Dr Jan-Peter Herbst
Musicologist

CV

Since 2017	Senior Lecturer in Music Production (Lecturer 2017-2018) at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Since 2019	Guest Lecturer, Popular Music, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany
2017 - 2019	Guest Lecturer, Pop and Rock, Berne University of the Arts, Switzerland
2015 - 2017	Visiting Professor of Music Education at Bielefeld University, Germany
2015 - 2016	Guest Lecturer in Music Theory at Muenster University, Germany
2012 - 2015	Lecturer and Course Leader in Music, INI Berufskolleg (Vocational College), Lippstadt, Germany
2011 - 2018	Guest Lecturer, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany
2011 - 2013	Research Assistant, Popular Music & Media, Music Education, Musicology, Paderborn University, Germany
2006 - 2012	Lecturer and Course Leader of the Guitar Programme, Modern Music School, Brilon, Germany
Since 2008	Freelance musician, music producer and sound engineer

2020	Standard Route grant of the Arts and Humanities Research Council for the project “Heaviness in Metal Music Production” (HiMMP) as Principal Investigator
2020	Nomination as Times Higher Education “Research Supervisor of the Year” by the School of Music, Humanities and Media at the University of Huddersfield
2016	Nomination for the Karl Peter Grotemeyer prize at Bielefeld University for outstanding achievements and personal commitment in higher education teaching
2014	Master of Arts 1st class with distinction
2012	Award for outstanding teaching at Paderborn University

2018	Full member of the Audio Engineering Society (MAES)
2018	Certified Mental Health First Aider in Higher Education (MHFA England)
2016	Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2015	Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching (PGCHE), Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: Communication and construction of knowledge in the university lecture. A quantitative study on the emergence of knowledge through communicative lecturing methods (translation)
2014	Master of Arts (M.A.) in Popular Music and Media (distinction), Paderborn University, Germany Master's thesis: The distortion as a "revolution" in rock music's guitar playing. An experimental and analytic study on the effect of distortion on playing technique, composition and cognition (translation)
2014	PhD, Popular Music Education, Paderborn University, Germany Dissertation thesis: Network sound. Listening, culture, practice. An educational challenge of popular music (translation)
2011	1. Staatsexamen (equals B.A. and M.Ed.) in Music and English, Paderborn University, Germany Thesis: The computer as a tool for the activity-oriented music education (translation)
2006	Certificate, Guitar Programme, Los Angeles Music Academy, Los Angeles, USA
2005	Diploma, Guitar Programme, Munich Guitar Institute, Cologne, Germany