Shahrokh Yadegari (Ph.D. UCSD) holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University a Master's in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT's Media Lab, and a Ph.D. in music from University of California, San Diego. He has recently joined the faculty of the department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego. He has collaborated with such artists as Peter Sellars, Hossein Omoumi, Vibeke Sorensen , Michael Dessen, Ivan Manzanilla, Keyavash Noura'i, and Siamak Shajarian. Yadegari has worked at Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), founded by Pierre Boulez, in the years 1987 and 1989. He is one of the founders of Persian Arts Society, and Kereshmeh Records, organizations dedicated to advancement and preservation of Persian traditional music. He has studied computer music with Tod Machover, Miller Puckette, F. Richard Moore, and George Lewis. He also has studied santur with Esmaeel Tehrani and Radif-shenasi (understanding the Radif) with Hossein Omoumi.  He has given talks in the United States and Europe at institutes such as IRCAM, Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Netherlands, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at the University of California Berkeley, and Society for Electro-Acoustic Music Los Angeles chapter. His music has been played internationally in the United States, Canada, Chile, Europe, China, Australia, and Cuba in various venues such as the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the Institut für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung, Darmstadt, and Contemporary Museum of Art, San Diego. Yadegari's areas of research include the use of interactive computing for live music and theatre performances, spatialization, and applications of non-linear dynamical systems for synthesis. Among his recent projects are the sound design for The Children of Herakles directed by Peter Sellars, and the music for the video installation The Sanctuary by Vibeke Sorensen .