Qiuya Xiang (Angela)
Qiuya XIANG (Angela) is a researcher working on objective and subjective assessments of the urban soundscape. She explores the effects of soundscapes on human sleep, stress, and hearing, conducts spatial data analysis based on GIS, and develops predictive models based on artificial intelligence. She is also committed to researching the therapeutic effects of sound. Qiuya now is a PhD student in the Faculty of Applied Engineering at the University of Antwerp. And she obtained a Master of Design in Transitional Environment Design from the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2023 and 2024, she worked as a full-time research assistant at the SUSTech School of Design in the research teams of Mirna Zordan and Marcel Sagesser. She is now an external collaborator of the Sound Studies Group, partaking in some of the research activities and publications.