I am a music theory master's student dedicated to exploring the connections between music, human experience, and technology. My journey began with a journalism degree, where I engaged with music through guitar performances, band collaborations, and critical studies inspired by the Frankfurt School. This interdisciplinary approach shaped my bachelor’s thesis, which examined music’s societal role.

I pursued a master’s degree in Historical Musicology, focusing on the common practice period and Theodor Adorno’s critiques. A transformative encounter with Fred Lerdahl ignited my passion for music cognition and computational models, leading to conference presentations, travel grants, and my first academic publication.

After completing my first master’s, I transitioned into the automotive industry as a User Experience Designer, where I developed cognitive sound designs and computational models for in-vehicle alerts. This experience merged my musical expertise with technology, sparking a deep interest in digital arts and interactive media design as tools to make music more accessible to diverse audiences.

Currently, as a master’s student at UMass Amherst, I am investigating how qualitative musical elements shape listener experiences. My thesis involves designing behavioral experiments that map emotional responses to musical progressions, aiming to create a predictive coding model for real-time music processing.