Experience

Decibel Therapeutics

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director - Head of Physiology

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Principal Scientist

  • Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

• Senior Scientist

  • Feb 2021 - Oct 2022



Harvard Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2021

  • Developed a set of techniques for animal studies of cochlear implants aiming to improve binaural sensitivity with cochlear implants in early-onset deafness. • Recorded, organized, and analyzed electrophysiological data using statistical methods to characterize neural coding of temporal and binaural cues in electrical stimulation. • Presented key scientific findings at professional meetings and conferences. • Wrote and maintained IACUC protocols for USDA animals. • Trained and… Show more • Developed a set of techniques for animal studies of cochlear implants aiming to improve binaural sensitivity with cochlear implants in early-onset deafness. • Recorded, organized, and analyzed electrophysiological data using statistical methods to characterize neural coding of temporal and binaural cues in electrical stimulation. • Presented key scientific findings at professional meetings and conferences. • Wrote and maintained IACUC protocols for USDA animals. • Trained and supervised technicians, students, and postdoctoral fellows performing in-vivo electrophysiology, data analysis, data visualization and presentation.

• Research Fellow in Otology and Laryngology

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2015

  • Developed an animal model of chronic bilateral cochlear implants for single-unit recordings in the auditory midbrain in unanesthetized state. • Developed a behavioral assay to test perception of auditory cues in an animal model. • Performed physiological studies to develop a novel sound processing strategy to improve speech reception and spatial hearing with cochlear implants in collaboration with human psychophysicists. • Secured funding from private foundations and internal sources… Show more • Developed an animal model of chronic bilateral cochlear implants for single-unit recordings in the auditory midbrain in unanesthetized state. • Developed a behavioral assay to test perception of auditory cues in an animal model. • Performed physiological studies to develop a novel sound processing strategy to improve speech reception and spatial hearing with cochlear implants in collaboration with human psychophysicists. • Secured funding from private foundations and internal sources (total $100,000).



Massachusetts Eye and Ear

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investigator

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2021

  Greater Boston Area

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2013

  Greater Boston Area



Boston University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2004 - Sep 2009

  Greater Boston Area • Dissertation project: Developed a set of multi-stage computational models of binaural neurons in the superior olivary complex and performed parameter evaluation to provide theoretical explanation of limitations in spatial hearing with bilateral cochlear implants.