I am a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge, England, where my current research is centered on novel material technologies for networked social interaction in public space. My most recent work focuses on narrative experience and social expression between people using mediating technologies in architectural space. My research areas are in the intersection of materials technologies, haptics, social networks, and conceptualizations of space. Prior to studying at Cambridge, I also received a Masters in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT’s Media Lab (MSci) as well as a Bachelors and a Masters in Architecture.

My work has been presented in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, and
Japan. My individual and collaborative work has included the Viscous Display: Adaptive Transient Interfaces in Public Space, presented at SIGGRAPH 2003 and Graphite 2004; the Living Book of the Senses, presented at the Banff New Media Institute in 2003; Virtual Excavation: Treasures from a Lost Civilization, exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum during the summer of 2001; Magic Book, exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2000; and Subjectivity and Directed Gaze: Cinematic Perception in Virtual Environments, part of a Monbusho Fellowship conducted at Kobe University in 1998. My most recent work, Locative Viscosities: Tracing Social Histories in Public Space, was presented at the Banff New Media Institute in 2006.

My awards include: American Institute of Architects (AIA) Scholarship award for professional potential, a Monbusho Fellowship for research at Kobe University, Christopher Columbus (Discover) semi-finalist award in the technological innovation category for the Living Book of Senses, MIT Presidential Fellowship, and a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.