Barbara Nerness is an artist, researcher, and PhD candidate at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). She is also pursuing a certificate in Composition, a program that she started for CCRMA PhDs to participate in DMA Composition coursework and residencies. Her research focuses on brain dynamics measured by EEG during music improvisation, and she also writes, performs, and improvises her own multichannel music inspired by sounds of the body (heartbeat, breath, brainwaves). Barbara also enjoys collaborating with other artists, especially projects investigating the body, surveillance, and technological subversion. In 2019, the Stanford Department of Music awarded her the Carolyn Applebaum Memorial Prize for “helping to engender a robust and engaged arts community”. She has performed at venues throughout the Bay Area and Los Angeles, as well as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, ZKM (Center for Art and Media), Germany, and the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Ireland. She holds an M.A. in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University and a B.A. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley.