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PhD Researcher

Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam

Researches historical keyboard performance and develops non-invasive sensing systems for harpsichords and early pianos.

• Developed PHOTON, a modular optical sensing platform for high-resolution performance capture in research and concert settings.

Founder & Engineer

klavecimbel.com

Develops software and hardware systems for historical keyboard instruments.

• Built a Raspberry Pi-based Pianoteq retrofit for modern MIDI keyboards oriented toward historically informed keyboard performance.
• Designed the PHOTON retrofit for acoustic historical keyboard instruments, including optical sensing hardware, custom PCBs, and embedded systems for performance capture and MIDI output.

Executive & Artistic Director

Stichting Tijdloze Klavieren

Directs a foundation focused on historically informed keyboard performance and instrument-centered concert programming.

• Leads artistic programming, collaborations, fundraising, and the development of new performance formats for harpsichord and fortepiano.
• Built and maintains AmsterdamEarlyMusic.com, a public calendar and submission platform for Amsterdam’s early music scene.

Hardware and Software Engineer, Wireless Hardware Engineering

Apple Inc.

Worked on iPhone RF front-end systems and the Python-based tooling used to model, validate, and debug them from prototyping through production bring-up.

• Developed Python test and analysis infrastructure for RF characterization and production validation, including instrument control, calibration, and automated measurement workflows.
• Built models of the iPhone RF front end to generate firmware configuration profiles and support system-level validation.
• Led bench debugging during prototyping and factory bring-up, tracing performance issues across hardware, measurement setups, and production test flows.

Wireless Hardware Engineering Intern

Apple Inc.

• Developed factory test software for antenna validation using vector network analyzers (VNAs) and automated measurement workflows.
• Built a macOS Cocoa application in Objective-C for production test control, data collection, and pass/fail reporting in manufacturing environments.

Wireless Hardware Engineering Intern

Research In Motion (BlackBerry)

• Performed receiver sensitivity and desense testing for GSM/WCDMA devices, investigating RF performance degradation due to EMI and digital noise coupling.
• Implemented mitigations via drive-strength tuning, shielding and grounding changes, and board-level coupling investigations.

Ph.D. (in progress)

University of Amsterdam, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)

Computational Musicology

• Research on historical keyboard performance and the development of non-invasive sensing systems for harpsichords and early pianos.

M.A.

University of Amsterdam

Musicology

• Thesis: Musical Source Separation: WSDR—Lending Weight to SDR

B.S.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Electrical Engineering

Musical Source Separation Bake-Off: Comparing Objective Metrics with Human Perception

Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA)

PHOTON: Non-Invasive Optical Tracking of Key-Lever Motion in Historical Keyboard Instruments

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME)

Accepted for publication

The Portable Harpsichord: Past and Present

Harpsichord & fortepiano Magazine