Education
B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 1975
Ph.D. Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Postgraduate Training
Research Fellowship in Physiological Acoustics, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1982
Professional Memberships (select)
1977-present: Acoustical Society of America (Physiology and Psychophysics Technical Committee, 1998-2001)
1982-present: Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) (Education Committee, 1996-2004)
2003-present: American Otologic Society (AOS) (Program Committee, 2003-2005)
2006-present: American Auditory Society
Awards and Honors (select)
2003: Elected an Associate Member of the American Otologic Society
2006: McMahon Student Mentoring Award (HST)
2009: “Best paper of the year,” by the Ear and Hearing editorial board
2010: Elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
2012: Appointed the Gudrun Larsen Eliasen and Nels Kristian Eliasen Professor of Otology and Laryngolgy, Harvard Medical School
Advisory Boards (select)
2004-2005: Member of the FDA sub-committee on standards for the testing of Implantable Middle-Ear Hearing Devices
2009-2011: Member of the Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Advisory Panel for the Food and Drug Administration
Teaching (select)
1997-present: Course Director HST.714/6.551 Acoustics of Speech & Hearing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012-present: Associate Director for Student Affairs, Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School