Dr. Adams’ research focuses on designing, fabricating, and implementing new ubiquitous and wearable sensing systems. Alex leverages sensing, signal processing, and fabrication techniques to design, deploy, and evaluate novel sensing technologies. In particular, point-of-care technologies for remote health monitoring and diagnostics.

Originally a musician, Alex became fascinated by how he could capture and manipulate sounds through analog hardware and digital signal processing, which led him back to his hometown (Concord, NC). He completed his BS at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2014 and his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 2021 (advised by Professor Tanzeem Choudhury). Alex then became the resident Research Scientist for the Precision Behavioral Health Initiative at Cornell Tech (NYC) until the fall of 2022, when he joined the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology as faculty in HCI, Robotics, and human-centered computing. He is also a PhD program faculty member in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, with affiliations in the Institute of People and Technology, the Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, and the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society. As Director of the Uncommon Sense Labs, Dr. Adams explores how we can meet people where they are with a novel sensing system that enables lab-quality health assessments for chronic disease, fetal-maternal health, substance use disorder, and chronic pain at the point of care and in rural settings.