RESEARCHER, ADJUNCT FACULTY, RESEARCH RESIDENT 2019-2020, CLASS OF 2019
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Aidan Nelson is an artist and educator based in New York City whose most recent interests include CT-scanning butterflies, making flexible silicone lenses, performing photogrammetry (3D scans) on historic masks, teaching reinforcement-learning (AI) agents and building electrostatic headphones. Prior to his research residency at ITP, he worked in theater as an actor and technical consultant.