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About

Clau Nader is an audio engineer, educator and researcher specialised in immersive sound design for film, TV, audio-visual media, advertising, and sonic art installations. Their work has featured in numerous festivals in Latin America, East Asia, Europe and the USA.Rooted in anti-racism, inclusion, accessibility and sustainability, Clau's interdisciplinary research background ranges from psychoacoustics, media studies, computer-human interaction, to sociology, psychology and public health. They have extensive experience in applied health research focused on creative digital interventions for mental health and wellbeing, especially for young populations.In 2024, Clau was awarded a PhD in Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies (SoACT) of the University of York. Later on, they joined the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group at York's Department of Health Sciences where they currently work as a Research Associate for the SCriPT Project. Clau is a Postdoctoral Fellow at York’s Humanities Research Centre and worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Sound Production and Postproduction for Film and TV, as well as a Visiting Lecturer in Audio Cultures and Modernities for SoACT.Clau is a social justice advocate and active member of Soundgirls.org, the Audio Engineering Society and the Yorkshire Sound Women Network empowering and supporting underrepresented groups in the creative industries.

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Research

Rooted in social justice, my research and teaching interests focus on psychoacoustics, immersive sound design, creativity and digital media interventions for mental health, wellbeing and community building. In 2019 I graduated from the MSc in Postproduction with Sound Design and in 2024 I received my PhD award at the Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media of the University of York. My doctoral research, supervised by Professor Mariana López, explored visual media and sound formats in Autonomout Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) inducing media and their effects in youth wellbeing.

Projects where I have participated as a Research Assistant include:An interdisciplinary Delphi study conducted by the ASMR Research Network and led by Dr Giulia Poerio, with the objective of prioritising an agenda for future ASMR research.The impact of immersive technology on ASMR led by Dr. Agnieszka Janik McErlean at Bath Spa University, where I oversaw the design of ASMR-inducing immersive media and sound production and postproduction methodology.The Brain and Art project, led by Dr Francisco Fernández de Miguel at the Institute of Cellular Physiology - Neuroscience Division of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Tlatelolco Site Museum, in Mexico City. My contribution in this investigation consisted in conducting EEG readings and as a museum steward and designed a protocol to explore the impact of binaural frequencies in visual art observation.