Aaron is a PhD candidate in Anthropology with additional certificates in the History of Science & Gender and Sexuality Studies. His dissertation traces how experimental design movements—calling for the participation of elderly, rural, Indigenous, and otherwise marginalized communities in the making of new technologies—are transforming fields as far-flung as healthcare, environmental remediation, and Indigenous politics across Taiwan and China. His research has been supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Fulbright-Hays Program, the Association for Asian Studies/Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, and the American Ethnologial Society among others. Prior to his doctoral work, Aaron earned a BA in Anthropology from Columbia University in 2019, for which he conducted an ethnographic project in Shanghai.