Brian F.G. Katz, PhD
Research Acoustician
External consultant
Brian Katz.
Multi-talented physicist dedicated to fundamental research and concrete applications. His skills and expertise in unravelling the mysteries of Sound include notably Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality Acoustics, Human-Computer Interaction, Acoustics and Acoustic Engineering, Acoustic Signal Processing to name but a few.
28 years of experience.
Fluent in English, French.
Education
2011 HDR in Engineering Science, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, France.
1998 Ph.D. Acoustics, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
1992 MSc. in Applied Physics, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
1990 B.A. in Physics and Religions Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
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Professional Experience
Since 2001, external consultant at Kahle Acoustics, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Philharmonie de Paris, France • Jean Nouvel, Ateliers Jean Nouvel • Brigitte Métra, Métra & Associés.
2013 Le Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France • Pierre Louis Carlier Architect.
2013 Auditorium de Bordeaux, France • Michel Pétuaud-Létang, Atelier aquitain d'Architectes associés.
2012 Stavanger Konserthus, Norway • Ratio Arkitekter.
2006-2010 KKL Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland • Ratio Arkitekter.
2007 Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre, China • ECADI (Eastern China Architectural Design Institute).
2006 The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA • Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Since 2021 Research Director as 1st grade senior researcher, CNRS Jean le Rond ∂'Alembert Institute Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
2018-2021 Research Director, CNRS Jean le Rond ∂'Alembert Institute Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
2017 CNRS, UPMC Jean le Rond ∂'Alembert Institute, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
2015-2016 Research Director, LIMSI Laboratory - CNRS, Paris, France.
2002-2015 Researcher, LIMSI Laboratory - CNRS, Paris, France.
2001-2002 Researcher, IRCAM, Paris, France.
2000-2001 Musical Acoustics Laboratory (LAM), Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, France.
1999-2000 Arup Acoustics, USA.
1997-1999 K&K Consulting, Artec Consultants Inc. USA.
Publications
Brian F.G. Katz has authored and co-authored many refereed journal publications and over 200 conference proceedings in the fields of acoustics, HCI, virtual reality, spatial perception, and room acoustics, such as in “The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America”.
Brian F.G. Katz, PhD, Key Reference Projects
Brian F.G. Katz Biography
Professional Experience
Brian F.G. Katz worked from 1994 until 2000 in the USA, first as a consultant for K&K Consulting, Artec Consultants Inc. and then for Arup Acoustics.
As of 2001, granted with the Chateaubriand fellowship from the French embassy's Mission for Science and Technology, he moved to France and worked for the Musical Acoustics laboratory of the Paris VI University, focusing on the idiosyncratic perceptions of spatialisation's miscellaneous technics, developing the concept and building of a 3D-sound restitution system room. From 2001 until 2002, he worked at IRCAM, Paris and started his collaboration with Kahle Acoustics. From Researcher to Research Director at LIMSI Laboratory, Brian F.G. Katz is, since 2021, Research Director as 1st grade senior researcher at the CNRS Jean le Rond ∂'Alembert Institute Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Further info on Brian F.G. Katz professional experience on the CNRS-Sorbonne University website www.sorbonne-universite.fr/...
Kahle Acoustics Reference Projects
Brian F.G. Katz started working with Eckhard Kahle in 1999 and with Kahle Acoustics as of 2001. His key contributions are the Morgan Libray in New York (2001-2006), Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre in China (2004-2007), Le Nouveau Siècle concert hall in Lille, France (2004-2013), Stavanger Concert Hall and Philharmonie de Paris (2006-2015). As a passionate yet humble internationally renowned acoustician who keeps pushing further the exciting acoustics' boundaries Brian F.G. Katz has always been and still is a key asset for Kahle Acoustics.
List of Brian F.G. Katz, PhD, Professional Experience
Further info on Brian F.G. Katz publications on the Lutheries acoustique musique (LAM) website www.lam.jussieu.fr/...
