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Anahita received her BSc in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at the University of Mumbai. She completed her MSc in Audiological Science at University College London and her PhD in Auditory Neuroscience at University College London, UK in 2015. She did her postdoctoral training at the University of Minnesota. In 2019, after completing her training, she continued at the University of Minnesota as a research associate. Her research focuses on the perception and neural representation of pitch and its various properties in normal-hearing listeners as well as understanding the limitations of pitch perception in cochlear implants (CI). She uses behavioral and neurophysiological measures (EEG and fMRI) to probe the neural encoding of pitch, especially in adverse listening conditions.

Jackson joined the AP Neuro Lab as a postdoc in April 2023. As an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, he got his start in auditory neuroscience in 2012 by completing his senior Psychology thesis under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Oxenham. He then went on to complete a PhD in the same lab, finishing in 2018. Afterwards, he spent several years in France, working at both the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL) in Lyon and the Perceptual Systems Laboratory (LSP) of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He then moved back to the United States in 2023. In his free time, Jackson enjoys studying foreign languages, as well as playing and writing music.

Carrie is a 2nd year postdoctoral researcher in the AP Neuro lab. She completed her undergraduate in Psychology from the University of Arkansas in 2015 working in the Music Cognition Lab under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis. She completed her graduate studies at Michigan State University, working in the Timing, Attention, and Perception (TAP) Lab under the direction of Dr. J. Devin McAuley and receiving an M.A. (2019) and Ph.D. (2022) in Psychology with a specialization in Cognitive Science. Carrie’s research interests broadly focus on how temporal and non-temporal features interact in perception and action, including how pitch and timing contribute to speech understanding and the spatiotemporal aspects of synchronization. Her work investigates how people perceive the timing and rhythm of auditory stimuli and how timing cues facilitate perception (e.g., for auditory stream segregation) and action (e.g., for movement coordination).

Tess joined the lab as a Research Assistant in June of 2024 after graduating with a B.A. in Music and Psychology from Rhodes College. During their undergrad, Tess worked as a Research Assistant at Michigan State University, in the Timing, Attention, and Perception (TAP) Lab under the direction of Dr. J. Devin McAuley. In their free time, Tess enjoys playing the guitar and running.