Mark Rau
- School of Engineering Gale Career Development Professor
- Assistant Professor of Music
- Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- mrau@mit.edu
- Office
- W18-2311
- Web
- rau.mit.edu
Rau completed his PhD at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He also holds a master’s in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University, as well as a BSci in Physics and BMus in Jazz from McGill University.
Rau’s lab works in the intersection of acoustics, transducers and sensors, numerical modeling, and real-time audio, with a particular focus on musical applications. He runs the Laboratory for Audio, Music, and Acoustics (LAMA), with a group of curious and motivated graduate and undergraduate students.
Rau is an active guitarist and bassist in the group LOBE, and plays contrabass in the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra. While he primarily plays guitar and bass, he is always interested in trying to learn and undertsand new instruments. He is also an amateur luthier.
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