Work History
Research Fellow - Metabolic Studio - Los Angeles, CA - 2024-present
Lab Technician - Los Angeles Project - Austin, TX - 2023-present
Biotechnologist - The Open Discovery Institute - Austin, TX - 2021-2024
Cordyceps Cultivation R&D Lead - Mushroom Revival - Northampton, MA - 2018-2021
Fungal Strain Breeder - Wakarusa Farms - Lawrence, KS - 2013-2018
Art Exhibits
GenTerra w/ Critical Art Ensemble - Los Angeles - 2024
PST ART: Art & Science Collide “Concrete is Fluid” w/ Metabolic Studio - 2024
Progenitorial Hysteresis - Duende Art Museum, China - 2024
Funding the Commons - La Sorbonne - Paris, France - 2023
Future Fossils - Tyrell Gallery - Austin, TX - 2023
I.N.S.E.C.T. - Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment - 2022
AToTA “A Taste of the Anthropocene” - The ODIN - 2022
Publications & Talks
Natural & Living Materials Panel - Murmurs Gallery 2024
A Finer Tool - Biohack the Planet Con 2023
Ayatana’s Biophilium - Science School for Artists - 2023
Five Exhibits Beyond Mere Eye Candy
MIT Community Bio Summit
Courses Taught
Intro to Biomaterials - UT Austin - Annual
Intro to Bioengineering - UT Austin - Annual
Mycelium Clay - Columbia University - 2023
Mycology 101 - The ODIN - 2022
Fabricating with Fungi - Genspace - 2022
Cordyceps Cultivation - Genspace - 2019
Myco-Materials 101 - Genspace - 2021
Academic Education
BA Linguistics - University of Kansas - 2017
BFA Sculpture - University of Kansas - 2017