Professor Antonio J Torija Martinez is a word-leading authority in Perception-Driven Engineering to address noise issues of e-mobility and decarbonization.  He has established collaborations with world-leading research institutions (e.g., NASA, University of Cambridge); and acted as chair of QuietDrones 2024 international conference. He has made key contributions to embedding psychoacoustics into quiet aircraft systems design, and pioneered research assessing the noise and environmental impact of electric aircraft. Since joining Salford in August 2019, he has led several research projects funded by prestigious funders such as UKRI and Horizon Europe.

In 2023, he gave evidence on health effects of noise at the House of Lord’s Science & Technology inquiry ‘The neglected pollutants: the effects of artificial light and noise on human health.’  His views on the need for mechanisms to facilitate interdisciplinary research and the importance of researching the noise impacts of the net-zero transition were highlighted in the final report of the inquiry. His work has led to impactful outcomes, such as regulatory consultations on Air Source Heat Pump noise and the development of alerting sounds for electric forklifts that aim to significantly reduce carbon emissions of logistics industry.

He is an expert member of several working groups in aircraft noise, e.g., NASA WG contributing to a white paper on Urban Air Mobility Noise, and NATO AVT-414 WG on Acoustics for Unmanned-Aircraft-Systems.  He is responsible National Expert (nominated by DESNZ) and leader of the psychoacoustics group in IEA Annex 63 WG on heat pump acoustics.  He is a prolific researcher with +50 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals, producing high-quality research outputs for REF2029. He has received several awards for his excellent research (including a John Connell Award) and has been recognised as the world’s most relevant author on drone noise.