Lidia Álvarez Morales
Postdoctoral Researcher
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-0537
ID Researcher: P-9090-2016
Scopus: 55936948100
Email: lidiaalvarez@ub.edu
Short biography
Lidia Álvarez Morales is a researcher working on acoustics of heritage and archaeological sites. Her pathway to the acoustic and sound engineering began at the University of Malaga (Spain) with a degree in telecommunication engineering with specialisation in image and sound. She further focused on acoustic engineering with a Master’s degree at the University of Granada (Spain). Lidia’s background in the field continued growing through her participation for more than 7 years in several multidisciplinary research projects on the acoustics of heritage buildings developed in the Architecture School of the University of Seville, where she completed her PhD on the acoustic study of large places of worship in 2016.
In 2017 Lidia was awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship to develop a 2-year research project (CATHEDRAL ACOUSTICS, Oct 2018-Sept 2020) at the department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media of the University of York (UK). In March 2021 Lidia joined the ERC Artsoundscapes Project as a postdoctoral researcher, working on the acoustic characterisation of rock art sites and landscapes.
Research interests
Heritage acoustics, Virtual acoustics, Archaeoacoustics
Selected publications
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Alvarez-Morales, L. (AC); Santos da Rosa, N.; Benítez-Aragón, D.; Fernández Macías, L.; Lazarich, M.; Díaz-Andreu, M. 2023. “The Bacinete Main Shelter: A Prehistoric Theatre?”, Acoustics, 5:1; pp. 299-319. DOI: 10.3390/acoustics5010018
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Santos da Rosa, N. (AC); Alvarez-Morales, L.; Martorell Briz, X.; Fernández Macías, L.; Díaz-Andreu, M. 2023. “The Acoustics of Aggregation Sites: Listening to the Rock Art Landscape of Cuevas de la Araña (Spain)”, Journal of Field Archaeology, 48:2, pp.130-143, DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2022.2134964
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Díaz-Andreu, M.(AC); Jiménez Pasalodos, R.; Rozwadowski, A.; Alvarez-Morales, L.; Miklashevich, E.; Santos da Rosa, N. 2023. “The Soundscapes of the Lower Chuya River Area, Russian Altai: Ethnographic Sources, Indigenous Ontologies and the Archaeoacoustics of Rock Art Sites”. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 30, pp. 335–362. DOI: 10.1007/S10816-022-09562-W
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Martellotta, F. (AC); Alvarez-Morales, L.; Girón, S.; Zamarreño, T. 2018. “An investigation of multi-rate sound decay under strongly non-diffuse conditions: the crypt of the Cathedral of Cadiz”. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 421, pp.261-274. DOI: 10.1016/J.JSV.2018.02.011
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Alvarez-Morales, L. (AC); Girón, S.; Galindo, M.; Zamarreño, T. 2016. “Acoustic environment of Andalusian Cathedrals”. Building and Environment. 103, pp.182-192. DOI: 10.1016/J.BUILDENV.2016.04.011
Selected projects
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“The sound of special places: exploring rock art soundscapes and the sacred, ARTSOUNDSCAPES”. European Research Council (ERC), Grant agreement: 787842. IP. M. Díaz-Andreu (Universitat de Barcelona). 01/10/2018-30/09/2024. 2.239.375 €. Contribución: investigadora postdoctoral senior, coordinadora de la línea de acústica física (RL1). Responsable del desarrollo del trabajo de campo (mediciones acústicas), del procesado de datos, y del análisis y la difusión de los resultados.
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“Sound as intangible heritage: preserving the acoustics of cathedrals in the United Kingdom”. Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship (standard EF, EU), Grant agreement No 797586. PI. L. Alvarez-Morales (University of York). 01/10/2018-30/09/2020. 195.454 €. Contribución: Investigador principal. Obtención de la financiación. Responsable de la gestión económica, la realización científico-técnica y la difusión de los resultados.
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“Acústica y realidad virtual en las catedrales españolas: innovación estratégica aplicada al patrimonio inmaterial hacia una identidad cultural europea” (BIA2014-56755-p). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. IP. S. Girón Borrero. (IUACC, Universidad de Sevilla). 01/01/2015- 31/12/2017. 85.000 €. Contribución: Equipo investigador. Realización de mediciones acústicas, del procesado y el análisis de datos, y la difusión de los resultados.