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Acoustics Research Staff

Staff at jam night at the research centre’s 60th celebration.

Dr Volkan Acun

Research areas: soundscapes, Environmental Acoustics, human response to sound, and Machine Learning,

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Dr Deepak Akiwate

Research areas: propeller noise, propeller-wing interaction, urban air mobility (UAM)

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Dr Lucy Barton

Research areas: Vibro-acoustics, Building-Acoustics

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Professor Trevor Cox

Archaeoacoustics, Architectural Acoustics, Diffusers and Metamaterials, Numerical Methods, Psychoacoustics, Public Engagement and Signal Processing.

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Professor Bill Davies

Research areas: Soundscape, Psychoacoustics, Spatial audio, Room acoustics, Environmental noise.

  • USIR publications

Dr Andy Elliott

Research areas: Vibro-acoustics, Automotive NVH, Acoustic Testing.

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Dr Bruno Fazenda

Research areas: Room Acoustics, Psychoacoustics, Auditory Attention, Archaeoacoustics, Multimodal Perception, Audio in Virtual Reality.

  • USIR publications

Dr Simone Graetzer

Research areas: Speech Acoustics, Psychoacoustics and human factors in Acoustics, Digital Signal Processing, hearing and hearing aids.

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Dr Marc Green

Research areas: Environmental soundscapes, machine listening, spatial audio

  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-8998
  • Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=8BxefBcAAAAJ

Dr Jonathan Hargreaves

Research areas: Numerical Acoustic Simulation and Auralisation, In-situ Measurement of Material Properties, Nearfield Holographic Intensity Measurements, Laser Vibrometer Applications, Analysis of Live Sound Systems, Low-frequency Reproduction and Control.

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  • USIR publications

Dr Richard Hughes

Research areas: Architectural and Room Acoustics, Acoustic Diffusers, Acoustic and Audio Measurement and Analysis, Audio Signal Processing, Acoustic Simulation and Modelling, Audio Reproduction Techniques, Auralisation, Psychoacoustic Testing. 

Dr Francis Li

Research areas: Acoustics, Audio, DSP, Machine Learning, Intelligent system and Instrumentation.

  • USIR publications

Dr Antonio J Torija Martinez

Research areas: Environmental Acoustics, Transportation Noise, Aircraft Noise, Drones and Urban Air Mobility Noise, Environmental Noise Modelling, Psychoacoustics, Human Response to Sound, Community Noise Impact, Perception-influenced Engineering.

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  • USIR publications
  • Google scholar

Dr Joshua Meggitt

Research areas: Vibro-acoustics, Structural dynamics, Structure-borne sound and vibration, Virtual prototyping, Hybrid simulation methods.

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Professor Andy Moorhouse

Andy Moorhouse has now retired, please contact Dr Andy Elliott.

Dr Carlos A Ramos Romero

Research areas: Traffic Noise, Drones and Urban Air Mobility Noise, Environmental Noise, Psychoacoustics, Computational Acoustics, DSP, Machine Learning.

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Dr Gerardo Roa Dabike

Research areas: Machine learning, music, speech, hearing aids

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Dr Ben Shirley

Research areas: Audio, Accessibility, Broadcast, Spatial Audio.

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Dr Olga Umnova

Research areas: Physical Acoustics, Acoustics Materials, Metamaterials, Sonic Crystals, Nonlinear Acoustics.

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  • USIR publications

Professor David Waddington

Research areas: Human Response to Sound and Vibration, Environmental Acoustics, Residential Environments.

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Dr Duncan Williams

Research areas: Psychoacoustics, Audio Production, Video Game Audio, Digital Signal Processing, Popular Sound Recording, Soundscape Evaluation.

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Dr Rebecca Vos

Research areas: Music, Hearing Loss, Singing, Voice

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Seminars

  • Webinar 14/5/25: Soundscapy: Open Source Software in Soundscape
  • Webinar 7/5/25: Modal analysis of signal processing systems: applications for room acoustics
  • Webinar 30/04/25: Time domain vibro-acoustic reduced order models and their potential for digital twins

Contact Us

Head of Acoustics Research
Professor David Waddington
d.c.waddington@salford.ac.uk

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