Michael Vorländer became director of the institute and professor of technical acoustics at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 1996. After education in physics and a doctorate degree in 1989 he worked in various fields of acoustics, mainly architectural acoustics and binaural technology.
His main areas of research are room acoustics, building acoustics, psychoacoustics, acoustic measurements, virtual acoustics.
Professor Vorländer is active in international societies, like
2004 - 2007 President of the European Acoustics Association (EAA)
2007 - 2010 Vice President of the European Acoustics Association (EAA)
2004 - Board of the International Commission for Acoustics (ICA)
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
German Acoustical Society (DEGA)
German Physical Society (DPG)
