Ma Ry Kim is a British and American trained architect, chartered by the Royal Institute of British Architects, and a globally recognized Neuro-Architect whose work sits at the leading edge of an emerging discipline at the intersection of neuroscience, architecture, and community health. She is also a Professor of Architecture, bringing deep, community-based experience in applied brain science with a particular focus on how the built environment shapes how the brain adapts and relearns after adversity. She is also a mother to five incredible neurodiverse people, a lived perspective that informs her work every day.

Ma Ry is Co-Founder and CEO of the Brain Health Applied Research Institute (B+HARI) and founder of I-ON Group, where she advances evidence-based design strategies that integrate neuroscience, architecture, and social equity. Through B+HARI, her work explores how the body can serve as a direct pathway to neuroplasticity, using movement, sensory input, and environmental interaction to refine and adapt brain function. The landmark transitional housing project Kumu Ola Hou helped establish her as a disruptor in the emerging field of neuro-architecture, demonstrating how built environments can be designed specifically to support cognitive and emotional recovery. Her community-based research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, spatial cognition, and creative intelligence has made her a recognized voice in a growing conversation about how built environments can actively participate in brain health, longevity, and recovery.

Ma Ry is an Inaugural Member of the Program Advisory Council of the Global Brain Care Coalition, founded at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Brigham, and a member of the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab Intentional Spaces Initiative, positioning her within a small circle of practitioners bridging design and neuroscience at the highest institutional levels. She is also an Inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at the Honolulu Museum of Art, where she bridges art and science to expand public access to brain health.

She is a former Principal, Regional Design Leader, and Global Co-Head of Mixed-Use Developments at Gensler, the world's largest architecture firm, where she led large-scale design strategy across international markets, and she previously served as a principal at Hawai'i-based multidisciplinary firm G70.