PhD Student, The University of Melbourne
Xanthe Lowe-Brown is a PhD candidate in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Melbourne, holding a PhD scholarship from the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE). Working with an exceptional interdisciplinary supervision team - Dr Greg Wadley (Human-Computer Interaction), Dr Solange Glasser (Music Psychology) and A/Prof Peter Koval (Psychology), Xanthe’s PhD aims to enhance wellbeing outcomes for music listeners by improving recommendation algorithms used by music streaming services such as Spotify to recommend music helps users regulate their emotions. Xanthe completed a Bachelor of Music Performance (Contemporary Guitar) at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2021 and her Honour's thesis on the individual differences in the experience of Musically-Evoked Chills in 2022, alongside Dr Solange Glasser.
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