Jens Blauert

Jens Peter Blauert (20 June 1938 – 14 March 2026) was a German scientist who specialised in psychoacoustics and an emeritus professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he founded the Institute of Communication Acoustics. His major scientific fields of interest were spatial hearing, binaural technology, aural architecture, perceptual quality, speech technology, virtual environments and tele-presence.

Life and career Blauert was born in Hamburg on 20 June 1938, to Werner, a university lecturer and Hedwig. He received his elementary and secondary education in Dresden and Hamburg and later received a doctorate in engineering after studying communication engineering in Aachen in 1969. Since 1974, he was an important figure in electrical engineering and acoustics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he established the Institute of Communication Acoustics (IKA) and chaired it until 2003. Further, he was honorary member of the German audiological society, and the Polish Acoustical Society.

Blauert provided his professional expertise to the science community in several countries and was asked to lecture at many universities worldwide, including Cardiff University. He served as chairman of the ITG committee on electroacoustics, cofounder and chairman of the European Acoustics Association, president and vice president of the German Acoustical Society,

Blauert died on 14 March 2026, at the age of 87.