In my research field of interest, psychological acoustics, I am involved in several disciplines including physics, electrical engineering, neurophysiology, and psychology. My appreciation for interdisciplinary thinking began during my undergraduate studies at Hope College. My training in physics and electrical engineering has become very useful in my field to design interesting and novel signals for acoustic and electric psychoacoustical experiments. My current research objectives are to continue in the field of cochlear implants (CIs) with an emphasis on binaural hearing and aging in CI users. 

I am the co-director of the Center for the Comparative Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH, for pre- and post-docs) and UMD-REACH (for undergraduate researchers) training grants. 

I am also a member of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program (NACS) and the Maryland Language Science Center (LSC). 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Cochlear Implants
  • Binaural Hearing
  • Aging
  • Speech Understanding
  • Neural/Computational Models
Personal Website
Lab Website

Degrees

  • Ph.D
    Physics, Michigan State University, 2005
  • MS
    Physics, Michigan State University, 2003
  • BS
    Physics, Mathematics, Hope College, 2001
Course Name Course Title Semester Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2024 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2024 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2024 Syllabus
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Spring 2024
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Fall 2024
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2023 Syllabus
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Fall 2023
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2023 Syllabus
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Spring 2023
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2023
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2022 Syllabus
HESP712 Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies Fall 2022 Syllabus
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Fall 2022
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2022 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2022 Syllabus
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Spring 2022
HESP639E Special Topics in Hearing and Speech Sciences; Quantitative Methods for Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences Spring 2022 Syllabus
HESP600 Instrumentation in Hearing and Speech Sciences Fall 2021 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2021 Syllabus
HESP468H Professional Development in Research and Academia; Honors Seminar: Professional Development Fall 2021
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2021 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2021 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2020 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2020 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2020 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2019 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2019 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2018 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2018 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2017 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2017 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2017 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2016 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2016 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2016 Syllabus
HESP724 Research Design Spring 2016 Syllabus
HESP600 Instrumentation in Hearing and Speech Sciences Fall 2015 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2015 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2015 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2015 Syllabus
HESP724 Research Design Spring 2015 Syllabus
HESP600 Instrumentation in Hearing and Speech Sciences Fall 2014 Syllabus
HESP722 Psychoacoustics Fall 2014 Syllabus
HESP634 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems Summer 2014 Syllabus
HESP407 Bases of Hearing Science Spring 2014 Syllabus
Course Name Course Title Semester Syllabus
HESP712 Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies Fall 2023 Syllabus
  • Campus
    UMD-REACH (NIH R25) (http://umd-reach.umd.edu/)
  • Campus
    Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (NIH T32) (http://www.ccebh.umd.edu)
  • Campus
    Ph.D. Program Director, Hearing and Speech Sciences
  • Campus
    Undergraduate Honors Program Co-Director, Hearing and Speech Sciences
  • Campus
    Maryland Cochlear Implant Center Co-Director (https://mcice.umd.edu/)
  • Campus
    Faculty Member, Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) (http://www.nacs.umd.edu)
  • Campus
    Language Science Center Faculty (http://languagescience.umd.edu/)
  • Professional
    Associate Editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Professional
    Acoustical Society of America, P&P Representative of the Membership Committee

Current Students

Former Students

  • Maureen Shader
    Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University
  • Brittany Jaekel
    Research Scientist, Starkey Hearing Technologies
  • Arifi Waked
    Assistant Professor, Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
  • Zilong Xie
    Assistant Professor, Florida State University, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Kristina DeRoy Milvae
    Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences
  • Stefano Cosentino
    Machine Learning Research Engineer, Apple
  • Francisco Rodriguez
    ECRI Institute, Senior Project Officer (Medical Imaging)

Related Students (Listed by Student on Student's Profile)

  • Anhelina Bilokon
  • Paul Mayo
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