A cross-disciplinary team of artists, engineers, and neuroscientists building installations that make the invisible visible — and bring them to underserved communities.
Weeda is the originating artist and principal investigator of NeuroArts Dallas. Her practice begins in the backyard — tracking shadows, painting on thrifted fabric, studying how light and wind leave traces on translucent surfaces — and has grown into a research inquiry at the intersection of neuroscience, phenomenology, and installation art.
She began drawing in a bunker in Lebanon at age 12. That instinct — to find beauty inside confinement, to make the invisible visible — shapes everything that follows. At UTD, she is developing an interdisciplinary framework for NeuroArts: using art and technology to expand awareness of stress, and bringing installations to underserved communities who rarely have access to either art or health data.
Dr. Mariya Vodyanyk is a graduate researcher working with Dr. Susanne Jaeggi at Northeastern's SoundMind Collaboratory. Her work spans cognitive neuropsychology, observational drawing-based training, and the perceptual changes that emerge from developing visual expertise — making her a natural intellectual partner for NeuroArts Dallas.
She received her BS in Neurobiology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her MA in Education from UC Irvine, and brings rigorous scientific grounding to the research framework across projects.
Paul leads firmware, electronics, and real-time systems across NeuroArts Dallas projects. He holds a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa), and serves as co-PI on the technical architecture of the work.
Eric handles physical construction and sound across NeuroArts Dallas installations. His background spans hands-on building engineering and information-security leadership — bringing fabrication capability and systems rigor to every build.