Michael Gancz

Michael Gancz studies sound, people, and technology. They graduated from Yale University in 2022 with an MA in music theory and a BA in music, and they earned a carillon diploma from the Koninklijke Beiaardschool 'Jef Denyn' in Mechelen, Belgium in 2023. Before joining XRPeds, Gancz served as a research fellow for the Belgian American Educational Foundation and a postgraduate research associate with the Mark Gerstein Laboratory. Gancz's research interests focus on how music-technological imagination can center diverse bodies and psyches in our spaces of research, treatment, and play. Their publication record spans a wide range of related topics including evolutionary structures in music, computational brain genomics, and best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion. Apart from their research, Gancz is an award-winning composer and internationally touring musician, and co-directs a small indie games studio. They are very excited to spend the coming year with the talented XRPeds team!