Nicola Symonds
Interim Manager
Professor Nicola Symonds is the Director of nC2 Engineering Consultancy and a Professor of Forensic Engineering at the University of Southampton, currently serving as the interim manager for ISVR Consulting.
Daniel Lurcock
EngD, BEng, MIOA, CEng | Data Lead
Daniel has worked in acoustics for 20 years, covering environmental, architectural and industrial noise and vibration problems. He specialises in noise and vibration from railways and military applications as well as software design.
Christos Karatsovis
Finance Lead
Christos specialises in building vibration, including modelling, testing and designing low-vibration buildings such as laboratories.
Erika Quaranta
PhD | Marketing and Workload Lead
Erika specialises in numerical modelling of noise and fluid dynamics, including Finite Element (FE) and Boundary Element (BE) analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Martin Toward
PhD, MSc, BEng
Martin currently specialises in railway noise and vibration and human response to vibration, and is involved at every step, from undertaking measurements to sitting on international committees.
Diane Farrenden
Diane manages the administrative aspects of the team.
Prof. David Thompson
MA, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIOA, FHEA
David Thompson is an internationally recognised expert in the area of railway noise and vibration who has devoted his career to making trains quieter. His research is dominated by the noise and vibration of railways, particularly the reduction of rolling noise, aerodynamic noise and ground vibration.
Laurence Wilmshurst
Laurence specialises in audio applications, from testing microphones and speakers to developing active noise control systems.
Glen Barber
Glen Supports the team through computer modelling on various vibration and acoustic projects. He also provides technical support to our acoustic laboratories.
John Fithyan
BSc, MIOA
John manages our laboratory facilities and equipment, and oversees most of the testing that goes on in our anechoic and reverberant chambers. He also undertakes noise assessments off-site for clients.
Evangelos Ntotsios
PhD, MSc, MEng, MIOA
Evangelos has a nearly 20 years’ experience in structural dynamics and vibration problems in the built environment, using both numerical and experimental techniques. He specialises in prediction and mitigation of railway rolling and ground borne noise & vibration as well as software design.
Zachary Francis-Cox
MEng, AMIOA
Zachary is a graduate from the University of Southampton’s MEng Acoustical Engineering programme with experience in audio systems, DSP, and human responses to noise and vibration from military platforms.
Phil Oxborrow
Phil is our lead technician, supporting the team through the design and construction of mounts, stands, or anything else that might be required for our acoustic measurements.
External contributors
Simon Roberts
BSc, MSc, MIOA, MIMechE, CEng | Emeritus Professor
Now retired, but still can be called upon when required. Simon formerly led the ISVR Consulting team until 2026. He has over 30 years’ experience in noise and vibration engineering, specialising in automotive and marine applications.
Mike Lower
BSc, MSc, PhD, FIOA
Retired, but still called on for expert advice or assistance as required, Mike specialises in occupational noise, hearing conservation and communications, particularly in defence and emergency services applications; speech intelligibility and audibility of warning sounds.
Malcolm Smith
PhD, FIOA
Now retired, but still involved with the team as required, Malcolm has a broad experience of acoustics, dynamics and low noise design, with a particular specialism in all sources of aerodynamic noise. Current chairman of the IOA Noise and Vibration Engineering Group.
John Dixon
Retired, but still a part of the team, John specialises in noise in automotive and marine applications.