Anijo Mathew is an Assistant Professor at the IIT Institute of Design (ID) in Chicago. After his professional BArch from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, he went on to complete an MDesS from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is currently working on a PhD at the Open University in UK exploring the intersection of computing and design.

His work has earned international repute in organizations such as ACM/SIGCHI, ACADIA, and ARCC. In 2007 the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) selected him as their New Researcher of the Year for 2006-07.