Jens Ahrens
Professor
Chalmers University of Technology
Jens Ahrens is a Professor of Audio Technology within the Division of Applied Acoustics at Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on both the technology for spatial audio capture, processing, and reproduction as well as on the investigation of human sound perception using spatial audio and auralization technology.
He received a Diplom (equivalent to an M.Sc.) in Electrical Engineering/Sound Engineering jointly from Graz University of Technology and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, Austria, in 2005. He completed his Doctoral Degree (Dr.-Ing.) at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, in 2010. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, USA, and in the fall and winter terms of 2015/16, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University, California, USA. He is a member of the editorial boards of two international scientific journals on audio signal processing.