Samuel D. Bellows

I am currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Lutheries-Acoustique-Musique group at the Institut Jean le Rond d’Alembert at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

I completed my PhD working in the Acoustics Research Group at Brigham Young University’s department of Physics and Astronomy, under Dr. Timothy Leishman. My primary area of research entails studying sound radiation from musical instruments through directivity measurements. Our research group is collecting data to generate a directivity database for use in improving concert hall acoustics, microphone placement, and sound synthesis of musical instruments. Outside of musical acoustics, I enjoy studying about and applying techniques in array signal processing, applied mathematics, and numerical methods.

2023 - Present: post-doctoral researcher, Sorbonne Université
2019 - 2023: PhD in Physics, Brigham Young University
dissertation: Acoustic Directivity: Advances in Acoustic Center Localization, Measurement Optimization, Directional Modeling, and Sound Power Spectral Estimation
2013 - 2019: B.S. in Physics, Brigham Young University