Alexandra Bendixen

Alexandra Bendixen serves as Full Professor of Structure and Function of Cognitive Systems at Chemnitz University of Technology's Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences since 2015, following appointments as Assistant Professor at Oldenburg University (2013-2015) and Researcher/Lecturer at Leipzig University (2010-2013). Her career includes postdoctoral research at Hungary's Institute of Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2008-2009) and doctoral studies in Leipzig.

Her academic credentials feature:

• PhD in Psychology from Leipzig University (2008) with thesis 'Detecting regular relations in the environment: On the extraction and application of rules in dynamic tone sequences'
• Habilitation on 'A new look at the old-plus-new heuristic: Sound predictability facilitates auditory scene analysis'
• Diploma in Psychology from Leipzig University and Université Pierre Mendès France (2005)

Bendixen's research centers on auditory cognitive processes, specializing in how predictability governs auditory scene analysis through multistable perception phenomena. Her work integrates psychophysical experimentation with cognitive neuroscience to examine temporal processing, multimodal integration, and attentional mechanisms in sound perception. This approach reveals fundamental principles of how the brain organizes complex acoustic environments into coherent perceptual objects.

Her distinguished recognition includes:

• University-wide program excellence award for 'Sensors and Cognitive Psychology' curriculum leadership (2018)
• VolkswagenStiftung research grant for innovative methodology development (2017)
• Multiple full professorship offers reflecting national academic standing (2014-2015)
• Early-career teaching and doctoral research accolades (2008-2013)

As principal investigator, she secured competitive VolkswagenStiftung funding while directing degree programs that train students in sensor-cognition integration. Her mentorship extends through program leadership and ethics oversight rather than formal doctoral supervision listed in source materials. Institutional leadership defines her service profile, particularly through founding roles in interdisciplinary research infrastructure.

Bendixen established and chairs Chemnitz's Center for Sensing and Cognition (CeSeCo) since 2018, directing its research agenda at the psychology-engineering interface. She co-founded the university's Ethics Review Board (2020-2021) and currently chairs both the institutional and Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences review boards. Her participation in Collaborative Research Center SFB 1410 'Hybrid Societies' (2020-2021) demonstrates integration into Germany's flagship interdisciplinary research initiatives.