Robert C. Maher

Robert C. (Rob) Maher, Ph.D., P.E., is Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering with Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA. He holds a BS degree from Washington University in St. Louis, an MS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Urbana, all in Electrical Engineering. His research and teaching interests are in the area of digital signal processing, with particular emphasis on applications in digital audio, audio forensic analysis, digital music synthesis, and acoustics. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Maher is called upon from time to time as an expert witness in criminal and civil court cases, and he is the author of the book "Principles of Forensic Audio Analysis" (Springer Nature, 2018). Photo by Mr. Kelly Gorham, Montana State University.