Yash Agarwal

Yash Agarwal

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Candidate

Yash is collecting Minecraft gameplay from neurological patients in order to evaluate their cognitive function.

David Bender, MD, PhD

David Bender, MD, PhD

Doctor of Medicine, 2021

Dave catalogued the relationships between spontaneous spiking activity and neural encoding in primary auditory cortex.

He went on to medical school at Columbia University and a psychiatry residency at Washington University.

Jake Browning

Jake Browning

Bachelor and Master's of Science in Computer Science and Math

Jake worked on updating and evaluating machine learning contrast sensitivity function estimators.

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David Byren

David worked in the lab from Spring 2008 through Spring 2009 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.

Bryan Cai, BS

Bryan Cai, BS

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Finance, 2016

Bryan worked on commercializing early speech perception brain training games.

He went on to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School.

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Wesley Campbell

Wesley worked in the lab from Fall 2007 through Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.

Carrie Cao

Carrie Cao

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Candidate

Carrie worked to acquire behavioral data in children engaged in Minecraft cognitive games.

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Samir Chabra

Samir worked in the lab from Spring 2009 through Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student

Jeff Chen, BS

Jeff Chen, BS

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 2019

Jeff created simulations that helped confirm the properties of machine learning audiogram estimators.

He then established a career as a management consultant.

Jonathan Chen, MS

Jonathan Chen, MS

Master of Science in Computer Science, 2020

Jonathan researched how to generalize a Bayesian probabilistic classifier with a 4-parameter linking function and binomial likelihood.

He went on to doctoral training in computer science at UCLA.

Thomas Chen, MS, MD

Thomas Chen, MS, MD

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2009

Thomas researched the biases in functional neuronal recording for various methods depending on the topographical arrangements of various response types.

He went on to medical school at Tulane University and a career in internal medicine.

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Allison Chin

Allison worked in the lab from Spring 2009 through Fall 2009 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.

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Ellie Degen, BS

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2018

Ellie worked in the lab from Summer 2017 through Spring 2018 on assessing the functional equivalence of machine learning audiometry and classical psychometric curve models.

She went on to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering at University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Yuming (Amanda) Deng

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science, Candidate

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

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Michelle Fern

Michelle worked in the lab Fall 2012 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.

Dan Fu, MS

Dan Fu, MS

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2021

Dan worked to link front end behavioral data collection with back end active machine learning for scalable data accumulation.

He went on to work for a healthcare startup and attend medical school at Rutgers University.

Álvaro Martín Grande

Álvaro Martín Grande

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Álvaro created and maintained the back-end machine learning server to support real-time cognitive modeling from tablet data.

Álvaro went on to pursue a doctoral candidate in Computer Science at the College of William & Mary.

Bradley Hsu

Bradley Hsu

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Math, Candidate

Bradley worked on modernizing the machine learning audiogram web site form and function.

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Jeffrey Hsu

Jeff worked in the lab Summer 2013 as a computer science undergraduate.

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Doug Hyde

Doug worked in the lab from Fall 2005 through Fall 2006 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

Bayan Jalalizadeh, MD, PhD

Bayan Jalalizadeh, MD, PhD

Doctor of Medicine, 2016

Bayan researched neural spike train correlation in mammalian auditory cortex.

He then went on to pursue an MD at Washington University and specialize in pediatric psychiatry.

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Cate Jiang, BS

Bachelor of Science in Biology and Computer Science, 2019

Cate worked on identifying predictors of outcomes in pediatric brain tumor patients.

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Austin Jones

Austin worked in the lab from Summer 2007 through Fall 2008 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

Patrick Kelly, MD

Patrick Kelly, MD

Pat worked in the lab from Spring 2009 through Spring 2011 on computational modeling of action potential initiation.

He went on to purse an MD at Vanderbilt University and specialize in neurosurgery.

Nathaniel Killian, PhD

Nathaniel Killian, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2013

Nathan Killian worked in the lab from Fall 2005 through Spring 2007 on noise reduction strategies for cochlear implants.

He went on to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and established a neuroscience research career as a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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Vanessa Kleckner

Vanessa worked in the lab during Summer 2010 as a C-SURE student researching the implementation of logic gates in an artificial neural network.

Abigail Kressner, PhD

Abigail Kressner, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, 2015

Abbie worked in the lab as an undergraduate student from Spring 2005 to Spring 2006 on virtual acoustic motion perception.

She went on to pursue a PhD in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech and has established an auditory research career as a professor at the Technical University of Denmark.

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Karthik Krishnan

Karthik worked in the lab from Spring 2012 to Spring 2014 as a biology / biomedical engineering undergraduate.

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Theja Lanka

Theja worked in the lab during Summer, 2010, as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on the shape of hidden neural network layer input-output functions under constraints of encoding matching the perceptual output of the auditory system.

Trevor Larsen, MS

Trevor Larsen, MS

Master of Science in Computer Science, 2019

Trevor evaluated the efficiency of Bayesian active model selection for audiometric diagnoses.

He went on to a career in healthcare data science.

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Zach Levko

Zach worked in the lab during Summer 2009 as a Research Experience for Undergraduates student.

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Xiaoteng (Adam) Liu

Xiaoteng (Adam) worked in the lab during Summer 2010 as a neuroscience / computer science undergraduate on the role of neuronal correlation in intensity coding in auditory cortex.

Pranav Maddula, BS

Pranav Maddula, BS

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2021

Pranav worked on incorporating extra testing variables into Bayesian active learning procedures for efficient cognitive testing.

He has gone on to a career in management consulting.

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Rogan Magee

Rogan worked in the lab during Summer 2012 as a C-SURE student.

Maisie Mahoney, BS

Maisie Mahoney, BS

Maisie worked in the lab during Spring 2015 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

She went on to a career in data analytics.

Jaime McCoin, PhD

Jaime McCoin, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering

Jaime worked in the lab from Fall 2006 through Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.

She went on to complete a doctorate in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and pursue a career in medical device development.

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James McHugh

James worked in the lab during Summer 2015 as a computer science undergraduate.

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Aaron McLaughlin

Aaron worked in the lab from Fall 2009 through Spring 2010 as a BME undergraduate student.

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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.

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Danny Munroe

Danny worked in the lab Spring 2014 as a computer science undergraduate.

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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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Shruti Ramalingam

Shruti worked in the lab Summer 2018 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.

Priscilla Ramirez

Priscilla Ramirez

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Candidate

Priscilla created accessible explanations for complicated cognitive models suitable for wide audiences.

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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.

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Ben Sass

Ben worked in the lab Spring 2014 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on auditory perceptual training.

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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Lauren Seidman

Lauren worked in the lab during Fall 2021 as a psychology undergraduate on equitable and accessible diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in school-age children.

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Sumeet Shah

Summer worked in the lab during Summer 2013 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.

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.