While completing his master’s degree in Intermedia Music Technology at the University of Oregon, he spent time as a composer/researcher at Simon Fraser University’s Sonic Research Studio exploring acoustic ecology and soundscape composition, and more recently at the University of Oregon Department of Computer and Information Sciences’ Cognitive Modeling and Eye Tracking Laboratory creating audio/visual art controlled by eye movements. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia, pursuing a degree in Composition and Computing Technologies.