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Elaine Moran
Acoustical Society of America Melville, New York 11747
Society of America; Visiting Scholar at the Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute; and Visiting Research Professor at the University of Montpellier. She has delivered the Marjorie Sherman Memorial Lecture, University of Nottingham; the Graham Fraser Memorial Lecture at Royal Academy of Medicine in London, England and the keynote address at the Nalli-Ingolia Symposium, Toronto, Canada. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles involving cochlear implants.
Any group interested in having Dr. Tobey present a lecture should visit the Sigma Xi website at http://www.sigmaxi. org/programs/lectureships/index.shtml or contact her directly by email at tobey@utdallas.edu.
Andrew J. Oxenham
2009 Troland Research Award
Andrew J. Oxenham of the University of Minnesota has been named recipient of the Troland Research Award by the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes extraordinary scientific achievement . The award, which includes a $50,000 prize, was presented at a ceremony at the Academy’s 146th Annual Meeting in April 2009. Dr. Oxenham was cited for “profound and rigorous contribu- tions to our understanding of the rela-
tionship between auditory perception and its underlying physiological mech- anisms.”
Each year, the award is given to young investigators (age 40 or younger) to recognize unusual achievement and further empirical research in psycholo- gy regarding the relationships of con- sciousness and the physical world. Funds are to be used by the awardee to support his or her research within the broad spectrum of experimental psy- chology, including, for example, the topics of sensation, perception, motiva- tion, emotion, learning, memory, cog- nition, language, and action.
Andrew Oxenham received his BMus in Music and Sound Recording from the University of Surrey and spent a year at West German Broadcasting (WDR) in Cologne before embarking on a career in auditory research. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Cambridge and spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Perception Research (IPO) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, before moving to Boston in 1997. After 2 years at Northeastern University and 6 years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he moved to the University of Minnesota, where he is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology.
He is the author of over 80 scientif- ic papers and book chapters. In 2001 he received the R. Bruce Lindsay Award of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and in 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the ASA. He has served as associate editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and is currently Chair of the ASA Technical Committee on Psychological and Physiological Acoustics.
Alan Berman Research Publication Award
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announced the recipients of its 2008 Alan Berman Research
Emily Tobey
Emily Tobey named Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
Emily Tobey, Professor and Nelle C. Johnson Chair at the University of Texas at Dallas, has been named a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. Sigma Xi has presented its Distinguished Lecturers, since 1937. This affords the opportunity for Sigma Xi chapters to host visits from out- standing individuals who are at the leading edge of science. Each year thousands of Sigma Xi members, stu- dents and the public have an opportu- nity to hear exceptional talks and to ask questions of experts.
Emily Tobey heads the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program. She received her undergraduate and master’s degree in speech-language pathology from New Mexico State University and Louisiana State University Medical Center. Her doctorate in speech science was obtained at the City University of New York in 1981. She was named the Polykarp Kusch Lecturer for UT Dallas, the highest honor granted by the University to an individual faculty member. Additional honors include Summer Distinguished Lecturer-in- Residence at Texas Woman’s University; Distinguished Academy Scientist, Louisiana Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and the Acoustical
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