Acoustics Research Unit

Staff

Carl Hopkins
Dr Pyoung Jik Lee
Gary Seiffert

Dr Gary Seiffert

Senior Research Fellow within the Unit. His main areas of expertise are in acoustic instrumentation and measurement techniques. His research interests include work in physical acoustics to investigate the possibilities of using sonic cleaning to dislodge dust and to clean industrial plant that is not easily accessible.

For more information, visit his staff profile

Natalie Barker

Natalie Barker

Natalie is a part-time Research Associate in music education for children with a hearing impairment. She is a trained musician and music teacher and her work in the Acoustics Research Unit focuses on the introduction of vibrotactile technology into schools.

For more details see www.musicalvibrations.com.

Emeritus Staff

Barry Gibbs

Professor Barry Gibbs

His research interests include structure-borne sound, machinery noise, vibration and sound insulation. He serves on national and international standards committees and has acted as consultant in room acoustics, environmental noise and for noise control engineering.

For more information, visit his staff profile

David Oldham

Honorary Roles

Dave Poley

Dave Poley

Recently retired after a distinguished career as an Environmental Health Officer with over 35 years experience of environmental protection and pollution control, Dave is an active member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Institute of Acoustics. As Sefton's Environment Section Manager, with responsibility for noise control and prevention, he gained extensive experience of dealing with noise nuisance from a wide range of industrial, commercial and domestic sources and a comprehensive knowledge of the legal, planning and licensing issues associated with noise control. Dave is involved with the provision of CPD courses in environmental noise with Dr Gary Seiffert.

Postgraduate Researchers

Nazmiye Gulenay Yilmaz

Nazmiye Gulenay Yilmaz

Acoustics Research Unit

Nazmiye Gulenay graduated from the Bilkent University with a BA in interior architecture and environmental design in 2015. She completed her Master's Degree in University of the Arts London in Interior and Spatial Design in 2017. She joined the Acoustics Research Unit in February 2019 as a full-time PhD student under the supervision of Dr PJ Lee and Prof. Carl Hopkins. Her research concerns the effects of sound on the perceived enclosure in urban environments such as street canyon and courtyard.

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Xiaoxue Shen

Acoustics Research Unit

Xiaoxue joined the Acoustics Research Unit in 2018 as an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in the EU Marie Curie project, ACOUTECT, studying for a full-time PhD on modelling of structure-borne sound transmission in lightweight buildings. His PhD will focus on the development of prediction models that can inform engineering design on noise and vibration transmission in lightweight buildings, particularly from machinery and impacts from people. Xiaoxue is supervised by Prof. Carl Hopkins and Dr PJ Lee.

Song Ziwei

Song Ziwei

Acoustics Research Unit

Song Ziwei graduated with a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in architecture from the University of Dundee in June 2019. He achieved the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Part 2 and joined the Acoustics Research Unit in October 2019 as a full-time PhD student under the supervision of Dr PJ Lee and Prof. Carl Hopkins. His research concerns the effects of noise in hospitals, especially ICUs.