Senior Research Scientist
Debuty Director
Hearing Cluster
Head of Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
Machine Learning

Tel. +43 1 51581-2527
Email: robert.baumgartner [at] oeaw.ac.at

Scientific IDs:
Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-4903
ResearcherID: N-4858-2015 (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/N-4858-2015)
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=bUQTvRIAAAAJ&hl=de
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Baumgartner5
Publons: publons.com/a/1404883/

Academic Background


  • 2010: BSc in Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering at the University of Technology Graz (TUG) and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG)
  • 2012: MSc (distinction) in Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering with focus on acoustics and recording technology at TUG and KUG. Master thesis (conducted at ARI) honored by Student Award of the German Acoustics Association (DEGA)
  • 2015: PhD (distinction) in Sound and Music Computing at KUG, conducted at the ARI. Thesis honored by Award of Excellence from the Austrian ministry (BMWFW) for Austrians best dissertations
  • 2019: Lothar-Cremer Award of the German Acoustical Society for outstanding achievements of young scientists

Current Research


My research aims at understanding auditory cognition in simple and complex environments with the long-term vision to improve future hearing technologies, diagnostics, and therapies. To this end, I combine computational modeling with psychoacoustics and cognitive neuroscience methods while being committed to open and reproducible research allowing the scientific community to be fair and efficient.

In this short online lecture I explain further details about my current research:  ÖAW Science Bites: Gefahr – wie wir sie hören. (German only)