Current Members of the Kilgard Laboratory


Principle Investigator

 

 

       Michael P. Kilgard, Ph.D.    

Cortical plasticity, auditory processing, and neurorehabilitation

 

 

Post-Doctoral Researchers      

 

       Navzer Engineer, Ph.D. (website)

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Crystal Engineer, Ph.D.

Neural basis of speech sound discrimination

 

       Amanda Puckett Reed, Ph.D. (website)

Perceptual consequences of auditory cortex plasticity

 

 

Doctoral Students

 

 

       Ben Porter

– Stroke rehabilitation

 

       Jai Shetake

Speech processing in noisy backgrounds

 

       Kamalini Ranasinghe

Spectrally and temporally degraded speech

 

       Tracy Rosen

 

       Navid Khodaparast

 

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate Researchers  (in no particular order)

 

 

       Sarosh Ahmed

Behavioral training

 

       Ashlee Alford

Behavioral training

 

       Michael Borland

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Ryan Cheung

Mapping

 

       Amanda Clark

Behavioral training

 

       Mariam Fayyaz

Behavioral training

 

       Holley Fenus

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Kate Fitch

Behavioral training

 

       Natasha Gupta

Behavioral training

 

       David Henley

Behavioral training

 

       Kevin Huang

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Christian Iraheta

Behavioral training

 

       Amirah Kuzu

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Allison Malik

Behavioral training

 

       Mohammed Mamdani

Behavioral training

 

       Chanel Matney

Behavioral training

 

       Christina May

Behavioral training

 

       Charlie Omana

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Hinah Rasul

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Erika Renfroe

Behavioral training

 

       Cal Rohloff

Behavioral training

 

       Hali Shepard

Behavioral training

 

       Sami Spann

Behavioral training

 

       Sindu Sudanagunta

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Brian Thompson

Behavioral training

 

       Will Vrana

Behavioral training

 

       Cary Walker

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Jaymie Wertz

Behavioral training

 

       Cathy Xie

Behavioral training

 

 

 

Lab Phone: 972-883-2339             

Lab Photos             

Kilgard Lab 2.0 (2005)  click for names

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Kilgard Lab 1.0 (2002)

 

Former Lab Members (in no particular order)

 

       Rob L. Rennaker, Ph.D.

Neural engineering, multi-channel electrode design and recording

 

 

University of Oklahoma (post-doc 2002)

 

       Owen Floody, Ph.D.

Perceptual Consequences of Auditory Cortex Stroke

 

 

Bucknell University (sabbatical 2005-2006)

 

       Pritesh Pandya, Ph.D.

Plasticity and processing of human and animal vocalizations

 

     

University of Illinois

 

       Raluca Moucha, Ph.D.  (website)

Plasticity and processing of frequency-modulated stimuli,

 

 

Dalhousie University

 

       Cherie Percaccio, Ph.D. (website)

Environmental plasticity, evoked potentials, and autism

 

      

University of Washington

 

       Vikram Jakkamsetti, Ph.D. (website)

Enrichment and neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

 

       Chris Heydrick (website)

Auditory processing and plasticity

 

 

Plexon Inc - Neurotechnology Research Systems

 

       Helen Chen (website)

Speech processing and multi-channel awake recording

 

       Roshini Jain

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Matt Perry

Behavioral training and environmental enrichment

 

       Pei-Lan Kan (website)

Behavioral training

 

       Trishna Sharma

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Jay Gandhi

Neurorehabilitation and environmental enrichment

 

       Fang-tzu Lin

Behavioral training

 

       Liliana Garland

Behavioral training

 

       Alyssa McMenamy

Auditory processing and plasticity

 

       Erica Neiser

Behavioral training

 

       Christopher Skillern

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Mikel Chamblee

Behavioral training

 

       Juliann Record

Modulation of auditory evoked potentials

 

       Wendy Dai

Auditory processing and plasticity

 

       Nick Dempsey

Multi-channel electrode design and recording

 

       Robert Frazier

Behavioral training

 

       David Wang

Modulation of auditory evoked potentials

 

       Matthew Ditzler

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Kamini Krishnan

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Joanna Gibbons

Behavioral training

 

       Cathy Hauptstueck

Behavioral training

 

       Anushka Meepe

Behavioral training

 

       Jessica Moore

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Jeans Lee Choi

Behavioral training

 

       Chikara Dablain

Behavioral training

 

       Jeanne (Ping) Pan

Auditory evoked potentials

 

       Jamie Kalangara

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Shashank Chauhan

Startle

 

       Serena Vo

Plasticity

 

       Christie Cherian

Behavioral training

 

       Josanne Howard

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Caleb Dunham

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Stuart Michnick

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Mayank Patel

Behavioral training

 

       Bardiya Shadmehr

Behavioral training

 

       Trishna Sharma

Startle

 

       Matthew Turrie     

Multi-channel awake recording

 

       Ryan Williams

Behavioral training

 

       Huang Ho

Habituation, Multi-channel awake recording

 

       Binny Philip

Behavioral training

 

       Sharmin Hossain

Environment and auditory evoked potentials

 

       Pradeep Kilambi  

Multi-channel awake recording

 

       Eric Kildebeck

Multi-channel awake recording

 

       Shilpa Mistry

Environment, exercise, and auditory evoked potentials

 

       Christine Pan

Behavioral training

 

       Ankur Patel

Environment and auditory evoked potentials

 

       Autumn Pruette

Environment and auditory evoked potentials

 

       Rachel Nance

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Daniel Rathbun

– Processing in the posterior auditory field

 

       Sophie Rutenbar

Behavioral training

 

       Julian Mensah

Behavioral training

 

       Gabriel Mettlach

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Masoud Saman

Multi-channel awake recording

 

       Allison Tessmer

Behavioral training

 

       Jessica Vazquez

– Neural plasticity and synchronization

 

       Cherri Whang

Behavioral training

 

       Janne Yanagi 

Environment and auditory evoked potentials

 

       Judie Abraham

Behavioral training

 

       Rachelen Samuel

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Alex Hargis

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Yormynnelly Grajales

Auditory processing and plasticity

 

       Jarod Roland

Behavioral training

 

       Valerie Roberts

Behavioral training

 

       Monica Juarez

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Mona Noorizadeh

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Fernando Guadiana

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Maria Luisa de la Vega

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Hamid Shah

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Adria Webb

Behavioral training

 

       Jesse Alaniz

Behavioral training

 

       Farwa Ali

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Vismay Badhiwala

Behavioral training

 

       Rosann Govea

Behavioral training

 

       Nick Hatate

Behavioral training

 

       Robert Lasater

Multi-channel awake recording

 

       Theresa Lii

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Ashlie Lund

Behavioral training

 

       Scott Nietfeld

Behavioral training

 

       Jeremy Strain

Behavioral training

 

       Rolan Torres

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Kevin Chang

Neurorehabilitation and enrichment

 

       Linda Yang

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Maulie Happwanna

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Siby Spurgeon

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Fern Yoon

Behavioral training

 

 

       Dwayne Listhrop

Behavioral training

 

       Claudia Perez

Behavioral training and environmental enrichment

 

       Tara Jasti

Behavioral training

 

 

       Denisa Kavikova

Behavioral training

 

       Ryan Carraway (website)

Behavioral training

 

       Jonathan Riley

Guiding cortical plasticity via stimulation

 

       Jonathan Seale

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Lewis Chang

Mapping

 

       Swati Chanini

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Charles Coats

Behavioral training

 

       Ferguson, Seth

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Melyssa Fink

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Sneha Idiculla

Neurorehabilitation

 

       Sara Kee

Behavioral training

 

       Thomas Lee

Behavioral training

 

       Hibah Mumtaz

Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

 

       Miwa Murray

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Larry Nentwig

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Kinsey Ram

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Leyya Suleman

Behavioral training

 

       Laura Thibodeaux

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Rolan Tores

Mapping

 

       Elise Tran

Behavioral training

 

       Jordan Wolf

Mapping

 

       Ziad Ghneim

Behavioral training

 

       Sana Khan

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Sara Kee

Behavioral training

 

       Mihir Mongia

Mapping

 

       Ann Nguyen

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

       Katie Overzet

Behavioral training

 

       Leyya Suleman

Behavioral training

 

       Deepthi Vuppala  

Neuromodulation of cortical plasticity

 

 

 

 

 

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