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Nikki Metzger

Nikki worked in the lab Summer 2016 through Summer 2017 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on validating machine learning audiometry against standard psychometric curve estimation.

Danish Nagda

Danish Nagda

Doctor of Medicine, 2014

Danish explored automated methods of hearing assessments.

He went on to become a healthcare entrepreneur.

Ruiye Ni, PhD

Ruiye Ni, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2016

Ruiye investigated the encoding of vocalizations in the auditory system.

She went on to a career in data science.

Nikki Pendleton, AuD

Nikki Pendleton, AuD

Doctor of Audiology, 2020

Nikki investigated the effects of dialysis on hearing thresholds in patients with kidney failure.

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Randolph Qian

Randolph worked in the lab from Fall 2014 through Spring 2015 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

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Kristy Ratkowski, MD

Kristy worked in the lab from Summer 2009 through Summer 2010 as a lab technician on establishing stable neurotrophin concentrations in vitro and decoding human electrocorticography signals.

She went on to a career in medicine.

Lyla Renwick-Archibold

Lyla Renwick-Archibold

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Cognitive Neuroscience, Candidate

Lyla explored how to ensure the machine learning tools the lab is developing are deployed equitably.

Mariluz Rojo

Mariluz Rojo

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Mariluz is working on discerning trends in population executive function tests to construct prior beliefs for Bayesian active learning tests of cognition.

As of Fall, 2023 Mariluz is a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering at the University of California, San Diego.

Brittany Scheid

Brittany Scheid

Brittany worked in the lab Fall 2012 through Spring 2014 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on auditory perceptual training.

She went on to pursue a doctorate in biomedical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Shohaib Shaffiey

Master of Science in Computer Science

Shohaib worked to bring Bayesian active learning to visual contrast sensitivity functions.

Drew Sinha, BS

Drew Sinha, BS

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2013

Drew researched the implications of artificial correlations in non-random neural networks.

He went on to pursue an MD/PhD at Washington University.

Braham Snyder, BS

Braham Snyder, BS

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 2016

Braham deployed our modern cloud-based machine learning audiogram an implemented multiplexed psychometric testing.

He went on to pursue a PhD in computer science at The University of Texas at Austin.

Metasebya Solomon, PhD

Metasebya Solomon, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2012

Metasebya worked in the lab from Summer 2007 through Summer 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral student.

She went on to complete her doctoral degree and become a biomedical scientist in industry.

Xinyu David Song, PhD

Xinyu David Song, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2017

David studied how to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of auditory processing disorders using distributed computing.

He went on to a career in serious game design, medical informatics and data analytics.

Julia (Feld) Strand, MS, PhD

Julia (Feld) Strand, MS, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, 2010

Julia investigated audiovisual integration useful for improving recognition of speech in noise.

She went on to become a professor in Psychology at Carleton College.

Kiron Sukeson, MS

Kiron Sukeson, MS

Master of Science in Computer Science, 2017

Kiron was instrumental in the application of simulations to confirm the properties of machine learning audiometric tests.

He went on to a career in machine learning software development.

Dan Sun, MS

Dan Sun, MS

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, 2019

Dan analyzed data from pediatric brain tumor patients to construct better predictors of clinical outcomes.

She went on to a career of machine learning software development.

Wensheng Sun, PhD

Wensheng Sun, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2017

Wensheng characterized the population encoding of sound in auditory cortex using machine learning analytic methods.

She went on to a career in data science.

Christopher Teng

Christopher Teng

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science, Candidate

Chris investigated how best to extract behavioral data from Minecraft gameplay logs in order to design richer cognitive tests.

John Vaszari, MD

John Vaszari, MD

Doctor of Medicine, 2010

John worked in the lab as a Medical/Masters student from Summer 2008 through Fall 2008.

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Trisha Venkatasetty

Trisha worked in the lab during Fall 2005 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

Alexandra Walker, AuD

Alexandra Walker, AuD

Doctor of Audiology, 2020

Alex helped clinically validate the first dynamically masked machine learning audiogram.

Edgar Walker, MD, PhD

Edgar Walker, MD, PhD

Doctor of Medicine and Neuroscience, 2019

Edgar developed the math behind discrete controlled release, which induces structured neurite outgrowth to interface with a therapeutic brain computer interface.

He went on to pursue an MD/PhD in computational neuroscience in Baylor and establish a research career in computational neuroscience.

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Alan Wang

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science, Candidate

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Huihao Wang

Bachelors of Biomedical Engineering, Candidate

Huihao worked on visualization of complex latent variable models.

Will Wang

Will Wang

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Will helped configure a cloud-based machine learning server to build cognitive models from behavioral data.

Paul Watkins, PhD

Paul Watkins, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2009

Paul worked on understanding the nature of dynamic range encoding of auditory cortex neurons.

He went on to a career in academic neuroscience research and software design.

Ken Wilbur

Ken Wilbur

Bachelor of Computer Science and Applied Math

Ken worked to evaluate and extend the capabilities of machine learning contrast sensitivity function estimators.

Chris Wissman

Chris Wissman

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Candidate

Chris is the mastermind behind many Minecraft gameplay elements that have been developed for human behavioral testing.

Quinn Wai Wong

Quinn Wai Wong

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Quinn Wai worked to evaluate the lab's machine learning contrast sensitivity function estimator.

Brittany (Wallace) Wuebbles, AuD

Brittany (Wallace) Wuebbles, AuD

Doctor of Audiology, 2016

Brittany performed the first clinical validation of machine learning audiometry.

She went on to become an academic clinical audiologist.

Kevin Xie, MS

Kevin Xie, MS

Master of Science in Computer Science, 2020

Kevin worked in the lab from Summer 2018 to Spring 2020 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate and computer science master's student to implement semantic auditory search apps and analyze the resulting data.

He went on to pursue a PhD in Bioengineering at University of Pennsylvania

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Zeyang Yu

Zeyang worked in the lab from Spring 2012 to Spring 2013 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

Eric Zhang, BS

Eric Zhang, BS

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Eric worked on characterizing the network behavior of cultured neurons.

He went on to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering at University of Washington.

Yishan (Ethan) Zheng

Yishan (Ethan) Zheng

Ethan is working on generalizing the likelihood functions in our estimators of perceptual and cognitive variables.

Xiaochen Zhou, MS

Xiaochen Zhou, MS

Master of Science in Computer Science, 2020

Xiaochen worked on developing Python-based active learning code for cognitive testing.

He went on to pursue a PhD in computer science at Purdue University.

Zhiting (Tina) Zhou

Zhiting (Tina) Zhou

Bachelor's and Master's of Computer Engineering

Zhiting worked to extend the machine learning contrast sensitivity estimator to include other related data streams.