Professor Nicoletta Adamo-Villani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University and a Faculty Fellow of the Envision Center for Data Perceptualization. She has an MS in Architecture from the University of Florence, Italy, and she is a certified animator and instructor for Alias software.

Professor Adamo-Villani is an award-winning animator and graphic designer and creator of several 2D and 3D animations that aired on national television. Her area of expertise is in character animation and character design. Her research focuses on the application of 3D animation technology to education, HCC (Human Computer Communication), and visualization.