Jonathan S. Abel is an adjunct professor at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University, working in music and audio applications of signal and array processing, parameter estimation, and acoustics. He was a Co–Founder and Chief Technology Officer of the GRAMMY Award-winning Universal Audio, a researcher at NASA/Ames Research Center, Chief Scientist at Crystal River Engineering, and a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. He has consulted for Apple, Dolby, FDNY, LR Baggs, LSI Logic, Native Instruments, SAIC, Sennheiser, Sigma Cubed, Triple Ring, and the U.S. NRL on topics ranging from audio effects processing to fire department siting and deployment, GPS, medical imaging, and seismic processing. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Stanford and an S.B. from MIT, all in electrical engineering. He is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society for contributions to audio effects processing.