People

Nina Kraus, Ph.D
Director of Knowles Hearing Center
Professor of Communication Sciences; Neurobiology
nkraus@northwestern.edu

Research Faculty

Associate Director of Knowles Hearing Center
Associate Professor
Jennifer Krizman, Ph.D
j-krizman@northwestern.edu

Lab Staff

Research Associate
Trent Nicol
tgn@northwestern.edu

Research Project Manager
Silvia Bonacina
silviabonacina@northwestern.edu

Audio Consultant
Charlie Culbert
charlieculbertmusic@gmail.com

Scientific Consultant
Jenna Cunningham
cunninghamjenna7@gmail.com

Research Assistant
Blaise Malisch
bmalisch@luriechildrens.org

Research Volunteer
Johanna Endres
johannaendres2024@u.northwestern.edu

Research Volunteer
Anika Kaushikkar
anikakaushikkar2024@u.northwestern.edu

Students

NU Ph.D Student
Joseph Luetkehans
JosephLuetkehans2027@u.northwestern.edu

NU Ph.D Student
Joshua Sevier
joshua.sevier@uchicagomedicine.org

NU Ph.D Student
Yuhan Zhang
yuhanzhang2029@u.northwestern.edu

AUD Student
Kaitlyn Burkamper
kaitlyn.burkamper@northwestern.edu

AUD Student
Olivia Black
olivia.black@northwestern.edu

AUD Student
Joy Chiang
joy.chiang@northwestern.edu

NU Undergraduate
Lane Herbert
laneherbert2025@u.northwestern.edu

NU Undergraduate
Jubilee Chen
JubileeChen2027@u.northwestern.edu

High School Research Assistant
Anusha Saraf
anushasaraf17@gmail.com

High School Research Assistant
Sinziana Lazar
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

View our ongoing Neuroeducation Research

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).

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
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