia. She joined SAPL in May 2021.
David Monteyne
David is an architectural historian whose research focus is 19th and 20th century North American architecture.
Alicia Nahmad Vazquez
Alicia Nahmad Vazquez is an associate professor of robotics and digital fabrication.
Fabian Neuhaus
Fabian is a SAPL Associate Professor. He is an urbanist who trained and worked in Europe before joining our School. His research interests include co-creation and participatory design, urban planning and urban design.
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker stands as a distinguished three-time alumnus of the University of Calgary, having earned his BSc in 2003, followed by a MArch in 2012, and culminating with an MEDes Thesis in 2016 that explored the role of machine vision in the production of architecture and the city.
Isabel Ochoa Quintero
Isabel is an Assistant Professor of Architecture. An educator, designer, and fabrication specialist, her creative practice explores the impact of computational workflows and emerging technologies on ceramic fabrication and architectural production. Isabel's research positions ceramics as a medium for engaging with both traditional building methods and technological advancements.
Jinmo Rhee
Dr. Jinmo Rhee, an assistant professor at the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary, is a computational designer, architect, and design scholar, delving into the transformative realm of artificial intelligence technologies within architectural design and built environment research.
Douglas Robb
Douglas is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in landscape architecture and geography. His research centres on the production of just and inclusive climate futures, and spans topics of energy landscapes, critical resource studies, and evolving concepts of degrowth.
Beverly Sandalack
Beverly teaches landscape architecture and urban design. She is a co-director of the Urban Lab with research on urban morphology, cultural landscapes and the relationships between urban form and public health.
Brian Robert Sinclair
Brian is a former dean of the School and teaches in the architecture program. He is a passionate educator with research interests that include agile architecture and sustainability.
Mauricio Soto Rubio
Mauricio practiced architecture in Europe and taught in Stuttgart and San Francisco before joining our faculty. He is the founding partner of the Studio for Lightweight Design.
Sasha Tsenkova
Dr. Sasha Tsenkova is professor of planning and Director of the Cities, Policy & Planning Lab. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Killam Professor. Her work focuses on the nexus of planning, design and policy to develop sustainable and equitable cities.
Philip Vandermey
Philip Vandermey is a Dutch-Canadian architect and Founding Partner, together with Jessie Andjelic, of the award-winning architecture office SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism Inc. (SPECTACLE). He is also an Associate Professor at SAPL.
Sessional Instructors & Visiting Scholars
Sessional instructors and visiting scholars contribute valuable industry and global perspectives to our faculty. Discover how our international experts enhance our programs.