The Chair of the Architecture program at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – IIT. She serves as the Academic Director of the VisLab, the visualization laboratory at the Faculty of Architecture and previously served as Vice Dean for students. Dafna’s academic life is driven by her belief in a sustainable, vibrant and healthy environment, and therefore strive to combine the areas of academic activities in order to generate synergy among them while engaging in significant doing that will ultimately heighten quality of life. She achieved international recognition for her research in visual analysis and simulation of urban and architectural space related to human perception and behavior. These studies centered on sustainable built environments in dense cities, and the development of novel, automated architecture design tools based on potential residents' perception of space. She is currently expanding these studies, integrating body and brain measurements to extend the understanding of how architecture impacts human emotions and well-being.