Dana Boebinger 77 Bromfield Road, Apt. 1 Somerville, MA 02144 danaboebinger@g.harvard.edu 850-879-4201 EDUCATION 2014 present Harvard University: Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience & Technology (Cambridge, MA), Doctor of Philosophy (degree in progress) 2012 2013 University College London: Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience, with Distinction (London, UK) 2008 2012 Florida State University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (with Honors) & Bachelor of Arts in Music (Tallahassee, FL), with minors in Biology & Mathematics Summa Cum Laude, 4.0/4.0 GPA 2004 2008 Lawton Chiles High School: Summa Cum Laude (Tallahassee, FL) EMPLOYMENT 2012 2014 Research Assistant Speech Communication Lab, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL Conduct experiments examining speech perception and production in noise Help other lab members with their various projects (experiment design, programming, recruiting participants, gathering data, data analysis) Trained MR Operator Proficient in MATLAB and SPM Organized weekly Speech Science Forum seminars RELEVANT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2016 - present Research rotation with Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Auditory Neuroscience Lab, Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology, BU 2015 present Research rotation with Josh McDermott, PhD Computational Audition Lab, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, MIT 2012 2013 MSc thesis with Sophie Scott, PhD Carried out study examining speech-in-noise processing musicians and nonmusicians using various types of energetic and informational speech maskers. Responsible for experimental design, participant recruitment, behavioral data acquisition, and data analysis. MR Safety Trained Summer 2012 NSERC Research Trainee with Virginia Penhune, PhD Recipient of NSERC-Create Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Helped design experiment examining the structural brain correlates of dance performance in dancers. Ran participants and aided with data collection.
2011-2012 Undergraduate Honors Thesis with Michael Kaschak, PhD Examined relationship of the processing of linguistic syntax vs. musical syntax using an artificial grammar construct. Formulated research question and designed experimental protocol. Collected and analyzed data using e-prime and SPSS. Defended to faculty committee Spring 2012. Presented research at FSU s Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Atlantic Coast Conference Meeting of the Minds (Spring 2012). Fall 2011 Fall 2011 Fall 2010 Summer 2010 Teaching Assistant for Physiological Psychology Located and labeled neuroanatomical structures in sheep brain. Taught undergraduate students basic neuroanatomy Directed Individual Study with Edward Bernat, PhD Assisted with running participants in EEG experiments. Operated eye-tracking and EEG equipment. Analyzed data using SPSS, Matlab, and BESA. Directed Individual Study with Michael Kaschak, PhD Ran subjects through language and visual search experiments. Operated eye-tracking equipment and software. Mentored Research & Creative Endeavors Grant Recipient with Susanne Cappendijk, PhD Designed and conducted research project examining co-localization of nicotine and dopamine receptors in the zebra finch brain, using immunofluorescence staining. Presented findings as a poster at the 2010 Florida State University Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Awards Symposium. ACADEMIC HONORS / AWARDS 2013 Shallice Prize Winner (top performing MSc Cognitive Neuroscience student each year) 2012 Fulbright-University College London Postgraduate Award 2012 UCL Global Excellence Graduate Scholarship 2012 Second Place at FSU Psychology Department s Undergraduate Research Day talks 2012 Outstanding Senior Scholar of the Florida State University Honors Program 2012 Phi Beta Kappa Marion Jewell Hay Undergraduate Research Award 2012 Featured Student on Florida State University webpage (http://fsu.edu/profiles/boebinger/) 2011 Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar Award recipient 2011 Bess H. Ward Honors Thesis Award recipient 2011 FSU College of Arts and Sciences International Enrichment Fund Scholarship recipient 2011 UPenn Institute for Research in Cognitive Science: Undergraduate Summer Workshop
2010 Mentored Research and Creative Endeavors summer research grant 2008 National Advanced Placement Scholar 2008 National Merit Finalist and Scholarship winner VOLUNTEER / OUTREACH EXPERIENCE 2015 present Harvard Graduate School of Education s Brain Basics Organization 2014 present Coordinator of Harvard University s Science by the Pint 2015 MIT Splash: taught class about auditory neurophysiology to high schoolers 2014 Science Show-Off performer (London, UK) 2014 Bright Club performer (London, UK) 2014 UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience s Brains on Film 2014 organized Brain Awareness Week Kids Q&A 2013 demonstration at London Big Bang Science Fair 2013 demonstration at Winchester UK Science Festival 2013 demonstration at The Voice event at the Wellcome Collection 2013 demonstration at the Academy of Medical Sciences SHORT COURSES / WORKSHOPS / CERTIFICATES: June 2016 May 2016 July 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 Games for Engaging Learning (GEL) Network: Sensory-motor, Perceptual Learning and Training (SPLAT) Workshop, MIT Frequency Following Response Workshop, Boston University Human Brain Anatomy workshop at Neurocourses UK International Max Planck Research School on Neuroscience of Communication Summer School (IMPRS NeuroCom) SPM for EEG/MEG and fmri/vbm/pet short courses at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging University College London Institute of Neurology 13 th Annual Course in Neuroradiology & Functional Neuroanatomy
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Society for Neuroscience Neurobiology of Language Cognitive Neuroscience Society Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society: inducted 2012 Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology: inducted 2010 Golden Key International Honour Society: inducted 2009 PUBLICATIONS Meekings, S., Evans, S., Lavan, N., Boebinger, D., Krieger-Redwood, K., Cooke, M., & Scott, S.K. (2016). Distinct neural systems recruited when speech production is modulated by different masking sounds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(8), 8-19. doi: 10.1121/1.4948587 Lima, C.F., Lavan, N., Evans, S., Agnew, Z., Halpern, A.R., Shanmugalingam, P., Meekings, S., Boebinger, D., Ostarek, M., McGettigan, C., Warren, J.E., Scott, S.K. (2015). Feel the Noise: Relating individual differences in auditory imagery to the structure and function of sensorimotor systems. Cerebral Cortex, 25(11), 4638-4650. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv134 Meekings, S., Boebinger, D., Evans, S., Lima, C.F., Chen, S., Ostarek, M., Scott, S.K. (2015). Do we know what we re saying? The roles of attention and sensory information during speech production. Psychological Science. doi:10.1177/0956797614563766 Boebinger, D., Evans, S., Rosen, S., Lima, C.F., Manly, T., Scott, S.K. (2015). Musicians and nonmusicians are equally adept at perceiving masked speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137 (1), 378-387. doi: 10.1121/1.4904537 Evans, S., Meekings, S., Nuttall, H. E., Jasmin, K., Boebinger, D., Adank, P., Scott, S. K. (2014). Does musical enrichment enhance the neural coding of syllables? Neuroscientific interventions and the importance of behavior data, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8(964). doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00964 Evans, S., McGettigan, C., Agnew, Z., Rosen, S., Lima, C.F, Boebinger, D, Ostarek, M., Chen, S., Richards, S., Meekings, S., Scott, S.K. (2014). The neural basis of informational and energetic masking effects in the perception and production of speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136(4), 2243. doi: 10.1121/1.4900096 CONFERENCE POSTERS Hiroya, S., Jasmin, K., Evans, S., Krishnan, S., Lima, C., Ostarek, M., Boebinger, D., Scott, S.K. (August, 2016). Speech rhythm measure of non-native speech using a statistical phonemic duration model. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference, London, UK. McDermott, J.H., Popham, S., Boebinger, D. (May, 2016). The role of harmonic spectral structure in speech segregation. Poster presented at the Acoustical Society of America Spring Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Lima, C., Lavan, N., Evans, S., Agnew, Z., Halpern, A., Shanmugalingam, P., Meekings, S., Boebinger, D., Ostarek, M., McGettigan, C., Warren, J., Scott, S.K. (November, 2015). Feel the noise: Individual differences in perceived vividness of auditory imagery are reflected in human brain structure. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference, Chicago, IL. Hiroya, S., Jasmin, K., Evans, S., Krishnan, S., Ostarek, M. Boebinger, D., Scott, S.K. (October, 2015). Effects of speaking rhythm naturalness on the neural basis of speech perception. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Chicago, IL. Chen, S.H., Evans, S., Lima, C., Demnitz, N., Boebinger, D., Scott, S.K. (November, 2014). Perceptual and physiological differences between genuine and posed emotional vocalizations. Poster
presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference, Washington DC. Chen, S.H., Evans, S., Lima, C., Demnitz, N., Boebinger, D., Scott, S.K. (August, 2014). Perceptual and physiological differences between genuine and posed emotional vocalizations. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Evans, S., Boebinger, D., Lima, C., Rosen, S., Ostarek, M., Richards, A., McGettigan, C., Agnew, Z., Scott, S.K. (November, 2014). Compensatory mechanisms for processing speech in noise in older adults. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference, Washington DC. Evans, S., Boebinger, D., Lima, C., Rosen, S., Ostarek, M., Richards, A., McGettigan, C., Agnew, Z., Scott, S.K. (August, 2014). Compensatory mechanisms for processing speech in noise in older adults. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Boebinger, D., Evans, S., Rosen, S., Scott, S.K. (May, 2014). Perception of speech in noise and other maskers by musicians and non-musicians. Poster presented at the Neuromusic V conference, Dijon, France. Boebinger, D. Lima, C., Evans, S., Rosen, S., Scott, S.K. (November, 2013). Perception of speech in noise and other maskers by musicians and non-musicians. Poster presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Diego, CA. Boebinger, D. Lima, C., Evans, S., Rosen, S., Scott, S.K. (November, 2013). Perception of speech in noise and other maskers by musicians and non-musicians. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA. Boebinger, D. Lima, C., Evans, S., Rosen, S., Scott, S.K. (July, 2013). Perception of speech in noise and other maskers by musicians and non-musicians. Poster presented at the International Max Planck Research School on Neuroscience of Communication Summer School, Leipzig, Germany. Boebinger, D. Giacosa, C., Hyde, K.L., Penhune, V.B. (August, 2012). Structural Brain Correlates of Dance Performance in Dancers. Poster presented at the NSERC-Create Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience summer workshop, Montréal, Canada. Boebinger, D., Cappendijk, S.L.T. (September, 2010). The design of nicotinic therapeutic treatments in the zebra finch without the occurrence of addiction. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award Symposium, Tallahassee, FL. REFERENCES Professor Sophie K. Scott Professor Michael P. Kaschak Professor Virginia Penhune Professor Clifford Madsen Deputy Director, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Group Leader, Speech Communication Laboratory University College London sophie.scott@ucl.ac.uk 011 44 020 7679 1144 Associate Professor of Psychology Cognitive Psychology Area Director Florida State University kaschak@psy.fsu.edu 850-644-9363 Associate Professor of Psychology Concordia University virginia.penhune@concordia.ca 514-848-2424 ext.7535 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Center for Music Research Coordinator of Music Education / Music Therapy Florida State University cmadsen@fsu.edu 850-644-3554