May 2016
First (Free) Software Release
I released "Dimension Plus", an audio plugin that models sound reverberation in spaces.
About
Let's get you up to speed.
Here's a recap of the past decade or so of my life:
Research
Industry
Entrepreneurship
Education
Misc
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February 2017
First (Paid) Software Sale
I released and sold the first copy of my software "Dimension Plus Pro" to a customer in Japan.
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2017 - 2018
Stop & Shop
I worked at my local grocery store throughout the second half of high school.
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February 2018
Accepted to Tufts University
I was accepted to Tufts University to pursue Electrical Engineering.
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September 2018
Started at Tufts University
I started my EE degree at Tufts! GO 'BOS!
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2019
Stop & Shop
After failing to secure a summer internship (I did not realize how competitive they were), I was back at S&S for one last summer.
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Spring 2020
Founded Davisynth Audio
Stuck at home with an FPGA, I decided to make a synthesizer and thought I could sell it. Note to self. Don't go into hardware during a chip shortage... Everything went up in price 2-10x and ruined any potential profit margin...
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Summer 2020
Internship at Finwave
This is deep into COVID. I did a remote internship making compact models of GaN FinFETS for RF and power applications.
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Summer 2021
Started Research in Integrated Photonics
I did research with Prof. Aseema Mohanty during her first year at Tufts. This was my first exposure to research and is also when I decided to apply to PhD programs.
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February 2022
First Hardware Product Sale
I made the first (and only) sale of my FPGA synthesizer "Twins" to an artist (who had played at Coachella!!!). It was a significant milestone for Davisynth Audio but the customer found bugs and it ended up being a whole ordeal with me shipping multiple versions with fixes. This was a big learning moment when I realized just how much work goes into making a physical product for customers. I was not ready to handle any of this. This was a very painful and expensive failure, but also a golden learning experience that made me better as an entrepreneur.
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March 2022
Accepted to Harvard University
I was accepted to several PhD programs, including Harvard University, where I was admitted under Prof. Marko Loncar and Prof. Gage Hills.
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May 2022
Graduated from Tufts University
I graduated Summa Cum Laude with Highest Thesis Honors from Tufts University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Physics.
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Summer 2022
Internship at Finwave
I did electrical testing and device modeling of boost converters on GaN-on-Sapphire wafers to identify and characterize parasitic capacitances and leakage pathways.
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September 2022
Started PhD
I started my PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Harvard University working under Prof. Gage Hills in the Harvard Nano-Design Research Group. I opted to remain in this group because I liked my project and the freedom I was given by Prof. Hills. I tend to thrive in small teams with less structure.
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December 2022
Davisynth Hard Pivots to Software
Bootstrapping a hardware synthesizer company during a chip shortage and no experience in the industry was a really bad idea. Software has a much lower barrier to entry and I had experience here thanks to my high school projects.
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Summer 2023
Davisynth Releases Low Tides
I released my first software under Davisynth Audio. I spent 6 months researching and developing a new type of spectrum analyzer with 2x faster response time and 2.5x better resolution so that I could get accurate frequency graphs for fast-moving, low-frequency sounds, like kick drums. Then, I used this new super-ability to re-synthesize all the frequencies happening at any given instant for time-accurate spectral freezing, which I call Live Freeze.
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September 2023
Davisynth Releases Spiral Delay
While visiting grandma for a week, I decided to make a small delay plugin with cool stereo mixing in the feedback loop. I released this for free to much fanfare. >20k downloads and 100-200 daily active users (measured).
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Summer 2024
Davisynth Releases Ripple Delay
My second and most successful paid software release under the Davisynth brand. I released Ripple Delay as a big brother to Spiral Delay with both a free and paid version. This plugin has been consistently praised for its unique sound and feature set and was featured in several "Top Plugins" lists (not sponsored).
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May 2024
Quals Passed
I passed my PhD qualifying exams. My committee was Prof. Lene Hau, Prof. Gu-Yeon Wei, Prof. Kiyoul Yang, and Prof. Gage Hills.
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June 2025
VLSI 2025
Presented my first paper on linearized-power segmented optical modulators at VLSI Symposium in Kyoto.
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Summer 2025
Started at Intel
I'm an AI Hardware Research Intern at Intel's Parallel Computing Lab in Santa Clara, CA. I work full-time during summers and part-time during the school year.
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September 2025
Davisynth Plugins $12
Between Intel and my PhD, I had to scale back Davisynth stuff and could no longer actively market my plugins. I decided to cut the price significantly to $12 in exchange for not doing dedicated customer service anymore. This was replaced with a 30-day return button on the website which I wired after learning PHP (I'm glad I did, because I found, reported, and patched a zero-day exploit in a paid wordpress plugin that was leaking my API credentials. WTF!!!). The $12 strategy makes enough money to cover business expenses but not much else. Well worth it in terms of less stress
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October 2025
ICCAD 2025
Co-authored this work that my colleague Georgios presented at ICCAD in Munich.
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December 2025
IEDM 2025
Presented my second paper on linearized-power segmented optical modulators (this time with one electrode/bit) at IEDM in San Francisco.
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Summer 2026
Second Summer at Intel
Increased hours to full-time and was able to take a bigger role in the project.
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Today
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Thanks for checking out my journey :) I'm working on wrapping up my PhD this year and plan to graduate in 2027. I still don't know what I'll be doing afterwards. If you have opportunities, please reach out! [Call-to-action]