Biography

Esen is a Senior Research Scientist at Autodesk Research, based in New York City. As part of the Industry Futures team, she investigates how people experience and interact with the built environment, exploring how the spaces around us shape the way we feel, think, and behave. Her work aims to translate these insights into more human-centered approaches to designing the built environments of the future.

She holds a PhD from the University of Barcelona, where her research focused on immersive, shared virtual environments and their effects on human sensorimotor processes, cognition, and behavior.