Nina Kraus, Ph.D
Director of Knowles Hearing Center
Professor of Communication Sciences; Neurobiology
nkraus@northwestern.edu
Research Faculty
Jennifer Krizman, Ph.D
Associate Director of Knowles Hearing Center
Research Associate Professor
j-krizman@northwestern.edu
Lab Staff
Trent Nicol
Research Associate
tgn@northwestern.edu
Silvia Bonacina
Research Project Manager
silviabonacina@northwestern.edu
Charlie Culbert
Audio Consultant
charlie.culbert@northwestern.edu
Jenna Cunningham
Scientific Consultant
cunninghamjenna7@gmail.com
Blaise Malisch
Research Assistant
bmalisch@luriechildrens.org
Anika Kaushikkar
Research Volunteer
anikakaushikkar2024@u.northwestern.edu
Students
Joseph Luetkehans
NU Ph.D Student
JosephLuetkehans2027@u.northwestern.edu
Yuhan Zhang
NU Ph.D Student
yuhanzhang2029@u.northwestern.edu
Olivia Black
AUD Student
olivia.black@northwestern.edu
Joy Chiang
AUD Student
joy.chiang@northwestern.edu
Jubilee Chen
NU Undergraduate
JubileeChen2027@u.northwestern.edu
Anusha Saraf
High School Research Assistant
anushasaraf17@gmail.com
Sinziana LazarHigh School Research Assistant
slazar@ucls.uchicago.edu
COLLABORATING FACULTY
Matt Nerrie: Northwestern University, Athletics Danielle Colegrove: University
of Illinois, Chicago, Athletics Cynthia LaBella: Lurie Children’s Hospital and
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Brian Vesci: Northwestern University
Sports Medicine Jeff Mjaanes: Northwestern University Sports Medicine Jamie
Burgess: Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern Feinberg School of
Medicine Richard Ashley: Northwestern University, Music Ann Bradlow:
Northwestern University, Linguistics Sumitrajit Dhar: Northwestern University,
Communication Sciences Viorica Marian: Northwestern University, Communication
Sciences Margaret Martin: Harmony Project
FORMER COLLABORATORS
Tory Lindley: Northwestern University, Athletics Kyle Meadows Mikko Sams:
Aalto University Steven Zecker: Northwestern University, Communication
Sciences Kate Johnston: Walter Payton College Prep
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS
Hyde Park Day School Noble Network of Charter Schools Evanston Township High
School Suzuki-Orff School of Music Harmony Project Ounce of Prevention
We thank our wonderful collaborators in NU Sports Medicine department in our
joint work on concussion research. Special thanks to Senior Athletic Trainer
and Concussion Care Specialist, Matt Nerie (back row, left
4).
ALUMNI
Post Doctoral Alan Micco Thomas Littman Marie Cheour
Elizabeth Dinces Ivy Dunn Ann Bradlow Cynthia King Catherine Warrier Lauri
Olivier Karen Banai Frederic Marmel Bharath Chandrasekaran Yun Nan Jason
Thompson Erika Skoe Dana Strait Adam Tierney Ahren Fitzroy Spencer Smith Anoop
Basavanahalli Jagadeesh
Doctoral Anu Sharma Cynthia King Jill Firszt Kelly Tremblay
Jenna Cunningham Brad Wible Erin Hayes Gabriella Musacchia Krista Johnson Dan
Abrams Nicole Russo Jade Wang Judy Song Kyung Myun Lee Jane Hornickel Samira
Anderson Erika Skoe Dana Strait Alexandra Parbery-Clark Jennifer Krizman
Jessica Slater Elaine C. Thompson Karen Chan
Doctor of Audiology (AUD) Alumni Hallie Garfield Laurie Arum
Andrea Hillock Elizabeth Eskridge Catherine Fabian Jenny Markee Jessica Levine
Britta Swedenborg Benjamin Stanley Valerie Kun Jillian Escobar
Former Lab Members Travis White-Schwoch, Research Data
Analyst Paxton Long, Research Assistant Samantha O’Connell Emily Spitzer Manto
Agouridou Yurie Kim Brandon Vilarello Joan Hargrave Rafael Escobedo Quiroz
Margaret Tuny Hilary Sigale Evan Davies Brooke Sawyer, Volunteer Macy
Hoeveler, Volunteer Jacob Farley, Research Assistant Chaitra Venkataramana
Nayak, Research Assistant
Former Students
2024
Kaitlyn Burkamper, AUD Student Johanna Endres, Research Volunteer Lane
Herbert, NU Undergraduate Joshua Sevier, PhD Student
2023
Carl Youel, NU Undergraduate Ben Livingston, AUD student Nicole Balassone, AUD
student Margaret Garfield, AUD student Macy Hoeveler, Volunteer
2022
Omkar Prabhavalkar, NU Undergraduate Braeden Heald, NU Undergraduate Kayla
Byrne, NU Undergraduate Yohan Esrick-Parkinson, NU Undergraduate Jennifer
McGuire, NU Undergraduate Leah Parsons, NU Undergraduate
2021
Erik Mueller, NU Undergraduate Aaron Robinson, NU Sound Arts and Industries MA
Student
2020
Caroline Tilley, NU Undergraduate Ross Heilberg, NU Undergraduate Stephanie
Huang, NU Undergraduate Austin Webster, NU Post Baccalaureate Jillian Escobar,
AUD Student Sam Gerak, NU Undergraduate Caleb Eckstein, NU Undergraduate
2019 Kailyn McFarlane, doctoral student Gina Johnson, NU
Undergraduate Janet Mao, NU Undergraduate Emily Kafkes, UIUC Undergraduate
D’Artagnan Otto-Meyer, Panther Creek High School Colin Song, Glenbrook South
High School Rex Sohanaki, Walter Payton High School Valerie Kun, AUD Student
2018 MacKenzie Guynn, The Latin School of Chicago Colin Song,
Glenbrook South High School Celine Auriemma, Marquette University Ailita Eddy,
Brown University Undergraduate Emmett Cleary, Post Baccalaureate Elaine C.
Thompson, doctoral candidate Christine Junhui Liu, NU Undergraduate Brandon
Vilarello, NU Undergraduate
2017 Brianne Chiappetta, doctoral candidate Sean McWeeny,
doctoral candidate
2016 Andrea Azem, NU Undergraduate Liam Gibbs, Washington
University Undergraduate Kali Woodruff Carr, doctoral candidate Silvia Lam,
doctoral student
2015 Karen Chan Barrett, School of Music Doctoral Student
Kevin Steinhauser
2014 Jordan Amar, NU Neurobiology and Physiology Manto
Agouridou, Mercer University Undergraduate Adam Maloney, Elon Undergraduate
Jessica MacLean, Indiana University Christine Fuja, NU Post Baccalaureate
2013 Soo Ho Ahn, NU Undergraduate Hee Jae Choi, CSD
Undergraduate Emily Hittner, NU Undergraduate Adam Maloney, Elon Undergraduate
Natasha Ramanujam, NU Undergraduate Britta Swedenborg, AUD Student
2012 Shivani Bhatia, Dartmouth College John Hruska, Evanston
Township High School Yurie Kim, CSD Undergraduate Sarah Latimer, Evanston
Township High School Dylan Levy, CSD Undergraduate Steven Medina, Evanston
Township High School Victoria Meliska, University of Pennsylvania Adam Rubman,
Evanston Township High School Jenya Rubman, Evanston Township High School
Jonathan Yu, NU Undergraduate
2011 Victor Abecassis, CSD Undergraduate Elizabeth Barfield,
Furman University Vance Gao, NUIN Doctoral Student Erica Knowles, CSD Doctoral
Student Maddie Minogue Samantha O’Connell, NU Undergraduate Rupin Parikh, CSD
Undergraduate Christine Woo, CSD Undergraduate Han-Gyol Yi, CSD Undergraduate
2010 Max Abecassis Cullen Fairchild, NU Undergraduate Shuaib
Ahmed Justin Pituch, Evanston Township High School
2009 Dawna Bagherian, Illinois Mathematics and Science
Academy Carrie Lam, CSD Undergraduate Julia Bair, Oberlin College and
Conservatory Winnie Lin, Harvard University Maddie Reiches, Evanston Township
High School Alan Tyson, Morehouse College, Northwestern University Summer
Research Opportunity Program(NU-SROP)Recipient James Bartolotti, CSD Doctoral
Student
2008 Christine Brennan, CSD Doctoral Student Julia Chen, NU
Undergraduate Kyla Garibaldi, NUIN Doctoral Student Sherri Novis, CSD Doctoral
Student Jason Pitt, NUIN Doctoral Student Carolyn Hsu, NU Undergraduate
Parkson Leung, Psychology Doctoral Student Wei Zhao, NUIN Doctoral Student
2007 Roozbeh Behroozmand, CSD Doctoral Student Arim Choi, CSD
Undergraduate Benjamin Cherry, NU Post Baccalaureate Student Taro Kirtani,
NUIN Doctoral Student Roland Liang, NU Undergraduate Rodrigo Pacifico, IBIS
Graduate Student Rachael Schastok, Evanston Township High School Elizabeth
Stegemoller, NUIN Doctoral Student Gabriella Cantarero, NU Undergraduate
2006 Brian Williams, Washington University Undergraduate Anna
Yermakova, NU Undergraduate, Rhodes Scholar Jennifer Schuster, NU
Undergraduate
