Biography

Appointments

  • Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 2011- . Cross-appointed to the Department of Computer Science and the Program in Cinema and Technocultural Studies.
  • Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, 2006-2011 .
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-6. Max Planck Institut für Informatik (MPII), Saarbrücken, Germany.

Academic History

  • Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA), 2009.
  • Ph.D., 2005. Research Area: computer graphics, tools for expressive character animation. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. (Advisor: Eugene Fiume).
  • M.Sc., 1998. Research Area: computer graphics models for explosions and brittle fracture. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. (Advisor: Eugene Fiume)
  • B. Engineering and Society, 1996. Completed the five year Computer Engineering and Society program which included a full technical computer engineering program, a set of courses that explored social and environmental impacts of technology and a minor in drama. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Summa Cum Laude

Academic Awards and Honors

  • NSF CAREER Award (2009-2014)
  • UC Davis Faculty Development Award (2009)
  • Isadora Duncan Award for Visual Design (2009)
  • Best Paper Award, Intelligent Virtual Agents (2007)
  • Alain Fournier Award for the top Canadian Ph.D. dissertation in computer graphics (2005)
  • Catherall Grant (2004, 2005)
  • Junior Fellow, Massey College (2001- 2005)
  • NSERC Graduate Fellowship (PGS-A 1996-1998, PGS-B 1998-2000)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined, 1998)
  • Valedictorian, Faculties of Engineering, Kinesiology and Social Work, McMaster U.(1996)
  • Governor General’s Canada Scholarship in Environmental Engineering (95-96)
  • Canada Scholarship 1991-1995
  • McMaster Chancellor’s Entrance Scholarship, 1991

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