CURRENT ANTG TRAINEES
Current Predoctoral Fellow Trainees:
Yusuf Ali (yusufali@uw.edu), Speech & Hearing Sciences (Max Lab)
Yusuf Ali is a 5th year PhD student in the Speech and Hearing Sciences department, in the Laboratory for Speech Physiology and Motor Control, supervised by Ludo Max. The broad scope of his research involves speech motor control in both typical speakers as well as individuals who stutter. His recent research is more focused on the potential role that auditory deficits may play in stuttering, specifically investigating the way that auditory feedback is used for speech in people who stutter.
William Gray (wog@uw.edu), Speech & Hearing Sciences (Brown Lab)
William Gray (he/him) is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Spatial Hearing Laboratory supervised by Dr. Andrew Brown. His research focuses on spatial and binaural hearing via the bone conduction (BC) pathway. Ultimately, he is interested in investigating the use of this pathway to deliver compelling spatial audio experiences in the context of augmented and virtual reality (AR & VR), and to create virtual sound stages. His current work focuses on characterizing the relationship of bone-conducted externally-applied interaural time differences (ITDs) to psychophysical lateralization of sound sources.
Malayka Mottarella (mmottare@uw.edu ), Psychology (Prat Lab)
Malayka Mottarella (she/her) is a fourth-year Psychology Ph.D. candidate in the Cognition and Cortical Dynamics Laboratory supervised by Dr. Chantel Prat. Her research is broadly focused on understanding individual differences in the neural underpinnings of complex skill performance and acquisition among healthy adults. Her current work uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine how phonological language networks support comprehending computer code. Learn more about Malayka on her LinkedIn [linkedin.com]
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Kathryn Powers (kgpowers@uw.edu), Neuroscience (Bermingham-McDonogh Lab)
https://sites.uw.edu/oliviab/
Kathryn (Kat) Powers is a 2nd year Molecular and Cellular Biology Ph.D. student in the Bermingham-McDonogh Lab. Her research focuses on the patterning of cells in the mammalian inner ear. More specifically, she uses scRNAseq and in vivo techniques to investigate the signals that drive hair cell and support cell arrangement during development. The precise patterning of these cells in the cochlear sensory epithelium is critical for our sense of sound.
Kathryn Powers' linkedIn site: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-powers-27a6a4b7/
Jennifer Brodsky, DPT (jsupowit@uw.edu), Rehabilitation Science (Phillips Lab)
Jennifer (Niffer) (she/her) is a third year PhD student in Rehabilitation Science working the Phillips lab. Her research interest is in understanding the role of dopamine in the human central and peripheral vestibular system, and its effects on postural control. Her current work uses Parkinson disease, which results in decreased dopamine in the brain, as a model to explore how vestibular physiological measures and postural control change when people with Parkinson disease are off and on their dopaminergic medications.
Current Postdoctoral Fellow Trainees:
Erik Petersen (erikp2@uw.edu), Speech & Hearing Sciences (Shen Lab)
I am a second-year postdoc in Dr. Yi Shen’s Applied Hearing Science lab. We develop new tools to rapidly assess hearing loss in the clinical setting. I am currently working on an adaptive algorithm for efficient Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) hearing threshold measurements. This algorithm is based on a Gaussian Process model that estimates the ABR evoked potentials across a wide range of frequencies and levels using only a subset of stimuli. The statistical model makes no assumptions of waveform morphology and can therefore be used across different species with minimal modification. Intended applications include hearing assessment of infants in clinical settings as well as animals studied in research labs.
Selina Baeza-Loya - coming soon
ANTG Alumni
Amanda Ciani, Speech and Hearing Sciences (Stone Lab)
Liesbeth Gijbels, Speech and Hearing Sciences (Lee Lab)
Talat Jabeen, Speech and Hearing Sciences (Lau & Rubenstein Labs)
Jordan Drew (jadrew43@uw.edu), Electrical & Computer Engineering (Lee Lab)
Jordan Drew is a 5th year Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Drew is supervised by Dr. Adrian KC Lee, working to understand the cortical networks involved in executing auditory attention. Learn more about Jordan and his work on his LinkedIn profile.
Marielle Beaulieu (marieb4@uw.edu), Neuroscience (Raible Lab)
Marielle (she/her) is a fourth year Molecular and Cellular Biology PhD student in Dr. David Raible's lab in the departments of Otolaryngology-HNS and Biological Structure. Marielle studies hair cell addition during sensory organ growth and regeneration in the zebrafish inner ear using a combination of single cell RNA-seq data analysis and in vivo approaches.
Mara Kapsner-Smith (mkapsner@uw.edu), Speech & Hearing Sciences (Eadie & Perkel Labs)
Mara Kapsner-Smith, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington. Her research interests include identifying factors that predispose individuals to hyperfunctional voice disorders, and efficacy of voice therapy techniques. Her current work focuses on auditory-motor control of voice in individuals with and without hyperfunctional voice disorders.
DJ Audet, AuD, (daudet@uw.edu), Speech & Hearing Sciences (Brown Lab)
DJ is a second year PhD student in Dr. Andrew Brown’s lab exploring spatial hearing and the plasticity of the human auditory system.
