Talking Acoustics Matthew Ottley

Walter Alfredo Montano is an Argentinian, now based in Peru. He has an interest in the history of noise control and has been involved with the ASA Archive and History Committee in investigating the lives of the 34 lesser-known founders of the ASA. He has also been involved in low frequency noise and communication with communities about such noise including with indigenous groups in the Amazon rainforest. 

Dr Libby Sander is an internationally renowned academic expert on the future of work and the workplace. She is the MBA Director and Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Bond University. Libby has a reasearch focus on workplaces and how workplace design affects the people that work in them. In the last few years she has been involved with two reseach programs looking at how acoustics impacts outcomes in workplaces and education settings.

Rebecca Warren is passionate about getting more women involved in acoustics and engineering. We talked about how we can raise awareness about engineering, engage in role modelling, advocacy and mentoring. She also shares some thoughts on imposter syndrome and how leaders can help their staff overcome it.

Jim Metzner has spent a lifetime recording soundscapes, from which he has produced records, radio programs and now podcasts. His podcast Pulse of the Planet, started on radio in 1988 and is now also heard widely as a podcast. In 2020, Jim's sound archive was acquired by the US Library of Congress which will be the new home of the Metzner archive: 40 years of soundscapes, programs, interviews, music and non-categorizable audio.

What do Kiwi birds, machine learning, methematical geometry and acoustics have in common? Stephen Marsland. Stephen is a Professor of Mathematics and Data Science at Victoria University of Wellington, where he leads the AviaNZ research group.

Amanda Robinson is currently the Vice President of Architecture at Aercoustics Engineering Limited, based in Toronto Canada. Before that she was with Marshall Day Acoustics in Australia for 17 years, including as Co-CEO of MDA Australia, as well as serving on the Board.