About the Team

The People Behind the Exhibit

Virtual Reality Exhibit Team

Christopher "Vaughn" Casarez

Lead VR Interactive Designer & Developer

Vaughn Casarez is a Computational Media student at Georgia Tech focused on game studies and XR. He currently works as a Research Assistant in the VRlandia Graduate Research Lab and is a co-author of a research paper accepted for publication at ACM ICMI. His work explores the intersection of technology, interaction, and human experience, with a particular interest in how VR, AR, and MR can expand human capabilities and create meaningful experiences.

Quang Nguyen

Interactive Designer & Developer

Quang Nguyen is a Computational Media student at Georgia Tech with a focus on game design and artificial intelligence. He enjoys developing and creating software. He is passionate about using his technical and creative skills to build innovative projects and solve challenging problems.

Nicolas Suttles

Interactive Designer & Developer

Nicolas Suttles is a rising Senior at Georgia Tech, dealing with several mediums in the Digital Media ecosystem. His main focuses are 3D modeling, game development, and film making, and projects that utilize several of these hobbies at once is his main focus. Nic aims to break into the industry with unconventional storytelling and experimental design.

Jeremiah Timberlake

Interactive Designer & Developer

Jeremiah Timberlakeis a creative programmer and Digital Media master’s student at Georgia Tech, focused on game design and analysis, interactive systems, and experimental approaches to digital media. His work sits at the intersection of code, play, and theory, blending technical systems with expressive design. He builds interactive experiences across games, creative coding, and mobile apps, often exploring how mechanics shape player behavior and interpretation.

Website Development Team

Huijia (Freya) Huang

Interactive Designer & Developer

Huijia (Freya) Huang is an interactive designer and developer working across HCI, creative technology, and digital media. For Biophilia, she designed and developed the web-based virtual gallery using Three.js, creating an interactive 3D experience for audiences to explore the artworks online.

Arnav Ray

Website Developer & Graphic Designer

Arnav Ray is a digital artist with a background in filmmaking, graphic design, and experiential visualization. For Biophilia, he helped shape the website’s style and layout using HTML, as well as developed biography pages and contact modals on the site that authentically represent its lead artist, creative team, and exhibition.