Daniela Rieger specializes in audiovisual media and 3D audio and has been working at Fraunhofer IIS since 2020. As a sound engineer, she works on topics such as MPEG-H audio and immersive music. Her master's thesis on object-based music production won 2nd prize in the ARD/ZDF "Women + Media Technology" award in 2021. She is still involved in research on AI-based technologies for accessible audio content. Daniela Rieger has been Vice President of the Association of German Sound Engineers (VDT) since 2022.