Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Blau

Research Interests

My research is centered around the two questions

• How is sound (from natural or electroacoustic sources) transmitted to and perceived by the individual human auditory system?
• How can technical systems (including hearing systems, medical implants, or concert halls) be designed and used to interact with the individual human auditory system?

PhD students

Current

Felix Stärz: "Achieving realism and presence of audio renderings in virtual environments"

Reinhild Roden: "Electroacoustic models of active earpieces"

Completed PhD projects

2023	Tobias Sankowsky-Rothe: "Improving one-dimensional electro-acoustic models of the ear – applications to young infants' middle ear screening and to feedback cancellation in hearing aids"
2021	Mina Fallahi: "Optimization and Evaluation of a Virtual Artificial Head for Individual Dynamic Spatial Sound Reproduction over Headphones"
2015	Eugen Rasumow: "Synthetic reproduction of head-related transfer functions by using microphone arrays"