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Alan co-leads the audio team in Applied Research, Production, working on accessible audio mixes and binaural production. He received an MSc in Acoustics and Audio Technology from the University of Edinburgh in 2009, and completed his PhD thesis on “Experimental investigations of auditory externalization and the application of head-movement information to hearing-aid signal processing” at MRC Institute of Hearing Research in 2014.

He has worked as a researcher at the Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany, and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, where he maintains an active role as a visiting scientist.

Alan has research experience in subjective listening tests, hearing-aid and cochlear-implant signal processing, and head movement and spatial audio. He also has professional experience in voiceover coaching and podcast production, specializing in science communication and audio content for psychological studies.