biography
Margaret Tarampi, Assoc. AIA is a psychology PhD graduate student at the University of Utah. She previously served as a research associate to the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture based in San Diego CA. Prior to attending Utah, she worked as a research assistant in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory of Lisa Stefanacci, PhD at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla CA. With Dr Stefanacci she studied the organization of brain cells across mammalian species using histology and stereology.
Margaret graduated from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with a Bachelor of Architecture and minors in Psychology and Architectural History in 2001. She is a Master of Architecture candidate at the Washington Alexandria Architecture Center of Virginia Tech. Her thesis is titled "Neuro-architecture: How design, designs us." Margaret was an adjunct assistant professor at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design where she taught an introductory course titled "Neuroscience for Architects I."
She served as the AIAS CMU Chapter President for two years and as AIAS National Director of the Northeast Quadrant from 2000-2001. Her work at CMU and with the AIAS was awarded with several university and national honors including a 2004 National AIAS Presidential Citation, the CMU Alumni Association 2001 Student Service Award, the CMU 2001 Senior Leadership Award, the 2000 National AIAS Student Research Honor Award and the 1999 National AIAS Chapter President Honor Award.
Since 1997, Margaret's art and design work has been displayed in exhibitions in Pittsburgh PA, Washington DC, Athens GA, Calgary Canada, and La Jolla CA. She has also done four separate site specific installations on the Carnegie Mellon campus addressing topics such as stereotypes, resource consumption and recycling, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
