TL;DR My name is Richa and I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in MARL at NYU. My main research interests include: source separation, audio restoration, underrepresented music, accessibility, and ethics.
Education
- 💜 New York University – New York, NY
- Doctor of Philosophy in Music Technology – Expected May 2028
Advisor: Dr. Magdalena Fuentes
Dissertation Committee Members: Dr. Brian McFee, Dr. Estefanía Cano - Master of Music in Music Technology
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brian McFee
Research Supervisor: Dr. Pablo Ripollés - Affiliations
🎵 Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL)
📚 Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
- Doctor of Philosophy in Music Technology – Expected May 2028
- 🐻 University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
- Bachelor of Arts in Statistics
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business
Work Experience
- 🎓 New York University – New York, NY
- Adjunct Faculty (September 2024 to Present)
- Research Assistant (October 2021 to May 2023)
- 🎧 Deezer – Paris, FR
- AI Music Detection Research Intern (May 2026 to August 2026)
- 🎚️ The McKittrick Hotel – New York, NY
- Audio Engineer (August 2022 to January 2025)
- 🛒 SAP Ariba – Palo Alto, CA
- Senior Data Scientist (April 2021 to August 2021)
- Data Scientist (July 2019 to March 2021)
- 🧪 SAP Labs – Palo Alto, CA
- Data Scientist (July 2017 to July 2019)
- Associate Data Scientist (July 2016 to July 2017)