The research group
Our team
Composers, computer scientists, designers, engineers, media artists, and all-of-the-above hybrids affiliated with the Media Arts & Technology (MAT) graduate program at UCSB.
Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
Director & Inventor · Distinguished Professor of Media Arts & Technology and of Music
Chief designer of the AlloSphere facility. More than 35 years of research in media systems engineering, composition, and multi-modal performance.
Full faculty pageFaculty & staff
Dr. Thea Wood
Media Systems Engineer
Audio spatialization, creative coding, HCI, and virtual worldmaking; Research Director at CREATE.
Dennis Adderton
Business Development & Technical Consultant
Strategy and technical consulting for the facility; former Technical Director of the AlloSphere.
Larry Zins
Computer Systems Administrator
Maintains the systems and infrastructure behind the AlloSphere Research Group.
Dr. Karl Yerkes
Computer Systems & Network Administrator
MAT Lecturer; systems and network architecture and administration.
Research fellows
Dr. Kon Hyong Kim
Research Fellow · Sr. Media Systems Engineer
Immersive VR engineering and immersive-graphics software development, with a focus on multimodal presence.
Dr. Gustavo Rincon
Design Research Director · Curator
New-media architecture and engineering, computational design and fabrication, and immersive AR/VR/XR exhibition design.
Graduate student researchers
Ryan Millett
PhD Researcher
Composer, programmer, and multimedia artist exploring computation and the dynamics of the natural world.
Sabina Hyoju Ahn
PhD Researcher
Artist working across auditory, tactile, and visual media, blending digital and analog technology.
Research collaborators
Dr. Hannen Wolfe
Dr. Myungin Lee
Dr. Graham Wakefield
Dr. Charlie Roberts
Dr. Lance Putnam
Alumni
The AlloSphere Research Group has benefited from the contributions of many alumni and former researchers, including David Adams, Dr. Başak Alper, Aaron Anderson, Dr. Danny Bazo, Dr. Andres Cabrera, Dr. Chris Coffin, Dr. Pablo Colapinto, John Delaney, R.J. Duran, Xárene Eskandar, Dr. Yuan-Yi Fan, Dr. Angus Forbes, Dr. Rama Hoetzlein, Dr. Haru Ji, Kurt Kaminski, Qian Liu, Dr. Ryan McGee, Alex Norman, Dr. Dan Overholt, Dr. Sihwa Park, Wesley Smith, Dr. Joseph Tilbian, Dr. John Thompson, Dr. John Ventura, Drew Waranis, Will Wolcott, Dr. Matthew Wright, and Dr. Keehong Youn.
Contact allosphere@ucsb.edu for questions about current team members or past affiliations.