Severino Alfonso is a registered architect, educator, and researcher. He is an Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture and the Built Environment at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He co-founded the Synesthetic Research and Design Lab in collaboration with health institutions within the university. He holds a Post-Professional MS in Advanced Architectural Design from the Graduate School of Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. He also holds two MS in Urban Design and Advanced Architecture from the School of Architecture in Madrid (ETSAM), where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate. Severino is the co-founder of PLB Studio architecture practice and has worked with international architectural studios such as Carme Pinos, Angel Fernandez Alba and Federico Soriano in Spain, Lomar Arkitekter in Sweden and Per-forma Studio, KDF Architecture and Natalie Jeremijenko in the United States.