Current Members of the Kilgard Laboratory

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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 and autism
Amanda Puckett Reed, Ph.D. (website)	– Perceptual consequences of auditory cortex plasticity
Doctoral Students
Navid Khodaparast (Spring 2008)	– Sensory and motor rehabilitation after brain injury
Kamalini Ranasinghe (Spring 2008)	– Spectrally and temporally degraded speech
Tracy Rosen (Fall 2009)	– Speech responses during discrimination
Will Vrana (Fall 2010)	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Michael Borland (Fall 2011)	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Master’s Researchers
Monica Javidnia	– Motor training
Undergraduate Researchers
Akbar Afsar	– Speech training
Duc Cao	– Motor training
Mariam Fayyaz	– Speech training
Benjamin Flores	– VNS and Tinnitus
Harjoat Gill	– Speech training
Elizabeth Hanacik	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
David Henley (on leave to serve in Southern Iraq)	– Behavioral training
Daniel Hulsey	– Motor training
Chris Im	– Speech training
Erin Korzeniewski	– Speech training
Mahvish Iqbal	– Motor training
Allison Malik	– Speech training
Robert Miller	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Moreno Nicole	– Speech training
Fizza Naqvi	– Speech training
Meghan Pantalia	– VNS and Tinnitus
Kim Rahebi	– VNS and Tinnitus
Dhirender Ratra	– Motor training
Andi Ruiz	– Speech training
Christina Stelly	– Speech training
Charles Ulrich	– VNS and Tinnitus
Lab Phone: 972-883-2339 Lab Photos Kilgard Lab 3.0 (2012) (2011)  Kilgard Lab 2.0 (2005)  click for names Kilgard Lab 1.0 (2002)
Former Lab Members (Graduate Students, Post-docs & Visiting Faculty)
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
Ben Porter, Ph.D.	– Motor rehabilitation after stroke
	– National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Jai Shetake, Ph.D.	– Speech processing in noisy backgrounds
Former Lab Members (Undergraduate and Master’s Students in no particular order)
Chris Heydrick (website)	– Auditory processing and plasticity
	– Plexon Inc - Neurotechnology Research Systems
Helen Chen	– Speech processing and multi-channel awake recording
Roshini Jain	– Neurorehabilitation
Matt Perry	– Behavioral training and environmental enrichment
Pei-Lan Kan	– 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
An Cheng	– 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
Tara Rosenthal	– Behavioral training
Ashlee Alford	– Behavioral training
Amanda Clark	– Behavioral training
Holley Fenus	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Natasha Gupta	– Behavioral training
Kevin Huang	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Christian Iraheta	– Behavioral training
Christina May	– Behavioral training
Erika Renfroe	– Behavioral training
Sami Spann	– Behavioral training
Brian Thompson	– Behavioral training
Jaymie Wertz	– Behavioral training
Mohammed Mamdani	– Behavioral training
Cathy Xie	– Behavioral training
Saba Chowdhury	– Behavioral training
Kate Fitch	– Behavioral training
Chris Leach	– Behavioral training
Nicole Lengnick	– Behavioral training
Hinah Rasul	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Hali Shepard	– Behavioral training
Sarah Saloman	– Behavioral training
Stephen Logsdon	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Zeenat Abdulali	– Behavioral training
Sarosh Ahmed	– Behavioral training
Ghausia Ata	– Behavioral training
Ryan Cheung	– Mapping
Aishwarya Devarakonda	– Behavioral training
Amirah Kuzu	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Cody Mains	– Behavioral training
Lakshman Manjunath	– Sensory and motor rehabilitation after brain injury
Christina May	– Sensory and motor rehabilitation after brain injury
Chanel Matney	– Behavioral training
Charlie Omana	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Cal Rohloff	– Behavioral training
Sindu Sudanagunta	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation
Cary Walker	– Guiding cortical plasticity via peripheral stimulation

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