about
Sivan Cotel is an Associate in Prime Brokerage - Equity Finance at JPMorgan, where he manages cash capital funding and portfolio pricing. Sivan graduated with honors from Wesleyan University as an undergraduate double major in Psychology and Music; he subsequently completed a Master's in Psychology at Wesleyan. Sivan continues to compose/perform in his spare time, and has produced multiple publications from his previous psychology research.

psychology
Sivan Cotel developed research and laboratory experience at Wesleyan University, Harvard University, and Columbia University in the fields of Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Neurobiology, Developmental Psychology, and Child Epidemiology.

Sivan completed a Masters degree in Psychology at Wesleyan University in 2006, concentrating on human memory (Advisor: Dr. John G. Seamon). His research focuses on conscious and nonconscious processes in false memory, seeking to explain how we can remember events that never actually happened.

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCH EXPERIENCE // click here

music
Growing up in a musical household and spending his childhood in musical theater (performing in the Broadway musical Falsettos and singing such jingles as the Chuck E. Cheeses commercial, the Berry Berry Kix commercial, and the Sesame Street themesong), Sivan Cotel has always had at least one foot in the door of the musical world. He studied Jazz theory and recording techniques at Wesleyan University, and has produced, engineered, composed, and performed on various projects. While at Wesleyan, Sivan was Treasurer and then Director of the World Music Collective, a student group responsible for bringing jazz and world music acts to Wesleyan University campus; notable performances included Avishai Cohen, Vasen, The Matthias Lupri Quintet, and Ben Allison's Peace Pipe.

In 2005, Sivan completed an honors thesis in Wesleyan's Music department titled The Music of Advertising: Commercials, Children, and Personal Experience. The project centered around a suite of jazz compositions based on memories of musical themes from the commercials and other projects Sivan performed as a child. A recording of the thesis recital is available for download here.

Sivan is the Founder of Audiokio Productions, an independent music production company and audio-focused blog. For more information, please visit http://www.audiokio.com.

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