Jeffrey Hannam is a sound designer, with a degree in chemistry, having experience designing sound for theatre, dance and film. Jeffrey’s current research explores the application of sound design techniques for the development of systems and tools for advancing scientific discovery with a specific focus on the application of sound within the field of Astronomy and astronomic research. Over his career Jeffrey has collaborated with a number of respected artists and interpreters within the electro-acoustic music domain, and, in 2008 Jeffrey attended the Tonmeister course with Bryan Wolf, at the Stockhausen Foundation for Music in Kürten, Germany, gaining first-hand experience in the necessary performance practice details of Stockhausens’ major electro-acoustic works. Notable performances include the sound projection for KONTAKTE and SYNTHI-FOU at the Melbourne Recital Centres’ Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, OKTOPHONIE and KONTAKTE at the Brisbane Powerhouse museum and sound engineering and programming for Gérard Griseys’ seminal work, Le Noir de L’Etoile at Deakin Edge with Speak Percussion as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival in 2013. In 2013 Jeffrey completed his Masters candidature at RMIT in the School of Architecture and Design, exploring spatial sound design methods and techniques, focusing on compositional strategies for sound spatialisation over a multichannel system.