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

Nazrin Ali

Expertise:

Supervisors: Prof Sally Dawson, Prof Mike Bowl

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by:

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)

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)

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)

Marcos Georgiades

Expertise:

Supervisor: Prof Joerg Albert

Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials 

Funded by:

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

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

Hongji Jiang

Expertise: 

Supervisors: Prof Doris Eva-Bamiou, Prof Maria Chait

Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials 

Funded by:

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

Funded by:

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

Funded by: European Research Council

Liangjun Liao

Expertise:

Supervisors:  Prof Jonathan Gale, Dr Marcela Lipovsek

Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials 

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)

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: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by:

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

Kaho Magami

Expertise:

Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Dominik Bach

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by:

Brooke Nairn

Expertise:

Supervisors: Prof Doris Eva- Bamiou, Dr Diego Kaski

Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials

Funded by: Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

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

Funded by:

Hope Oloye

Expertise:

Supervisor: Prof Rick Adams, Prof Karl Friston

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by:

Adaobi Osuji

Expertise: I am interested in interaction of Hearing loss, Auditory processing and Cognition in Patients with Hearing loss and/or Mild Cognitive Impairment (Early Alzheimer's disease). 

Supervisors: Prof Doris Eva- Bamiou, Prof Maria Chait

Research unit: Medicine and Clinical Trials 

Funded by: Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme

Luca Pendolino

Expertise: ENT specialist with a particular interest in Rhinology. Evaluation of treatment modalities for nasal and olfactory dysfunction in patients with NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease (N-ERD) and without N-ERD.

Supervisors: Prof Peter Andrews, Dr Glenis Scadding, Dr Dan Jagger, Prof Anne Schilder, Prof Carl May, Prof Maroeska Rovers, Prof Doris Bamiou

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by:

Luozhou Peng

Expertise: 

Supervisor: Prof Nick Lesica

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by: 

Bobo Tang

Expertise:

Supervisor: Prof Jennifer Bizley

Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation

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)

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

Funded by:

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)

Xiaoyue Zhou

Expertise:

Supervisors: Prof Maria Chait, Prof Fred Dick

Research unit: Cell and Molecular Biology

Funded by: UCL Research Excellence Scholarship

Stefan Zigic

Expertise:

Supervisor: Prof Jennifer Bizley

Research unit: Neurophysiology, Perception and Computation

Funded by: Wellcome Trust