Nina (Wenqian) Niu is a Ph.D. student in Architecture with an interdisciplinary background spanning design, human-centered research, and computing. Her academic background includes landscape architecture with a focus on human-centered design and spatial cognition at Cornell University, as well as computer and information technology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Her research interests center on human–environment interaction, particularly how people perceive, understand, and respond to their surrounding environments. She is also interested in computational approaches to understanding human behavior, including computer vision and related technologies, and how these methods can support human-centered research and design.