People - The AlloSphere Research Facility

Message from the Director Learn more

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, chief designer of the AlloSphere facility, composer, and media artist with over thirty-five (35) years of experience in media systems engineering, outlines the vision for our research.

MYRIOI Link Here

Welcome SIGGRAPH 2020 Community. All Packages and Media are available.

About Learn more

The AlloSphere Research Facility located in the California NanoSystems Insitute. Please inquire with Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin for more information.

News Learn more

The latest news on the AlloSphere Team & Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin's Exhibitions, Lectures, & Research.

ResearchProjects Here

Etherial: A Quantum Composition & Installation featured at ISEA, Gwangju, Republic of Korea. Also can be viewed at the California NanoSystems Institute's AlloPortal and AlloSphere.

PublicationsRead more

A repository of publications in the Media Arts & Sciences. Please contact Dr. Kuchera-Morin for more information.

Software Download Here

Researcher Dr. Basak Alper demonstrates new ways of interacting with graph visualizations in the AlloSphere.

The AlloSphere Research Group Our Team

Our Team is led by Dr. Kuchera-Morin (Director, Inventor, & Lead Researcher) of the Allosphere Research Group. Dr. Andres Cabrera as Media Systems Engineer, Dennis Adderton as Technical Director. And the AlloSphere Team.

Collaborate with us

The AlloSphere Research Group is open to collaboration and tours.

Contact Dr. Kuchera-Morin

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin Group is available to discuss future collaborations.

People - Our Team

Faculty & Staff

Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin

Director, AlloSphere Research Facility

Inventor, AlloSphere Research Instrument

Distinguished Professor, Media Arts and Technology

Distinguished Professor, Music

Music Composition, Multi-modal performance, visualization, media systems

Dr. Tim Wood

Media Systems Engineer, AlloSphere Research Group

Research Director, Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology

Audio Spatialization, Creative Coding, HCI, Electroacoustic Composition Environments, Mobile Devices, Virtual Worldmaking,

Technical Staff Fellow

Larry Zins

Computer Systems Administrator

Research Fellows

Dr. Kon Hyong Kim

Assoc. Postdoctoral Fellow

Sr. Associate Media Systems Engineer

Sr. Software Developer

Immersive VR Environment - Engineering (intergration), Immersive Graphics - Software Development & Multimodal Presence

Dr. Gustavo Alfonso Rincon

Design Research Director:

New Media Architecture(s) & Engineering

Curator: Media Arts/Design & Science - Immersive Interactive Spaces

Sr. Advisor (fmr. Sr. Assoc. Postdoc)

Architectural Design/Engineering, Computational Design & Fabrication, New Media Architectures - Immersive AR/VR/XR Environments, Installation Design, Curation, Exhibition Design, Media Arts Technology Integration, Outreach

Dennis Adderton

Biz Dev. & Tech Consultant

(fmr. Technical Director)

AlloSphere Research Facility

Graduate Student Researchers

Ryan Millett, PhD student

Ryan is a composer, programmer, & multimedia artist based in Santa Barbara, California.

His work extends an ancient lineage of musical tradition, informed by contemporary models of computation, and inspired by the forms and dynamics of the natural world. Ryan holds a BA in Computer Science and Electronic Music from UC Santa Cruz and an MSc in Media Arts & Technology from UC Santa Barbara, where he is currently a PhD student and researcher.

Portfolio: rmillett.myportfolio.com

Sabina Hyoju Ahn, PhD student

An artist engaging with various media represented through auditory perception, tactile sense, visual elements and a mixture of digital and analog technology.