Andy is a research scientist and inventor working on new technologies for human-computer interaction with applications in the arts and sciences. His expertise includes high-bandwidth gesture sensing interfaces, audio control protocols, many-channel array audio systems and the theory of auditory and visual sensory perception. Andy is a staff member at UC Berkeley where he works with the research group at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT). He received the BA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 2002 and has more than 15 years of professional experience in computer programming, electronics design and research. He has co-authored one US and international patent and 19 technical publications appearing at conferences worldwide. He is also co-inventor of a new medical device for computer-adaptive screening and diagnosis of color vision anomalies including genetic deficiencies and tetrachromatic hyper-sensitivity.