The Modulin
2023–2024A new kind of instrument: half MIDI controller, half digital synthesizer in a violin form factor, built from salvaged parts over 18 months. Performed live with the San Francisco Symphony.
Stanford University · EE B.S. '25 & M.S. '26
Electrical engineer, researcher, and musician. I work at the intersection of hardware and software — from neuromorphic chips to 3,000-LED concert rigs to instruments that shouldn't exist yet.
A new kind of instrument: half MIDI controller, half digital synthesizer in a violin form factor, built from salvaged parts over 18 months. Performed live with the San Francisco Symphony.
Automated critical test software (3.9× faster, 88% fewer clicks), recovered $1M+ in failing hardware, and designed a custom communications integration board in Cadence Allegro. Earned 1st Place National HP Way Award.
Custom 8-foot diameter LED lighting system for Stanford's historic Memorial Church, controlling 3,000+ addressable LEDs for the Stanford Light Opera Company's production of Hunchback of Notre Dame.
A spiking neural network system capable of playing Pong with higher precision and dramatically lower power consumption than conventional compute. Built in Stanford's Brains in Silicon lab.
Graduate Research Assistant, Brains in Silicon Lab.
Lab TA, Stanford Makerspace.
M.S. Electrical Engineering '26.
EE & CS intern at HP Inc. · AI researcher at Stanford Vision Lab · HCI researcher at Oregon State. Five peer-reviewed publications, 450+ citations, collaboration with Microsoft Research.
Amateur radio operator. Self-hoster. Plays guitar, banjo, piano, and seven other instruments. Invented one more.