Director & Chief Scientist

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin (Ph.D., M.M., B.M.)

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin along with excerpts from UCTV

  • Director & Chief Scientist

    • AlloSphere Research Facility
  • Director

    • Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology
  • Distinguished Professor

    • Media Arts and Technology Program
    • Music Department (Composition)

Contact

  • jkm (at) create.ucsb.edu
  • (805) 893-3010
  • Distinguished Professor, Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin (Ph.D., M.M., B.M.) [A printable business card]

Bio

Director and Chief Scientist of the AlloSphere Research Facility and Professor of Media Arts and Technology and Music (Composition), in the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Also is the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology at UCSB.

Kuchera-Morin’s research focuses on composition, creative computational systems, content, and facilities design. Her 35 years of experience in digital media research led to the creation of a multi-million dollar sponsored research program for the University of California—the Digital Media Innovation Program. She was Chief Scientist of the Program from 1998 to 2003. The culmination of her creativity and research is the AlloSphere, a 30-foot diameter, 3-story high metal cylinder inside an echo-free cube, designed for immersive/interactive scientific/artistic investigation of multi-dimensional data sets.

Academic Materials

Composer & Lead Artist

Quantum Composition Series: Probably/Possibly?, 2017 | Etherial, 2019 | MYRIOI, 2020

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News

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin at MCA Santa Barbara 2025 Art Awards Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Awarded — MCA Santa Barbara Honors Talented Artists in a Night of Celebration & Community

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin at the MCA Santa Barbara Honors Talented Artists in a Night of Celebration and Community

Video Featured Selections

Presentations Featured Selections

Color Light Motion: JoAnn Kuchera-Morin & Frederick Janka

Episode 27 — The David W Bermant Foundation

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin at MAT Lecture (2025)

Video Lecture and Talks Archives

NEWS Selected

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin & The AlloSphere @ Brave New Work

KEYT Special Reports: AI and Art: Santa Barbara at the Crossroads of Imagination and Innovation

Lecture Selected

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin at ACM SIGGRAPH DAC — SPARKS (2024)

Interview Selected

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin & Carey Lovelace (2023)

Visions 2030 EcoFestival Dialogue @ the AlloSphere

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin @ ISEA 2019

“Etherial” installation by Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin & AlloSphere Research Team @ ISEA 2019

NGVR Meetup #10: Data Visualization in VR/AR — Enterprise to Everyday Cases San Francisco, CA

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, 2017 — @ Augment Your Mind

Television Interview Santa Barbara, CA — Featured Selection

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Interview on Fox 11, 2016

eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit 2011 San Francisco, CA

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Lecture

International Science Day — 2011 Turku, Finland

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Lecture — 2011

Interactive Futures Stereo Conference Emily Carr — University Art + Design

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Lecture — 2009

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