when I’m not doing research, I enjoy making music, brewing coffee, and reading.

music

I play keyboard, guitar, and bass in my spare time. Here is a curated playlist of my music.

During my Master’s at Northwestern, I designed and made Headhunter, a music instrument using head-tracking to control sound. You can read more about it here.

coffee

I am passionate about brewing coffee and fascinated by the science behind it. Some of my favorite research papers on coffee include:

Systematically Improving Espresso: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and Experiment

Chemical strategies to mitigate electrostatic charging during coffee grinding

Here are some latte arts I have made:

reading

I love reading poetry. Currently, my favorite poem is:

Scheherazade by Richard Siken