selected work


sustainable systems

 

Emerald

Personal bioreactor with an automated system to grow and harvest spirulina algae that anyone can use at home.

IDM Grow lab

The Grow Lab is the first and only garden/green space in IDM/NYU, offering students, faculty and visitors an opportunity to learn about AgTech through the vertical hydroponic garden, germination station, and interactive display.

Biodesign in space

What does farming in space look like? This project explores a symbiome designed to create a closed loop bio-regenerative system that promotes harmonious cohabitation among humans, fungi, and microorganism.

circular economies with material Provenance

A DNA-based data encoding system to track substance flows worldwide, the Material Provenance Project organization helps to support sustainable practices by providing insight into the provenance, properties, and journeys of materials.

 

multisensory interfaces

 

Microbial Memories

Microbiome as cultural archive—based on the emerging science linking microbiomes to terroir in wine and food, anyone can use environmental metagenomics to capture the complexities of a time and place to create the potential for novel experiences of flavor.

Wearable olfactory interface

Planning a dinner party in space? Aromata is a personal wearable olfactory interface with a modular system that leverages synthetic biology to enhance the food experience for astronauts, by safely and conveniently producing aroma compounds on demand.

Affective Haptics

An investigation into the convergence of neuroscience, music theory, and haptic technology as a method to communicate and evoke emotions through tactile feedback


interactive hologram

Interactive audiovisual 3D hologram, made with WebGL, Processing, and Leap Motion for gesture control.

 

Community & Leadership


global community bio

Biodesign challenge

genspace

Instructor: Microbial memories