Nathan Wolek is an audio artist and researcher whose work encompasses advanced signal processing techniques, multimedia performance, and electronic music history. Wolek completed his Ph.D. in Music Technology at Northwestern University, and is currently an Associate Professor of Digital Arts and Chair of the Creative Arts Department at Stetson University in DeLand, FL. He is a contributor to Jamoma, an open-source software platform for interactive performance systems. His music features rapid edits, gradually changing textures, and environmental recordings of personal significance. Wolek has performed as a laptop instrumentalist and presented his creative work across the United States, in addition to engagements in Germany, Norway, Canada and Brazil. His research has been featured at the ICMC, SEAMUS, CMS, ATMI and SMPC conferences. In 2012, Wolek helped organize the first ever Symposium for Laptop Ensembles and Orchestras (SLEO) at Louisiana State University. The same year, Wolek was named a Fulbright Scholar to Norway and worked primarily at the Bergen Center for Electronic Arts on significant enhancements and extensions to Jamoma.