Buse Adam
Expertise: Interest in investigating how the brain processes and tracks rapidly changing sound sequences and gaining an understanding of the underlying neurological mechanisms.
Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Jennifer Linden
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education
Email: buse.adam.22@ucl.ac.uk
Nazrin Ali
Supervisors: Prof Sally Dawson, Prof Mike Bowl
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: nazrin.ali.22@ucl.ac.uk
Eleanor Brown
Expertise: Hearing loss in NF2.
Supervisors: Prof Dan Jagger, Prof Sally Dawson
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), Anatomical Society (AS)
Email: eleanor.brown.23@ucl.ac.uk
Claudia Contadini-Wright
Expertise: My research centers around understanding how the brain is able to direct and sustain attention under distracting auditory conditions, and why some people find this process easier than others. Using a combination of behavioural measures and EEG, I am hoping to use this to shed light on why some people find it harder to adapt to hearing aids in the presence of background noise than others.
Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Dr Nishchay Mehta
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Email: c.wright.16@ucl.ac.uk
Marcos Georgiades
Supervisor: Prof Joerg Albert
Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials
Email: marcos.georgiades.18@ucl.ac.uk
Mert Huviyetli
Expertise: My research centres around understanding how the brain mechanisms involved in auditory scene analysis, specifically the detection of abrupt changes in complex acoustic environments, are influenced by healthy aging.
Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Doris Eva-Bamiou
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education
Email: mert.huviyetli.21@ucl.ac.uk
Marsha Jenkins
Expertise: Investigating the development of an evidence-based hearing aid fitting, validation and evaluation protocol for children with Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL).
Supervisors: Dr Hannah Cooper, Dr Peter Keating
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: UCL
Email: marsha.jenkins.22@ucl.ac.uk
Hongji Jiang
Supervisors: Prof Doris Eva-Bamiou, Prof Maria Chait
Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials
Email: hongji.jiang.22@ucl.ac.uk
Brian Lam
Expertise: Understanding changes in neural coding of the auditory nerve caused by degradation in peripheral hearing components.
Supervisors: Prof Nick Lesica, Prof Dan Jagger
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: b.lam@ucl.ac.uk
Jules Lebert
Expertise: Understanding how auditory perception is maintained in the presence of background noise and how auditory-prefrontal interactions support selective listening.
Supervisors: Prof Jennifer Bizley, Prof Jennifer Linden
Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation
Email: jules.lebert.17@ucl.ac.uk
Liangjun Liao
Supervisors: Prof Jonathan Gale, Dr Marcela Lipovsek
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: liangjun.liao22@ucl.ac.uk
Xena Liu
Expertise: Investigating the clinical usability of Microsaccades (MS) alongside pupillometry and EEG to measure listening effort and attentional/memory load.
Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Doris-Eva Bamiou
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
Email: xiner.liu.19@ucl.ac.uk
Louay Madanat
Expertise: Investigating the causal role of the auditory cortex in auditory processing and adaptation to noise.
Supervisors: Prof Jennifer Bizley, Dr Peter Keating
Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation
Email: louay.madanat.21@ucl.ac.uk
Kaho Magami
Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Dominik Bach
Email: kaho.magami.19@ucl.ac.uk
Brooke Nairn
Expertise: Chartered Physiotherapist exploring AI-supported balance rehabilitation in persons with stroke, using the augmented reality TeleRehab DSS platform.
Supervisors: Prof Doris Eva- Bamiou, Dr Diego Kaski
Funded by: Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Email: brooke.nairn.23@ucl.ac.uk
Terry Nunn
Expertise: Exploring Parameter Variation in Cochlear Implant Fitting to Improve Speech Perception in Difficult Listening Conditions.
Supervisors: Dr Deborah Vickers, Dr Tim Green, Prof Dan Jiang
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: terry.nunn.15@ucl.ac.uk
Hope Oloye
Supervisor: Prof Rick Adams, Prof Karl Friston
Email: hope.oloye.19@ucl.ac.uk
Adaobi Osuji
Expertise: Investigating the interaction of Hearing loss, Auditory processing and Cognition in Patients with Mild cognitive impairment and/or hearing loss. (Early Alzheimer’s disease)
Supervisors: Prof Doris Eva- Bamiou, Prof Maria Chait
Funded by: Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme
Email: adaobi.osuji.19@ucl.ac.uk
Luozhou Peng
Supervisor: Prof Nick Lesica
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: luozhou.peng.19@ucl.ac.uk
Bobo Tang
Supervisor: Prof Jennifer Bizley
Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation
Email: zhei.tang.23@ucl.ac.uk
Diya Vaid
Expertise: Neurosciences and qualitative research methods.
Supervisors: Prof Anne Schilder (UCL Ear Institute), Prof Fiona Stevenson (UCL Department of Primary Care and Population Health)
Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Email: diya.vaid.22@ucl.ac.uk
Katherine Whitcroft
Expertise: Assessment of clinical olfaction using psychophysics, structural and functional neuroimaging.
Supervisors: Prof Peter Andrews, Prof Jonathan Gale
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: katherine.whitcroft.15@ucl.ac.uk
Xinyu Zhou
Expertise: Homogenous distribution of therapeutic agents along the cochlear by acoustic stimulation.
Supervisors: Mr Torsten Marquardt, Prof Anne Schilder
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
Email: xinyu.zhou.21@ucl.ac.uk
Xiaoyue Zhou
Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Fred Dick
Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology
Funded by: UCL Research Excellence Scholarship
Email: xiaoyue.zhou@ucl.ac.uk
Stefan Zigic
Supervisor: Prof Jennifer Bizley
Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation
Funded by: Wellcome Trust
Email: s.zigic@ucl.ac.uk