Maria Beatriz Yabur
Beatriz is currently engaged in research for her dissertation, “Noxious Odor in Residential Environments: Coping in Reactive and Proactive Ways in Three New Jersey Communities.” Her previous studies in architecture and fine arts stimulated her interest in people’s interactions with their environment with special interest in the role of the sense of smell in such interactions. Beatriz presented her dissertation research at two conferences in 2007: the First International Conference of Young Urban Researchers in Lisbon and the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. Ms. Yabur has worked in a series of research projects in urban health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She has a Masters degree in Architecture from the New Jersey School of Architecture and a Bachelors degree in fine arts from IUESAPAR in Caracas, Venezuela. She received a Fulbright scholarship in 2000-2003 and a NJSOA design award in 2001.