Dr. Dana Vais is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She earned both her architecture degree (1989) and her PhD (2000) at the University of Architecture and Urbanism 'Ion Mincu' in Bucharest, Romania. She is also associate editor of the architectural review "Arhitext" (Bucharest).
Her areas of teaching and research include: Architectural Theory (Modern and Contemporary), History of 20th Century Architecture and Architecture Studio.
She is resident at the School of Planning on a Fulbright Research Grant . The title of her research project is "Architecture and Urban Space in Contemporary Romania. Emerging Marginalities."