Research Scientist
Biology Cluster
Head of Mammal Communication

Tel. +43 1 51581-2517
Email: Angela.Stoeger-Horwath(at)oeaw.ac.at

Scientific ID:
orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-8291

Academic Background

Angela Stoeger studied zoology at the University of Vienna, and graduated in 2002. She did her PhD at the Department of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Vienna, and received her doctoral degree with distinction in December 2006. She received the Doc Award For her PhD thesis on vocal communication of African elephants.

She joined the Department of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna in 2010, where she led the Saimiri Lab. She was the PI of several FWF Stand Alone projects and established and leads the Mammal Communication Lab. She habilitated in behavioral and cognitive Biology in 2018.

Angela received several prestiguos awards for her work. The focus of excellence Award from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, the Elisabeth Lutz Award from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, The Loreal Stipendium for Women in Science, and the Science Award from the City of Vienna. In 2021, Angela Stöger was among the top 3 in the election of Austria’s Scientist of the Year. She is the author of the book “Von singenden Mäusen und quietschenden Elefanten” (Of singing mice and squeaking elephants), which was awarded Austria’s Science Book of the Year in 2022.

Angela joined the ARI as a visiting researcher in September 2022. Since 15th September 2023 she is research scientist at the ARI.

Angela Stöger´s publication "Elefanten: Ihre Weisheit, ihre Sprache und ihr soziales Miteinander" has been awarded "Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres" of the year 2024.
OeAW-News article in German "Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres: Zwei ÖAW-Forscherinnen ausgezeichnet" Link

Current Research

Angela Stoeger researches the communication of mammals. Currently, she is focussing on African and Asian elephants investigating their vocal learning ability.  Moreover, her research team also studies the behavior and the communication of cheetahs, lions, African wild dogs, meerkats, manatees and hyraxes.

Within the frame pf the doctoral program Cognition and Communication II, funded by the FWF the Austrian Science Fund, Angela Stoeger is supervising the PhD Student Vesta Eleuteri on multimodal communication in African elephants.

 

Publications

  • Study on human response to the cumulative impact of air source heat pump noise. / Stürenburg, Lara ; Fels, Janina; Acun, Volkan et al.
    15th IEA Heat Pump Conference, 2026. 2026.
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  • Comparing measureas of information in head-related transfer functions. / Meyer-Kahlen, N; Pollack, Katharina; Lladó, P.
    Proceedings of the 11th Convention of the European Acoustics Association (Forum Acusticum). 2025.
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  • Parametric model of the human pinna based on Bézier curves and concave deformations. / Perfler, F; Pausch, F; Pollack, K et al.
    In: Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 188, 109817, 01.04.2025.
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  • What you hear is what you see? Perspectives on modalities in sound and music interaction. / Iber, M; Enge, K; Rönnberg, N et al.
    In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 28, 29.10.2024, p. 655-656.
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  • Mesh2HRTF 1.2.0: An Open-Source Project to Calculate HRTFs and wave scattering in 3D, minor release. Brinkmann, F (Author); Kreuzer, W (Author); Pollack, K (Author) et al.. 2024.
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  • NumCalc: An open-source BEM code for solving acoustic scattering problems. / Kreuzer, W; Pollack, K; Brinkmann, F et al.
    In: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 161, 01.04.2024, p. 157-178.
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  • Toward a Standard Listener-Independent HRTF to Facilitate Long-Term Adaptation. / Lladó, P; Pollack, K; Meyer-Kahlen, N.
    In: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 72, No. 4, 01.04.2024, p. 188-192.
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  • Mesh2HRTF 1.1.0: An Open-Source Project to Calculate HRTFs and wave scattering in 3D, minor release. Brinkmann, F (Author); Kreuzer, W (Author); Pollack, K (Author) et al.. 2023.
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  • Analysis of Impedance Effects on Head-Related Transfer Functions of 3D Printed Pinna and Ear Canal Replicas. / Giusto, Di; Sinev, D; Pollack, K et al.
    Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023. Turin, 2023.
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  • Concepts for the evaluation of a parametric pinna model. / Perfler, F; Majdak, P; Pausch, F et al.
    Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023. Turin, 2023.
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  • Spectral and psychoacoustic evaluation of head-related transfer functions calculated at the blocked ear canal and the eardrum. / Pollack, K; Giusto, Di; Sinev, D et al.
    Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023. Turin, 2023.
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  • Assessment of the Directional Characteristics of the Ear Canal Using 3D Printed Replicas and Numerical Simulations. / Sinev, D; Giusto, Di; Pollack, K et al.
    Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023. Turin, 2023.
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  • Combination of photogrammetry and non-rigid pinna registration for the calculation of personalised head-related transfer functions. / Pollack, K; Majdak, P; Furtado, H.
    Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023. Turin, 2023.
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  • Recent Advances in an Open Software for Numerical HRTF Calculation. / Brinkmann, F; Kreuzer, W; Thomsen, J et al.
    In: AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 71, No. 7/8, 10.07.2023, p. 504-514.
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  • Importance of the acquisition accuracy of various pinna regions on the median-plane sound-localisation performance. / Pollack, K; Majdak, P.
    154th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society. Helsinki, 2023. p. Express Paper 64.
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  • Application of non-rigid registration to photogrammetrically reconstructed pinna point clouds for the calculation of personalised head-related transfer functions. / Pollack, K; Majdak, P; Furtado, H.
    Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2023. Hamburg, 2023. p. 1094 - 1098.
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  • Mesh2HRTF 1.0: An Open-Source Project to Calculate HRTFs and wave scattering in 3D, Major release. Brinkmann, F (Author); Kreuzer, W (Author); Pollack, K (Author) et al.. 2023.
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  • Modern Acquisition of Personalised Head - Related Transfer Functions: An Overview. / Pollack, K; Kreuzer, W; Majdak, P et al.
    Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research on Spatial Audio. London: IntechOpen, 2022. p. 25-61.
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  • Mesh2HRTF / NumCalc: An Open-Source Project to CalculateHRTFs and wave scattering in 3D. / Kreuzer, W; Pollack, K; Majdak, P et al.
    Proceedings of the Euroregio/BNAM 2022. Aalborg, Denmark, 2022. p. 443-452.
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  • Parametric pinna model for a realistic representation of listener-specific pinna geometry. / Pollack, K; Pausch, F; Majdak, P.
    Proceedings: A21, Virtual Acoustics, ICA 2022. Gyeongju, 2022. p. 168-178.
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