Anabell Hacker

Dr. Anabell Hacker is a Contract Lecturer at the Chair of Speech Communication, Technische Universität Berlin. She completed her PhD in Speech Communication in 2024 and holds a Master’s in Language and Communication (2018) and a Bachelor’s in Culture and Technology (2015), both from TU Berlin, with an Erasmus exchange at the University of Edinburgh (2016). Her research focuses on voice perception, vocal personality analysis, and the role of voice and face in social judgments. She has received the PAS Scholarship for doctoral completion (2023–2024).

Research Interests:

• Voice-based attractiveness and likability assessment
• Machine learning applications in speech analysis
• Brand voice design and acoustic database development
• Gendered vocal perception and technology interfaces

Teaching: She teaches seminars on speech information processing and individual speaking styles at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. Recent media features include documentaries on voice manipulation (3sat Wissen hoch 2) and radio interviews on vocal attractiveness (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, RBB Inforadio).

Grants & Awards:

• 2023–2024: PAS Scholarship, TU Berlin

Collaborations: Active in cross-disciplinary projects involving acoustic engineering, social psychology, and AI ethics. Her lab focuses on multimodal communication analysis within the Institute of Language and Communication.