Born in London, Zacharov obtained a bachelor’s degree in electro-acoustics from Salford University in the UK in 1992. He subsequently received Master’s and Doctor of Science in Technology degrees from Helsinki University of Technology in 1997 and 2002, in the fields of acoustics and audio signal processing, respectively.

Joining Genelec in 1990 as a trainee, and after progressing to the level of acoustic engineer, he then moved to the Nokia Corporation in Tampere, Finland, in 1995, where he worked on audio quality assessment. In 2000 he was a Foreign Research Fellow at the University of Aizu in Japan. He continued working with Nokia until 2007, by which time he had become recognised as a leading authority on audio quality assessment. Thereafter, he joined Delta in Denmark for three years to establish and develop Delta SenseLab, designed to provide world-class listening tests and sensory evaluation services to both the audio and telecommunications community.

A Member of the Institute of Acoustics, the Acoustical Society of America, Zacharov is also a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and a chartered engineer. He has been an active member of the Audio Engineering Society, serving as chairperson, co-chairman of conferences and AES governor. He has also held numerous other professional posts. He holds several audio patents and has more than 60 major publications to his name. He is also co-author of Perceptual Audio Evaluation – theory, method and application, which is the acknowledged textbook in this field.

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