Matthew Gray
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Postgraduate Researcher
Biography
Matthew Gray is a postgraduate researcher, consultant and designer working in architectural and building acoustics. Matthew received a masters degree in physics from the University of Birmingham in 2014 and subsequently joined the multi-disciplinary design and engineering firm Arup, where he has spent the last 12 years designing the acoustics for a wide variety of projects across the built environment. Some of his projects include a concert hall for Belgrade, an opera house in Vietnam, a recital room for the Royal College of Music, new radio and TV broadcasting studios for BBC Cymru and the refurbishment and extension of the Alexander Stadium for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
In 2025 Matthew joined the Acoustics Research Unit at the University of Salford to begin a PhD in the area of concert hall acoustics.
He is a Member of the Institute of Acoustics and the Institute of Physics.
Areas of Research
Concert halls, room acoustics, sound perception, coupled volumes, architecture, venue design
Qualifications
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Acoustics and Audio Engineering
2025 - 2030 -
Acoustics and Noise Control
2014 - 2015 -
Physics
2010 - 2014