Professor Filippo Fazi

Professor Fazi graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Brescia (Italy) in 2005, with a master thesis on room acoustics. He obtained his PhD in acoustics from the ISVR in 2010, with a thesis on sound field reproduction. In the same tear he was awarded a research fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering and was appointed Lecturer at the ISVR. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015, was appointed ISVR’s Director of Research in 2019, and was promoted to Professor in 2020. He was a visiting researcher or academic at the University of California, San Diego (2009), at IRCAM (France, 2011), at the University of Parma (Italy, 2016), and at Tohoku University (Japan, 2018).

Since his appointment in 2010 Professor Fazi has led a balanced portfolio of publicly-funded research grants (EPSRC, RAEng) and industrial contracts, generating a research income in excess of £4M. His industrial partners include the BBC, Huawei, ASK, and several major audio and telecommunication companies. He is the author of more than 150 scientific publications and inventor of various patented or patent-pending technologies. His research work and leadership have contributed to establishing the ISVR as an internationally recognized centre of excellence in audio research.

Prizes

• ANC prize for best paper by a young person by the Institute of Acoustics (2008)
• ICA Young Scientist Grants (2010)