I build systems that teach taste.
I research how experts learn to perceive what the rest of us miss — in flavor, in materials, in environments — and build systems that make those invisible patterns visible and teachable. Through edible installations, notation systems, data art, and design education.
Currently: finishing Flavor Fluency (Penguin, 2027) · NCEAS residency · teaching at Dartmouth
Taste & Perception
Translating what we taste into systems we can study, teach, and compose with.
Design Education
Teaching designers and engineers to notice what others overlook.
Design & Industry
Bringing design research into organizations — from robotics to luxury to relief.
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Education
Postdoc, MIT · Visiting Scholar, Stanford · PhD, University of Cambridge · MPhil, University of Cape Town · BS Psychology & BA Economics, ASU Barrett Honors College, Summa Cum Laude
Recognition
Thinkers50 Emerging Thinker · Harvard Crimson Top 15 Professor · Artist in Residence, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis · Vermont Studio Center Residency · Fulbright Scholar (Spain)
Clients
Gucci · Kering · Uber · IKEA · Disney · Microsoft · Google · Intel · IDEO · General Mills · Bosch · PWC
Press
CNN · Wall Street Journal · Boston Magazine · Forbes · Kinfolk · VentureBeat · Harvard · Dartmouth · Brown · RISD