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Welcome to my ever-transforming spatial niche! In this virtual design archive you may find examples of what I do as an interdisciplinary designer, researcher, and educator. My completed works include a gradient of projects and affiliations that approach architecture, community placemaking, biodesign and participatory public art through a spectrum of analog, digital, interspecies, and/or multi-scalar possibilities. I tend to steer towards collaborative projects that connect diverse communities through co-creative experiences—ones that encourage public participation and agency to be radically curious, inclusive, and creative. Trained as an architect, my work has stretched beyond the building industry to include traveling VR exhibits, participatory public art + social sculpture, urban furniture, renewable energy systems, and modular construction. My professional design practice includes international completed works with cultural institutions, government agencies, private clients, and non-profit organizations in locations such as North America, Haiti, and South Africa. *** My design practice and research explores the possibilities for multi-sensory experiences, interfaces, prototypes, and environments —through the lens of architecture, living systems, and spatial ecologies—via methods engaging socially and environmentally responsible design and community building. *** As a design researcher, my work examines the intersections of theory and practice on materials culture, public spaces, interspecies interactions, through transdisciplinary tools and methodologies. For the past few years, I have focused my research on ways for creating interactive biodesign for bioremediation in public spaces. *** As an educator, my primary goal is to inspire discovery and development of lifelong learning skills while developing technical and interpersonal skills within the design practice that sparks meaningful reflection along the way. I am committed to sustaining dialogue and cross-departmental research with students, fellow educators, and professionals working on the growing edge of design and technology. I strive to educate and equip students with critical design thinking skills that may one day inspire novel strategies that solve real-world challenges. *** I currently teach in the Department of Design at the University of California, Davis. *** Feel free to contact me for more info or just to say hello.