Luca Abel
Luca Abel, M. Sc.

Researcher & PhD Candidate
Carl-Thiersch-Straße 2b
91052 Erlangen
Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE)
Lehrstuhl für Maschinelles Lernen und Datenanalytik
Carl-Thiersch-Straße 2b
91052 Erlangen
- Email: luca.abel@fau.de
Since 10/2022 | Researcher and PhD Candidate
Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, |
10/2019 – 09/2022 | M. Sc. in Medical Engineering “Medical Image and Data Processing”
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Master’s Thesis: Machine Learning-Based Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress from Dynamic Movements |
03/2021 – 07/2022 | Student assistant Digital Psychology Lab EmpkinS D03 |
12/2018 – 03/2021 | Working student
Portabiles GmbH |
09/2015 – 03/2019 | B. Sc. in Medical Engineering “Medical Imaging”
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Bachelor’s Thesis: Classification and prediction of acute stress-induced response patterns |
2025
- Abel L., Richer R., Burkhardt F., Kurz M., Ringgold V., Gmelch LM., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Body Movements as Biomarkers: Machine Learning-based Prediction of HPA Axis Reactivity to Stress
(2025)
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/kwdmf_v1
BibTeX: Download - Oesten M., Abel L., Albrecht NC., Richer R., Langer D., Grießhammer S., Ghanem K., Steigleder T., Ostgathe C., Koelpin A., Eskofier B.:
Systematic Investigation of Heart Sound Propagation using Continuous Wave Radar
In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (2025)
ISSN: 2168-2194
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2025.3530821
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Jorkowitz J., Stühler S., Abel L., Kurz M., Oesten M., GrießHammer SG., Albrecht NC., Küderle A., Ostgathe C., Kölpin A., Steigleder T., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
PEPbench -- Open, Reproducible, and Systematic Benchmarking of Automated Pre-Ejection Period Extraction Algorithms
(2025)
DOI: 10.22541/au.173759858.84437639/v1
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2024
- Abel L., Richer R., Hauck F., Kurz M., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Does acute stress exposure change gait patterns?
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106818
BibTeX: Download - Albrecht N., Langer D., Krauß D., Richer R., Abel L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N., Kölpin A.:
EmRad: Ubiquitous Vital Sign Sensing using Compact Continuous-Wave Radars
In: IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2024), p. 1-10
ISSN: 2644-1276
DOI: 10.1109/OJEMB.2024.3420241
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10577086
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Abel L., Hauck F., Richer R., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Does stress stand a chance during sitting? Cortisol and subjective stress response to the (f-)TSST between sitting and standing body position
Annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) (Brighton)
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Abel L., Hauck F., Richer R., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Exploring the cortisol and subjective stress response to the TSST between sitting and standing body position
Annual meeting of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) (Cascais)
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Richer R., Abel L., Hauck F., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
f-TSST+: An extension to the friendly Trier Social Stress Test that enables better behavioral comparability during acute psychosocial stress
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106862
BibTeX: Download - Kurz M., Richer R., Geßler T., Abel L., Hauck F., Herzer L., Küderle A., Ringgold V., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video- based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress
Jahrestagung Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG) (Hamburg)
BibTeX: Download - König V., Shields GS., Hauck F., Kurz M., Schindler-Gmelch L., Abel L., Richer R., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Assessing Task-Related Changes in Self-Reported Stress: Validation of the Short Stress State Questionnaire in German(SSSQ-G)
38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (Cascais)
BibTeX: Download - König V., Shields GS., Hauck F., Kurz M., Schindler-Gmelch L., Abel L., Richer R., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Novel Tool for Assessing Task-Related Changes in Self-Reported Stress
53. DGPs-Kongress/15. ÖGP-Konferenz (Wien)
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Abel L., Mücke A., Küderle A., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
CARWatch – An Open-Source Framework for Objective Cortisol Awakening Response Assessment
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106845
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Koch V., Abel L., Hauck F., Kurz M., Ringgold V., Müller V., Küderle A., Schindler-Gmelch L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Machine learning-based detection of acute psychosocial stress from body posture and movements
In: Scientific Reports 14 (2024), Article No.: 8251
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59043-1
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59043-1
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Varkentin E., Kurmanbekova K., Müller V., Abel L., Ringgold V., Küderle A., Brich I., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
Stress+ – Towards an Open-Source Web Application for the Remote Induction of Acute Psychosocial Stress
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106870
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Abel L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Sex differences in acute biological stress responses triggered by the Virtual Reality Stroop Room
Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (former American Psychosomatic Society) 81st Annual Scientific Meeting (Brighton)
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Abel L., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Validation of the Virtual Reality Stroop Room: Effects of inhibiting interfering information under time-pressure and task-switching demands
In: Computers in Human Behavior Reports 16 (2024), Article No.: 100497
ISSN: 2451-9588
DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100497
BibTeX: Download - Ringgold V., Shields GS., Hauck F., Kurz M., Schindler-Gmelch L., Abel L., Richer R., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
The Short Stress State Questionnaire in German (SSSQ-G): A Multi-Study Validation
In: European Journal of Health Psychology 31 (2024), p. 189-200
ISSN: 2512-8442
DOI: 10.1027/2512-8442/a000160
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2023
- Krauß D., Richer R., Albrecht NC., Küderle A., Abel L., Leutheuser H., Jukic J., German A., Kölpin A., Winkler J., Eskofier B.:
Contactless Heart Rate Estimation using a 61 GHz Continuous-Wave Radar
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks: Sensor and Systems for Digital Health (MIT Media Lab, Boston MA, 9. October 2023 - 11. October 2023)
BibTeX: Download - Oesten M., Richer R., Abel L., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
VoStress – Voice-based Detection of Acute Psychosocial Stress
2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) (Pittsburgh, 15. October 2023 - 18. October 2023)
In: 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) 2023
DOI: 10.1109/BHI58575.2023.10313458
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2023/12/oesten23_stress_detection_voice.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Abel L., Küderle A., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
CARWatch – A smartphone application for improving the accuracy of cortisol awakening response sampling
In: Psychoneuroendocrinology 151 (2023), p. 106073
ISSN: 0306-4530
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106073
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453023000513
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Geßler T., Herzer L., Abel L., Küderle A., Rohleder N., Eskofier B.:
openTSST – An open web platform for large-scale, video-based motion analysis during acute psychosocial stress
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks: Sensor and Systems for Digital Health (MIT Media Lab, Boston, MA, 9. October 2023 - 11. October 2023)
BibTeX: Download - Rupp L., Capito K., Gmelch LM., Böhme S., Richer R., Sadeghi M., Rahimi F., Abel L., Eskofier B., Berking M.:
Efficacy of a smartphone-based reappraisal training against depression and benefits of enhancing it with facial expression
Society for Psychotherapie Research 54th International Annual Meeting (Dublin)
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2019
- Abel L., Richer R., Küderle A., Gradl S., Eskofier B., Rohleder N.:
Classification of Acute Stress-Induced Response Patterns
EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth '19) (Trento, 20. May 2019 - 23. May 2019)
DOI: 10.1145/3329189.3329231
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/05/2019-Abel-PervasiveHealth-StressResponsePatterns.pdf
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