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Welcome to my ever-growing niche of a design archive! I am an interdisciplinary designer and educator integrating architecture, graphic design, biodesign and industrial design strategies to instigate possibilities and methodologies that address real-world challenges at all scales. *** Trained as an architect, my work has stretched beyond architecture to include works for VR exhibits, participatory public art + social sculpture, industrial and urban design, renewable energy systems, and modular construction, particularly as they pertain to socially and environmentally responsible design and community building. My professional design practice includes completed works with cultural institutions, government agencies, private clients, and non-profit organizations in locations including North America, Haiti, and South Africa. *** My professional design practice explores the various paths of possibility for the designing of information, interfaces, prototypes, and environments through the lens of architecture, living systems, and spatial ecologies—be they in the digital and physical realms or beyond. *** 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 curiosity and collaboration 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 robust design thinking skills that inspire novel strategies dealing with and improving upon 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, my CV, or to compare notes for a collaboration.