Research Students

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

Elizabeth Freeman

Expertise: Exploring the molecular basis of swarming behaviour in the African malaria mosquito, including the auditory behaviour of locating mates.

Supervisors: Dr Marta Andres, Dr Joerg Albert

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by: London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme (BBSRC)

Email: elizabeth.freeman.21@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

Chen Lu

Expertise: Auditory cortex abnormalities in the Df1/+ mouse model with genetic risk for schizophrenia and hearing impairment.

Supervisors: Prof Jennifer Linden, Dr Peter Keating

Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation

Email: chen.lu.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

Alfonso Luca Pendolino

Expertise: ENT specialist with a particular interest in Rhinology and sense of smell. Evaluation of treatment modalities for nasal and olfactory dysfunction in patients with chronic upper respiratory tract diseases.

Supervisors: Prof Peter Andrews, Dr Glenis Scadding.

Email: alfonso.pendolino.19@ucl.ac.uk