Tod Machover
Opera of the Future DirectorDr. Edward Boyden
Synthetic Neurobiology Principal InvestigatorFrank Wilczek
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics MITand Nobel laureate
Dr. Psyche Loui
Music Cognition ResearcherWesleyan
Dr. Spencer Topel
DartmouthBregman Labs
Patricia Lynne Duffy
UN Language & Communications Instructor, Synesthete, AuthorDr. Gabriele Vanoni
Dartmouth, Berklee College of Music, Electroacoustic MusicDr. Michael Shanks
Stanford, Design, History, ResearchSunny Nam
Jacob's Well Mastering, Audio Engineer, Dartmouth LecturerDr. Cliff Nass
Stanford, Human Machine Interaction1958 - 2013
Dr. Clay Carson
Stanford, Multimedia History, King CenterAmy Garapic
Dartmouth Educator, Producer, MusicianJon Appleton
Professor, Composer, Sound PioneerDr. Noam Sagiv
Brunel University, Centre for Cognition and Neuroimaging, Professor, ResearcherBasil Twist
Artist, Designer, PuppeteerMichel Casey
Principle Investigator Bregman Labs, DartmouthRosalind Picard
Affective ComputingPrincipal Investigator
Dr. Joseph O'Donnell
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Professor of PsychiatryMaryanne Kirkbride
Mind Hand HeartMIT
Dr. Tobi Beetz
Stanford, Pysics and NanotechnologyDr. Jonathan Berger
Stanford, CCRMADr. William Petig
Stanford University Professor, AuthorDr. Gili Drori
Stanford, Science Technology, SocietyAlvin Lucier
Composer, Inventor, Sound PioneerJodie Blum
Recording Academy, Executive DirectorManuela Testolini
Law, Altruism, Founder of In A Perfect WorldLen Wisniewski
Director, EngineeringInstitute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
Nathan Davis
Dartmouth Lecturer, Electronic Composer, PercussionistAxel Steuerwald
International MusicianLinda Finnegan
Kids With A Cause Charity, FounderAlexandra Rieger is a scientist, musician and anti-disciplinary graduate researcher at the MIT Media Lab. Before coming to MIT, she received a Master’s Degree in Neuroscience, Synesthesia Research and Cross-Modal Sound Studies at Dartmouth College, received her Bachelor’s at Stanford University and is an Oxford University Bing Alumna. As a honorary United Nations youth ambassador, her social service work throughout the world (ranging from poverty alleviation, economic development to youth literacy initiatives) and myriad academic experiences, have informed some of the larger questions in her work. She is passionate about promoting neurodiversity and improving upon the human experience by creating pathways between the fields of neuroscience, music, technology and multisensory studies. Through this, she seeks to develop and deploy sustainable solutions, assistive technologies and innovations for cognitive pathologies like Alzheimer’s and other challenges facing our communities and world.
