Prof. Michael Vorländer
Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics, RWTH Aachen University

Michael Vorländer is Professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, since 1996. After university education in physics and doctoral degree in 1989 on room acoustical computer simulation he worked in various fields of acoustics, such as psychoacoustics, electro-acoustics and architectural acoustics at the PTB in Braunschweig (National Metrology Institute) between 1989 and 1996. He served as President of the European Acoustics Association (EAA) in the term 2004 – 2007, and President of the International Commission for Acoustics (ICA) in the term 2011-2013. Michael Vorländer was awarded the Diploma de Reconhecimento de Actividade, Acoustical Society of Portugal in 2008, the EAA Award for contribution to promotion of acoustics in Europe in 2014, the W.C. Sabine Medal of the Acoustics Society of America in 2018, and the Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics, IoA, of United Kingdom in 2021, among others. His research focus is auralization and acoustic virtual reality in its various applications in psychoacoustics, architectural acoustics, automotive and noise control.