Henry Wilcox

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Henry is an multidisciplinary writer and researcher. Their interests include the mathematics of chance, chaos, form, dimension, turbulence, and clustering in relation to improvisation in performance (of everyday life); media theory, new materialisms, sensory experience; (philosophy of) AI and its resonances in musical (co)production and poetics; (stem-)cellular biology, virology, toxicology, and diffusion; performative writing and ficto-criticism; nature- and bio-inspired design; "bleeding" and "cascades"; and trans studies, particularly of trans DJ's and trans AR/VR designers. They also like to dance, garden, hike, and hang out in sports bars.

Areas of concentration/study:

Improvisation, form, complexity, dimensionality, poetics, nature- and bio-inspired design, AI, cybernetics, trans studies

Internship Site(s):

Three(3), Inc. (Knoxville, TN) and University of Vanderbilt Department of BioMedical Engineering (Nashville, TN)

Study Abroad Sites:

      Research in Cambridge and London, England; Rome, Italy; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; Tubingen, Germany; Vienna, Austria

Articles Published:

Differential responses of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes to anisotropic strain depends on disease status in the Journal of Biomechanics Volume 48, Issue 14. Link to piece - here.

EDUCATION

New York University

Master of Arts Candidate - Performance Studies

New York City, New York

The University of Tennessee 

Bachelor of Arts - College  Scholars Program: Safety, Culture, Performance

Knoxville, Tennessee