Widely recognized as an expert in technologies for learning and performing music, Teresa Marrin Nakra has made important research contributions in the study of musical expression and gesture. She is best known for her work to quantify the gestures of conductors and apply this data to the development of real-time music systems. She has twice presented her work in concert with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, and undertook a large-scale experiment with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2006. Since 2003, she has built interactive conducting systems for the public to experience in museums and concert halls. Current initiatives include a design collaboration on music & health with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, NJ.