Stroop Test Pilot Experiment

The experiment will begin shortly. 

Walker Smith is a Ph.D. Candidate at Stanford CCRMA. As the world's first “musical chemist” (or perhaps music alchemist), he asks questions like: Is the periodic table a musical instrument? Do helium atoms throw parties? He earned a dual degree in chemistry and composition from Indiana University Bloomington, where he developed "The Sound of Molecules" - a multimedia music and science show he has performed for thousands across the USA and Europe. As part of a Fulbright scholarship in the Netherlands, he developed the "Interactive Musical Periodic Table", a project that was presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society and received over 50 international media reports.

Walker has been a guest researcher at the Ligeti Zentrum in Hamburg and the Intangible Realities Laboratory in Santiago de Compostela, and has presented and performed his work at AudioMostly, NYCEMF, ICMC, ICAD, SMC, and QXZH (that last one is made-up). 

His research and artistic practice explore the scientific, educational and musical possibilities of transforming the periodic table into a musical instrument and making molecular music audible. He is also very interested in experimental theatre and is co-writing and co-performing in the show “The Stanford Prism Experiment” which will premiere at Stanford’s Nitery Theatre in May 2026. His favorite color is purple.