A body of work built around structure, intuition, and form

Biography

I am a professor at Pitzer College, where I teach mathematics, computer science, and data science. My academic work includes topology, geometry, visualization, and more recent work connected to machine learning and discrete differential geometry.

Outside conventional academic categories, I also work on AI literacy and strategy for institutions, write publicly about modern AI, and create sculpture, lighting, and 2D work informed by geometry, topology, and procedural design.

My artistic practice grew out of a long interest in both mathematics and making: CAD modeling, Rhino and Grasshopper, 3D printing, laser cutting, pen plotting, and hands-on fabrication. I am interested in forms governed by rigorous structure that still retain surprise, asymmetry, and something like organic growth.

I have also spent a lot of time building and remodeling in the physical world, and that practical relationship to materials matters to how I think and teach.