Postdoctoral Researcher
Advisor: Leah Buechley, Hand and Machine Lab
University of New Mexico, present
PhD in Creative Technology & Design
Thesis: “Biomaterials for More-Than-Human Futures”
Advisor: Mirela Alistar, Living Matter Lab
University of Colorado at Boulder, 2023
BSc in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: “The Seedling Sanctuary”
Advisors: Jessica Kuczenski and Hohyun Lee
Santa Clara University, 2015
Publications
Google Scholar Profile
Awards
2024 - Rising Star in EECS (Rising Stars)
2024 - Best Pictorial at ACM TEI (Bio-Digital Calendar)
2024 - Interactivity Jury Honorable Mention at ACM CHI (Hand and Machine Demo)
2024 - Interactivity Popular Choice Honorable Mention at ACM CHI (Hand and Machine Demo)
2023 - Best Pictorial at ACM TEI (SCOBY Breastplate)
2023 - Best Paper Honorable Mention at ACM DIS (µMe)
2022 - Best Paper Honorable Mention at ACM CHI (ReClaym our Compost)
2022 - Interactivity Popular Choice Honorable Mention at ACM CHI (Biomaterial Playground)
2021 - Inspiration Award at the ACM TEI Student Design Competition (Undyeing Swatch)
Teaching
upcoming - Instructor at Anderson Ranch Arts Center for Lighting Design with Biomaterials (Co-Instructor: Adrien Segal)
2023 - Teaching Assistant at CU Boulder for ATLS 5440: Design Studio (Instructor: Jeffrey Harriman)
2022 - Teaching Assistant at CU Boulder for ATLS 5440: Design Studio (Instructor: Justin Gitlin)
2020 - Teaching Assistant at CU Boulder for ATLS 2000: The Meaning of Information Technology (Instructor: Annie Margaret)
Press
2024 - CeraMetal lets you print metal, cheaply and easily
2024 - The Opening of Hindsight Insight 5.0
2024 - Hand and Machine Lab researchers showcase work at Hawaii conference
2023 - CU Boulder student creates clothing from kombucha
2023 - Sustainable Prototyping Practices — Spotlight: Living Matter Lab
2023 - Kombucha chic: How one student uses microbes, and time, to grow her own clothes
2022 - Intimacy between designers and materials leads to sustainability
2022 - Interview: Cooking with mycelium
2021 - ATLAS students fill in community STEM gaps through new outreach team
2021 - Eight ATLAS researchers receive Graduate School awards
2021 - ATLAS PhD students take home top Student Design Awards from TEI’21
2020 - ATLAS grad student assists Accenture Labs with development of self-cleaning textiles
2020 - Shapeshifting: The varied applications for bioplastics