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The Auditory Neurophysiology Lab at Ohio University is seeking new, motivated PhD students to pursue research in auditory neuroscience. The lab is led by Dr. Mitchell Day. Research in the lab focuses on how sound features are coded in the
brain—in particular, sound source location. Current and future pursuits of the lab include: how the neural coding of sound location changes with hearing loss; the neural basis for spatial aspects of the “cocktail party” problem (localization amongst concurrent
sources); and relating perceptual abilities regarding spatial hearing to neural activity in an animal model. Students in the lab will have the opportunity to learn the following techniques: single-unit electrophysiology in awake animals implanted with tetrode
drives; measurement of evoked potentials and otoacoustic emissions for auditory diagnostic purposes; measurement of in-ear acoustic waveforms for use in virtual acoustic space; animal and human auditory psychophysics; computational modeling; and sophisticated
quantitative analyses of neural spike data. For more information about the lab, please visit:
https://www.ohio.edu/cas/biosci/research/auditorylab/.
Students apply to the PhD program in Biological Sciences—Neuroscience Track at Ohio University:
https://www.ohio.edu/cas/biosci/grad/integrative-phys-neuro/neuro-track/index.cfm. Funding of PhD students (tuition/fees/stipend) is guaranteed for at least 5 years through departmental teaching assistantships, (contingent on acceptable academic performance),
as well as potential research assistantships through advisor external funds. Ohio University is located in Athens, Ohio—an extremely affordable city in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, noted for the beauty of its campus and the numerous outdoors
activities in the surrounding area: http://athensohio.com/.
Application materials (https://www.ohio.edu/cas/biosci/grad/bios-grad-admissions.cfm) must be received by January 8. The Auditory Neurophysiology Lab is particularly
interested in students with previous coursework or skills in computer programming and mathematics. Please direct any inquiries to Dr. Day (daym1@xxxxxxxx).
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