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I joined Falmouth as Associate Professor in Music and Sound Art in 2010. Now as Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Knowledge Exchange, I have overall responsibility for providing strategic leadership in RKE, and, as a member of the university’s executive board, play a central role in delivering on the university’s mission, vision, and strategy.I am committed to supporting the university community in developing an inclusive, dynamic, exploratory environment for research and knowledge exchange that embraces risk and learning from failure while confidently working towards world-leading outputs with transformative impact. Recognising students and the communities we serve as the primary beneficiaries of our research and knowledge exchange, I lead cross-institutional initiatives that drive collaboration and partnership and facilitate the translation of the University's research into knowledge that can be shared with our students and society at large.My background is in music and sound art and my work has garnered international acclaim through a portfolio of award-winning creative works and publications. My music has been performed and broadcast around the world and has won international competitions including Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition, Cornelius Cardew Prize, E.A.R (Hungarian Radio) and the George Butterworth prize. As a sound designer I have made permanent, multi-ward winning installations for The Imperial War Museum (UK), The New York Historical Society (USA), The Thomas Jefferson Museum (USA) and the Guinness Storehouse (IRL), amongst others. I am also an experienced mix engineer with credits including The Domino Effect, The Village and Tin Star. With architect Frances Crow, I am a partner in liminal, a practice that explores the relationship between sound, listening and space. Our work encompasses site-specific interventions, gallery installations, performances, research, and consultancy and is the basis of much of my research. In 2010 we won the prestigious PRS Foundation New Music Award for our piece, Organ of Corti.I studied Music and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor and then completed a PhD in music at the University of Birmingham. During my time at Birmingham, I undertook residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada; Les Ateliers UPIC, Paris; and the Technisches Universität, Berlin, where I was a guest of the DAAD.

Listed skills include Music, Composition, Sound Design, Sound, and 30 others.