Education
1986 Brown University (magna cum laude) Sc.B. Electrical Engineering
1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professional Experience
1986-1987 Member of Technical Staff, Bell Communications Research
1988 Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1989-1994 Member of Technical Staff / Staff Associate, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory
1994-1996 Post-Doctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics, M.I.T.
1996 Director of Hearing Research, Sensimetrics Corporation
1997- 2003 Asst. Prof. of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
2003-2009 Assoc. Prof. of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
1999- Faculty, Program in Neuroscience, Boston University
2003- Faculty Member of Harvard/MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program
2006- Director of Graduate Studies, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University
2007- Instructor, Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
2007- Executive Committee, Boston University Center for Neuroscience
2009- Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Memberships
Acoustical Society of America, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, IEEE, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi
Various Professional Service, Honors, Awards
Recipient, Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Grant, December 1999
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience, 2000-2004
Member, Organizing Committee, 14th & 15th National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science Symposia (November 2002, 2003)
General Chair, International Conference on Auditory Display 2003, Boston, 6-9 July 2003
Member, Long-Range Planning Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2002-2005
Member, AUD study section, National Institutes of Health, 2006-2009
Member, Public Relations Committee, Acoustical Society of America, 2007-2010
Member, DARPA ISAT study on “The sense of the firefight,” 2007-2008
Member, Ethics and Grievances Committee, Acoustical Society of America, 2002-
Board Member, CELEST NSF Science of Learning Center, 2004-
Member, Tutorials Committee, Acoustical Society of America, 2005-
Member, Program Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2009-2011
Recipient, National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship, 2008-2013
Lifetime National Associate, National Research Council of the National Academies of Science, 2008
Co-Director, CELEST NSF Science of Learning Center, 2009-
Chair, AUD NIH study section, National Institutes of Health, 2009-2011
Associate Editor, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2009-2011
Fellow, Acoustical Society of America, 2009
Member, College of Fellows Steering Committee, Acoustical Society of America, 2010-
Member of Executive Council, Acoustical Society of America, 2010-2013