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Woosung Kim, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, 2012
Woosung worked in the lab from Fall 2006 through Fall 2009 as an electrical engineering doctoral student on decoding speech sounds from electrocorticography recordings in humans.
He went on to complete his doctorate and pursue a career in software engineering.
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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.
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Kim Kocher
- Email: kkocher@wustl.edu
Kim worked in the lab from Spring 2007 through Summer 2014 as a technician.
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Jason Komp
Jason worked in the lab during the Summer of 2007 as an MD/PhD rotation student
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Bill Krekeler, MS
Bill worked in the lab from Fall 2005 through Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral student on brain computer interfaces to induce targeted neuroplasticity.
He went on to a career in data science.
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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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Arie Krumholtz
Arie worked in the lab during Fall 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student
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Jan Kubánek, PhD
- Email: jan.kubanek@utah.edu
Jan worked in the lab during Spring 2008 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
Jan went on to an academic career in biomedical engineering and neuroscience as a professor at University of Utah.
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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.
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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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Noah Ledbetter, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2011
Noah explored the possibility of reorganizing neural circuits for improved function using electrical stimulation and novel video game design.
He went on to a career in entrepreneurship education and software engineering.
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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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Chao Li
Chao worked in the lab during Summer 2011 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student working on the coding of noisy vocalizations in the auditory cortex.
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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.
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Qihan Long, MS
Master of Science in Computer Science, 2014
Qihan coded for our brain training video games.
He went on to a career as a software developer.
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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.
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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.
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Elli Marongelli, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, 2013
Elli worked in the lab during Summer 2010 as a biomedical engineering doctoral rotation student.
She went on to complete her doctoral degree and pursue a career as a data scientist.
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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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Austin McCullough
Austin worked in the lab Fall 2015 as a neuroscience doctoral rotation student.
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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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Danish Nagda
Doctor of Medicine, 2014
Danish explored automated methods of hearing assessments.
He went on to become a healthcare entrepreneur.
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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.
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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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Shruti Ramalingam
Shruti worked in the lab Summer 2018 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate.
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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.
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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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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.
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David Rubins
David worked in the lab during Fall 2010 as a medical student on noise encoding in auditory cortex.
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Ben Sass
Ben worked in the lab Spring 2014 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate on auditory perceptual training.
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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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Shohaib Shaffiey
Master of Science in Computer Science
Shohaib worked to bring Bayesian active learning to visual contrast sensitivity functions.
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Sumeet Shah
Summer worked in the lab during Summer 2013 as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student.
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Amir Shanechi
Amir worked in the lab during Spring 2009 as a medical student.
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Drew Sinha, BS
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 2013
- Email: dbs3@wustl.edu
Drew researched the implications of artificial correlations in non-random neural networks.
He went on to pursue an MD/PhD at Washington University.
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Sarah Smith
Sarah worked in the lab during Summer 2013 as an MD/PhD rotation student in biomedical engineering.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Julia (Feld) Strand, MS, PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, 2010
- Email: jstrand@carleton.edu
Julia investigated audiovisual integration useful for improving recognition of speech in noise.
She went on to become a professor in Psychology at Carleton College.
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Melanie Subramanian
Melanie worked in the lab during the Summer of 2007 as a high school student before entering Duke University.
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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.