STEAMbassadors

Trained in literature and languages and now working in “research computing,” Mark DeLong studies the interplay of meaningful human life and the fruits and tortures of technology, medieval history, cars of all sorts, and more.

I study the vision of marine invertebrates to understand how weird creatures see their environments, and I use photography to record, observe, and understand the animals themselves.

I am a musician-, linguist-, and neuroscientist-in-training and don’t know who I would be without the instruments in my lab, in my pencil case, and in my locker in Biddle!

I research how, when, and where musical features are encoded in the brain and combine my interests in neuroscience, music, and Spanish to listen more deeply and empathetically as a future doctor.

I combine physics and music by analyzing vintage saxophone mouthpieces, linking musician perspectives to acoustic features.

I work with the Duke community to pursue, create, and dream of future STEAM collaborations.

The work I do attempts to weave together the socio-economic, political, and scientific underpinnings of environmental conservation by presenting these concepts in an understandable, artistic format.

For people with Parkinson’s Disease, learning to dance with balance, expressivity, community and creative movement solutions can impact their quality of life.

Artists have been working on deep questions related to interface design, programming, and AI for years— they bring a unique perspective to the relationality between these fields as a new area of growth for both.