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MARIA CHIU

Maria Chiu

Boston-Based


Athlete - Media Artist - Interdisciplinary Researcher

2015 BA Communication
2020 MFA Film & Media Studies
2023 MS Game Science & Design
2027 PhD Interdisciplinary Design & Media

About

Who am I?

I am a self-proclaimed lifelong athlete, multimedia artist, and currently, slightly insane PhD student swimming in deep waters. Sports instilled in me a "never-give-up" attitude, and the arts taught me that there are few problems that can't be solved with a little creativity, stubbornness, and blind optimism. I have made multiple pivots in terms of the direction of my work and life, but every experience has been a valuable lesson that carries on to the next in unexpected ways. After all, life is more interesting when it's unpredictable!

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite:

  • Photoshop: Expert
  • Premiere: Expert
  • Lightroom: Advanced
  • After Effects: Advanced
  • Audition: Intermediate
  • Substance Painter: Novice

Game Design & Dev:

  • Blender: Advanced
  • Maya: Intermediate
  • Unity (C#): Intermediate
  • Coding (Python, HTML, CSS, JS): Novice

Research Methods:

  • Usability & QA: Advanced
  • Interviews: Intermediate
  • Thematic Analysis: Intermediate
  • Statistical Analysis: Novice
  • Motion Analysis: Novice
  • Machine Learning: Novice

Other:

  • Mandarin Chinese: Fluent
  • Japanese: Conversational
  • PADI Rescue Diver
  • Emergency 1st Response

Professional

I am a 3rd year PhD student at Northeastern and orthopaedics researcher at MGH. I design, develop, and evaluate emerging technologies and immersive experiences to complement physical therapy, training, and strength and conditioning practices.

Personal

I like to say I'm a jack of all trades, and I have enough hobbies to fill 3 lifetimes. I am a dancer, competitive figure skater, scuba diver, avid snowboarder, lover of arts and crafts (crochet, macrame, sketching, etc.), and mom to the cutest, fluffiest siberian husky Maverick ♥♥♥