Leo has received the highly competitive CITI-GENS Ph.D. studentship to join the Performance without Barriers research group at Queen’s University Belfast in February 2021. He collaborated with NYU Abu Dhabi Music and Sound Cultures research group as a developer on a couple of projects, creating innovative browsing strategies for large collections of music using VR. He also held an Audio Director position at the most prominent VR company in the UAE, Mental VR, working with clients in both the public and private sectors.