HEARING Teaming Profiles
This page is designed to help facilitate connections between prospective proposers, which ARPA-H anticipates will be necessary to achieve the goals of the Hearing Enhancement through ARtificially Intelligent NeurotechnoloGy (HEARING) program. Prospective performers are encouraged (but not required) to form teams with varied technical expertise to submit a proposal.
If either you or your organization are interested in teaming, please create a profile via the ARPA-H Solutions site linked below. Your details will then be added to this page, which is publicly available.
Please note that by publishing the teaming profiles list, ARPA-H is not endorsing, sponsoring, or otherwise evaluating the qualifications of the individuals or organizations included here. Submissions to the teaming profiles list are reviewed and updated periodically.
HEARING Teaming Profiles
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| Claus-Peter Richter | Northwestern Univeristy | cri529@northwestern.edu | Chicago and Evanston, IL | Northwestern University, research includes cochlear hair cell biomarkers, laser-based implants, drug-driven nerve protection and regeneration, hidden hearing loss, and speech - music neuroscience. Northwestern Medicine offers cochlear implant robotic surgery. BMI work focuses on restoring function after neurological injury and leads with wireless optogenetic brain interfaces and 3D neural organoid scaffolds. It also advances closed loop systems approach. | Despite our strong expertise across all three Tasks, we are seeking opportunities to further strengthen our team in all areas. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Nicholas Lesica | UCL Ear Institute | lesica@gmail.com | London | My research team uses deep learning and in vivo electrophysiology in small animal models to develop improved signal processing for hearing devices. We use closed-loop frameworks to train neural networks to process sound in a manner that restores auditory neural coding to normal after hearing loss. | Expertise with large animal models, clinical trials, and hardware. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Anqi Zhang | California Institute of Technology | anqizhang@caltech.edu | Pasadena, CA | My lab develops minimally invasive neuroelectronic technologies. Our primary platform is an ultraflexible endovascular neural probe (Science, 2023, 381, 306-312), capable of recording from sub-100-micron cortical vessels. We are currently expanding this platform to include stimulation, chronic implantation stability, and navigation to deeper vascular targets relevant to human cortical interfacing. | We seek partners with expertise in (1) wearable bioelectronics for wireless power delivery, bidirectional data telemetry, and real-time audio processing (TA2), and (2) auditory neural decoding and encoding algorithms, auditory attention decoding from intracranial recordings, closed-loop auditory BCI, and clinical audiology with access to neurosurgical patients (TA3). Experience with FDA regulatory pathways and clinical trials for neural devices is valued. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Phil Grayeski | KdT Ventures | phil@kdtvc.com | Durham, NC | KdT is an early-stage pre-seed, seed biotech venture capital firm investing at intersections of computation and biology to enable next-gen therapeutics. | We are looking to invest in early stage companies solving challenges in hearing loss. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Hamid Djalilian | University of California Irvine | otology@gmail.com | Irvine, CA | Our team has expertise in developing novel solutions for tinnitus and hearing loss. We have otologist neurotologists, auditory neuroscientists, signal processing expertise, and have performed clinical trials with novel devices. | We are seeking expertise with artificial intelligence and microelectronics. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Joseph Cohn | Accelint AI | navycohn10@gmail.com | Falls Church, VA | ACCELINT AI (formerly SoarTech) develops AI-enabled cognitive and neurobehavioral systems that infer human intent, workload, attention, and performance from multimodal physiological and behavioral data. Within HEARING, our focus would center on TA3 closed-loop auditory decoding and personalization algorithms, integrating neural signals, adaptive AI, real-time inference, and human-centered evaluation to restore speech understanding and reduce cognitive burden in complex acoustic environments. | We seek partners with expertise in implantable minimally invasive biocompatible neural interface delivery, hearing-device engineering, FDA neurodevice regulatory strategy. Additional areas of partnering include neurosurgical access methods, and scalable medical-grade manufacturing for implantable and wearable hearing systems. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Francis Wong | Auricle Health Inc | francis@auricle.com | Mountain View, CA | Auricle Health is a neurotech company developing an extracochlear system to restore hearing in patients who no longer benefit from acoustic hearing aids but are not prepared to make the jump to an intracochlear implant. | We're looking for partners to help us in our journey. Expertise in audiometric testing, simulation modeling, signal processing (especially in neurostimulation applications) and pre-clinical testing would be highly valued. We're also looking for clinical partners to help us test and develop our device. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Tal Bar-Or | Altina | tal@altina.co | New York City, NY | Altina develops AI-powered hearing eyewear designed to improve speech understanding and conversational engagement in noisy real-world environments. Our research focus areas include wearable audio capture and delivery, microphone and speaker integration in eyewear, low-latency speech enhancement, user experience and adoption for hearing-support devices, and manufacturable external wearable form factors. | Altina is seeking teaming partners with complementary expertise in auditory neuroscience, clinical audiology, neurotechnology and BCI systems, wireless power and communication, regulatory strategy, and clinical translation. We are especially interested in teams where Altina could contribute the external wearable sound-modulation interface, real-world hearing use cases, user experience, manufacturability, and adoption-focused design. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| June Lee, MD, PhD | National Society of Medical Scientists (NSMS) | Dr.JuneLee@nsmsusa.org | Bethesda, MD | NSMS Team 26 specializes in advanced AI neuroprocessing and clinical-regulatory strategy for brain-computer interfaces. Our core focus is TA3 software development, specifically real-time neural decoding of listener intent and generative signal modeling to restore speech-in-noise perception. We are experts in rapid personalization and autonomous drift correction. Additionally, our lead experts manage FDA engagement (IDE IND) and first-in-human trial oversight. | We seek a Neuro-Robotics Partner to lead TA1 hardware and robotic delivery. Partners must possess expertise in minimally invasive procedures (e.g., endovascular or trans nasal) to access the auditory cortex without a craniotomy. Key deliverables include high-density intracortical arrays and a wearable hub capable of wireless power transfer and bidirectional data streaming unidirectional latency. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Gunnar Quass | UW Madison | gquass@wisc.edu | Madison, WI | The A²I Lab wholistically focuses on unconventional approaches in hearing rehabilitation - novel electrodes, stimulation strategies, and diagnostic ways. We specialize in biohybrid electrode engineering and electrophysiological neuron population recordings in rodents using a cochlear implant model in mice and rats. | We are seeking partners in human electrophysiology (EEG, fNIRS) that complement our rodent brain activity studies with relevant human data. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Stephen Simons | Teledyne Scientific | ssimons197830@gmail.com | Durham, NC | Teledyne Intelligent Systems Lab is an applied neuroscience group that focuses on advanced brain computer interface development. We have extensive experience as system integrators for low latency closed-loop systems, and in the development of artificial intelligence algorithms working on neural data. Performers on DARPA N3, INI, RAM Replay programs with similarly ambitious goals and timelines. | We are open to roles as either the prime contractor in a systems integration role, or a more limited subcontractor role providing closed-loop algorithms. In a prime role, we are looking for partners with intracortical devices (TA1) and wireless power hubs (TA2). | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Zhenhua Tian | Virginia Tech | tianz@vt.edu | Blacksburg, VA | The Functional Materials and Acoustics Lab at Virginia Tech has a long history of acoustic research. The lab has developed (1) um- to-cm-scale acoustic metamaterials for wave modulation, (2) wireless acoustic sensors, and (3) micro-fabricated and 3D printed piezoelectric acoustic sensors. We have state-of-the-art facilities: Head and Torso Simulator, Impedance tubes, Anechoic chamber, microphones, Polytec Laser Vibrometer to measure waves in skull and tissue, and acoustic field scanning system. | Joining a team seeking expertise in acoustics. Tian is an expert in acoustic metamaterials, wearable wireless acoustic devices, acoustic cell stimulation, and transcranial acoustic wave delivery. Tian has received an NSF CAREER Award in acoustic research, and NIH, NASA, DOE funding for acoustic device development. Tian is serving as the Chair of the Acoustics and Vibration Track at ASME IMECE, largest ASME conference, and Secretary of the ASME Noise Control and Acoustics Division. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Chong Xie | Rice university | xiechong@gmail.com | Houston, TX | Implanted neural electrodes and integration with ASICs and electronics. | Hearing neuroscience and physiology. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Daniel Polley | Massachusetts Eye and Ear | Daniel_Polley@MEEI.HARVARD.EDU | Boston, MA | My lab studies how hearing loss reshapes auditory cortical circuits and perception. We investigate mechanisms of cortical disinhibition, central gain, and internally generated noise in mice and humans, and develop interventions to restore stable sound processing. We combine auditory neuroscience, behavior, biomarkers, and rehabilitation tools to reverse maladaptive plasticity after hearing loss. | I am seeking teams developing intracortical devices, adaptive sound processing, or auditory read-write algorithms who view cortical plasticity as central to success. Device and algorithm performance will be necessary but not sufficient: users must learn to map new neural inputs onto stable percepts. My group can contribute auditory cortical physiology, plasticity mechanisms, speech-in-noise assessment, biomarkers of listening effort and neuromodulation, and audiomotor training strategies. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Grant Searchfield | The University of Auckland | grantsearchfield@gmail.com | Auckland | Our research focuses on tinnitus and auditory neuroscience, including perceptual and cognitive mechanisms, EEG biomarkers, and digital therapeutics. We develop and evaluate clinically applicable tools, including AI-assisted decision support and patient-centred interventions, with an emphasis on real-world outcomes, translational impact, and equitable delivery of hearing care. | We seek partners with expertise in neuroengineering, intracortical interfaces, signal processing, and AI,ML for auditory decoding and modulation. We are particularly interested in collaborators who can develop neural sensing and stimulation technologies, advanced algorithms, and wearable or implantable systems to integrate with our strengths in EEG biomarkers, tinnitus, and human-centered validation. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Julia Komissarchik | Glendor, Inc | julia@glendor.com | Draper, UT | Glendor is on a mission to safeguard patient privacy while accelerating medical innovation. With its automated, at-source, at-scale PHI detection technology, Glendor enables healthcare data custodians to share and aggregate multimodal medical data —advancing clinical research, AI model training, and real-world evidence generation without compromising patients’ privacy. Glendor’s customers include government, hospitals, lab networks, pharmaceuticals, AI companies, and medical data lakes. | We provide PHI detection & de-id software solution. In particular we focus on handling audio and video data as well as other medical data modalities. In particular we focus on handling audio and video data as well as other medical data modalities. We are looking for partners who would like to protect their patient's privacy while working with patients and collaborating with other organizations PHI Sanitizer can be used standalone or to augment existing workflow. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Zhiyao Duan | University of Rochester Audio Information Research Lab | zhiyao.duan@rochester.edu | Rochester, NY | Computer audition, audio machine learning, audio signal processing, audio representation learning, source separation, speech enhancement, speech synthesis, music information retrieval, audio-visual processing | Auditory neuroscience, biomedical research, wet lab | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Walter Voit | UT Dallas | walter.voit@gmail.com | Dallas, TX, TX | More than 100 publications in thin film electronics for neuromodulation including long history with DARPA programs. TA1 focus to build and validate intracortical devices and compare against SOA. Spinout companies Qualia Oto and Qualia Labs have helped mature university capabilities to high TRL. | TA2 and TA3 performers. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Shadi Dayeh | UC San Diego | sdayeh@ucsd.edu | San Diego, CA | We develop FDA IDE-enabled, high-density neural interfaces for recording and stimulation across cortical, deep-brain, spinal, and visual pathways. Our ecosystem spans GMP-compatible neurotechnology fabrication, PtNR and microSEEG platforms, implantable electronics, large-animal studies, and human clinical trials for mapping, neuromodulation, sensory restoration, and closed-loop neuroprostheses. | We seek partners with complementary expertise in auditory neuroscience, speech-in-noise algorithms, and cortical decoding. We are especially interested in teams advancing brain-driven hearing, closed-loop sound modulation. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Brice Bathellier | CNRS - Institut de l'Audition | brice.bathellier@gmail.com | Paris, France | Auditory cortex neurophysiology in mice. Artificial intelligence. Auditory cortex implant prototype. | Neurosurgeons for first in human tests in intraoperative settings | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Guillaume Duret | Rice Univesity | gd4@rice.edu | Houston, TX | Our lab engineers millimeter-scale implantable neurostimulation devices targeting cortical structures. Our focus is miniaturization: integrating recording, stimulation, and wireless communication into sub-mm form factors using advanced IC design, flexible substrates, and wireless power. We deliver bidirectional neural interfaces capable of chronic, stable operation for long-term implantation, robust signal acquisition, and closed-loop control. | We seek labs with complementary expertise in auditory neuroscience and signal processing. Specifically, we seek collaborators with experience in auditory cortex neurophysiology, tonotopic mapping, and auditory pathway targets, cortical signal decoding and encoding algorithms, and validation of auditory stimulation paradigms. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Whitney Weidrick | SimplifyAndThrive | whitneyweidrick@gmail.com | Delanco, NJ | Dual-configuration nanoswarm drug delivery platform for implant-compatible precision medicine. Acoustic steering via focused ultrasound for implant-positive patients. Swarm AI coordination layer. Payload-agnostic architecture applicable to gene therapy, regenerative medicine, and neuromodulation. Provisional patent 64-060,898 filed May 2026. | Seeking university or research institution with expertise in neuroscience, audiology, neuromodulation, or biomedical engineering to serve as co-investigator. Partner gains funding and publication credit. IP remains with inventor. Open to hospital systems and national labs with relevant technical capabilities. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Sameer Sonkusale | Tufts University | Sameer.Sonkusale@tufts.edu | Boston, MA | The Sonkusale Research Lab at Tufts University develops wearable, flexible and transdermal bioelectronic systems for continuous physiological monitoring and closed loop therapy We can contribute to TA2 as a wearable dynamic sound-modulator, with additional support for TA1 and TA3 system integration. We can help develop practical, low-burden body-worn hardware that supports wireless communication and power transfer with neural interfaces, embedded signal processing and closed-loop functionality. | We seek collaborators in auditory neuroscience, minimally invasive auditory-cortex interfaces, auditory BCI algorithms, neurotechnology, clinical audiology with auditory cortical read and write algorithms. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Dennis Sylvester | University of Michigan | dmcs@umich.edu | Ann Arbor, MI | Jointly with colleagues at Michigan we have developed custom ASICs for a range of miniaturized biomedical applications such as pressure monitoring in tumors and sub-mm scale neural recording and stimulation devices. Focus is on ultra-low power circuits and power management including optical and RF data and power transmission techniques. We also have expertise in embedded machine learning algorithms for voice activity detection and keyword spotting that can be readily extended to HEARING specs. | Seeking partners on the TA1 side, packaging for TA2, domain expertise in medicine for TA3 algorithm guidance, and clinical protocol experts. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Nitin Joshi | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School | njoshi@bwh.harvard.edu | Boston, MA | Our laboratory develops bio-intelligent materials and minimally invasive delivery technologies for targeted interfacing with biological systems. Current research areas include barrier-penetrating delivery platforms, with a specific focus on minimally invasive delivery to the brain and nervous system, including nose-to-brain and systemic-to-brain targeting approaches. | We are interested in collaborating with teams developing minimally invasive neural interfaces, auditory neurotechnologies, brain-computer interfaces, wireless neuromodulation systems, and auditory decoding and stimulation algorithms. Relevant expertise areas include auditory neuroscience, cortical interfacing, minimally invasive neurotechnology delivery, large-animal validation, and clinical hearing restoration for integrated translational platforms. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Michael Barkasi | Washington University in St. Louis | barkasi@wustl.edu | St Louis, MO | Creation of a digital twin of the mammalian auditory cortex, with emphasis on circuits for speech extraction. | Would like to join another team as part of TA3. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Jack Noble | Vanderbilt University | jack.noble@vanderbilt.edu | Nashville, TN | Vanderbilt brings expertise in in-ear and wearable biosensing, implantable bioelectronics, wireless power and communication, BCI signal processing, AI and digital twins for personalized neuromodulation, animal auditory-cortex read-write studies, minimally invasive surgical planning and guidance, otolaryngology, hearing and speech science, audiology, and trustworthy closed-loop systems. | We seek partners with mature minimally invasive auditory-cortical interface read-write hardware, acoustic hearing-aid or hearable sound-modulation technology, implantable and wearable wireless power and telemetry, FDA device commercialization and regulatory experience, and complementary preclinical and clinical validation capabilities. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Samuel Parker | RTX BBN Technologies | sparker@bbn.com | Middletown, RI | Real-time acoustic signal processing, control systems, embedded electronics | Intracortical stimulation, clinical trials | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Amy Loveland | MedStar Health Research Institute | smithamy1978@gmail.com | Columbia, MD | MedStar Health is a 10-hospital system serving Baltimore and Washington, DC, with a unified IRB and extensive clinical research infrastructure across 300+ care sites, 9 ERs, and 85 zip codes. Its research arm, MHRI, supports 1,000+ studies with 1,500+ research personnel and expertise in health equity, data science, and underserved populations, with national leadership in minority recruitment for NIH clinical trials. | We're able to be the clinical and research partner for an organization that has the appropriate technological components but does not have access to a ready and diverse patient population in which to conduct clinical trials. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Patrick Mercier | UCSD Center for Wearable Sensors | pmercier@ucsd.edu | La Jolla, CA | We hold world records for the most energy-efficienct neurostimulator chip every built, the most densely-integrated neural recording chip every built, and the highest-performing neural recording front-end chip ever built. | We are looking to apply our unique chip technologies to meet the needs of this program. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Xuan Wang | Virginia Tech | lilybiology2010@gmail.com | Blacksburg, VA | Our research group at Virginia Tech Computer Science develops trustworthy and scalable AI systems for healthcare and scientific discovery, with expertise in multimodal foundation models, large language models, and clinical AI. Current work includes multimodal learning, AI agents, digital twins, EEG and BCI modeling, and trustworthy AI for healthcare. Representative work includes EEG2Text: Open Vocabulary EEG-to-Text Translation with Multi-View Transformer. | We are interested in joining multidisciplinary teams as a technical lead for AI and machine learning algorithm development and multimodal intelligent systems, particularly as a collaborating research partner. We seek partners in healthcare, neurotechnology, sensing systems, hearing science, wearable devices, and clinical deployment with access to relevant clinical populations, datasets, or real world evaluation environments. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Tianmin Shu | Johns Hopkins University | shutianmin@gmail.com | Baltimore, MD | My group, the Social Cognitive AI Lab at Johns Hopkins University, develops assistive AI systems that understand, support, and adapt to people. We focus on modeling human mental states—such as goals, beliefs, intentions, needs, and emotions—from multimodal inputs, including vision, language, and audio. Based on these inferences, we enable AI systems to provide proactive, personalized assistance while continually learning from human feedback and interaction. | Experts in BCI, auditory devices, and clinical studies. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Tania Rinaldi Barkat | University of Basel | tania.rinaldi.barkat@gmail.com | Basel, Switzerland | We are using cortical implants in mice to stimulate the auditory cortex directly and compare perceptual performances of this approach with cochlear implants. | An ideal teaming partner would help us bring our new neuroprosthetic approach to humans. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Psyche Loui | Northeastern University | p.loui@northeastern.edu | Boston, MA | Auditory perception and cognition, auditory attention, sustained attention, cognitive neuroscience, neurotechnology, music and brain health | Industry partners with experience as incubators | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Martin Han | Cornerstone Neuroscience LLC | martin.han@cornerstone-neuro.com | Boston, MA | Our team has developed implantable 3D microelectrode arrays and electronics for the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN) and inferior colliculus (IC), using a hybrid penetrating and surface electrode design enabling precise stimulation and recording at brainstem and midbrain levels. Validated in chronic feline models with amplitude modulation encoding and temporal coding benchmarks. Currently pursuing FDA Humanitarian Use Device designation for profound hearing loss. | Our VCN-IC arrays sit at the midpoint of the auditory pathway, providing Phase 1 chronic animal validation required by HEARING: ear → VCN-IC (acoustically evoked recording and or electrical stimulation) → TA1 cortical device, and TA1 cortical stimulation → VCN-IC recording. Our team includes an ENT surgeon and central auditory prosthetics experts. Seeking teams with minimally invasive TA1 device, TA2 modulator, and or TA3 algorithms. Open to prime or sub role. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Irving Weinberg | Weinberg Medical Holdings | inweinberg@gmail.com | Rockville, MD | We build particle-based non-invasive brain machine interfaces, with read and write capability. | I am looking for partners to conduct preclinical and first-in-human studies. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Daniel Tollin | University of Colorado School of Medicine | hornbosteldjt@gmail.com | Aurora, CO | Our research focuses on auditory neuroscience and translational hearing science, emphasizing binaural, spatial hearing, brainstem and cortical mechanisms of sound localization, auditory development and aging, speech-in-noise perception, objective biomarkers such as ABR, BIC, IPM-FR and sFFR, and development of improved diagnostics and hearing-device strategies. | We seek partners with expertise in AI, ML hearing algorithms, high-density cortical monitoring, clinical trials, device engineering, cochlear implants, hearing aids, data integration, and commercialization. Our program is strong in auditory mechanisms and biomarkers but needs added capacity in real-time closed-loop systems, scalable engineering, regulatory pathways, and industry translation. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Arto Nurmikko | Brown University | arto_nurmikko@brown.edu | Providence, RI | 1) Application of intracortical microelectrode arrays for recording and decoding of speech from the auditory cortex in non-human primates Nat Commun Biol 2, 466, 2019 2) Development of wireless networks of microchips for large scale cortical recording and patterned microstimulation. Nat Comm 15, 10093, 2024, Nat Electron 7, 313–324, 2024 3) Development of deep spiking neural networks for neural decoding. Proc IEEE Conf Comp Vision and Pattern Recognition 5153-5164, 2025 | Translational expertise of wireless microchip implants for auditory prostheses | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| NITISH THAKOR | Johns Hopkins University | thakorjhu@gmail.com | Baltimore, MD | Our team at Johns Hopkins University has expertise in neurotechnology, hearing sciences, signal analysis, machine learning, and the clinical testing of medical devices. Our team will include neurologists, Otolaryngologists, and Neurosurgeons with the needed experimental and clinical expertise. Our team also includes biomedical engineers with device development expertise and electrical engineers with signal processing and machine learning expertise. | We seek partnerships with federal or non-federal research labs that have expertise in organizing and managing large-scale team projects, as well as with industry partners that build clinical-grade devices. We also seek to partner with developers of embedded systems, ASICs, and micro-package designers and developers to join our team. We welcome collaboration with biomedical engineers and hearing researchers who have complementary expertise in speech and hearing sciences. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Jesse Bonfeld | SCHOTT North America, Inc. | jesse.bonfeld@us.schott.com | Duryea, PA | SCHOTT North America, Inc. focuses on the development of glass and glass ceramic materials and components for use in human implantable applications. We have extensive experience in developing novel solutions for challenging use cases supporting positive medical outcomes. | SCHOTT is looking to team with partners who can work with us to define specific performance requirements and integrate a novel material or component solution into a fully functional assembly. In addition, we are looking for a partner who is fully knowledgeable of the applicable regulatory requirements, as well as one who currently operates in the target market for the solution goal of this opportunity. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Robert Wegner | BoldWit & Company, LLC, DBA BW&CO | robert@bwcoconsulting.com | Houston, TX | BW&CO Consulting helps emerging technology companies secure and execute non-dilutive funding from federal agencies, state programs, foundations, and strategic public-sector partners. BW&CO supports clients across the full funding lifecycle, including opportunity identification, funding strategy, proposal development, stakeholder outreach, submission support, and post-award positioning. | BW&CO brings a systematic, data-informed approach. Rather than relying only on individual consultant experience, BW&CO applies lessons learned from 3,000+ funded proposals representing $3B+ in awards. This gives clients pattern recognition across agencies, technical domains, review criteria, and award pathways. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Kasia Bieszczad | Rutgers University | kasia.bie@rutgers.edu | New Brunswick, NJ | Our research team seeks to engineer methods for durable, individualized enhancement of signal extraction in noisy real-world environments by leveraging biologically informed plasticity mechanisms in neuromorphic materials. We do so from a systems neuroscience and bioengineering perspective. | We seek partners with interests in developing algorithms and the computations behind the devices that can optimize their function. In addition, we seek partners for commercialization and implementation into health services research domains. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Robert Froemke | NYU Grossman School of Medicine | robert.froemke@med.nyu.edu | New York, NY | We and our collaborators in the neuroscience, otolaryngology, and neurosurgery departments here at NYU Langone perform studies of auditory processing and plasticity including in deaf subjects with cochlear implants, in both humans and rodent models. We have two decades of expertise and many publications in non-invasive and invasive methods for monitoring, manipulating, and improving cortical auditory processing and behavior. | Auditory engineers or a secondary site for studies of minimally-invasive implantations and improvement of function. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Jamal Williams | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | jamalawilliams@gmail.com | Cambridge, MA | I work in the computational audition lab at MIT where we use state-of-the-art machine learning methods to better understand hearing and hearing loss. My research specifically focuses on music perception and cognition. | We are seeking collaborators that either perform basic research on auditory perception and auditory neuroscience or collaborators from the industry sector involved in developing technologies for improving hearing loss. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Samarendra Mohanty | Nanoscope Technologies LLC | samarendramohanty@gmail.com | Bedford, TX | Sonogenetic Modulation, and Imaging with Adaptive Transcranial Beamforming, Holographic Field Synthesis, Neuromorphic Event-Driven Processing, for Brain-Computer Interface Applications. | Patient Advocacy group, Clinical site partner, hardware manufacturer, software integrator | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Partha Deb | Triple Ring Technologies | partha.ppd2@gmail.com | Newark, CA | Triple Ring is a leading partner in science-driven medtech. Our experienced interdisciplinary team advances cutting edge tech in academia & industry through product dev for FDA approval. With a strong ARPA-H record, we offer HW & SW engineering & manufacturing support. As system integrator we can prototype, miniaturize and deliver a FDA compliant implantable with ISO 13485 QMS design controls & risk management, drive FDA engagement, IDE, support pre-clinical & clinical, PM & commercialization. | We partner with innovators to solve tough problems, launch breakthrough products, and create new businesses. We are looking to team with individual technical performers from academia or industry who can provide deep expertise in their technical areas but need technical support to prototype, test, and integrate their specific technology with other aspects of the program into a fully functioning system. We can provide QMS support and FDA directed product development to commercialization pathways. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Jose Valenzuela del Rio | Siemens | jose.valenzuela-del-rio@siemens.com | Princeton, NJ | 1) System-level executable digital twin&simulation, 2) virtual prototype of components, and 3) simulation environment modeling to enable algorithm development and rapid testing under realistic environments and personalization constraints. | Partners with experience in neuroscience, neural interface, and auditory BCI innovation. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Sarah Bakst | SRI | sarah.bakst@sri.com | Menlo Park, CA | SRI is a not-for-profit research institute with expertise in speech technology, AI, neuroscience, and applied physics. Dozens of government agencies use SRI's OLIVE platform to work with speech, including in the noisy, overlapping, and reverberant environments relevant to HEARING. SRI also brings expertise in neurofunctional imaging and a suite of capabilities for building and integrating hardware and software. | We welcome partners with expertise in neuroscience research for TA1 and (or) the read & (or) stimulation algorithm development for TA3. We also seek collaboration with commercial audiology leaders (hearing aids, cochlear implants) to facilitate testing, validation, and market transition, alongside experts in hardware development. SRI values teams committed to FDA-aligned development, who possess the agility and ARPA experience required to successfully execute high-impact breakthrough research. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |