Kurt James Werner

Dr. Kurt James Werner is a Research Engineer at iZotope. Prior to this, he was Assistant Professor of Audio at the Sonic Arts Research Centre of Queen’s University Belfast. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics from Stanford University’s CCRMA and both a B.S. in General Engineering (secondary field: Acoustics) and B.Music in Theory and Composition from UIUC. His publications include over 40 papers, and was awarded best student paper by the IEEE WASPAA (2015) and second best paper by DAFx (2020). As co-author he was also awarded best paper (DAFx, 2018), best student paper (AES, 2017), best paper no. 3 (DAFx, 2016), and a best paper honorable mention (DAFx, 2015).