Estudou psicologia nas universidades de Hamburg, Alemanha (1966-67) e de Marburg, Alemanha (1967-68) e possui graduação em Psicologia pelo Albion College, Michigan, EUA (1969). Realizou mestrado em psicologia experimental (AEC) na Western Michigan University (1970) e doutorado em Psicologia Social na University of California at Davis (1975). Professor emérito da Universidade de Brasília, atua, atualmente, como pesquisador colaborador sênior e coordenador do Laboratório de Psicologia Ambiental. Continua ensinando Psicologia Ambiental e Planejamento de Pesquisa. Realiza pesquisas no campo de psicologia ambiental, especialmente sobre qualidade de vida urbana e psicologia do trânsito.
Studied at Hamburg University and Marburg University and holds a BA in Psychology from Albion College, Michigan (1969), MA in Experimental Psychology from Western Michigan University (1970) and a Ph.D. In Social Psychology from the University of California at Davis (1975). Professor emeritus at the University of Brasilia, Brazil, he currently is senior research collaborator and directs the Environmental Psychology Research Group. He continues to teach Enviropnmental Psychology and Research Methods. Research interests include urban quality of life and transportation psychology from an environmental psychology perspective.
