Collaborators and Friends

Sandra I. Oba Sandy Oba was formerly Advanced Research Associate in the Chatterjee lab at House Ear Institute. She was involved with experiments on MDI and stochastic resonance in cochlear implant listeners. Since January 2005, she has been working with Dr. Caroline Abdala in the Children's Auditory Research and Evaluation Center at House Ear Institute.		Anastasios Sarampalis Tassos did his first post-doc with Monita. The work involved explortions of modulation coding by the electrically stimulated auditory system, particularly MDI at low rates. He is now doing a post doc in Erv Hafter's lab at the University of California, Berkeley, CA.
	Mark E. Robert Mark is Scientific Programmer in the Dept. of Auditory Implants and Perception at House Ear Institute, and has worked with Monita on various projects. He continues as a consultant providing software support for the lab at UMD.

John J. Galvin John is the MVP of the labs in the Dept. of Auditory Implants and Perception at House Ear Institute. He is consulting for our lab at UMD as an expert on all things experimental.

Robert V. Shannon Bob is the Head of the Dept. of Auditory Implants and Perception at House Ear Institute. He is our unofficial Guru of all things, Implant and Otherwise (particularly the making of a good margarita).

Qian-Jie Fu (picture coming soon) Qian-Jie Fu is at present Scientist II and Section Chief, Speech Technology and Hearing Research in the Department of Auditory Implants and Perception at House Ear Institute. He has made numerous contributions to our understanding of speech perception by cochlear implant listeners. Qian-Jie is a valued colleague and friend. http://www.hei.org/research/scientists/qfu.html

Robert L. Smith (picture coming soon) Bob Smith (http://www.isr.syr.edu/faculty/smith.html) was one of Monita's mentors at the Institute for Sensory Research, Syracuse University (http://www.isr.syr.edu/). He is known in our field for his work on models of auditory-nerve adaptation. In recent years, his interests have turned toward cochlear implant psychophysics. He has been and continues to be a great colleague, mentor and friend

John M. McManamey (picture and bio coming soon)

Rob Morse (picture and bio coming soon)