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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nate Greene | Applied Research Associates Inc. | nathaniel.t.greene@gmail.com | Littleton, CO | The Acoustics group at ARA supports work in acoustic system evaluation, development, and deployment in support of field test activities and prototyping. In coordination with our Rapid Prototyping facilities, commercial and custom sound sources are evaluated and integrated to meet end-user specifications. | Our organization is seeking teaming partners with expertise in implantable medical device design and development, as well as surgical partners. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Arindam Sanyal | Arizona State University | arindam.sanyal@asu.edu | Tempe, AZ | Microelectronics, integrated circuits, machine learning hardware | Neuroscience expertise | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Arindam Sanyal | Arizona State University | arindam.sanyal@asu.edu | Tempe, AZ | Microelectronics, integrated circuits, machine learning hardware | expertise in neuroscience, auditory expert, brain-human interface | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), 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 |
| Philip Ashton-Rickardt | BE Therapeutics | wyndham@betherapeutics.com | New York City, NY | BE Therapeutics is a tissue engineering biotech venture that is building a novel stem cell derived cortical tissue graft for treating patients with a variety of diseases and disorders of the neocortex, including chronic stroke. By using our novel proprietary biomaterial technology to structure our stem cell derived cortical cell types, we can build a tissue graft that emulates developmental neocortical tissue for restoring function to patients who have sustained brain damage. | We are interested in integrating our technology into biohybrid devices - we would be interested in partnering with other teams who are working on TA1, TA2, and TA3. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Philip Ashton-Rickardt | BE Therapeutics | wyndham@betherapeutics.com | New York City, NY | BE Therapeutics is a tissue engineering biotech venture that is building a novel stem cell derived cortical tissue graft for treating patients with a variety of diseases and disorders of the neocortex, including chronic stroke. By using our novel proprietary biomaterial technology to structure our stem cell derived cortical cell types, we can build a tissue graft that emulates developmental neocortical tissue for restoring function to patients who have sustained brain damage. | We are interested in integrating our technology into a biohybrid device as the biological component. We would be interesting in partnering with a team working on TA1, TA2, or TA3. | 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 |
| Tim Phillips | BridgeSource Medical | tphillips@bridgesourcemedical.com | Austin, TX | BridgeSource Medical is a small business focused on early- and mid-stage medical device research and development. Our team has extensive experience developing novel electronic systems used in diagnostic, therapeutics, and continuous monitoring of medical conditions. We are proficient in hardware, firmware, and software, which allows us to prototype and rapidly iterate complex devices. | We are seeking partners with expertise in auditory processing, hearing science, or relevant clinical experience. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Arpan Desai | CamGene Therapeutics Limited | arpan.desai@camgenetx.com | CAMBRIDGE | CamGene Therapeutics focuses on developing RNA-based medicines to treat hearing loss by addressing its root cellular causes. The company uses RNA modalities delivered via lipid nanoparticles to regenerate and protect cochlear cells. Its research includes inner-ear targeted delivery systems, combination protein therapies, and translational approaches to move from surgical delivery to scalable treatments | CamGene Therapeutics is seeking strategic partners to co-develop an advanced, smart bioelectronic hearing therapy. We are looking for neural engineering partners with neural decoding and encoding software platforms and high fidelity data capture hardware, as well as cochlear implant manufacturers or medical device innovators. Ideally, partners should have experience building closed loop, data driven adaptive systems to optimize delivery and track functional nerve recovery. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Christopher Cederroth | CHUV | cederrothcr@gmail.com | Lausanne | We are investigating in rodents the ability of subdural ECoG to restore hearing in deaf animals. | We are seeking experts in AI to improve speech in noise performance. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| 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 |
| Mingoo Seok | Columbia University | ms4415@columbia.edu | New York, NY | Our team’s focus is on designing ultra-low-energy AI microcontrollers (MCUs). We have prototyped two generations of custom MCUs based on digital in-memory computing (IMC) and RISC-V. The latest generation, called EPIC, achieves the best energy efficiency and latency, outperforming the prior best by over 20 times. EPIC is also the first AI MCU to support on-chip model fine-tuning (online learning) and on-chip inference. We are eager to develop an EPIC-based system-on-chip to support TA2’s goal. | We are seeking potential teaming partners, primarily in TA1: intracortical devices. We are eager to co-develop the energy-efficient power and data-transfer interfaces between the intracortical devices and the dynamic sound modulator. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| 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 |
| Nitin Tandon | Dept of Neurosurgery, UT Health Houston | Nitin.Tandon@uth.tmc.edu | Houston, TX | We are experts in recording and modulating human neural signals using a variety of electrodes - ECoG, SEEG and Neuropixels. We have developed methods to synergize data across individuals, implement transfer learning algorithms and designed models to determine network state transitions, that occur in attentional switch between speakers. We have developed a 128 channel SEEG style laminar probe that is undergoing large animal testing and FDE IDE approval for semi-chronic recordings in humans | Our biggest goal is to partner with devices that are optimized for neuromodulation in non invasive or invasive formats and with experts in auditory physiology. Happy to have conversations! | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Lia Bonacci | Draper | liabonacci28@outlook.com | Cambridge, MA | Draper is a non-profit R&D company with relevant expertise in acoustics, signal processing, AI&ML, electronics, system miniaturization, and bioengineering. Our acoustics group develops sensors and algorithms for detection, classification, and localization of sound as well as for active noise control. Our bioengineers have capabilities in human-system integration and bioelectronics. We are experienced in large program management and have rapid prototyping and small-batch production facilities. | We seek TA1 and TA3 partners with expertise in intracortical devices, neural stimulation, and auditory neuroscience. We seek TA1 teams with methods to augment the neural representation of auditory objects via neural stimulation. We seek TA3 partners to help obtain neural signatures that reliably reflect attended sound sources in listeners with hearing loss. Draper can provide signal processing and algorithm development for TA2&TA3 and electronics, packaging, and integration for all three areas. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Jonathan Viventi | Duke University | jviventi@tneuro.com | Durham, NC | We develop and translate high-density neural interface technologies for recording and stimulating the brain. Our work spans flexible LCP thin-film electrode arrays, high-density microECoG and SEEG devices, scalable recording and stimulation electronics, signal-processing algorithms, and clinical studies for epilepsy, functional mapping, brain-computer interfaces, and closed-loop neuromodulation. | We seek partners with expertise in audio engineering, directional microphones, sensing, real-time sound-field processing, AI - ML for voice detection and source separation, hearing science, audiology, auditory neuroscience, embedded systems, microelectronics, and clinical translation to help build brain-driven systems that improve speech perception in noisy real-world environments. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Anjula De Silva | Ear Science Institute Australia | anjula.desilva@curtin.edu.au | Perth, Australia | The Ear Science Institute Australia is a leading not-for-profit medical research institute focused on ear and hearing disorders. Based in Western Australia, its multidisciplinary team translates lab discoveries into real-world clinical treatments and aims to find a biological cure for permanent hearing loss. ESIA focuses on four key areas: Hearing Therapeutics, Hearing Devices and Implants, Surgical Science, and Hearing Outreach for remote and Aboriginal communities. | We're seaking for a team with expertise in Intracortical Devices. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Anjula De Silva | Ear Science Institute Australia | anjula.desilva@curtin.edu.au | Perth, Australia | : Implementing deep neural networks within standard hearables to analyze ambient audio profiles in real-time. This automates volume adjustments and speech-to-noise isolation tailored to user preferences. | We're seeking partners with expertise in Intracortical Device. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Kieu My Doan | Earable Neuroscience | kimi@earable.ai | Boston, MA | Earable Neuroscience is a neurotechnology company developing an AI-powered EEG therapy platform that personalizes audio stimulation for sleep, focus, and cognitive health. Our award-winning FRENZ Brainband integrates brainwave recording, real-time audio delivery, and AI for biomarker decoding. The wearable is in mass production and is used by more than 10,000 people across 42 countries. Our team can develop end-to-end hardware and AI-ML algorithms. | Earable Neuroscience can contribute significantly to TA2 and TA3 in execution and system integration. We can develop an ear-based wearable with a dynamic sound modulator that powers and communicates with the implant, and develop real-time auditory read-write AI-ML, backed by manufacturing scale and commercialization. We seek a TA1 partner (as prime or supporter) with an existing minimally invasive intracortical auditory interface and clinical access. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Christopher Rodgers | Emory University | xrodgers@gmail.com | Atlanta, GA | Our expertise is in basic auditory neuroscience in mouse models. | We are open to considering all potential partners. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Jonathan Russo | femtoAI | jon@femto.ai | San Bruno, CA | femtoAI provides ultra-low SWAP-C AI inference processors for tiny embedded applications. Our SPUs leverage sparsity to achieve 10x smaller models and 100x lower power than other accelerators. We have a toolchain and integration help available for teams looking to deploy their AI algorithms to more efficient, compact chips. | We are seeking AI algorithm developers, product ID designers, research study leaders, bio-sealing technology providers and any other companies that are looking for efficient AI hardware to use for their solution. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| 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 |
| Pooja Walia | Independent Researcher | poojawalia0607@gmail.com | Seattle, WA | Healthcare AI governance and AI-as-a-medical-device safety, with specific work on regulatory pathways for AI-enabled medical devices, layered governance separating life-critical from advisory components, and human oversight design for AI-driven sensor and neurotechnology applications. IEEE peer-reviewed publications. ICLR 2026 and ICML 2026 reviewer. Federal engagement with FDA, CMS, NIST in 2026. Active GitHub contributor to NIST FederalProfile-8259A. | Seeking neurotechnology research groups, academic audiology programs, and AI-ML labs needing a regulatory-pathway, AI-safety, or device-governance lead for HEARING proposals. Bring federal docket engagement on AI medical devices, IEEE peer-reviewed publications, ICLR 2026 and ICML 2026 reviewer record, and IEEE Senior Member standing. Available as co-investigator or governance advisor on FDA pathway strategy and post-market AI surveillance. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Malcolm Slaney | International Computer Science Institute | malcolmslaney@gmail.com | Berkeley, CA | We are at the intersection of auditory perception and machine learning. We build models of auditory perception and use EEG signals to determine to which sound a listener is attending. We have done this in real time, with both caps and in-ear sensors. We also have experience with the internals of speech enhancement systems, and are eager to apply these learned control signals to living brains. | Electronics, bio-sensing, biology. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mattson Ogg | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory | mattsonoggjhuapl@gmail.com | Laurel, MD | JHUAPL develops advanced neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, and human-machine systems for challenging real world environments. Our team has extensive experience in neural decoding and encoding, closed-loop brain-computer interfaces, intracortical stimulation, speech and acoustic signal processing, multimodal machine learning, and human performance assessment. | We are seeking collaborators developing minimally invasive neural interfaces (TA1), auditory prosthetic technologies, clinical hearing-loss interventions, and translational pathways for first-in-human studies. We are particularly interested in partnering with organizations that bring expertise in auditory neuroscience, audiology, otology, device development, wireless power and communications, regulatory strategy, and commercialization. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ian Gonzalez | Michigan Neuroscience Institute (University of Michigan) | igonzale@umich.edu | Ann Arbor, MI | Our team focuses on comprehensive BCI systems, integrating ultra-high-density microelectrode arrays with ultra-low-power VLSI circuits for wireless telemetry. We specialize in real-time auditory signal processing to filter noise, adaptive machine learning for neural drift mitigation, and sub-millisecond closed-loop control. Additionally, our team brings clinical audiology expertise and experience executing first-in-human wireless BCI trials. | We are seeking industry partners to drive commercialization and technological translation. We aim to collaborate with large, fully operational labs capable of rapid execution. Additionally, we are looking for external academic collaborators specializing in advanced speech processing or novel materials to augment our capabilities. We welcome partners who can help bridge the gap between external sound processing and integrated neurotechnology systems. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), 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 |
| 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 |
| BENJAMIN BERTRAND | NEUROCODER | benjaminlouisbertrand@gmail.com | Paris, Île-de-France, FRA | NeuroCoder aims to develop a highly innovative new medical device designed to restore auditory perception in people with profound deafness, without information loss, unlike current devices (cochlear implants or auditory brainstem implants). The medical device is a brain implant based on artificial intelligence technology capable of translating sounds into electrical signals and directly stimulating the auditory cortex. Our implant converts sound information into the language of the brain. | - R&D partners - Clinical partners - Funding | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Meera Kanekal | pramaai.com | kanekalm@gmail.com | Potomac, MD | Build AI agents for Life sciences | Collaboration and additional domain expertise in life sciences | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Joshua Alexander | Purdue University | alexan14@purdue.edu | West Lafayette, IN | Purdue’s profile combines precision audiology, hearing-aid signal-processing research, and community-engaged diagnostics. We study speech-in-noise, listening effort, memory, DNN-based noise reduction, frequency lowering, and feedback control, with support from diverse participants, clinical-grade audiometry, QuickSIN, WIN, OAEs, MEMR, ABR, surveys, and large-scale data analytics. | We seek partners leading TA1, TA2, TA3 system development who need clinical audiology, participant access, diagnostic phenotyping, outcome-measure design, and real-world validation. Ideal partners bring auditory-cortex BCI hardware, wearable sound modulation, read-write algorithms, neural decoding-encoding, wireless power-telemetry, regulatory-FIH trial expertise, and integration capacity. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Rabih Nassif | R. Nassif Consulting | nassifrabih@gmail.com | North Tustin, CA | Extensive experience in Neurostimulation and resonant wireless power transfer. Proven record with several patented designs of highly miniaturized IPG’s using off the shelf components. With no ASICs required, prototyping iterations can move much faster to drive design convergence. This happens to also lower cost and shorten timelines significantly. | Primarily looking to partner with entities with proven expertise in firmware and algorithm development (TA3) Secondarily, looking to partner with intracortical electrode array designers to complement my ability to contribute to TA1 | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| Andrea Reznik RD, LD, MBA | Reznikbell Labs,LLC | asreznik@aol.com | Minneapolis-St Paul, MN | Reznikbell Labs role: Lead the DreamLex-HEARING non-invasive human brain-AI communication bridge, including perceptual-unit selection, symbolic task design, training platform development, AI dictionary modeling, signal-corroboration logic, and cross-modal roadmap development. | Auditory neuroscience laboratory Clinical audiology partner Machine learning and brain computer interface partner Dynamic sound modulation partner Regulatory and clinical translation partner Human factors and usability partner | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Rob Raphael | Rice University | rraphael@rice.edu | Houston, TX | Our team has expertise in auditory neuroscience, electrophysiology, acoustics, signal processing, artificial intelligence, biomedical ultrasound and flexible electronics. Specifically, our team has developed a novel approach for understanding how the representation of sound is degraded in hearing-impairment, has developed flexible electronics for recording auditory neural signals and has developed focused ultrasound technologies for neuromodulation. | We are seeking partners with expertise in development of dynamic sound modulators, wireless power and device engineering and other aspects of TA2. | 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Samuel Parker | RTX BBN Technologies | sparker@bbn.com | Middletown, RI | Real-time signal processing and control systems, ruggedized electronics. | Clinical partners, electrode designers, | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Matt Sigmund | SIA-LBG | Msigmund@lathambiopharm.com | Elk Ridge, MD | Sia-LBG supports organizations pursuing federal funding opportunities, providing end-to-end support from teaming strategy and proposal development through post-award execution. We serve as both an advisor and project integrator, helping teams develop compliant solutions aligned with agency priorities. Our expertise includes digital health, AI-enabled diagnostics, data interoperability, program management, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. | We are seeking organizations with innovative solutions aligned to the ISO Technical Areas. Sia-LBG serves as a program integrator, leveraging extensive experience working with U.S. Government stakeholders to help teams develop competitive proposals, coordinate partner activities, and successfully execute funded programs. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cyril Eleftheriou | Subsense Inc. | ce@subsense-bci.com | Palo Alto, CA | Subsense is developing a non-surgical nanoparticle-based BCI. Our integrated nano-chem, neurotech, systems eng, computational and regulatory capabilities position us to deliver a first-in-class intracortical interface. Our platform deploys nanoparticles intranasally, using magnetic gradients to drive their stable distribution without craniotomy. It supports both neural reading and neural stimulation modalities, enabling a truly bidirectional cortical interface without implanted conductors. | We seek partners in three areas. 1, AI-driven neuronal signal communication. 2, clinical audiology and otology groups with patient access for IRB-approved speech-in-noise and behavioral outcome assessment. 3, teams experienced in high-field magnetic generator development, precision coil design, and wearable field shaping. Together, these partnerships will bridge our cortical stimulation platform from bench to clinical translation. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Sameer Peesapati | Synthesize | sameer@synthesize.health | Boston, MA | Development of algorithms - auditory attention decoding, multi-modal signal processing, application of ML based methods with dedicated in-house compute and storage infrastructure. We offer lift in signal processing to TA2 partners, and take full ownership of clinical study development per ISO 14155:2026 and regulatory effort including alignment with the FDA for the group. | We are seeking TA1 and TA2 partners. We are also seeking an academic neurosurgery program with existing ECoG or sEEG research infrastructure to come in as a co-investigator. | 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 |
| Delsin Menolascino | Teledyne Technologies | delsinmenolascino@gmail.com | Durham, NC | Our research areas include Reinforcement Learning-enabled selective signal processing, signal-of-interest extraction, and interference suppression in complex and contested environments. Performers on many DARPA programs including the recent DESERT program, which called for selective filtering of dynamic, dense signal environments. | We are seeking partners with expertise in minimally invasive activity analysis of, and stimulation of, human cortex, especially auditory cortex. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jeffery Lichtenhan | Turner Scientific, LLC | jlichtenhan@turnerscientific.com | Jacksonville, IL | We are a Contract Research Organization that does ear and hearing experiments exclusively. We make behavioral, electrophysiological, and imaging measurements. While our in-house experiments use rodents and miniature pigs as a large animal model, we routinely travel to other locations to make measurements on non-human primate models. | We are looking to collect the data for the experiments that require the use of rodent and large animal models. We are seeking organizations that have the therapeutic and clinical trial expertise. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Gert Cauwenberghs | UC San Diego | gcauwenberghs@ucsd.edu | La Jolla, CA | Unobtrusive dry-contact EEG in-ear electrophysiology and closed-loop auditory neuromodulation. Ultra low-power, low-noise recording. High-efficiency wireless power and data telemetry. | Likeminded team members in auditory modeling and decoding-encoding. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Peter Koulen | UMKC | koulenp@umkc.edu | Kansas City, MO | neuroscience and translational research | collaborations | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Michael Kasten | UNC dept of Otolarygology | kasten@gmail.com | Chapel Hill, NC | Our lab examines how hearing loss modifies neurons and circuits in the auditory hindbrain. We examine how loss of auditory input through noise or age changes the structure and function of auditory neurons, combining neurophysiology (in vivo and in vitro) with imaging to identify channels and synapses altered. We leverage genetic tools and pharmacology to dissect the signaling pathways that govern these adaptations across different cell types and time points following hearing loss. | I’m seeking a team with interest in intracortical and subcortical devices and experience with engineering and read & write algorithms. Our group can facilitate testing in animal models and the transition to patients. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| 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) |
| Lee Miller | University of California Davis | leemiller@ucdavis.edu | Davis, CA | My research uses non-invasive biosignals such as EEG, behavior, and machine learning to diagnose and improve speech communication -- particularly in dynamic, realistic situations across different hearing abilities. I offer expertise in TA1 non-invasive auditory “read” signals (EEG) and TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulation. UC Davis also possesses outstanding large animal vet-med facilities, infrastructure for clinical trials, and dedicated facilities and support for academic-industry partnerships. | Seeking partners with expertise in TA1: Intracortical Devices, and TA3: minimally invasive technology to read+write auditory information. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, 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 |
| Alireza Nikzamir | University of California Irvine | anikzami@uci.edu | Irvine, CA | At the University of California, Irvine, our research group is developing a semi-implantable wireless device for the treatment of tinnitus. | We are seeking partners with expertise in implantable medical devices, wireless systems, regulatory strategy, and commercialization to help advance our semi-implantable tinnitus treatment technology. | TA1: Intracortical Device(s), TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator |
| Thomas Talavage | University of Cincinnati | ttalavage@gmail.com | Cincinnati, OH | Key capabilities: nanomaterials and nanoparticle fabrication; delivery of nanoparticle-borne therapy; neurotology; cochlear implant surgery; noninvasive (intranasal) approaches for delivery of implants; auditory neuroscience; communication and speech disorders; inverse systems/machine learning modeling; optimization of electronic/acoustic inputs for speech perception; non-invasive medical imaging (MRI, fMRI, qEEG); clinical site; FDA regulatory expertise | We provide substantive contributions (engineering, clinical, speech communication) to TA2 and TA3, and seek to partner with one or more entities having particular strength in TA1, and preclinical capabilities in TA2 and TA3. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA1: Intracortical Device(s) |
| 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 |
| MEI HE | University of Florida | MHe@cop.ufl.edu | GAINESVILLE, FL | Our team is focusing on the regenerative medicine and gene therapy-based hearing restoration solutions. | AI neurotechnology | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Ryan Corey | University of Illinois Chicago | corey1@uic.edu | Chicago, IL | The Listening Technology Lab at UIC has expertise in audio and acoustic signal processing, including signal enhancement, source separation, spatial and multichannel audio, and hearing-device-specific processing such as compression and feedback control. Our focus is on hearing assistive technology and we have experience with hearing aids, cochlear implants, and wireless assistive listening. Our acoustic lab is equipped to generate test stimuli and perform rigorous acoustic evaluation. | We are looking to join a team with expertise in neurotechnology. | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Jonathan Simon | University of Maryland, College Park | jzsimon@umd.edu | College Park, MD | We study neural representations of speech in noise throughout the brain. At lower levels the representations are auditory, but we also see speech-specific representations of speech as language and language as speech. Higher order representations can act as objective biomarkers of speech intelligibility, and lower level, of speech clarity. Critically, these representations also change with aging and hearing loss. Collaborator expertise in real-time neural signal processing and clinical audiology. | Being able to read (and write) to these neural representations is particularly critical for Technical Area 3. We are looking for partners that would provide leadership in solving ARPA-hard problems, including gathering teams with expertise in Technical Areas 1 and 2, and coordinating with the FDA. | TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm, 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 |
| Samuel Norman-Haignere | University of Rochester | snormanhaignere@gmail.com | Rochester, NY | My lab uses spatiotemporally precise intracranial recordings and computational modeling to understand how speech and music are coded in the human auditory cortex. We can contribute data and expertise toward constructing foundation models of the human auditory cortex, developing interpretable subspace models of cortical coding, and linking neural subspaces to noise-robust hearing through encoding and decoding analyses. | I would be looking for collaborators with expertise in implant design and neuromodulation. | 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) |
| Huiliang Wang | University of Texas at Austin | evanwang@utexas.edu | Austin, TX | University of Texas at Austin | Dynamic Sound Modular, Auditory Read & Write Algorithm | TA2: Dynamic Sound Modulator, TA3: Auditory Read & Write Algorithm |
| Huiliang Wang | University of Texas at Austin | evanwang@utexas.edu | Austin, TX | Wearable EEG recording, Wearable ultrasound neuromodulation | 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |