Advisor

David Gerber's professional experience includes 20 years of working in architectural, engineering and technology firms around the world for Zaha Hadid Architects in London; for Gehry Technologies in Los Angeles; for Moshe Safdie Architects in Massachusetts; The Steinberg Group Architects in California; and for Arup as the Global Research Manager.

Dr. Gerber’s research has been industry, fellowship, and NSF funded and is focused on the development of computational systems and methods for the design of the built environment. Dr. Gerber received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at the University of California Berkeley; his Master of Architecture at the Design Research Laboratory of the Architectural Association in London; a Master of Design Studies and his Doctorate at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

He has been a research fellow at the Smart Cities group at MIT's Media Lab and at Harvard, and holds appointments at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC School of Architecture as an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Practice and of Architecture. At USC he is the Director for the Civil Engineering Building Science undergraduate program and of the Masters in Advanced Design and Construction Technology Program.