Hi.
I am a cognitive scientist and interdisciplinary scholar who investigates how artistic practices and interactive technologies shape our cognitive processes and emotions. In particular, I am interested in examining how art and technology can transform our feelings of intimacy and empathy as well as impact our creative thoughts and mind-wandering experiences. I share my insights through various outlets: as a research scientist at UC Berkeley working with Dacher Keltner, lecturing in universities in California and Europe, giving workshops, curating exhibitions, writing articles, and as a consultant to tech developers, designers and artists. Recently I was awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship from the European Commission. My research project is a collaborative effort between the ENS in Paris and UC Berkeley where I will investigate the possibility to reverse engineer creative thinking by guiding where and how people mind wander.