Director
![Xin Wei, Sha](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sha.jpg)
Sha Xin Wei
Director
Staff
![Ingalls, Todd](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Todd-edit-250x312.jpg)
Todd Ingalls
Associate Director
![Rawls, Connor](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ConnorRawls-250x312.jpg)
Connor Rawls
Research Specialist
![Robinson, Andrew](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AndrewRobinson-250x312.jpg)
Andrew Robinson
Masters
![Stein, Julian](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/stein-e1529717979995.jpg)
Julian Stein
Media Environment Lead
![Mechtley, Brandon](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Brandon4-250x312.jpg)
Brandon Mechtley
Complex Systems Lead
![Patzem, Megan](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Megan-Edit-copy-250x312.jpg)
Megan Patzem
Multimedia Artist + Communications
Affiliate Students
![Johnson, Garrett Laroy](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Garrett-Johnson-250x312.jpg)
Garrett Laroy Johson
Ph.D
![Lopez Klein, Alexia](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AlexiaLopez-250x312.jpg)
Alexia Lopez Klein
ASU Library
![Muindi Fanuel Muindi](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_2702-copy-3-250x312.jpg)
Muindi Fanuel Muindi
performance artist, philosopher, and poet
![Vasquez, Oswaldo Emiddio](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/emiddiovasquez-250x312.jpg)
Emiddio Vasquez
Ph.D
![Lyu, Yanjun](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/YanjunLyu-250x312.jpg)
Yanjun Lyu
Ph.D
![Smith, Leslie L.](https://synthesiscenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LeslieSmith-250x312.jpg)
Leslie L. Smith
Ph.D
Affiliated Faculty
- Sha Xin Wei: Director | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Todd Ingalls: Associate Research Professor & Assistant Director | Arts, Media & Engineering
- Brandon Mechtley: Complex Systems Lead | Synthesis Center
- Tim Wells: Faculty Associate, Curriculum, Pedagogy, & Methodology | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
- Muindi Fanuel Muindi: Performance Artist | University of Washington
- Chris Ziegler: Assistant Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Lauren Hayes: Assistant Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Christy Spackman: Assistant Professor | Future of Innovation in Society & Arts, Media + Engineering
- Pavan Turaga: Associate Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering & Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
- Robert LiKamWa: Assistant Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering & Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering,
- Ariane Middel: Assistant Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering | Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
- Freida Abtan: Music and Computing | Goldsmith University of London, UK
- Ron Broglio: Associate Professor | Department of English, ASU
- Michael Epperson: Director | Center of Philosophy and Natural Sciences, California State University
- Ed Finn: Director of Center for Science and the Imagination, Associate Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering & Department of English
- Barbara Formis: Director, Esthétique de la Performance et Arts de la Scène | University Paris1-Panthéon Sorbonne and National Center for Scientific Research (France)
- Chris Fynsk: Dean | Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought | The European Graduate School
- Celia Lury: Director, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick
- Michael Montanaro: Associate Director, Topological Media Lab | Chair of the Department of Contemporary Dance, Concordia University, Montreal
- David Morris: Associate Director, Topological Media Lab | Philosophy Department, Concordia University, Montreal
- Natasha Myers: Department of Anthropology | Institute for Science and Technology Studies, York University (Canada)
- Adam Nocek: Center for Philosophical Technologies | Assistant Professor | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Jessica Rajko: Assistant Professor | Dance and Theater | Wayne State University
- Andreas Spanias: Professor | School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Ira A Fulton School of Engineering
- Seth Thorn: Faculty | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Halley Willcox: Dance MFA
- Mirka Koro, Professor, Qualitative research | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
- Ananí M. Vasquez, PhD Learning, Literacies and Technologies | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
Affiliated Students
- Shomit Barua: Ph.D. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Jonathan Bratt: Ph.D Geography | School of Geography Science + Urban Planning
- Josh Gigantino: PhD. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Garrett L. Johnson: PhD. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Ri Lindegren: MFA Dance & Interdisciplinary Digital Media | Film, Dance + Theatre
- Yanjun Lyu: Ph.D. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Daisy Nolz: M.A. Digital Culture | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Celina Osuna: PhD English
- Andrew Robinson: M.A. Digital Culture | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Leslie L. Smith: PhD. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Zach Thomas: Ph.D. English, ASU
- Emiddio Vasquez: Ph.D. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Halley Willcox, MFA Dance, ASU
Former Students
- Alex Abreu: Front End Software Developer, SendGrid | Denver, Colorado
- Kyle Hoefer: M.A. Digital Culture | Arts, Media + Engineering
- Gabriella Isaac: M.A. Digital Culture | Arts, Media + Engineering, ASU
- Varsha Iyengar: Front End Android Developer, Food Moves | San Jose, California
- Michael Krzyzaniak: PhD. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering, ASU
- Brenda McCaffrey: PhD. Media Arts and Sciences | Arts, Media + Engineering, ASU
- Keyaanna Pausch: Audio Visual Technician, Phoenix Art Museum | Phoenix, Arizona
- Megan Patzem: Multimedia Specialist, ASU | Tempe, Arizona
- Connor Rawls: Research Specialist, Synthesis Center | Tempe, Arizona
- Prashan S. Seshasayee: Software Engineer, Intel | Santa Clara, California
- Ian Shelansky: Lead Programmer, BRDG Studios | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Joshua Stark: Software Developer, General Motors | Chandler, Arizona
- Nayely Velez-Cruz: PhD. Biology and Electrical Engineering
- Qiao Wang: PhD. Electrical Engineering | School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
- Cooper S. Yoo: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Korea National University of Arts | Seoul, Korea
- Chris Zlaket: Technician, Artesyn Embedded Technologies | Tempe, Arizona
Affiliates
- Tim Wells: Faculty Associate, Curriculum, Pedagogy, & Methodology | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
- Muindi Fanuel Muindi: Performance Artist | University of Washington
- Mirka Koro, Professor, Qualitative research | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
- Ananí M. Vasquez, PhD Learning, Literacies and Technologies | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, ASU
- Julie Akerly: Arts Engagement, City of Tempe
- Freida Abtan: Music, Carnegie Mellon University
- Jakob Bak: Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
- Ron Broglio: Associate Professor, Department of English
- Nikolaos Chandolias: Head of Technology, Random International London
- Niklas Damiris: Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Swiss Finance Institute at the University of Lugano
- Felix Rebolledo: Art and Philosophy, Brazil
- Patricia Duquette: Artist | Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal
- Michael Epperson: Director, Center for Philosophy and Natural Sciences, California State University Sacramento
- Omar Faleh: Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal
- Ed Finn: Director Center for Science and the Imagination | Assistant Professor, Arts, Media + Engineering
- Barbara Formis: Director, Esthétique de la Performance et Arts de la Scène | University Paris1-Panthéon Sorbonne and National Center for Scientific Research (France)
- Adrian Freed: Research Director, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, UC Berkeley
- David Gauthier: Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis | Utrecht University
- Satinder Gill: Center for Music and Science, Cambridge University
- Dehlia Hannah: Former Research Curator, Synthesis | University of Copenhagen
- Katie Jung: Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal
- Celia Lury: Director, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick
- Vangelis Lympouridis: Enosis VR; Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center, USC
- John MacCallum: john-maccallum.com, Berlin
- Michael Montanaro: Associate Director, Topological Media Lab | Chair of the Department of Contemporary Dance, Concordia University, Montreal
- Evan Montpellier: Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal
- David Morris: Associate Director, Topological Media Lab | Chair of the Philosophy Department, Concordia University, Montreal
- Natasha Myers: Department of Anthropology; Institute for Science and Technology Studies, York University (Canada)
- Teoma Naccarato: teomanaccarato.com, Berlin
- Navid Navab: Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal
- Adam Nocek: Lab for Critical Technics | Assistant Professor, Arts, Media + Engineering
- Chris Roberts: Former Research Professor, Synthesis | Center fro Scholarship and Research Engagement, Regis University
- Paul Shrivastava: Executive Director, Future Earth
- Liza Solomonova: Dream and Nightmare Laboratory, Université de Montréal
- Andreas Spanias: School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Ira A Fulton School of Engineering
- Oana Suteu: Filmmaker, Montreal | National Film Board of Canada
- David Tinapple: Assistant Professor, Arts, Media + Engineering
- Jacqueline Wernimont: Assistant Professor | English
- Helga Wild: Water Cooler Logic, Menlo Park