Volker Wittstock
Head of Working Group “Applied Acoustics”
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Volker Wittstock is the head of the working group “Applied Acoustics” at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig. PTB is the national metrology institute of Germany. The working group does research and provides metrological services in building acoustics and in sound power determination with a special focus on (measurement) uncertainty. Volker Wittstock is also honorary professor at TU Braunschweig where he has been teaching measurement techniques in acoustics since 2015. He is actively involved in national, European and international standardisation as project leader, convenor and chair.
Volker Wittstock obtained a Diploma degree at the Insitute of Technical Acoustics at TU Dresden in 1995. From 1996 to 2001, he has been a research associate with Stuttgart university where he accomplished a doctoral degree in 2002 with a study in experimental aeroacoustics. Since 2001 he has been employed with PTB.
