DEBAJYOTI PATI, PH.D., FIIA, IDEC, LEED AP

Founding Executive Director of CADRE

Dr. Debajyoti Pati has over 26 years of experience in research, practice, and teaching in the United States, Canada, and India. He has spent most of his professional life examining the influences of the built environment on people and processes. His areas of interest include healthcare, judicial facilities, healthy environments, sustainability, public architecture, performance-based design, organizational learning, and developing indicators of facility performance. He has published widely on performance based design in the healthcare and criminal justice sectors, in the form of book/book chapters, scientific articles, and industry publications. He served as the vice president and director of research of HKS Architects, a leading international healthcare design firm, before moving to Texas Tech in 2011.

Dr. Pati was voted among the 25 most influential people in healthcare design in 2009 and 2010. He also received the Best International Research Project award by the International Academy for Design & Health, Stockholm, in 2009, 2010 and 2014. He has served as a juror/reviewer at the national level, including for the National Science Foundation, ASID Foundation grants, Center for Health Design, Design: Environment for Aging showcase, Healthcare Design Architectural Showcase, Healthcare Design Remodel Renovation Showcase, EDRA CORE program, and ParticiPlace2011 at UC Berkeley. He serves on the editorial boards of two international journals. Dr. Pati is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects, board of director of the AIA-NIBS BRIK program, past executive director of the Center for Advanced Design Research & Evaluation (CADRE), past member of the Research Coalition at the Center for Health Design, and life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education.