I work at the intersection of cognitive science, design, and digital wellbeing, researching and building systems that shape how we pay attention, form identity, and connect with each other. I approach technology not as a neutral tool but as something that actively shapes our daily experience. My background in UX research and product design keeps this work grounded: I understand how systems are built, which helps me ask better questions about what we should be building.

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I've always moved between different worlds — art and science, research and practice, individual psychology and collective systems. This cross-pollination shapes my work: designing digital tools, studying altered states of consciousness, exploring what ethical AI could look like, imagining alternatives to extractive social media. The common thread is care — building infrastructures that support human wellbeing rather than exploit it.

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My approach combines scientific grounding with creative exploration, always with attention to how other living systems solve problems we're still struggling with. I look to fungal networks for models of decentralized communication, to ecosystems for understanding interdependence, to natural cycles for remembering that rest and regeneration aren't optional. I'm fascinated by how we perceive ourselves and the world, how identity is multiple and shifting rather than fixed, and how technology shapes our experience in subtle but profound ways. Whether I'm writing, designing, or researching, I'm asking: What are we actually building? Who benefits? What gets lost in the process? And critically—what can we learn from systems that have sustained life for millions of years? The goal is to create technology that works with human complexity and natural intelligence—not against it.