Francis Rumsey was Professor at the Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey (UniS) until July 2009 and was a Visiting Professor at the School of Music in Piteå, Sweden from 1998-2004. He was appointed as a research advisor in psychoacoustics to NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, in 2006. Professor Rumsey was the winner of the 1985 BKSTS Dennis Wratten Journal Award, the 1986 Royal Television Society Lecture Award, and the 1993 University Teaching and Learning Prize. He is the author of over 100 books, book chapters, papers and articles on audio, and in 1995 he was made a Fellow of the AES for his significant contributions to audio education. Francis is actively involved with the Audio Engineering Society, as chair of the Regions and Sections Committee, and as Staff Technical Writer for the AES Journal. He is also an organist, accompanist and choral singer in the Surrey area.