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About the lab

The Augmented Instruments Laboratory is jointly affiliated between the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) at Queen Mary University of London. From 2023 onward, all new PhD students and postdocs will join from Imperial, and the team will work together across institutions. Please see this news post for further details.

We regularly recruit new PhD students and postdocs to the lab. Please keep an eye on the Augmented Instruments Lab Twitter feed for announcements, or get in touch directly.

Members

Prof Andrew McPherson

Chair in Design Engineering and Music, Imperial College London (from January 2023)
Professor of Musical Interaction, Queen Mary University of London

Prof Andrew McPherson

S.B. Music, S.B. Electrical Engineering, MIT; M.Eng. Electrical Engineering, MIT; Ph.D. Music Composition, U. Penn. 2009; Postdoc Drexel University MET-lab 2009-2011

Dr Francisco Bernardo

Research Associate in Digital Musical Instrument Design (2024-present)

Dr Francisco Bernardo

BSc Computer Science and Systems Engineering and MSc Mobile Systems, University of Minho; M.A. Management in the Creative Industries, Catholic University of Portugal; Ph.D. Computer Science, Goldsmiths University of London; Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Sussex (Experimental Music Technology Lab) and at UCL (Multi-Sensory Devices Lab)

Nicole Suzanne Robson

PhD student (2019-present)

Nicole Suzanne Robson

BMus Music, King's College London, MMus Sonic Arts, Goldsmiths University of London

Adan L. Benito

PhD student (2019-present)

Adan L. Benito

Telecommunications Engineer - MSc Radio Communications (University of Cantabria), MSc Sound and Music Computing (Queen Mary University of London)

Andrea Martelloni

PhD student (2019-present)

Andrea Martelloni

BSc Musical Informatics, University of Milan, MSc Sound and Vibration Studies, University of Southampton

Teodoro Dannemann

PhD student (2019-present)

Teodoro Dannemann

BSc Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; MSc Physics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

Eevee Zayas

PhD student (2020-present)

Eevee Zayas

BSc Engineering Product Design, London South Bank University

Lewis Wolstanholme

PhD student (2020-present)

Lewis Wolstanholme

BMus Music, Goldsmiths University of London & MMus Composition Goldsmiths University of London

Teresa Pelinski

PhD student (2021-present)

Teresa Pelinski

BSc Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; MSc Sound and Music Computing, Pompeu Fabra University

Franco Caspe

PhD student (2021-present)

Franco Caspe

Electronic Engineering (UTN FRBB) - MsC Image Processing and Computer Vision (EMJMD IPCV)

Jordie Shier

PhD student (2022-present)

Jordie Shier

BSc Combined Computer Science and Music, University of Victoria; MSc Interdisciplinary Computer Science and Music, University of Victoria

Matt Davison

PhD student (2023-present)

Matt Davison

BSc Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister), University of Surrey

June Kuhn

PhD Student (2024-present)

June Kuhn

B.S. Electrical Engineering, B.A. Arts Studies, North Carolina State University; M.A. Computational Arts, Goldsmiths University of London

Adam Schmidt

PhD Student (2024-present)

Adam Schmidt

SE Electrical Engineering + BSc Sound Engineering + MA Media Arts, University of Michigan

Brittney Allen

PhD Student (2024-present)

Brittney Allen

B.M. Music Education + M.M Music Education, Howard University; M.S. Music Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology