Proofs & Goofs

I really enjoy teaching math. I also really enjoy making silly songs. I’m trying to put these together and make a youtube channel! Check it out:

Here’s a song I put together for an upcoming Proofs & Goofs video about the Fourier Transform:

Musical Improv Comedy

I’m part of a musical improv comedy troupe called Moonshine. We improvise scenes and songs from musicals that don’t exist. It’s a lot of fun! Here’s a recent performance of ours:

MIT Theory Lunch

In my first year as a PhD student, Justin Chen and I co-hosted the biweekly talk series Theory Lunch. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, these usually buffet-style gatherings moved to Zoom. To keep enthusiasm high, I started including in the announcement emails some songs I had written and raps I had freestyled. Here’s a playlist of some of my favorites:

Dancin’

I love dancing! I’m a regular at a hip hop dance class at the dance complex. Sharon is the best teacher ever! Here are a few of my favorite dances

Thank you Akamai!

Akamai Technologies awarded me a graduate fellowship for my first year of PhD. To show my gratitude, I wrote them this little tune.

Burton Conner i3

During my undergrad at MIT, I lived in the dorm Burton Conner. Being part of the BC family was extremely formative and something I am forever grateful for. As a token to this fabulous community, I volunteered to make the dorm tour video for incoming freshman my junior year.

Making this video was a hilarious process. Burton Conner consists of 9 floors spread over two towers, each with its own culture and traditions. I interviewed residents, wrote a rap for each floor, taught someone on each floor to rap, planned and shot the footage, and did all the music and editing myself. Overall, I couldn’t have been more proud of the result.

Acting

Over the course of undergrad, I participated in two plays directed by Professor Jay Scheib. He has a very unique directing style. He is a pioneer of the Live Cinema medium. Here’s footage of me playing Shlink in Bertolt Brecht’s “In The Jungle of Cities”. In this scene, I am forfeiting my company and all of my possessions to a person named Garga. Shlink is a calloused man who hasn’t been able to emotionally connect with another individual for years. He hopes that, through such blinding rage, he will finally be able feel something.