Sophia Kaltsouni Mehdizadeh

PhD student | Creative Technology & Design, Cognitive Neuroscience

Sophia Kaltsouni Mehdizadeh | PhD student Creative Technology & Design, Cognitive Neuroscience

I am passionate about music and audio technologies, and enjoy exploring how the worlds of music and engineering are intertwined. Currently, I am pursuing a combined PhD in Creative Technology & Design, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am part of the ATLAS Institute’s Brain Music Lab.

I received my Master’s degree in Music Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. While at Georgia Tech, I was part of the Brain Music Lab (now at CU Boulder) as well as the student organization Women in Music Tech @ GT. My studies and research focused on music perception & cognition, brain music, and cognitive science. Before coming to Georgia Tech, I spent close to two years as part of the Advanced Development team at Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America.

I received my Bachelor’s from the University of Michigan in Electrical Engineering with a Music Minor, and was co-vice president and build team manager of Michigan Project Music– a student team that designs unique experimental musical instruments, often with complex electrical and structural components. Go Blue!